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The Louisiana Democratic Party (French: Parti démocrate de Louisiane, Spanish: Partido Demócrata de Luisiana) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Louisiana. Dominated by the conservative planter elite through much of the 19th century, the party was historically prominent in politics since before the American Civil War .
(New Orleans) Democratic: March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 53rd: Elected in 1892. Retired. 1893–1903 [data missing] Charles Francis Buck (New Orleans) Democratic: March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 54th: Elected in 1894. Retired to run for Mayor of New Orleans. Robert Charles Davey (New Orleans) Democratic: March 4, 1897 – December 26, 1908 ...
Since at least the 1840s, the 1st congressional district has been anchored in and around most of the Greater New Orleans area south of Lake Pontchartrain, with the district being anchored in most of the city itself, as well as the adjoining parishes of St. Bernard and Plaquemines, during most of the tenure of F. Edward Hébert, a former journalist for The Times-Picayune who represented the ...
District map 1st: Steve Scalise : Republican May 3, 2008 R+22: 2nd: Troy Carter (New Orleans) Democratic May 11, 2021 D+16: 3rd: Clay Higgins : Republican January 3, 2017 R+22: 4th: Mike Johnson : Republican January 3, 2017 R+26: 5th: Julia Letlow : Republican April 14, 2021 R+19: 6th: Cleo Fields (Baton Rouge) Democratic January 3, 2025 D+8
The U.S. state of Louisiana currently has six congressional districts.The state has had as many as eight districts; the eighth district was eliminated on January 9, 1993 after results of the 1990 census, and the seventh district was eliminated in 2013, following results of the 2010 census, largely because of people moving interstate after Hurricane Katrina hit the state.
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Although the 3rd congressional district had been Democratic through much of its history, it is the sole district in Louisiana to have been represented by three parties during the 20th century, in that Whitmell P. Martin represented the district as a "Bull Moose" Progressive from 1915 to 1919, when he switched to the Democratic Party.
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