Class 2
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Term | Electoral history |
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| 1 | Jean Noel Destréhan | Unknown | September 3, 1812 – October 1, 1812 |
1 | Resigned |
| Vacant | October 1, 1812 – October 8, 1812 |
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| 2 | Thomas Posey | Democratic-Republican | October 8, 1812 – February 4, 1813 |
Appointed to continue Destréhan's term Lost election to finish Destréhan's term |
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| 3 | James Brown | Democratic-Republican | February 5, 1813 – March 4, 1817 |
Elected to finish Destréhan's term Lost election to full term |
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| 4 | William C. C. Claiborne | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – November 23, 1817 |
2 | Elected in 1817 Died |
| Vacant | November 23, 1817 – January 12, 1818 |
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| 5 | Henry Johnson | Democratic-Republican | January 12, 1818 – May 27, 1824 |
Appointed to finish Claiborne's term | |
| 3 | Elected to full term in 1823 Resigned to become Governor |
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| Vacant | May 27, 1824 – November 19, 1824 |
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| 6 | Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny | Adams-Clay Republican |
November 19, 1824 – March 4, 1829 |
Elected to finish Johnson's term | |
| 7 | Edward Livingston | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1829 – May 24, 1831 |
4 | Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State |
| Vacant | May 24, 1831 – November 15, 1831 |
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| 8 | George A. Waggaman | Anti- Jacksonian |
November 15, 1831 – March 4, 1835 |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1835 – January 13, 1836 |
5 | Charles Gayarré was elected in 1835, but resigned due to ill health | ||
| 9 | Robert C. Nicholas | Jacksonian | January 13, 1836 – March 4, 1841 |
Elected to finish Gauarré's term | |
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| 10 | Alexander Barrow | Whig | March 4, 1841 – December 29, 1846 |
6 | Elected in 1841 Died |
| Vacant | December 29, 1846 – January 21, 1847 |
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| 11 | Pierre Soulé | Democratic | January 21, 1847 – March 4, 1847 |
Elected to finish Barrow's term | |
| 12 | Solomon W. Downs | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853 |
7 | Elected in 1847 |
| 13 | Judah P. Benjamin | Whig | March 4, 1853 – February 4, 1861 |
8 | Elected in 1853 |
| Democratic | 9 | Re-elected in 1859 Withdrew |
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| Vacant | February 4, 1861 – July 8, 1868 |
American Civil War and Reconstruction | |||
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| 14 | John S. Harris | Republican | July 8, 1868 – March 4, 1871 |
Elected to finish incomplete term in 1868 |
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| 15 | Joseph R. West | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1877 |
11 | Elected in 1871 Retired |
| 16 | William P. Kellogg | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1883 |
12 | Elected in 1877 Retired to run for member of the U.S. House of Representatives |
| 17 | Randall L. Gibson | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – December 15, 1892 |
13 | Elected in 1882 |
| 14 | Re-elected in 1888 Died |
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| Vacant | December 15, 1892 – December 31, 1892 |
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| 18 | Donelson Caffery | Democratic | December 31, 1892 – March 4, 1901 |
Elected to finish Gibson's term | |
| 15 | Re-elected in 1894 Retired |
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| 19 | Murphy J. Foster | Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1913 |
16 | Elected in 1900 |
| 17 | Re-elected in 1906 Lost renomination |
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| 20 | Joseph E. Ransdell | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1931 |
18 | Elected in 1912 |
| 19 | Re-elected in 1918 | ||||
| 20 | Re-elected in 1924 Lost renomination |
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| Vacant | March 4, 1931 – January 25, 1932 |
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| 21 | Huey Long | Democratic | January 25, 1932 – September 10, 1935 |
Continued to serve as Governor of Louisiana, leaving the Senate seat vacant Assassinated |
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| Vacant | September 10, 1935 – January 31, 1936 |
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| 22 | Rose McConnell Long | Democratic | January 31, 1936 – January 2, 1937 |
Appointed to continue Huey Long's term Elected to finish Huey Long's term Retired |
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| 23 | Allen J. Ellender | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – July 27, 1972 |
22 | Elected in 1936 |
| 23 | Re-elected in 1942 | ||||
| 24 | Re-elected in 1948 | ||||
| 25 | Re-elected in 1954 | ||||
| 26 | Re-elected in 1960 | ||||
| 27 | Re-elected in 1966 Died |
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| Vacant | July 27, 1972 – August 1, 1972 |
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| 24 | Elaine S. Edwards | Democratic | August 1, 1972 – November 13, 1972 |
Appointed to continue Ellender's term Retired when successor qualified |
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| 25 | Bennett Johnston, Jr. | Democratic | November 14, 1972 – January 3, 1997 |
Elected to finish Ellender's term | |
| 28 | Re-elected in 1972 | ||||
| 29 | Re-elected in 1978 | ||||
| 30 | Re-elected in 1984 | ||||
| 31 | Re-elected in 1990 Retired |
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| 26 | Mary Landrieu | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – Present |
32 | Elected in 1996 |
| 33 | Re-elected in 2002 | ||||
| 34 | Re-elected in 2008 | ||||
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