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List of United States senators from Louisiana

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Source revisionJul 20, 2026
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Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, and elects senators to class 2 and class 3. Russell Long was the state's longest-serving senator, serving from 1948–1987. Its current senators are Republicans Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy.

Louisiana is one of eighteen states alongside California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and West Virginia to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators

See also

Elections in Louisiana

List of United States representatives from Louisiana

Louisiana's congressional delegations

Notes

References

Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160632563.

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