Former U.S. House district in Indiana
From its statehood in 1816 until 1823, Indiana was allocated only one representative, who was elected at-large . During the 43rd Congress , from 1873 to 1875, Indiana elected three of its thirteen representatives to the United States House of Representatives at-large from the entire state.
List of members representing the district
Indiana admitted December 11, 1816, with one at-large congressional seat.
Cong ress
Years
1st seat
2nd seat
3rd seat
Representative
Party
Electoral history
Representative
Party
Electoral history
Representative
Party
Electoral history
14th 15th 16th 17th
December 11, 1816 – July 25, 1822
William Hendricks (Madison )
Democratic-Republican
Elected in August 1816 .Re-elected August 4, 1817 , after the term began but before the Congress convened.Re-elected August 3, 1818 .Re-elected August 7, 1820 . Resigned to become Governor of Indiana .
17th
July 25, 1822 – December 2, 1822
Vacant
17th
December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823
Jonathan Jennings (Charlestown )
Democratic-Republican
Elected to finish Hendricks's term .Redistricted to the 2nd district .
18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd
March 3, 1823 – March 3, 1873
District inactive
43rd
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Jasper Packard (Laporte )
Republican
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1872 . Retired.
Godlove S. Orth (Lafayette )
Republican
Elected in 1872 . Retired.
William Williams (Warsaw )
Republican
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1872 . Retired.
District inactive since March 4, 1875.
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