John Willis Menard was the first Black man ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives though he was never seated in Congress. In November...
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Charles Edmund Nash
A former sergeant for the Union Army, Congressman Charles Nash was the first Black American to represent Louisiana in the U.S. House of...
Cleo Fields
Congressman Cleo Fields served Louisiana's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1997 (103rd-104th...
William Jennings Jefferson
Congressman William Jefferson represented Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009 (102nd-110th...
Cedric Richmond
Congressman Cedric Richmond represented Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2021 (112th-117th...
Troy Carter
Congressman Troy Carter has represented Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021 (117th...