Indiana's at-large congressional district

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.

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present