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Louisiana: U.S. Senators


U.S. Senators from Louisiana, 1811-2006 (May be incomplete!)
Jean Noel Destréhan 1811-12 Allan Bowie Magruder 1812-13 Thomas Posey 1812-13 James Brown 1813-17 Eligius Fromentin 1813-19 William C. C. Claiborne 1817 Henry Johnson 1818-24 James Brown 1819-23 Josiah S. Johnston 1824-33 Dominique Bouligny 1824-29 Edward Livingston 1829-31 George A. Waggaman 1831-35 Alexander Porter 1833-37 Robert Carter Nicholas 1836-41 Alexander Mouton 1837-42 Alexander Barrow 1841-46 Charles Magill Conrad 1842-43 Henry Johnson 1844-49 Pierre Soulé 1847 Solomon W. Downs 1847-53 Pierre Soulé 1849-53 Judah P. Benjamin 1853-61 John Slidell 1853-61 John Spafford Harris 1868-71 William P. Kellogg 1868-72 Joseph Rodman West 1871-77 James B. Eustis 1876-79 William P. Kellogg 1877-83 Benjamin F. Jonas 1879-85 Randall L. Gibson 1883-92 James B. Eustis 1885-91 Edward Douglass White 1891-94 Donelson Caffery 1892-1901 Newton C. Blanchard 1894-97 Samuel D. McEnery 1897-1910 Murphy J. Foster 1901-13 John R. Thornton 1910-15 Joseph E. Ransdell 1913-31 Robert F. Broussard 1915-18 Walter Guion 1918 Edward J. Gay 1918-21 Edwin S. Broussard 1921-33 Huey P. Long 1932-35 John H. Overton 1933-48 Rose M. Long 1936-37 Allen J. Ellender 1937-72 William Crosson Feazel 1948 Russell B. Long 1948-87 Elaine S. Edwards 1972 J. Bennett Johnston 1972-97 John B. Breaux 1987- Mary L. Landrieu 1997- David Vitter 2005-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1817 Nov 23: William C. C. Claiborne, died in office.
  • 1833 May 19: Josiah S. Johnston, died in office.
  • 1846 Dec 29: Alexander Barrow, died in office.
  • 1878: Duncan Farrar Kenner, defeated.
  • 1892 Dec 15: Randall L. Gibson, died in office.
  • 1910 Jun 28: Samuel D. McEnery, died in office.
  • 1918 Apr 12: Robert F. Broussard, died in office.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Joseph E. Ransdell (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Edward J. Gay (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1920: Jared Y. Sanders, defeated for nomination.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Edwin S. Broussard (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Joseph E. Ransdell (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1926: Jared Y. Sanders, defeated for nomination.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Edwin S. Broussard (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1930 Nov 4: Huey P. Long (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1932 Nov 8: John H. Overton (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1935 Sep 10: Huey P. Long, died in office.
  • 1936 Apr 21: Rose M. Long (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Allen J. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1938 Nov 8: John H. Overton (Dem), elected; Maurice H. Clark (Ind), defeated.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Allen J. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1944 Nov 7: John H. Overton (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1948 May 14: John H. Overton, died in office.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Allen J. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Russell B. Long (Dem), elected; Charles S. Gerth (Rep), defeated.
  • 1954 Nov 2: Allen J. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Russell B. Long (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1960 Nov 8: Allen J. Ellender (Dem), elected; George W. Reese, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 1962 Nov 6: Russell B. Long (Dem), elected; Taylor W. O'Hearn (Rep), defeated.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Allen J. Ellender (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Russell B. Long (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1972 Jul 27: Allen J. Ellender, died in office.
  • 1972 Nov 7: J. Bennett Johnston (Dem), elected; John McKeithen (Ind), defeated; Benjamin C. Toledano (Rep), defeated; Hall M. Lyons (American), defeated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Russell B. Long (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1978 Sep 16: J. Bennett Johnston (Dem), elected; Louis Jenkins (Dem), defeated.
  • 1980 Sep 13: Russell B. Long (Dem), elected; Louis Jenkins (Dem), defeated; Jerry C. Bardwell (Rep), defeated; Robert M. Moss (Rep), defeated; Naomi Bracey, defeated.
  • 1984 Sep 29: J. Bennett Johnston (Dem), elected; Robert M. Ross (Rep), defeated; Larry N. Cooper (Rep), defeated.
  • 1986 Sep 27: W. Henson Moore III (Rep), advanced to runoff; John B. Breaux (Dem), advanced to runoff; Samuel B. Nunez (Dem), defeated; J. E. Jumonville (Dem), defeated; Sherman A. Bernard (Dem), defeated; Eli Williams (Dem), defeated; Robert H. Briggs (Dem), defeated; Frank J. McTopy, defeated; Fred Collins (Dem), defeated; John H. Myers (Dem), defeated; Ken Lewis (Dem), defeated; Vincent Giardina, defeated; Robert M. Ross (Rep), defeated; Nels J'Anthony, defeated.
  • 1986 Nov 4: John B. Breaux (Dem), elected; W. Henson Moore III (Rep), defeated.
  • 1990 Oct 6: J. Bennett Johnston (Dem), elected; David Duke (Rep), defeated; Nick J. Accardo (Dem), defeated; Larry Crowe (Dem), defeated.
  • 1992 Oct 3: John B. Breaux (Dem), elected; Jon Khachaturian (Ind), defeated; Lyle Stockstill (Rep), defeated; Nick J. Accardo (Dem), defeated; Fred C. Strong (Rep), defeated.
  • 1996 Sep 21: Louis Jenkins (Rep), advanced to runoff; Mary L. Landrieu (Dem), advanced to runoff; Richard P. Ieyoub (Dem), defeated; David Duke (Rep), defeated; James A. Hayes (Rep), defeated; Bill Linder (Rep), defeated; Chuck McMaine (Rep), defeated; Peggy Wilson (Rep), defeated; Troyce Guice (Dem), defeated; Nick J. Accardo (Ind), defeated; Arthur D. Nichols (Ind), defeated; Sadie Raberts-Joseph (Dem), defeated; Tom Kirk (Ind), defeated; Darryl P. Ward (Ind), defeated; Sam H. Melton, Jr. (Ind), defeated.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Mary L. Landrieu (Dem), elected; Louis Jenkins (Rep), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: John B. Breaux (Dem), elected; James J. Donelon (Rep), defeated; Raymond Brown, defeated; Sam H. Melton, Jr. (Dem), defeated; Darryl P. Ward (Rep), defeated; L. D. 'Nota' Knox, defeated; Jeffrey H. Diket, defeated; Martin A. Rosenthal, defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Mary L. Landrieu (Dem), advanced to runoff; Suzanne Haik Terrell (Rep), advanced to runoff; John Cooksey (Rep), defeated; Tony Perkins (Rep), defeated; Raymond Brown (Dem), defeated; Patrick E. Landry, defeated; James Lemann, defeated; Gary D. Robbins, defeated; Ernest Edward Skillman, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 2002 Dec 7: Mary L. Landrieu (Dem), elected; Suzanne Haik Terrell (Rep), defeated.
  • 2004: Christopher John (Dem), defeated.

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