Louisiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district is located in the northwestern part of the state and is based in Shreveport-Bossier City. It also includes the cities of Minden, DeRidder, and Ruston, and part of Monroe. The district is represented by Republican Mike Johnson, who has served as the Speaker of the House since October 2023.
With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+26, it is the most Republican district in Louisiana.
History The 4th congressional district was created in 1843, the first new district in the state in 20 years. It was gained after the 1840 U.S. census.
For most of the next 150 years, the 4th was centered on Shreveport and northwestern Louisiana. However, in 1993, Louisiana lost a congressional district, based on population figures. The state legislature shifted most of Shreveport's white residents into the . Republican Jim McCrery ran for election in the new 5th and won, defeating Democrat Jerry Huckaby, who represented the old 5th for eight terms.
Meanwhile, the 4th was reconfigured as a 63-percent African American-majority district, stretching in a roughly "Z" shape from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. Democrat Cleo Fields was elected for two terms as the representative of the 4th congressional district. When the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated the boundaries of the new 4th congressional district as unconstitutional, the Louisiana legislature redrew the district to encompass most of Northwest Louisiana, closely resembling its pre-1993 configuration. It is white majority. McCrery was elected in 1996 to this seat.
The 2024 Allen v. Milligan decision dictated a new map to be drawn to be African American-majority; as such, the 4th district contributes parts of Shreveport, half of DeSoto Parish, and all of Natchitoches and St Landry Parishes to the redrawn 6th district, while absorbing Lincoln, Jackson, Winn, and part of Rapides Parish from the 5th. This also shifted the 4th from being the state's most competitive district with a Cook PVI of R+14 to the most solidly Republican with a PVI of R+26.
Parishes and communities For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 court order), the district contains all or portions of the following parishes and communities.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST22/CD119_LA04.pdf
Allen Parish (5)
All five communities
Beauregard Parish (6)
All six communities Bienville Parish (10) All ten communities Bossier Parish (7) All seven communities
Calcasieu Parish (9)
Carlyss (part; also 3rd), DeQuincy, Gillis, Lake Charles (part; also 3rd), Moss Bluff (part; also 3rd), Prien (part; also 3rd), Starks, Sulphur (part; also 3rd), Vinton Caddo Parish (11) Belcher, Blanchard, Gilliam, Greenwood, Hosston, Ida, Mooringsport, Oil City, Rodessa, Shreveport (part; also 6th; shared with Bossier Parish), Vivian
Claiborne Parish (4)
All four communities
DeSoto Parish (7)
Gloster (part; also 6th), Grand Cane, Keachi, Logansport, Longstreet, Stanley, Stonewall
Evangeline Parish (7)
All seven communities
Grant Parish (8)
All eight communities
Jackson Parish (7)
All seven communities
Lincoln Parish (6)
All six communities
Ouachita Parish (4)
Claiborne, Monroe (part; also 5th), Sterlington, West Monroe (part; also 5th)
Rapides Parish (5)
Alexandria (part; also 6th), Forest Hill, Glenmora, McNary, Woodworth
Red River Parish (4)
All four communities
Sabine Parish (9)
All nine communities
Union Parish (8)
All eight communities
Vernon Parish (10)
All ten communities
Webster Parish (11)
All 11 communities
Winn Parish (9)
All nine communities
Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentMcCain 71% - 27%2012 PresidentRomney 73% - 27%2014 SenateCassidy 72% - 28%2015 GovernorVitter 57% - 43% Lt. GovernorNungesser 68% - 32%2016 PresidentTrump 73% - 24% SenateKennedy 74% - 26%2019 GovernorRispone 66% - 34% Lt. GovernorNungesser 79% - 21% Attorney GeneralLandry 80% - 20%2020 PresidentTrump 74% - 25%2023 Attorney GeneralMurrill 78% - 22%2024 PresidentTrump 76% - 23%
List of members representing the district Name Party Years Congress Electoral history Location District created March 4, 1843 Pierre Bossier Democratic March 4, 1843 –April 24, 1844 Elected in 1842.Died. Vacant April 24, 1844 –December 2, 1844 Isaac Edward Morse Democratic December 2, 1844 –March 3, 1851 Elected to finish Bossier's term.Also elected to the next full term.Re-elected in 1846.Re-elected in 1848.Lost re-election. John Moore Whig March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1850.Retired. Roland Jones Democratic March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1852.Retired. John M. Sandidge Democratic March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856.Retired. John M. Landrum Democratic March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1861 Elected in 1858.Vacated seat due to Civil War. Vacant March 4, 1861 –July 18, 1868 Civil War and Reconstruction Michel Vidal Republican July 18, 1868 –March 3, 1869 Elected to finish the vacant term.Retired to become U.S. consul to Tripoli, Libya. Vacant March 4, 1869 –May 23, 1870 Joseph P. Newsham Republican May 23, 1870 –March 3, 1871 Successfully contested election of Michael Ryan.Retired.James McCleery Republican March 4, 1871 –November 5, 1871 Elected in 1870.Died. Vacant November 5, 1871 –December 3, 1872 Alexander Boarman Liberal Republican December 3, 1872 –March 3, 1873 Elected to finish McCleery's term.Retired. Vacant March 4, 1873 –November 24, 1873 Representative-elect Samuel Peters died before the term began. George Luke Smith Republican November 24, 1873 –March 3, 1875 Elected to finish Peters's term.Lost re-election. William Mallory Levy Democratic March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874.Lost renomination. Joseph Barton Elam Democratic March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1881 Elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Retired due to injuries. Newton C. Blanchard Democratic March 4, 1881 –March 12, 1894 Elected in 1880.Re-elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Re-elected in 1892.Resigned when appointed U.S. senator. Vacant March 12, 1894 –May 12, 1894 Henry Warren Ogden Democratic May 12, 1894 –March 3, 1899 Elected to finish Blanchard's term.Re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Retired. Phanor Breazeale Democratic March 4, 1899 –March 3, 1905 Elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Lost renomination. John T. Watkins Democratic March 4, 1905 –March 3, 1921 Elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Re-elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Lost renomination. John N. Sandlin Democratic March 4, 1921 –January 3, 1937 Elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Overton Brooks Democratic January 3, 1937 –September 16, 1961 Elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Died. Vacant September 16, 1961 –December 19, 1961 Joe Waggonner Jr. Democratic December 19, 1961 –January 3, 1979 Elected to finish Brooks's term.Re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Re-elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Retired. Buddy Leach Democratic January 3, 1979 –January 3, 1981 Elected in 1978.Lost re-election. Buddy Roemer DemocraticRoemer switched to the Republicans in 1991 while serving as governor. See ROEMER, Charles Elson (Buddy), III - Biographical Information. January 3, 1981 –March 14, 1988 Elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Resigned when elected governor. Vacant March 14, 1988 –April 16, 1988 Jim McCrery Republican April 16, 1988 –January 3, 1993 Elected to finish Roemer's term.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Redistricted to the . Cleo Fields Democratic January 3, 1993 –January 3, 1997 Elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Redistricted to the and retired. Jim McCrery Republican January 3, 1997 –January 3, 2009 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Retired. 1997–2003 2003–2013 John C. Fleming Republican January 3, 2009 –January 3, 2017 Elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Re-elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Retired to run for U.S. Senator. 2013–2023 Mike Johnson Republican January 3, 2017 –present Elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024. 2023–2025 2025–present
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See also
Louisiana's congressional districts List of United States congressional districts
References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present