Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District

Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Louisiana's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Clay Higgins (Republican) currently represents Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District. See Clay Higgins's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District:

• Charles Boustany — Republican (until 2017)
• Jeff Landry — Republican (until 2013)
• Charles Melancon — Democrat (until 2011)
• William Tauzin — Republican (until 2005)
• David Treen — Republican (until 1981)
• Patrick Caffery — Democrat (until 1973)
• Edwin Willis — Democrat (until 1969)
• James Domengeaux — Democrat (until 1949)
• Robert Mouton — Democrat (until 1941)
• Numa Montet — Democrat (until 1937)

Louisiana U.S. Senators

• John Kennedy — Republican Senator
• Bill Cassidy — Republican Senator
• David Vitter — Republican Senator
• Mary Landrieu — Democrat Senator
• John Breaux — Democrat Senator
• John Johnston — Democrat Senator
• Russell Long — Democrat Senator
• Elaine Edwards — Democrat Senator
• Allen Ellender — Democrat Senator
• William Feazel — Democrat Senator
• John Overton — Democrat Senator
• Rose Long — Democrat Senator
• Huey Long — Democrat Senator
• Edwin Broussard — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Ransdell — Democrat Senator
• Edward Gay — Democrat Senator
• Robert Broussard — Democrat Senator
• Walter Guion — Democrat Senator
• John Thornton — Democrat Senator
• Murphy Foster — Democrat Senator
• Samuel McEnery — Democrat Senator
• Donelson Caffery — Democrat Senator
• Newton Blanchard — Democrat Senator
• Edward White — Democrat Senator
• Randall Gibson — Democrat Senator
• James Eustis — Democrat Senator
• Benjamin Jonas — Democrat Senator
• Joseph West — Republican Senator
• John Harris — Republican Senator
• Judah Benjamin — Democrat Senator
• John Slidell — Democrat Senator
• Pierre Soulé — Democrat Senator
• Solomon Downs — Democrat Senator
• Henry Johnson — Whig Senator
• Alexander Barrow — Whig Senator
• Alexander Mouton — Democrat Senator
• Robert Nicholas — Democrat Senator
• Alexander Porter — Anti-Jacksonian Senator
• George Waggaman — Anti-Jacksonian Senator
• Josiah Johnston — Senator
• Edward Livingston — Jackson Senator
• Charles Bouligny — Adams Senator
• James Brown — Republican Senator
• Eligius Fromentin — Republican Senator
• William Claiborne — Democratic Republican Senator
• Thomas Posey — Republican Senator
• Jean Destréhan — Unknown Senator
• Allan Magruder — Republican Senator

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