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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
to the
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and the
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. Since its statehood in 1816, the
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of
Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
has sent congressional delegations to the
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and
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. 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 The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the state of Indiana. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house, the Indiana House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Indiana Senate. Th ...
. 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
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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 and three African Americans to Congress. The current dean of the Indiana delegation is
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André Carson André D. Carson (born October 16, 1974) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, his district includes the southern four-fifths of Indianapolis, including Downtown Indianap ...
(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
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. 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
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. 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.


1815–1823: 1 at-large seat


1823–1833: 3 seats


1833–1843: 7 seats


1843–1853:10 seats


1853–1875: 11, then 13 seats


1875–1933: 13 seats


1933–1983: 12, then 11 seats


1983–2003: 10 seats


2003–present: 9 seats


U.S. Senate

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
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until the Seventeenth Amendment came into force in 1913.U.S. Const. Art. I, § 3U.S. Const. Amendment XVII 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.


See also

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List of United States congressional districts Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats in the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, wit ...
* Indiana's congressional districts *
Political party strength in Indiana The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Indiana: *Governor *Lieutenant Governor *Attorney General * Secretary of State *Treasurer *Auditor *Superintendent of Public Instruction (before 2021) The table also ...


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