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U.S. Senators from Louisiana:
Name Dates of Service
Class 2
Jean N. Destréhan (N/A)
Thomas Posey (R)
James Brown (R)
William C. C. Claiborne (R)
Henry Johnson (R,ADAMS-CLAY R)
C. D. J. Dominique Bouligny (ADAMS-CLAY R)
Edward Livingston (J)
George A. Waggaman (AJ)
Robert C. Nicholas (J,D)
Alexander Barrow (W)
Pierre Soulé (D)
Solomon W. Downs (D)
Judah P. Benjamin (W,OP,D)
John S. Harris (R)
J. Rodman West (R)
William P. Kellogg (R)
Randall L. Gibson (D)
Donelson Caffery (D)
Murphy J. Foster (D)
Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
Huey P. Long (D)
Rose McConnell Long (D)
Allen J. Ellender (D)
Elaine S. Edwards (D)
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D)
Mary Landrieu (D)
1812-1812
1812-1813
1813-1817
1817-1817
1818-1824
1824-1829
1829-1831
1831-1835
1836-1841
1841-1846
1847-1847
1847-1853
1853-1861
1868-1871
1871-1877
1877-1883
1883-1892
1892-1901
1901-1913
1913-1931
1932-1935
1936-1937
1937-1972
1972-1972
1972-1997
1997---

Name Dates of Service
Class 3
Allan B. Magruder (R)
Eligius Fromentin (R)
James Brown (R,ADAMS-CLAY R)
Josiah S. Johnston (ADAMS-CLAY R, ADAMS, AJ)
Alexander Porter (AJ)
Alexander Mouton (J,D)
Charles M. Conrad (W)
Henry Johnson (W)
Pierre Soulé (D)
John Slidell (D)
William P. Kellogg (R)
James B. Eustis (D)
Benjamin F. Jonas (D)
James B. Eustis (D)
Edward D. White (D)
Newton C. Blanchard (D)
Samuel D. McEnery (D)
John R. Thornton (D)
Robert F. Broussard (D)
Walter Guion (D)
Edward J. Gay (D)
Edwin S. Broussard (D)
John H. Overton (D)
William C. Feazel (D)
Russell B. Long (D)
John B. Breaux (D)
David Vitter (R)
1812-1813
1813-1819
1819-1823
1824-1833
1833-1837
1837-1842
1842-1843
1844-1849
1849-1853
1853-1861
1868-1872
1876-1879
1879-1885
1885-1891
1891-1894
1894-1897
1897-1910
1910-1915
1915-1918
1918-1918
1918-1921
1921-1933
1933-1948
1948-1948
1948-1987
1987-2005
2005---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more):
Russell B. Long
Allen J. Ellender
J. Bennett Johnson
 
Louisiana Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
President Pro Tempore: Allen J. Ellender

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; John Breaux

Party Whips: Russell B. Long

Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947:

Agriculture and Forestry: Allen J. Ellender

Appropriations: Allen J. Ellender

Energy and Natural Resources: J. Bennett Johnston

Finance: Russell B. Long
Louisiana Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Huey Pierce Long by Charles Keck (Statuary Hall); Edward Douglass White by Arthur Morgan (Senate connecting corridor).
 
Unusual Facts
During his tenure in the Senate, Allan J. Ellender invited fellow senators and administration officials to sample his Creole cooking at luncheons in his third floor Capitol hideaway. Five U.S. presidents sampled his cooking, including President Lyndon B. Johnson, who, enticed by a delicious aroma on a visit to the Capitol, dropped by, uninvited, to sample Ellender's famous shrimp gumbo.
 
  

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