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U.S. Senate seat, Louisiana (class 2)

39 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1812. Now: Bill Cassidy R.

Holders
39
25 D · 7 R · 2 U · 1 DR · 1 A · 1 J · 1 AJ · 1 W
Longest tenure
24 years
Allen Joseph Ellender
Current
12 years
Bill Cassidy, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/la-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Jean Noel Destréhan · 1812-01-01 – 1813-03-04 · UnknownJames Brown · 1813-05-24 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Charles Cole Claiborne · 1817-12-01 – 1818-01-01 · Democratic RepublicanHenry Johnson · 1818-01-01 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Johnson · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Edward Livingston · 1829-12-07 – 1832-01-01 · JacksonRobert Carter Nicholas · 1836-01-01 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Barrow · 1841-05-31 – 1847-03-04 · WhigPierre Soulé · 1847-12-06 – 1848-01-01 · DemocratJudah Philip Benjamin · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJudah Philip Benjamin · 1859-12-05 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratJohn Spafford Harris · 1868-01-01 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Rodman West · 1871-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Pitt Kellogg · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanRandall Lee Gibson · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratRandall Lee Gibson · 1889-12-02 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratDonelson Caffery · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratMurphy James Foster · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratMurphy James Foster · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Eugene Ransdell · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratHuey Pierce Long · 1932-01-25 – 1935-09-11 · DemocratRose McConnell Long · 1936-01-31 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratAllen Joseph Ellender · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratAllen Joseph Ellender · 1943-01-06 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratAllen Joseph Ellender · 1967-01-10 – 1972-07-28 · DemocratElaine Schwartzenburg Edwards · 1972-08-01 – 1972-11-14 · DemocratJohn Bennett Johnston Jr. · 1972-11-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJohn Bennett Johnston Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratMary L. Landrieu · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratMary L. Landrieu · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratMary L. Landrieu · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratBill Cassidy · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanThomas Posey · 1812-01-01 – 1814-01-01 · RepublicanCharles Dominique Joseph Bouligny · 1824-01-01 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsGeorge Augustus Waggaman · 1831-12-05 – 1835-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianSolomon Weathersbee Downs · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratDonelson Caffery · 1892-01-01 – 1895-03-04 · Democrat
Bill Cassidy R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Mary L. Landrieu D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Mary L. Landrieu D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Mary L. Landrieu D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1997 · 18 years
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D
Nov 14, 1972 – Jan 4, 1979 · 6.1 years
Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D
Aug 1, 1972 – Nov 14, 1972 · 3 months
Allen Joseph Ellender D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jul 28, 1972 · 5.5 years
Allen Joseph Ellender D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1967 · 24 years
Allen Joseph Ellender D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Rose McConnell Long D
Jan 31, 1936 – Jan 4, 1937 · 11 months
Huey Pierce Long D
Jan 25, 1932 – Sep 11, 1935 · 3.6 years
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
Murphy James Foster D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
Murphy James Foster D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
Donelson Caffery D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
Donelson Caffery D
Jan 1, 1892 – Mar 4, 1895 · 3.2 years
Randall Lee Gibson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1893 · 3.3 years
Randall Lee Gibson D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
William Pitt Kellogg R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
Joseph Rodman West R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
John Spafford Harris R
Jan 1, 1868 – Mar 4, 1871 · 3.2 years
Judah Philip Benjamin D
Dec 5, 1859 – Jan 1, 1862 · 2.1 years
Judah Philip Benjamin D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
Pierre Soulé D
Dec 6, 1847 – Jan 1, 1848 · 26 days
Solomon Weathersbee Downs D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
Alexander Barrow W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1847 · 5.8 years
Robert Carter Nicholas D
Jan 1, 1836 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
George Augustus Waggaman AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1835 · 3.2 years
Edward Livingston J
Dec 7, 1829 – Jan 1, 1832 · 2.1 years
Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny A
Jan 1, 1824 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.2 years
Henry Johnson
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Henry Johnson R
Jan 1, 1818 – Mar 4, 1823 · 5.2 years
William Charles Cole Claiborne DR
Dec 1, 1817 – Jan 1, 1818 · 31 days
James Brown R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1817 · 3.8 years
Jean Noel Destréhan U
Jan 1, 1812 – Mar 4, 1813 · 14 months
Thomas Posey R
Jan 1, 1812 – Jan 1, 1814 · 2 years

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