| State: | Louisiana |
| District Number: | 4 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries |
| Representative: | Mike Johnson |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Benton |
| Distribution Ref: | [1] |
| Percent Urban: | 58.65 |
| Percent Rural: | 41.35 |
| Population: | 761,461[2] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $48,618 |
| Percent White: | 55.7 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 4.5 |
| Percent Black: | 33.9 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.0 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.7 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.5 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.7 |
| Cpvi: | R+14[3] |
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 Natchitoches.
The district is currently represented by Republican Mike Johnson, who has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives since October 2023.
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 most of Natchitoches and St Landry Parishes to the redrawn 6th district, while absorbing Lincoln, Jackson, Winn, and part of Rapides Parish from the 5th.[4] 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.
| Election results from presidential races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 2000 | President | Bush 55 - 43% | |
| 2004 | President | Bush 59 - 40% | |
| 2008 | President | McCain 59 - 40% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 59 - 40% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 61 - 37% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 61 - 37% | |
| Name | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1843 | ||||||||
| align=left | Pierre Bossier | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – April 24, 1844 | Elected in 1842. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 24, 1844 – December 2, 1844 | ||||||
| align=left | Isaac Edward Morse | Democratic | nowrap | 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. | |||
| align=left | John Moore | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1850. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Roland Jones | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John M. Sandidge | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 | Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John M. Landrum | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1858. Vacated seat due to Civil War. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – July 18, 1868 | Civil War and Reconstruction | |||||
| align=left | Michel Vidal | Republican | nowrap | July 18, 1868 – March 3, 1869 | Elected to finish the vacant term. Retired to become U.S. consul to Tripoli, Libya. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – May 23, 1870 | ||||||
| align=left | Joseph P. Newsham | Republican | nowrap | May 23, 1870 – March 3, 1871 | Successfully contested election of Michael Ryan. Retired. | |||
| align=left | James McCleery | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – November 5, 1871 | Elected in 1870. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 5, 1871 – December 3, 1872 | ||||||
| align=left | Alexander Boarman | Liberal Republican | nowrap | December 3, 1872 – March 3, 1873 | Elected to finish McCleery's term. Retired. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – November 24, 1873 | Representative-elect Samuel Peters died before the term began. | |||||
| align=left | George Luke Smith | Republican | nowrap | November 24, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Elected to finish Peters's term. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | William Mallory Levy | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Joseph Barton Elam | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Retired due to injuries. | |||
| align=left | Newton C. Blanchard | Democratic | nowrap | 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 | nowrap | March 12, 1894 – May 12, 1894 | ||||||
| align=left | Henry Warren Ogden | Democratic | nowrap | May 12, 1894 – March 3, 1899 | Elected to finish Blanchard's term. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Phanor Breazeale | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1905 | Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | John T. Watkins | Democratic | nowrap | 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. | |||
| align=left | John N. Sandlin | Democratic | nowrap | 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. | |||
| align=left | Overton Brooks | Democratic | nowrap | 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 | nowrap | September 16, 1961 – December 19, 1961 | ||||||
| align=left | Joe Waggonner Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | 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. | |||
| align=left | Buddy Leach | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | Elected in 1978. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Buddy Roemer | Democratic[5] | nowrap | 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 | nowrap | March 14, 1988 – April 16, 1988 | ||||||
| align=left | Jim McCrery | Republican | nowrap | April 16, 1988 – January 3, 1993 | Elected to finish Roemer's term. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Cleo Fields | Democratic | nowrap | 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. | |||||
| 2023–2025 | ||||||||
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