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Louisiana's 6th congressional district

50 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1875. Now: Cleo Fields D.

Holders
50
41 D · 9 R
Longest tenure
16 years
James Hobson Morrison
Current
21 months
Cleo Fields, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/la-6Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Charles Edmund Nash · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanEdward White Robertson · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratEdward White Robertson · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratEdward White Robertson · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratEdward Taylor Lewis · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Briggs Irion · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratEdward White Robertson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Kent Favrot · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratRobert Charles Wickliffe · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratRobert Charles Wickliffe · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratLewis Lovering Morgan · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratLewis Lovering Morgan · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJared Young Sanders · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJared Young Sanders · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Kent Favrot · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Kent Favrot · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratBolivar Edwards Kemp · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratBolivar Edwards Kemp · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratBolivar Edwards Kemp · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratBolivar Edwards Kemp · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratBolivar Edwards Kemp · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratJohn Keller Griffith · 1937-01-05 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratJames Hobson Morrison · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJames Hobson Morrison · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJames Hobson Morrison · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Richard Rarick · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn Richard Rarick · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Henson Moore III · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henson Moore III · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Hugh Baker · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Hugh Baker · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Hugh Baker · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Hugh Baker · 2003-01-07 – 2008-02-03 · RepublicanDonald J. Cazayoux Jr. · 2008-05-06 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratBill Cassidy · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanGarret Graves · 2015-01-06 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Matthews Robertson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratLewis Lovering Morgan · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJared Young Sanders Jr. · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratJared Young Sanders Jr. · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCleo Fields · 2025-01-03 – present · Democrat
Cleo Fields D
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Garret Graves R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2025 · 10 years
Bill Cassidy R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D
May 6, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009 · 8 months
Richard Hugh Baker R
Jan 7, 2003 – Feb 3, 2008 · 5.1 years
Richard Hugh Baker R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Richard Hugh Baker R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Richard Hugh Baker R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
William Henson Moore III R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
William Henson Moore III R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Richard Rarick D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Richard Rarick D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
James Hobson Morrison D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
James Hobson Morrison D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
James Hobson Morrison D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Jared Young Sanders Jr. D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
John Keller Griffith D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1941 · 4 years
Bolivar Edwards Kemp D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Jared Young Sanders Jr. D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Bolivar Edwards Kemp D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Bolivar Edwards Kemp D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Bolivar Edwards Kemp D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Bolivar Edwards Kemp D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
George Kent Favrot D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
George Kent Favrot D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Jared Young Sanders D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Jared Young Sanders D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Lewis Lovering Morgan D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Lewis Lovering Morgan D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Robert Charles Wickliffe D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Lewis Lovering Morgan D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Robert Charles Wickliffe D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
George Kent Favrot D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Edward White Robertson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Alfred Briggs Irion D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Edward Taylor Lewis D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Edward White Robertson D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Edward White Robertson D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Edward White Robertson D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Charles Edmund Nash R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.