Indiana's 1st congressional district
U.S. House district for Indiana
Indiana's 1st congressional district Indiana's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative Area 2,209.37 sq mi (5,722.2 km2 ) Distribution Population (2022) 755,538 Median household income $69,580[1] Ethnicity Cook PVI D+3[2]
Indiana's 1st congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northwestern Indiana . The district is based in Gary and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs . It consists of all of Lake and Porter counties, as well as most of the western part La Porte County , on the border with Michigan. Redistricting passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2011 shifted the district's boundaries, effective January 2013, to include all of Lake and Porter counties and the western and northwestern townships of La Porte County, while moving Benton, Jasper and Newton counties out of the district.
The district is currently represented by Democrat Frank J. Mrvan . He was sworn in on January 3, 2021.
The district's character is very different from the rest of Indiana. It includes almost all of the Indiana side of the Chicago metropolitan area . While Porter and LaPorte are swing counties, Lake County is heavily Democratic. Lake County contains two-thirds of the district's population, which is enough to make the 1st a relatively safe Democratic seat. The district has not elected a Republican to Congress in 94 years , making it one of the longest continuously Democratic districts in the nation. Among Indiana's congressional districts, only the Indianapolis -based 7th District is more Democratic.
Election results from presidential races
Composition
Cities of 10,000 or more people
Hammond – 77,879
Gary – 69,093
Portage – 37,926
Merrillville – 36,444
Valparaiso – 34,151
Crown Point – 33,899
Michigan City – 32,075
Hobart – 29,752
Schererville – 29,646
East Chicago – 26,370
Highland – 23,984
Munster – 23,894
La Porte – 22,471
St. John – 20,303
Dyer – 16,517
Griffith – 16,331
Chesterton – 14,241
Cedar Lake – 14,106
Lake Station – 13,235
Lowell – 10,680
2,500 – 10,000 people
List of members representing the district
Representative
Party
Term
Cong ress
Electoral history
Location
District created March 4, 1823
William Prince (Princeton )
Democratic- Republican
March 4, 1823 – September 8, 1824
18th
Elected in 1822 . Announced retirement then died.
1823–1833 Daviess , Dubois , Gibson , Greene , Knox , Lawrence , Martin , Monroe , Morgan , Orange , Owen , Parke , Perry , Pike , Posey , Putnam , Spencer , Sullivan , Vanderburgh , Vigo , and Warrick Counties
Vacant
September 8, 1824 – December 23, 1824
Jacob Call (Princeton )
Democratic- Republican [a]
December 23, 1824 – March 3, 1825
Elected only to finish Prince's term , but not the next term.
Ratliff Boon (Boonville )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
19th
Elected in 1824 . Lost re-election.
Thomas H. Blake (Terre Haute )
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
20th
Elected in 1826 . Lost re-election.
Ratliff Boon (Boonville )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837
21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th
Elected in 1828 .Re-elected in 1831 .Re-elected in 1833 .Re-elected in 1835 .Re-elected in 1837 . Retired.
1833–1843 [data missing ]
Democratic
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
George H. Proffit (Petersburg )
Whig
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
26th 27th
Elected in 1839 .Re-elected in 1841 . Retired.
Robert D. Owen (Laporte )
Democratic
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
28th 29th
Elected in 1843 .Re-elected in 1845 . Lost re-election.
1843–1853 [data missing ]
Elisha Embree (Princeton )
Whig
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
30th
Elected in 1847 . Lost re-election.
Nathaniel Albertson (Greenville )
Democratic
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
31st
Elected in 1849 . Lost renomination.
James Lockhart (Evansville )
Democratic
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd
Elected in 1851 . Retired.
Smith Miller (Patoka )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857
33rd 34th
Elected in 1852 .Re-elected in 1854 . Retired.
1853–1863 [data missing ]
James Lockhart (Evansville )
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – September 7, 1857
35th
Elected in 1856 . Died.
Vacant
September 7, 1857 – December 7, 1857
William E. Niblack (Vincennes )
Democratic
December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1861
35th 36th
Elected to finish Lockhart's term .Re-elected in 1858 . Retired.
John Law (Evansville )
Democratic
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865
37th 38th
Elected in 1860 .Re-elected in 1862 . Retired.
1863–1873 [data missing ]
William E. Niblack (Vincennes )
Democratic
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1875
39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd
Elected in 1864 .Re-elected in 1866 .Re-elected in 1868 .Re-elected in 1870 .Re-elected in 1872 . Retired.
1873–1883 [data missing ]
Benoni S. Fuller (Boonville )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
44th 45th
Elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 . Retired.
William Heilman (Evansville )
Republican
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
46th 47th
Elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 . Lost re-election.
John J. Kleiner (Evansville )
Democratic
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
48th 49th
Elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 . Lost renomination.
1883–1893 [data missing ]
Alvin P. Hovey (Mount Vernon )
Republican
March 4, 1887 – January 17, 1889
50th
Elected in 1886 . Resigned when elected Governor of Indiana .
Vacant
January 17, 1889 – January 29, 1889
Francis B. Posey (Poseyville )
Republican
January 29, 1889 – March 3, 1889
Elected to finish Hovey's term . Lost election to the next term.
William F. Parrett (Evansville )
Democratic
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893
51st 52nd
Elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 . Retired.
Arthur H. Taylor (Petersburg )
Democratic
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
53rd
Elected in 1892 . Lost re-election.
1893–1903 [data missing ]
James A. Hemenway (Boonville )
Republican
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1905
54th 55th 56th 57th 58th
Elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 , but resigned when elected U.S. Senator .
1903–1913 [data missing ]
Vacant
March 4, 1905 – May 16, 1905
59th
John H. Foster (Evansville )
Republican
May 16, 1905 – March 3, 1909
59th 60th
Elected to finish the vacant term .Re-elected in 1906 . Lost re-election.
John W. Boehne (Evansville )
Democratic
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913
61st 62nd
Elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 . Retired.
Charles Lieb (Rockport )
Democratic
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917
63rd 64th
Elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 . Retired.
1913–1933 [data missing ]
George K. Denton (Evansville )
Democratic
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
65th
Elected in 1916 . Lost re-election.
Oscar R. Luhring (Evansville )
Republican
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923
66th 67th
Elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 . Lost re-election.
William E. Wilson (Evansville )
Democratic
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925
68th
Elected in 1922 . Lost re-election.
Harry E. Rowbottom (Evansville )
Republican
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931
69th 70th 71st
Elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 . Lost re-election.
John W. Boehne Jr. (Evansville )
Democratic
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
72nd
Elected in 1930 .Redistricted to the 8th district .
William T. Schulte (Hammond )
Democratic
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th
Elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 . Lost renomination.
1933–1933 [data missing ]
Ray J. Madden (Gary )
Democratic
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th
Elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 . Lost renomination.
1943–1953 [data missing ]
1953–1963 [data missing ]
1963–1973 [data missing ]
1973–1983 [data missing ]
Adam Benjamin Jr. (Hobart )
Democratic
January 3, 1977 – September 7, 1982
95th 96th 97th
Elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 . Died.
Vacant
September 7, 1982 – November 2, 1982
97th
Katie B. Hall (Gary )
Democratic
November 2, 1982 – January 3, 1985
97th 98th
Elected to finish Benjamin's term .Re-elected in 1982 . Lost renomination.
1983–1993 [data missing ]
Pete Visclosky (Merrillville )
Democratic
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2021
99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th
Elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 . Retired.
1993–2003 [data missing ]
2003–2013
2013–2023
Frank J. Mrvan (Highland )
Democratic
January 3, 2021 – present
117th 118th
Elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .
2023–present
Composition
91 LaPorte County exists in both the 1st and 2nd Congressional districts. One city, La Porte , exists in the 1st and 2nd congressional districts, and two cities, Michigan City and New Durham, exist in the 1st congressional district. Five townships, Clinton , Clinton , Dewey , New Durham, and Springfield exists in the 1st congressional district, and eleven townships, Hanna , Hudson , Johnson , Lincoln , Noble , Pleasant , Prairie , Scipio , Union , Washington , and Wills exist in the 2nd congressional district.
As of 2021, Indiana's 1st congressional district is composed of Lake (pop. 496,005) and Porter (pop. 164,343) counties as well as part of LaPorte County (pop. 111,467), which is also partly within Indiana's 2nd district . Michigan City and five townships (Clinton , Coolspring , Dewey , New Durham , and Springfield ) exist entirely in the 1st district. La Porte and eleven townships (Hanna , Hudson , Johnson , Lincoln , Noble , Pleasant , Prairie , Scipio , Union , Washington , and Wills ) are split between the 1st and 2nd districts by Indiana West 500N and Indiana South/North 600W.
Cities of 10,000 or more people
Towns of 10,000 or more people
2,500 – 10,000 people
Election results
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2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
Recent elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
See also
Notes
References
^ "My Congressional District" .
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022 .
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^ Congressional Quarterly, p. 877
^ "STATISTICS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER, 2, 1976" (PDF) . clerk.house.gov.
^ "STATISTICS OF THE PRESIDENTIALAND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER, 7, 1978" (PDF) . clerk.house.gov.
^ "STATISTICS OF THE PRESIDENTIALAND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 4, 1980" (PDF) . clerk.house.gov.
^ "Election Results" . Indiana Elections Division. November 28, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012 .
^ "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results" . in.gov . March 11, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2017 .
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