U.S. House district for Louisiana
Louisiana's 6th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative Distribution 78.12% urban[1] 21.88% rural Population (2022) 796,937[2] Median household income $70,632[3] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+19[4]
Louisiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana . Located in south-central Louisiana , the district contains most of the state capital of Baton Rouge , the bulk of Baton Rouge's suburbs, and continues south to Thibodaux . It also includes the western shores of Lake Pontchartrain .
The district is currently represented by Republican Garret Graves .
History [ edit ] Since the 6th congressional district's creation, its boundaries have migrated from a position astraddle the Mississippi River to completely east of the Mississippi River and more recently astraddle the river again.
For decades prior to 1974, the district was virtually coterminous with the Florida Parishes . In 1974, the 6th congressional district shed St. Tammany Parish to the 1st congressional district , and since then several redistrictings have incrementally moved the district's boundaries westward so that it has shed both Washington and Tangipahoa parishes (including Hammond , home of James H. Morrison , who represented the district for 24 years, the longest tenure of anyone ever to represent the district) to the 1st district.
For most of its existence, the district's lines generally followed parish lines. In the 1990s redistricting, however, most of the district's black voters were transferred to the black-majority 4th district. Those lines, however, were thrown out in 1995 when the 4th was ruled to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, and from 1996 to 2013, the 6th included all of Baton Rouge. After the 2010 redistricting, a gash in western Baton Rouge, including most of the city's black precincts, was transferred to the New Orleans -based 2nd district.
Following a court ruling striking down Louisiana's 2022 congressional map for violating the Voting Rights Act , the new map enacted by a special legislative session on January 22, 2024 dismantled the district and now stretches from Caddo Parish in the North West to East Baton Rouge Parish , and will include a majority African-American voting-age population. The new map will take effect for the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana .
Recent statewide elections [ edit ] Results under current lines (2023-2025) [ edit ] Results under future lines (since 2025)[5] [ edit ] List of members representing the district [ edit ] Member Party Years Cong ress Electoral history Location District created March 4, 1875 Charles E. Nash (Washington ) Republican March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 44th Elected in 1874 . Lost re-election. Edward White Robertson (Baton Rouge ) Democratic March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 45th 46th 47th Elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 . Lost renomination. Edward Taylor Lewis (Opelousas ) Democratic March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 48th Elected to finish member-elect Andrew Herron's term. Lost renomination. Alfred Briggs Irion (Marksville ) Democratic March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 49th Elected in 1884 . Lost renomination. Edward White Robertson (Baton Rouge ) Democratic March 4, 1887 – August 2, 1887 50th Elected in 1886 . Died. Vacant August 2, 1887 – December 5, 1887 Samuel Matthews Robertson (Baton Rouge ) Democratic December 5, 1887 – March 3, 1907 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th Elected to finish his father's term .Re-elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 . Lost renomination. George Kent Favrot (Baton Rouge ) Democratic March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 60th Elected in 1906 . Lost renomination. Robert Charles Wickliffe (St. Francisville ) Democratic March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912 61st 62nd Elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 . Died. Vacant June 11, 1912 – November 5, 1912 62nd Lewis Lovering Morgan (Covington ) Democratic November 5, 1912 – March 3, 1917 62nd 63rd 64th Elected to finish Wickliffe's term.Also elected to the next full term .Re-elected in 1914 . Retired. Jared Young Sanders (Bogalusa ) Democratic March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921 65th 66th Elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 . Retired. George Kent Favrot (Baton Rouge ) Democratic March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925 67th 68th Elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 . Lost renomination. Bolivar E. Kemp (Amite ) Democratic March 4, 1925 – June 19, 1933 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd Elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 .Re-elected in 1932 . Died. Vacant June 19, 1933 – May 1, 1934 73rd Jared Y. Sanders Jr. (Baton Rouge ) Democratic May 1, 1934 – January 3, 1937 73rd 74th Elected to finish Kemp's term.Re-elected in 1934 . Lost renomination. John K. Griffith (Slidell ) Democratic January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941 75th 76th Elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 . Lost renomination. Jared Y. Sanders Jr. (Baton Rouge ) Democratic January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 77th Elected in 1940 . Lost renomination. James H. Morrison (Hammond ) Democratic January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1967 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th Elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 . Lost renomination. John Rarick (Baton Rouge ) Democratic January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975 90th 91st 92nd 93rd Elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 . Lost renomination. Henson Moore (Baton Rouge ) Republican January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th Elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 . Retired to run for U.S. senator . Richard Baker (Baton Rouge ) Republican January 3, 1987 – February 2, 2008 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th Elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 . Resigned to take a lobbying position at the Managed Funds Association . 2003–2013 Vacant February 2, 2008 – May 3, 2008 110th Don Cazayoux (New Roads ) Democratic May 3, 2008 – January 3, 2009 Elected to finish Baker's term . Lost re-election. Bill Cassidy (Baton Rouge ) Republican January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015 111th 112th 113th Elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator . 2013–2023 Garret Graves (Baton Rouge ) Republican January 3, 2015 – present 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th Elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 . 2023–2025
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