The United States Attorney for the District of Indiana was the

United States attorney United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal ...

responsible for representing the United States in the

United States District Court for the District of Indiana The following are former United States district courts, which ceased to exist because they were subdivided into smaller units. With the exception of California, each of these courts initially covered an entire U.S. state, and was subdivided as the ...

. The U.S. Attorney prosecuted criminal cases and acted on behalf of the Federal Government both defending and prosecuting civil cases. The District of Indiana was created on March 3, 1817. The longest established district, at 111 years, it was finally divided into the Northern District of Indiana and the

Southern District of Indiana The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (in case citations, S.D. Ind.) is a United States district court, federal district court in Indiana. It was created in 1928 by an act of Congress of the United States, Congress ...

on April 21, 1928.

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Elijah Sparks Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of ...

1813–1814 (Indiana Territory) *

William Hendricks William Hendricks (November 12, 1782 – May 16, 1850) was a Democratic-Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1822, the third governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825, and an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. Senate from ...

1814–1817 (Indiana Territory) * Thomas H. Blake 1817–1818 * Alexander A. Meek 1818–1821 * Charles Dewey 1821–1829 * Samuel Judah 1829–1833 *

Tilghman Howard Tilghman Ashurst Howard (November 14, 1797 – August 16, 1844) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Indiana. He was born near Easley, South Carolina. He moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1816 and was admitted to the bar there in ...

1833–1839 * John Pettit 1839–1841 * Courtland Cushing 1841–1845 * Daniel Mace 1845–1848 *

Lucien Barbour Lucien Barbour (March 4, 1811 – July 19, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1855 to 1857. Biography Born in Canton, Connecticut, Barbour was graduated from Amherst Col ...

1848–1850 * Hugh O'Neal 1850–1854 * Benjamin Thomas 1854–1856 * Alvin Peterson Hovey 1856–1858 * Daniel W. Voorhees 1858–1861 * John Hanna 1861–1866 * Alfred Kilgore 1866–1869 *

Thomas M. Browne Thomas McLelland Browne (April 19, 1829 – July 17, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as a U.S. representative for Indiana's 5th and 6th congressional district. Early life and education Born in New Paris, Ohio, Brow ...

1869–1875 * Nelson Trusler 1876–1880 * Charles L. Holstein 1880–1885 *

John Edward Lamb John Edward Lamb (December 26, 1852 – August 23, 1914) was an American lawyer who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1883 to 1885. Biography Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Lamb attended the common schools and was grad ...

10 July 1885 – 16 August 1886 * David Turfire 1886–1887 * Emory B. Sellers 1887–1889 * Solomon Claypool 1889 * Smiley N. Chambers 1889–1893 * Frank B. Burke 1893–1897 * Albert W. Wishard 1897–1901 * Joseph B. Kealing 1901–1909 * Charles W. Miller 1909–1913 * Frank C. Dailey 1913–1916 *

Lemuel Ertus Slack Lemuel Ertus Slack, (October 8, 1874 – February 24, 1952) often called L. Ert Slack, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 29th Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana. Biography Lemuel Ertus Slack was born in Nineveh Township, ...

1916–1918 * Frederick Van Nuys 1919–1921 * Homer Elliott 1922–1924 * Alexander G. Cavins 1925 * Albert Ward 1925–1928 * George L. Rulison 1928

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