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.
Indiana admitted December 11, 1816, with one at-large congressional seat.
Cong ress | Years | 1st seat | 2nd seat | 3rd seat | ||||||||||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||||
nowrap | December 11, 1816 – July 25, 1822 | align=left | William Hendricks | 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. | |||||||||||||
nowrap | July 25, 1822 – December 2, 1822 | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||
nowrap | December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823 | align=left | Jonathan Jennings | Democratic-Republican | Elected to finish Hendricks's term. Redistricted to the . | |||||||||||||
nowrap | March 3, 1823 – March 3, 1873 | District inactive | ||||||||||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | align=left | Jasper Packard | Republican | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872. Retired. | align=left | Godlove S. Orth | Republican | Elected in 1872. Retired. | align=left | William Williams | Republican | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872. Retired. |
District inactive since March 4, 1875.