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Retired to run for U.S. senator. Charles F. Buck: March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 Democratic: 2nd: Elected in 1894. Retired to run for Mayor of New Orleans. Henry Adams Bullard: March 4, 1831 – January 4, 1834 Anti-Jacksonian: 3rd: Elected in 1830. Resigned to become judge of Supreme Court of Louisiana. December 5, 1850 – March 3, 1851 Whig ...
WVUE-DT (channel 8) is a television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Owned by Gray Media, the station maintains primary studios on Norman C. Francis Parkway in the city's Gert Town section, with a secondary studio within the Benson Tower in downtown New Orleans; [2] [3] its transmitter is located on Magistrate Street in Chalmette, Louisiana.
Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, and elects senators to class 2 and class 3. Its current senators are Republicans Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy . Russell Long was the state's longest serving senator, served 1948–1987.
Current U.S. representatives from Louisiana District Member (Residence) [2] Party Incumbent since CPVI (2022) [3] 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
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.
Livingston was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is a descendant of the Livingston family of New York, whose members include Philip, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence; Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, a co-author of the Declaration and author of the Louisiana Purchase; his younger brother, Edward, Aide de Camp and later Secretary of State to President Andrew ...
Troy Anthony Carter Sr. (born October 26, 1963) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district since 2021. [1] [2] He was previously a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 7th district.
John Berlinger Breaux (/ ˈ b r oʊ /; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician from Louisiana.He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from 1987 to 2005. [1]