1816 United States House of Representatives election in Indiana explained

The newly created state of Indiana elected its sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives in August 1816, in advance of statehood, to represent .

Democratic-Republican William Hendricks was elected with 80.2% of the vote over Allen Thom who received 19.7% of the vote.^[1]

The state was admitted December 11, 1816 and the new member was admitted on that day to the 14th Congress which would end March 3, 1817.^[2]

Hendricks was re-elected August 4, 1817 to the 15th Congress.

See also

• 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1817 United States House of Representatives election in Indiana
• List of United States representatives from Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indiana 1816 U.S. House of Representatives . November 16, 2018 . . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825.
2. Web site: Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817 . October 22, 2018 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . October 22, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022033542/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40204 . dead .