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The Louisiana House of Representatives is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The House is composed of 105 Representatives, each of whom represents an equal amount of constituencies with an average population of 42,500 (2000 figures). Members serve four-year terms with a term limit of three terms (twelve years). The House is one of the five state legislative lower houses that has a four-year term, as opposed to the near-universal two-year term.

The House convenes at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

Contents 1 Leadership of the House 2 List of Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives 3 Standing Committees 4 Current Composition 5 See also 6 External links

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the full House(See [House Rule 2.3],[House Journal of the 2000 Organizational Session] and [House Journal of the 2004 Organizational Session]). In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also its the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The House of Representatives also elects a Speaker pro tempore to preside in the absence of the Speaker.

The current Speaker is Democrat Joe R. Salter of the 24 District (Sabine Parish, Red River Parish).

The current Speaker pro tempore is Democrat Yvonne Dorsey of the 67 District (East Baton Rouge Parish).

Speaker	Took Office	Left Office
Pierre Bauchet St. Martin	1812	????
Unknown	1814	1816
Magloire Guichard	1816	1818
David C. Ker	1819	1920
Armand Beauvais	1820	1822
Andre B. Roman	1822	1826
Octave Labranche	1827	1828
Andre B. Roman	1828	1830
Alexander Mouton	1831	1832
Alcée Louis la Branche	1833	1837
Joseph Marshall Walker	1837	1838
William Debuys	1839	1841
Unknown	1842
C. Derbigny	1843	1844
Antoine Boudousquie	1845
David A. Randall	1846
Preston W. Farrar	1847	1848?
Unknown	1848	1851
John E. King	1852
E. Warren Moise	1853
John M. Sandidge	1854	1855
William W. Pugh	11856	1859
C.H. Morrison	1860
Adolphus Oliver	1861	1864
Simeon Belden	1864	1865
Duncan S. Cage	1865	1867
Charles W. Lowell	1868	1869
Mortimer Carr	1870	1871
George W. Carter	1871
O.H. Brewster	1872
Charles W. Lowell	1873	1875
Michael Hahn	1875
E.D. Estilette	1876
Louis Bush	1877	1878
John Conway Moncure	1879	1880
Robert N. Ogden	1880	1884
Henry W. Ogden	1884	1888
S. P. Henry	1888	1892
G. W. Bolton	1892	1896
S. P. Henry	1896	1900
Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.	1900	1904
Robert H. Snyder	1904	1906
Joseph W. Hyams	1906	1908
Henry Garland Dupré	1908	1910
Unknown	1910	1912
L. E. Thomas	1912	1916
Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud	1916	1920
R. F. Walker	1920	1924
J. Stuart Douglas	1924	1926
William Clark Hughes	1926	1928
John B. Fournet	1928	1932
Allen J. Ellender	1932	1936
Lorris M. Wimberly	1936	1936
R. Norman Bauer	1940	1948
Morris A. Lottinger	1948	1950
Lorris M. Wimberly	1952
Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock	1952	1956
Lorris M. Wimberly	1957
Robert Joseph "Bob" Angelle	1957	1960
Thomas Jewell	1960	1964
Vail M. Delony	1964	1967
John S. Garrett	1968	1972
E. L. "Bubba" Henry	1972	1980
John J. Hainkel, Jr.	1980	1984
John A. Alario, Jr	1984	1988
Jimmy N. Dimos	1988	1992
John A. Alario, Jr	1992	1996
Huntington B. "Hunt" Downer, Jr.	1996	2000
Charles W. "Charlie" DeWitt, Jr.	2000	2004
Joe R. Salter	2004	2008

(1) Administration of Criminal Justice

(2) Appropriations

(3) Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

(4) Civil Law and Procedure

(5) Commerce

(6) Education

(7) Environment

(8) Health and Welfare

(9) House and Governmental Affairs

(10) Insurance

(11) Judiciary

(12) Labor and Industrial Relations

(13) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs

(14) Natural Resources

(15) Retirement

(16) Transportation, Highways and Public Works

(17) Ways and Means

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	59
	Republican Party	43
	Independent	1
	Vacant	2
Total		105
Majority		15

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