U.S. Senators from Louisiana, 1811-2016(May beincomplete!) JeanNoel Destréhan 1811-12AllanBowie Magruder 1812-13ThomasPosey 1812-13JamesBrown 1813-17EligiusFromentin 1813-19WilliamC. C. Claiborne 1817HenryS. Johnson 1818-24JamesBrown 1819-23JosiahS. Johnston 1824-33DominiqueBouligny 1824-29EdwardLivingston 1829-31GeorgeA. Waggaman 1831-35AlexanderPorter 1833-37RobertC. Nicholas 1836-41AlexandreMouton 1837-42AlexanderBarrow 1841-46CharlesMagill Conrad 1842-43HenryS. Johnson 1844-49PierreSoulé 1847SolomonW. Downs 1847-53PierreSoulé 1849-53JudahP. Benjamin 1853-61JohnSlidell 1853-61JohnSpafford Harris 1868-71WilliamP. Kellogg 1868-72JosephRodman West 1871-77JamesB. Eustis 1876-79WilliamP. Kellogg 1877-83BenjaminF. Jonas 1879-85RandallL. Gibson 1883-92JamesB. Eustis 1885-91EdwardDouglass White 1891-94DonelsonCaffery 1892-1901NewtonC. Blanchard 1894-97SamuelD. McEnery 1897-1910MurphyJ. Foster 1901-13JohnR. Thornton 1910-15JosephE. Ransdell 1913-31RobertF. Broussard 1915-18WalterGuion 1918EdwardJ. Gay 1918-21EdwinS. Broussard 1921-33HueyP. Long 1932-35JohnH. Overton 1933-48RoseM. Long 1936-37AllenJ. Ellender 1937-72W.C. Feazel 1948RussellB. Long 1948-87ElaineS. Edwards 1972J.Bennett Johnston 1972-97JohnB. Breaux 1987-MaryL. Landrieu 1997-DavidVitter 2005- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1817 Nov 23:WilliamC. C. Claiborne, died in office. 1823 Dec 10:JamesBrown, resigned. 1824 May 27:HenryS. Johnson, resigned. 1833 May 19:JosiahS. Johnston, died in office. 1846 Dec 29:AlexanderBarrow, died in office. 1892 Dec 15:RandallL. Gibson, died in office. 1910 Jun 28:SamuelD. McEnery, died in office. 1918 Apr 12:RobertF. Broussard, died in office. 1918 Apr 22:WalterGuion, appointed. 1918 Nov 5:JosephE. Ransdell (Dem), elected unopposed. 1918 Nov 5:EdwardJ. Gay (Dem), elected unopposed. 1920:JaredY. Sanders, defeated for nomination. 1920 Nov 2:EdwinS. Broussard (Dem), elected unopposed. 1924 Nov 4:JosephE. Ransdell (Dem), elected unopposed. 1926:JaredY. Sanders, defeated for nomination. 1926 Nov 2:EdwinS. Broussard (Dem), elected unopposed. 1930 Nov 4:HueyP. Long (Dem), elected unopposed. 1932 Nov 8:JohnH. Overton (Dem), elected unopposed. 1935 Sep 10:HueyP. Long, died in office. 1936 Apr 21:RoseM. Long (Dem), elected unopposed. 1936 Nov 3:AllenJ. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed. 1938 Nov 8:JohnH. Overton (Dem), elected;MauriceH. Clark (Ind), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:AllenJ. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed. 1944 Nov 7:JohnH. Overton (Dem), elected unopposed. 1948 May 14:JohnH. Overton, died in office. 1948 Nov 2:AllenJ. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed. 1950:MalcolmE. Lafargue (Dem), defeated in primary. 1950 Nov 7:RussellB. Long (Dem), elected;CharlesS. Gerth (Rep), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:AllenJ. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed. 1956 Nov 6:RussellB. Long (Dem), elected unopposed. 1960 Nov 8:AllenJ. Ellender (Dem), elected;GeorgeW. Reese, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1962 Nov 6:RussellB. Long (Dem), elected;TaylorW. O'Hearn (Rep), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:AllenJ. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed. 1968 Nov 5:RussellB. Long (Dem), elected unopposed. 1972 Jul 27:AllenJ. Ellender, died in office. 1972 Nov 7:J.Bennett Johnston (Dem), elected;JohnMcKeithen (Ind), defeated;BenjaminC. Toledano (Rep), defeated;HallM. Lyons (American), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:RussellB. Long (Dem), elected unopposed. 1978 Sep 16:J.Bennett Johnston (Dem), elected;LouisE. Jenkins, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1980 Sep 13:RussellB. Long (Dem), elected;LouisE. Jenkins, Jr. (Dem), defeated;JerryC. Bardwell (Rep), defeated;RobertM. Moss (Rep), defeated;NaomiBracey, defeated. 1984 Sep 29:J.Bennett Johnston (Dem), elected;RobertM. Ross (Rep), defeated;LarryN. Cooper (Rep), defeated. 1986 Sep 27:W.Henson Moore III (Rep), advanced to runoff;JohnB. Breaux (Dem), advanced to runoff;SamuelB. Nunez (Dem), defeated;J.E. Jumonville (Dem), defeated;ShermanA. Bernard (Dem), defeated;EliWilliams (Dem), defeated;RobertH. Briggs (Dem), defeated;FrankJ. McTopy, defeated;FredCollins (Dem), defeated;JohnH. Myers (Dem), defeated;KenLewis (Dem), defeated;VincentGiardina, defeated;RobertM. Ross (Rep), defeated;NelsJ'Anthony, defeated. 1986 Nov 4:JohnB. Breaux (Dem), elected;W.Henson Moore III (Rep), defeated. 1990 Oct 6:J.Bennett Johnston (Dem), elected;DavidDuke (Rep), defeated;NickJ. Accardo (Dem), defeated;LarryCrowe (Dem), defeated. 1992 Oct 3:JohnB. Breaux (Dem), elected;JonKhachaturian (Ind), defeated;LyleStockstill (Rep), defeated;NickJ. Accardo (Dem), defeated;FredC. Strong (Rep), defeated. 1996 Sep 21:LouisE. Jenkins, Jr. (Rep), advanced to runoff;MaryL. Landrieu (Dem), advanced to runoff;RichardP. Ieyoub (Dem), defeated;DavidDuke (Rep), defeated;JamesA. Hayes (Rep), defeated;BillLinder (Rep), defeated;ChuckMcMaine (Rep), defeated;PeggyWilson (Rep), defeated;TroyceGuice (Dem), defeated;NickJ. Accardo (Ind), defeated;ArthurD. Nichols (Ind), defeated;SadieRaberts-Joseph (Dem), defeated;TomKirk (Ind), defeated;DarrylP. Ward (Ind), defeated;SamH. Melton, Jr. (Ind), defeated. 1996 Nov 5:MaryL. Landrieu (Dem), elected;LouisE. Jenkins, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:JohnB. Breaux (Dem), elected;JamesJ. Donelon (Rep), defeated;RaymondBrown, defeated;SamH. Melton, Jr. (Dem), defeated;DarrylP. Ward (Rep), defeated;L.D. 'Nota' Knox, defeated;JeffreyH. Diket, defeated;MartinA. Rosenthal, defeated. 2002 Nov 5:MaryL. Landrieu (Dem), advanced to runoff;SuzanneHaik Terrell (Rep), advanced to runoff;JohnCooksey (Rep), defeated;TonyPerkins (Rep), defeated;RaymondBrown (Dem), defeated;PatrickE. Landry, defeated;JamesLemann, defeated;GaryD. Robbins, defeated;ErnestEdward Skillman, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 2002 Dec 7:MaryL. Landrieu (Dem), elected;SuzanneHaik Terrell (Rep), defeated. 2004 Nov 2:DavidVitter (Rep), elected;ChristopherJohn (Dem), defeated;JohnN. Kennedy (Dem), defeated;ArthurA. Morrell (Dem), defeated;RichardM. Fontanesi (Libertarian), defeated;R.A. 'Skip' Galan, defeated;SamH. Melton, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 2008 Nov 4:RichardM. Fontanesi (Libertarian), defeated. 2016:JohnFleming (Rep), defeated. | |