Indiana's 10th congressional district

Indiana's 10th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana. It encompassed roughly the "Old City Limits" of Indianapolis from 1983-2003. The district was re-drawn after the 1980 census and eliminated when Indiana's representation in the House of Representatives fell from 10 to nine after the 2000 Census.

Congresswoman Julia Carson, who formerly represented the 10th, was elected in 2002 to represent Indiana's 7th congressional district. This district was redrawn to include the old 10th plus some new territory outside the old boundaries. The old 7th district was absorbed as part of Indiana's 4th congressional district and Indiana's 8th congressional district in 2003.

From 1983-2003, the 10th had just two representatives, Congressman Andrew Jacobs, Jr. and Congresswoman Julia Carson. Carson was the second African-American to represent any part of Indiana in Congress. Katie Hall was the first, having represented Indiana's 1st congressional district, from 1982-1985.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1843
Andrew Kennedy	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Redistricted from the 5th district. [data missing]
William R. Rockhill	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data missing]
Andrew J. Harlan	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data missing]
Samuel Brenton	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data missing]
Ebenezer M. Chamberlain	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data missing]
Samuel Brenton	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	[data missing] Died.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 29, 1857
Vacant		March 29, 1857 – December 7, 1857	35th
Charles Case	Republican	December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected to finish Brenton's term. [data missing]
William Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data missing]
Joseph K. Edgerton	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data missing]
Joseph H. Defrees	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data missing]
William Williams	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	[data missing] Redistricted to the At-large district.
Henry B. Sayler	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data missing]
William S. Haymond	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data missing]
William H. Calkins	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 13th district.
Mark L. De Motte	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data missing]
Thomas J. Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data missing]
William D. Owen	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[data missing]
David H. Patton	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data missing]
Thomas Hammond	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data missing]
Jethro A. Hatch	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data missing]
Edgar D. Crumpacker	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1913	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data missing]
John B. Peterson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[data missing]
William R. Wood	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data missing]
Finly H. Gray	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	[data missing]
Raymond S. Springer	Republican	January 3, 1939 – August 28, 1947	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		August 28, 1947 – November 4, 1947	80th
Ralph Harvey	Republican	November 4, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected to finish Springer's term. [data missing]
Randall S. Harmon	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	[data missing]
Ralph Harvey	Republican	January 3, 1961 – December 30, 1966	87th 88th 89th	[data missing] Resigned.
Vacant		December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967	89th
Richard L. Roudebush	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969	90th	Redistricted from the 6th district. Redistricted to the 5th district.
David W. Dennis	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	[data missing]
Philip Sharp	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Andrew Jacobs Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Redistricted from the 11th district. [data missing]
Julia Carson	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
District eliminated		January 3, 2003

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present