United States congressional delegations from Indiana

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Indiana’s congressional districts since 2023

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 347 people who have represented Indiana in Congress: 321 in the House, 27 in the Senate, and 18 in both houses, with an average term of seven years. Indiana has elected seven women[1] and three African Americans[2] to Congress.

The current dean of the Indiana delegation is Representative André Carson (IN-7), having served in Congress since 2008.

U.S. House of Representatives[edit]

Current members[edit]

List of members of the 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 Democrats.

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.

Historical timeline[edit]

Indiana has been represented by 322 people in the House, including 1 who was previously a territorial delegate.

   Anti-Monopoly (A-M)    Democratic (D)    Democratic-Republican (DR)    Free Soil (FS)    Greenback (GB)   Independent (I)    National Republican    National Union (NU)    Opposition (O)    Republican (R)    Whig (W)

1815–1823: 1 at-large seat[edit]

1823–1833: 3 seats[edit]

1833–1843: 7 seats[edit]

1843–1853:10 seats[edit]

1853–1875: 11, then 13 seats[edit]

1875–1933: 13 seats[edit]

1933–1983: 12, then 11 seats[edit]

1983–2003: 10 seats[edit]

2003–present: 9 seats[edit]

U.S. Senate[edit]

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 1 and 3. 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.

  Democratic (D)   Democratic-Republican (DR)   Jacksonian (J)   National Republican (NR)   Republican (R)   Unionist (U)   Whig (W)

Richard Lugar, the longest-serving senator from Indiana, served from 1977 to 2013

Dan Quayle, two-term representative, one-term senator, and President of the Senate (Vice President)

See also[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Died
  2. ^ Call won the election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Prince’s death. He started to serve on December 24, 1824.[3]
  3. ^ Anti-Lecompton Democrat
  4. ^ Rep. Williams resigned on December 1, 1876, to run for Governor of Indiana.[4]
  5. ^ Humphreys won the election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Williams’s resignation. He started to serve on December 5, 1876.[5]
  6. ^ Carr won the election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Kerr’s death. He started to serve on December 5, 1876.[6]
  7. ^ Posey won the election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Hovey’s death. He started to serve on January 29, 1889.[7]
  8. ^ a b c d e f Died.
  9. ^ 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]
  10. ^ 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]
  11. ^ Expelled from the Senate for supporting the Confederacy.[13]
  12. ^ 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]
  13. ^ Elected to serve the remainder of senator Whitcomb’s term. Pettit served from January 18, 1853, to March 3, 1855.[14]
  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]
  15. ^ Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of senator Bright and served from January 14 to March 3, 1863.[16]
  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]
  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 to November 7, 1916. He subsequently lost the election for Shively’s seat.[18]
  18. ^ Won the election to fill the remainder of senator Shively’s term. He started to serve on November 8, 1916.[19]
  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]
  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 to November 13, 1944.[21]
  21. ^ Jenner won the election to fill the vacancy left by senator Jackson’s death. He started to serve on November 14, 1944.[22]
  22. ^ Resigned on January 3, 1989, to become the Vice President of the United States.[23]
  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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Women Representatives and Senators by State and Territory, 1917–Present”. Women in Congress. Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Archived from the original on January 16, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  2. ^ “Black-American Representatives and Senators by State and Territory, 1870–Present”. Black Americans in Congress. Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  3. ^ “Call, Jacob”. 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.
  4. ^ “Williams, James Douglas”. 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.
  5. ^ “Humphreys, Andrew”. 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.
  6. ^ “Carr, Nathan Tracy”. 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.
  7. ^ “Posey, Francis Blackburn”. 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.
  8. ^ “2022 Cook PVI℠: State Map and List”. Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  9. ^ U.S. Const. Art. I, § 3
  10. ^ U.S. Const. Amendment XVII
  11. ^ “Hanna, Robert”. 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.
  12. ^ “Tipton, John”. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate.
  13. ^ “Bright, Jesse David”. 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.
  14. ^ a b “Catcart, Charles William”. 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.
  15. ^ “Wright, Joseph Albert”. 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.
  16. ^ “Turpie, David”. 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.
  17. ^ “Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey”. 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.
  18. ^ “Taggart, Thomas”. 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.
  19. ^ “Watson, James Eli”. 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.
  20. ^ “Robinson, Arthur Raymond”. 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.
  21. ^ “Jackson, Samuel Dillon”. 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.
  22. ^ “Jenner, William Ezra”. 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.
  23. ^ “Quayle, James Danforth”. 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.
  24. ^ “Coats, Daniel Ray”. 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.