These are tables of congressional delegations from

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. Since its

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in 1816, the

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has sent congressional delegations to the

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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

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. 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 Richard Green Lugar (April 4, 1932 – April 28, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party. Born in Indianapolis, Lugar graduated from De ...

, serving from 1977 to 2013. The longest-serving House member is

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, 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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(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

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. 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

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

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, 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. Jamesnobleindiana