Louisiana's 8th congressional district
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Louisiana's 8th congressional district is a defunct Congressional district and no longer exists after Louisiana lost its eighth Congressional seat in the 1990 U. S. Census. For its entire existence, it was based in Alexandria and included much of the north-central part of the state.
Beginning in 1972, the district was redrawn at the direction of Governor Edwin Edwards to take in liberal precincts in and around Baton Rouge in order to aid the return to Congress of Gillis Long.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Notes |
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District created | March 4, 1913 | Created following 1910 census | ||
James Benjamin Aswell | Democratic | March 4, 1913 - March 16, 1931 | Natchitoches | Died |
Vacant | March 16, 1931 - May 12, 1931 | |||
John H. Overton | Democratic | May 12, 1931 - March 3, 1933 | Marksville | Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
Cleveland Dear | Democratic | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1937 | Alexandria | |
A. Leonard Allen | Democratic | January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1953 | Winnfield | |
George S. Long | Democratic | January 3, 1953 - March 22, 1958 | Pineville | Died |
Vacant | March 22, 1958 - January 3, 1959 | |||
75px Harold B. McSween | Democratic | January 3, 1959 - January 3, 1963 | Alexandria | |
Gillis W. Long | Democratic | January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965 | Alexandria | |
Speedy O. Long | Democratic | January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1973 | Jena | |
Gillis W. Long | Democratic | January 3, 1973 - January 20, 1985 | Alexandria | Died |
Vacant | January 20, 1985 - March 30, 1985 | |||
Catherine Small Long | Democratic | March 30, 1985 - January 3, 1987 | Alexandria | |
Clyde C. Holloway | Republican | January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1993 | Forest Hill | |
District eliminated | January 3, 1993 |
References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present