United States congressional delegations from Indiana
These are tables of congressional delegations from Indiana to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Since its statehood in 1816, the U.S. state of Indiana has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two Senators statewide to serve for six years, and their elections are staggered to be held in two of every three even-numbered years—Indiana's Senate election years are to Classes I and III. Before the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, Senators were elected by the Indiana General Assembly. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, one from each of Indiana's nine congressional districts. Before becoming a state, the Indiana Territory elected delegates at-large and sent three to Congress, but the territorial delegates were restricted from voting on legislation.
The longest-serving of any of Indiana's Congressmen is Senator Richard Lugar, serving from 1977 to 2013. The longest-serving House member is Lee H. Hamilton, who served from 1965 to 1999. There have been 346 people who have represented Indiana in Congress: 320 in the House, 27 in the Senate, and 18 in both houses, with an average term of seven years. Indiana has elected seven women[2] and three African Americans[3] to Congress.
House of Representatives
Current Representatives
List of members of the Indiana United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 9 members, including 7 Republicans and 2 Democrat.
| District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbent time in office | District map |
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| 1st | .png) Pete Visclosky (D–Merrillville)
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Democratic | D+8 | January 3, 1985 – present | 
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| 2nd | .jpg) Jackie Walorski (R–Jimtown)
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Republican | R+11 | January 3, 2013 – present | 
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| 3rd | .jpg) Jim Banks (R–Columbia City)
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Republican | R+18 | January 3, 2017 – present | 
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| 4th | .jpg) Todd Rokita (R–Indianapolis)
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Republican | R+17 | January 3, 2011 – present | 
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| 5th | .jpg) Susan Brooks (R–Carmel)
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Republican | R+9 | January 3, 2013 – present | 
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| 6th |  Luke Messer (R–Shelbyville)
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Republican | R+18 | January 3, 2013 – present | 
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| 7th |  André Carson (D–Indianapolis)
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Democratic | D+11 | March 11, 2008 – present | 
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| 8th |  Larry Bucshon (R–Newburgh)
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Republican | R+15 | January 3, 2011 – present | 
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| 9th |  Trey Hollingsworth (R–Jeffersonville)
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Republican | R+13 | January 3, 2017 – present | 
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Delegation timeline (1805 – present)
Members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years by popular vote within a congressional district. Indiana has nine congressional districts—this number is reapportioned based on the state's population, determined every ten years by a census. Indiana had a maximum representation of 13 congressmen from 1873 to 1933. Since 2003 Indiana has had nine representatives, which was reduced from ten after the 2000 census. This gives Indiana the fourteenth-largest delegation; during the period from 1853 to 1873 the state had the fifth-largest delegation.
The state of Indiana has been represented by 322 people in the House, including one who was previously a territorial delegate.
Anti-Jacksonion (Adams)
Anti-Monopoly (AM)
Democratic (D)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Freesoil (FS)
Greenback (GB)
Independent (Ind)
National Union (NU)
Opposition (O)
Republican (R)
Whig (Whig)
United States Senate
Current delegation
 Senator Joe Donnelly (D) | .jpg) Senator Todd Young (R) |
Senate delegation timeline (1815 – Present)
Tables showing membership in the Indiana federal Senate delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
Each state elects two senators by statewide popular vote every six years. The terms of the two senators are staggered so that they are not elected in the same year. Indiana's senators are elected in the years from classes I and III. Senators were originally chosen by the Indiana General Assembly until the Seventeenth Amendment came into force in 1913.[9][10]
Of the forty-six men who have been Senators from Indiana, there have been three Democratic-Republicans, three Adams Republicans (including James Noble, who was both a Democratic-Republican and Adams Republican), two Whigs, one Unionist, twenty-one Democrats, and seventeen Republicans.
Anti-Jacksonion (Adams) Democratic (D) Democratic-Republican (D-R) National Union (NU) Republican (R) Whig (Whig)
Living former U.S. Senators from Indiana
As of January 2017[update], there are five former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Indiana who are currently living at this time, one from Class 1 and four from Class 3.
| Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Bayh | 1963–1981 | 3 | January 22, 1928 |
| Richard Lugar | 1977–2013 | 1 | April 4, 1932 |
| Dan Quayle | 1981–1989 | 3 | February 4, 1947 |
| Dan Coats | 1989–1999 2011–2017 |
3 | May 16, 1943 |
| Evan Bayh | 1999–2011 | 3 | December 26, 1955 |
Other high offices held
Twenty members of Indiana's congressional delegation have served higher federal offices, including one President of the United States, four Vice Presidents of the United States, four Cabinet secretaries, and ten ambassadors and one Supreme Court Justice. Fifteen served as Governor of Indiana, six served as Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, and four served as governors of different territories. Nine served both in the House and Senate for Indiana while one Representative from Indiana also served in the Senate from Kansas.
Senators
| Senator | Senatorial term | Other offices held | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Hendricks | 1813–1816 | U.S. Representative, Governor of Indiana | [25] |
| Jesse B. Thomas | 1818–1829 | Territorial Delegate | [26] |
| Robert Hanna | 1831–1832 | U.S. Representative | [27] |
| Edward A. Hannegan | 1843–1849 | United States Ambassador to Prussia | [28] |
| Jesse D. Bright | 1845–1862 1843–1845 |
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana | [13] |
| James Whitcomb | 1849–1852 | Governor of Indiana | [29] |
| Charles W. Cathcart | 1852–1853 | U.S. Representative | [30] |
| Henry Smith Lane | 1861–1867 | U.S. Representative, Governor of Indiana | [31] |
| Joseph A. Wright | 1862–1863 | U.S. Representative, United States Ambassador to Prussia, Governor of Indiana | [15] |
| Thomas A. Hendricks | 1863–1869 | Vice President of the United States, U.S. Representative, Governor of Indiana | [32] |
| Oliver Morton | 1867–1877 | Governor of Indiana, Lieutenant Governor of Indiana | [33] |
| Benjamin Harrison | 1881–1887 | President of the United States | [34] |
| Charles W. Fairbanks | 1897–1905 | Vice President of the United States | [35] |
| Benjamin F. Shively | 1909–1916 | U.S. Representative | [36] |
| Harry Stewart New | 1917–1923 | United States Postmaster General | [37] |
| Samuel M. Ralston | 1923–1925 | Governor of Indiana | [38] |
| Sherman Minton | 1935–1941 | Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court | [39] |
| Dan Quayle | 1981–1989 | U.S. Representative, Vice President of the United States | [23] |
| Dan Coats | 1989–1999 2011–2017 |
U.S. Representative, United States Ambassador to Germany, Director of National Intelligence | [24] |
| Evan Bayh | 1999–2011 | Governor of Indiana | [40] |
| Joe Donnelly | 2013– | U.S. Representative | [41] |
| Todd Young | 2017– | U.S. Representative | [42] |
Representatives
See also
References
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- ^ "Fairbanks, Charles Warren". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
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- ^ "Donnelly, Joe". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
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Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Died in office
- ^ Call won the election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Prince's death. He started to serve on December 24, 1824.[4]
- ^ Rep. Williams resigned on December 1, 1876 to run for Governor of Indiana.[5]
- ^ Humphreys won the election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Williams's resignation. He started to serve on December 5, 1876.[6]
- ^ Humphreys won the election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Kerr's death. He started to serve on December 5, 1876.[7]
- ^ Posey won the election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Hovey's death. He started to serve on January 29, 1889.[8]
- ^ Upon the death of Senator Noble, Hanna was appointed to serve until an election could be held. He served from August 19, 1831 to January 3, 1832.[11]
- ^ Elected to fill Senator's Noble term in a special election. He started to serve on December 9, 1831 and was then subsequently elected to a full term.[12]
- ^ Expelled from the Senate for supporting the Confederacy.[13]
- ^ Upon the death of Senator Whitcomb, Catcart was appointed to serve until an election could be held. Cartcart served from December 6, 1852 to January 18, 1853.[14]
- ^ Elected to serve the remainder of Senator Whitcomb's term. Pettit served from January 18, 1853 to March 3, 1855.[14]
- ^ Upon the expulsion of Senator Bright, Wright was appointed to fill the vacancy until an election could be held and served from February 24, 1862 to January 14, 1863.[15]
- ^ Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of Senator Bright and served from January 14, 1863 to March 3, 1863.[16]
- ^ Upon the death of Senator Morton, Voorhees was appointed to fill the vacancy until an election could be held. He was subsequently elected to fill the rest of the term.[17]
- ^ Upon the death of Senator Shively, Taggert was appointed to fill the vacancy until an election could be held and served from March 20, 1916 to November 7, 1916. He subsequently lost the election for Shively's seat.[18]
- ^ Won the election to fill the remainder of Senator Shively's term. He started to serve on November 8, 1916.[19]
- ^ Upon the death of Senator Ralston, Robinson was appointed on October 20, 1925 to serve until an election could be held and subsequently won the election.[20]
- ^ Upon the death of Senator Van Nuys, Jackson was appointed to fill the vacancy until an election could be held and served from January 28, 1944 to November 13, 1944.[21]
- ^ Jenner won the election to fill the vacancy left by Senator Jackson's death. He started to serve on November 14, 1944.[22]
- ^ Resigned on January 3, 1989 to become the Vice President of the United States.[23]
- ^ Upon the resignation of Senator Quayle, Coats was appointed on December 12, 1988 to serve until an election could be held and subsequently won the election.[24]