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title="Louisiana's 3rd congressional district">3rd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1843 – June 26, 1845</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Moore_(Whig)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Moore (Whig)">John Moore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Harmanson" class="mw-redirect" title="John Henry Harmanson">John Henry Harmanson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1823-1824</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1798-03-17</span>)</span>March 17, 1798<br /><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 26, 1845<span style="display:none">(1845-06-26)</span> (aged 47)<br /><a href="/wiki/St._Francisville,_Louisiana" title="St. Francisville, Louisiana">St. Francisville, Louisiana</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Margaret Johnson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Planter</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Bennett Dawson</b> (March 17, 1798 – June 26, 1845) was an American politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from the state of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bennett_Dawson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born near <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> on March 17, 1798, he went to <a href="/wiki/Centre_College" title="Centre College">Centre College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Danville,_Kentucky" title="Danville, Kentucky">Danville, Kentucky</a>. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> and became a planter residing at Wyoming Plantation; he was also interested in the newspaper business. He married Margaret Johnson and together they had four children. His daughter Anna Ruffin Dawson married <a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Wickliffe" title="Robert C. Wickliffe">Robert C. Wickliffe</a> who would serve as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Louisiana in the 1850s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bennett_Dawson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1823 to 1824, Dawson was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a> representing <a href="/wiki/Feliciana_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Feliciana Parish, Louisiana">Feliciana Parish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He unsuccessfully ran for Louisiana Governor in <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_1834" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1834">1834</a>, He was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Edward_Douglass_White,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Douglass White, Sr.">Edward D. White</a>. </p><p>In 1840, Dawson was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> representing the Second District in the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-seventh_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-seventh United States Congress">27th Congress</a>. He was re-elected in 1842 and represented the Third District in the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-eighth United States Congress">28th Congress</a>. He served from March 4, 1841, until his death on June 26, 1845. He defeated <a href="/wiki/James_M._Elam" title="James M. Elam">James M. Elam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a>) in the election of 1843. </p><p>He served as major-general in the State <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_States)" title="Militia (United States)">militia</a>, judge of the parish court in <a href="/wiki/West_Feliciana_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="West Feliciana Parish">West Feliciana Parish</a>, and U.S. <a href="/wiki/Postmaster" title="Postmaster">postmaster</a> at <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> from April 10, 1843, until December 19, 1843. </p><p>Dawson was known for his threats of violence, particularly on the topic of slavery. He once "threatened to cut a colleague’s throat ‘from ear to ear.’"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On separate occasions, he drew a Bowie knife on and raised a cocked pistol at the anti-slavery congressman <a href="/wiki/Joshua_R._Giddings" class="mw-redirect" title="Joshua R. Giddings">Joshua R. Giddings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">John Quincy Adams</a> described him as a "drunken bully."<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman2018_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bennett_Dawson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dawson died on June 26, 1845. His remains were interred in <a href="/wiki/Grace_Episcopal_Church_(St._Francisville,_Louisiana)" title="Grace Episcopal Church (St. Francisville, Louisiana)">Grace Episcopal churchyard</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Francisville,_Louisiana" title="St. Francisville, Louisiana">St. Francisville, Louisiana</a>. His successor in Congress, <a href="/wiki/John_H._Harmanson" title="John H. Harmanson">John H. 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Hamilton</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Louisiana">Governor of Louisiana</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1834_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="1834 Louisiana gubernatorial election">1834</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Denis_Prieur_(mayor)" title="Denis Prieur (mayor)">Denis Prieur</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._White_Sr." title="Edward D. White Sr.">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Johnson_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Henry Johnson (Louisiana politician)">H. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._White_Sr." title="Edward D. White Sr.">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Slidell" title="John Slidell">Slidell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emile_La_S%C3%A9re" title="Emile La Sére">La Sére</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_St._Martin" title="Louis St. Martin">St. Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Dunbar_(politician)" title="William Dunbar (politician)">Dunbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eustis_Jr." title="George Eustis Jr.">Eustis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Bouligny" title="John Edward Bouligny">Bouligny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Hale_Sypher" title="J. Hale Sypher">Sypher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham_Lawrence" title="Effingham Lawrence">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_L._Gibson" title="Randall L. Gibson">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carleton_Hunt" title="Carleton Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_St._Martin" title="Louis St. Martin">St. Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_S._Wilkinson_(politician)" title="Theodore S. Wilkinson (politician)">Wilkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Meyer" title="Adolph Meyer">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Estopinal" title="Albert Estopinal">Estopinal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Connor_(Louisiana_politician)" title="James O'Connor (Louisiana politician)">O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_O._Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Joachim O. Fernández">Fernández</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Edward_H%C3%A9bert" title="F. Edward Hébert">Hébert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Tonry" title="Richard A. Tonry">Tonry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Livingston" title="Bob Livingston">B. Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">Vitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Jindal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Scalise" title="Steve Scalise">Scalise</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/100px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/150px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg/200px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="7040" data-file-height="4556" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana02 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Gurley" title="Henry H. Gurley">Gurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philemon_Thomas" title="Philemon Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleazer_W._Ripley" title="Eleazer W. Ripley">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_W._Chinn" title="Thomas W. Chinn">Chinn</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alc%C3%A9e_Louis_la_Branche" title="Alcée Louis la Branche">la Branche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannon_G._Thibodeaux" title="Bannon G. Thibodeaux">Thibodeaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Magill_Conrad" title="Charles Magill Conrad">Conrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Bullard" title="Henry A. Bullard">Bullard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Aristide_Landry" title="Joseph Aristide Landry">J. A. Landry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_G._Hunt" title="Theodore G. Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Taylor_(politician)" title="Miles Taylor (politician)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Mann_(1822%E2%80%931868)" title="James Mann (1822–1868)">Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Allen_Sheldon" title="Lionel Allen Sheldon">Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._John_Ellis" title="E. John Ellis">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hahn" title="Michael Hahn">Hahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_D._Wallace" title="Nathaniel D. Wallace">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_D._Lagan" title="Matthew D. Lagan">Lagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_D._Coleman" title="Hamilton D. Coleman">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_D._Lagan" title="Matthew D. Lagan">Lagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Davey" title="Robert C. Davey">Davey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Buck" title="Charles F. Buck">Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Davey" title="Robert C. Davey">Davey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Gilmore" title="Samuel L. Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Garland_Dupr%C3%A9" title="H. Garland Dupré">Dupré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Z._Spearing" title="James Z. Spearing">Spearing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Maloney" title="Paul H. Maloney">Maloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_Boggs" title="Hale Boggs">H. Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Maloney" title="Paul H. Maloney">Maloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_Boggs" title="Hale Boggs">H. Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindy_Boggs" title="Lindy Boggs">L. Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jefferson_(politician)" title="William Jefferson (politician)">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cao" title="Joseph Cao">Cao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Richmond" title="Cedric Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Carter_(politician)" title="Troy Carter (politician)">Carter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana03 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Brent" title="William L. Brent">Brent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Hampden_Overton" title="Walter Hampden Overton">Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Bullard" title="Henry A. Bullard">Bullard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Garland" title="Rice Garland">Garland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Moore_(Louisiana_politician)" title="John Moore (Louisiana politician)">J. Moore</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Harmanson" title="John H. Harmanson">Harmanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_G._Penn" title="Alexander G. Penn">Penn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Perkins_Jr." title="John Perkins Jr.">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Davidson" title="Thomas G. Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Newsham" title="Joseph P. Newsham">Newsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Bidwell_Darrall" title="Chester Bidwell Darrall">Darrall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Acklen" title="Joseph H. Acklen">Acklen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Bidwell_Darrall" title="Chester Bidwell Darrall">Darrall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_Kellogg" title="William Pitt Kellogg">Kellogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Gay_(politician,_born_1816)" title="Edward J. Gay (politician, born 1816)">Gay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Price_(politician)" title="Andrew Price (politician)">Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Broussard" title="Robert F. Broussard">Broussard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitmell_P._Martin" title="Whitmell P. Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numa_F._Montet" title="Numa F. Montet">Montet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Mouton" title="Robert L. Mouton">Mouton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Domengeaux" title="James R. Domengeaux">Domengeaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_E._Willis" title="Edwin E. Willis">Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_T._Caffery" title="Patrick T. Caffery">Caffery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Treen" title="Dave Treen">Treen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Tauzin" title="Billy Tauzin">Tauzin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Melan%C3%A7on" title="Charlie Melançon">Melançon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Landry" title="Jeff Landry">J. M. Landry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boustany" title="Charles Boustany">Boustany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Higgins" title="Clay Higgins">Higgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana04 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Bossier" title="Pierre Bossier">Bossier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_E._Morse" title="Isaac E. Morse">Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Moore_(Louisiana_politician)" title="John Moore (Louisiana politician)">J. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Jones" title="Roland Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Sandidge" title="John M. Sandidge">Sandidge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Landrum" title="John M. Landrum">Landrum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Vidal" title="Michel Vidal">Vidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Newsham" title="Joseph P. Newsham">Newsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McCleery" title="James McCleery">McCleery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Boarman" title="Alexander Boarman">Boarman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Luke_Smith" title="George Luke Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Levy" title="William M. Levy">Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barton_Elam" title="Joseph Barton Elam">Elam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_C._Blanchard" title="Newton C. Blanchard">Blanchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Warren_Ogden" title="Henry Warren Ogden">Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phanor_Breazeale" title="Phanor Breazeale">Breazeale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Watkins" title="John T. Watkins">Watkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_N._Sandlin" title="John N. Sandlin">Sandlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overton_Brooks" title="Overton Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Waggonner" title="Joe Waggonner">Waggonner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Leach" title="Buddy Leach">Leach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Roemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McCrery" title="Jim McCrery">McCrery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleo_Fields" title="Cleo Fields">Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McCrery" title="Jim McCrery">McCrery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fleming_(American_politician)" title="John Fleming (American politician)">Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana05 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W._Jasper_Blackburn" title="W. Jasper Blackburn">Blackburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Morey" title="Frank Morey">Morey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Spencer" title="William B. Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Leonard" title="John E. Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Smith_Young" title="J. Smith Young">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Floyd_King" title="J. Floyd King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherubusco_Newton" title="Cherubusco Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Boatner" title="Charles J. Boatner">Boatner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_T._Baird" title="Samuel T. Baird">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Ransdell" title="Joseph E. Ransdell">Ransdell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Walter_Elder" title="James Walter Elder">Elder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riley_J._Wilson" title="Riley J. Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newt_V._Mills" title="Newt V. Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._McKenzie" title="Charles E. McKenzie">McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Passman" title="Otto Passman">Passman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Huckaby" title="Jerry Huckaby">Huckaby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McCrery" title="Jim McCrery">McCrery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cooksey" title="John Cooksey">Cooksey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_McAllister" title="Vance McAllister">McAllister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Abraham_(politician)" title="Ralph Abraham (politician)">Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Letlow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana06 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 6th congressional district">6th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Nash" title="Charles E. Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_White_Robertson" title="Edward White Robertson">E. Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_T._Lewis_(politician)" title="Edward T. Lewis (politician)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Briggs_Irion" title="Alfred Briggs Irion">Irion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_White_Robertson" title="Edward White Robertson">E. Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_M._Robertson" title="Samuel M. Robertson">S. Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_K._Favrot" title="George K. Favrot">Favrot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Charles_Wickliffe" title="Robert Charles Wickliffe">Wickliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_L._Morgan" title="Lewis L. Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Y._Sanders_Sr." title="Jared Y. Sanders Sr.">Sanders Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_K._Favrot" title="George K. Favrot">Favrot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivar_E._Kemp" title="Bolivar E. Kemp">Kemp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Y._Sanders_Jr." title="Jared Y. Sanders Jr.">Sanders Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_K._Griffith" title="John K. Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Y._Sanders_Jr." title="Jared Y. Sanders Jr.">Sanders Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Morrison" title="James H. Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rarick" title="John Rarick">Rarick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henson_Moore" title="Henson Moore">H. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Baker_(American_politician)" title="Richard Baker (American politician)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Cazayoux" title="Don Cazayoux">Cazayoux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cassidy" title="Bill Cassidy">Cassidy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garret_Graves" title="Garret Graves">Graves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana07 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 7th congressional district">7th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Pujo" title="Arsène Pujo">Pujo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladislas_Lazaro" title="Ladislas Lazaro">Lazaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_L._De_Rouen" title="René L. De Rouen">De Rouen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_Plauch%C3%A9" title="Vance Plauché">Plauché</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Larcade_Jr." title="Henry D. Larcade Jr.">Larcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Ashton_Thompson" title="T. Ashton Thompson">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Breaux" title="John Breaux">Breaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Hayes" title="Jimmy Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_John_(politician)" title="Chris John (politician)">John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boustany" title="Charles Boustany">Boustany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Louisiana08 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 8th congressional district">8th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Benjamin_Aswell" title="James Benjamin Aswell">Aswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Overton" title="John H. Overton">Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Dear" title="Cleveland Dear">Dear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Leonard_Allen" title="A. Leonard Allen">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Long" title="George S. Long">G. S. "Doc" Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_B._McSween" title="Harold B. McSween">McSween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillis_William_Long" title="Gillis William Long">G. W. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedy_Long" title="Speedy Long">S. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillis_William_Long" title="Gillis William Long">G. W. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Small_Long" title="Catherine Small Long">C. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_C._Holloway" title="Clyde C. 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