United States congressional delegations from Indiana
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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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and three African Americans<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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
Current members
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.
{{#section:Indiana's congressional districts|Current representatives}}
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
Indiana has been represented by 322 people in the House, including 1 who was previously a territorial delegate.
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1815–1823: 1 at-large seat
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| 14th Template:Nowrap | rowspan=4 Template:Party cell| William Hendricks (DR) |
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| Template:Party cell|Jonathan Jennings (DR) |
1823–1833: 3 seats
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| 18th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell|William Prince (DR)Template:Efn | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| Jonathan Jennings (DR) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| John Test (DR) |
| Template:Party cell|Jacob Call (DR)Template:Efn | |||
| 19th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell|Ratliff Boon (J) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell| Jonathan Jennings (NR) | Template:Party cell|John Test (NR) |
| 20th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell|Thomas H. Blake (NR) | Template:Party cell|Oliver H. Smith (I) | |
| 21st Template:Nowrap | rowspan="2" Template:Party cell | Ratliff Boon (J) | Template:Party cell|John Test (NR) | |
| 22nd Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell|John Carr (J) | Template:Party cell|Johnathan McCarty (J) |
1833–1843: 7 seats
1843–1853: 10 seats
1853–1873: 11 seats
1873–1933: 13 seats
1933–1943: 12 seats
1943–1983: 11 seats
1983–2003: 10 seats
2003–present: 9 seats
U.S. Senate
| Current U.S. senators from Indiana | |||||
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Class I senator | Class III senator | |||
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| Party | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | |||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2025 | January 3, 2017 | |||
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.<ref name="senate">U.S. Const. Art. I, § 3</ref><ref name="17th">U.S. Const. Amendment XVII</ref>
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.
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See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- Indiana's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Indiana
Notes
References
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