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Indiana's 5th congressional district

69 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1833. Now: Victoria Spartz R.

Holders
69
38 R · 25 D · 3 W · 1 J · 1 AJ · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
8 years
John Valentine Beamer
Current
5.8 years
Victoria Spartz, since Jan 3, 2021
history/seat/in-5Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Johnathan McCarty · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohnathan McCarty · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJames Rariden · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJames Rariden · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigAndrew Kennedy · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratWilliam John Brown · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Watson Wick · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Watson Wick · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratWilliam John Brown · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratThomas Andrews Hendricks · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Wilson Parker · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigDavid Pierson Holloway · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratDavid Kilgore · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Kilgore · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Julian · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Julian · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Julian · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Coburn · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Coburn · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Steele Holman · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratThomas McLelland Browne · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McLelland Browne · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanCourtland Cushing Matson · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratCourtland Cushing Matson · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCourtland Cushing Matson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratCourtland Cushing Matson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratGeorge William Cooper · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratGeorge William Cooper · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratGeorge William Cooper · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJesse Overstreet · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Faris · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Faris · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanElias Selah Holliday · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanElias Selah Holliday · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanElias Selah Holliday · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanElias Selah Holliday · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanRalph Wilbur Moss · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratRalph Wilbur Moss · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratRalph Wilbur Moss · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratRalph Wilbur Moss · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratEverett Sanders · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanEverett Sanders · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanEverett Sanders · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanEverett Sanders · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanNoble Jacob Johnson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanNoble Jacob Johnson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanNoble Jacob Johnson · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCourtland Craig Gillen · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratGlenn Hasenfratz Griswold · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratForest Arthur Harness · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Valentine Beamer · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Roush · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Roush · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Roush · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratElwood Haynes Hillis · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanElwood Haynes Hillis · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanElwood Haynes Hillis · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanJames Prather Jontz · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratStephen E. Buyer · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanStephen E. Buyer · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanStephen E. Buyer · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanDan Burton · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanDan Burton · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanSusan W. Brooks · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanForest Arthur Harness · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Richard Walsh · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratRichard Lowell Roudebush · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanSusan W. Brooks · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanVictoria Spartz · 2021-01-03 – present · Republican
Victoria Spartz R
Jan 3, 2021 – present · 5.8 years
Susan W. Brooks R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Susan W. Brooks R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Dan Burton R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Dan Burton R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Stephen E. Buyer R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Stephen E. Buyer R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Stephen E. Buyer R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
James Prather Jontz D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Elwood Haynes Hillis R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Elwood Haynes Hillis R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Elwood Haynes Hillis R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Richard Lowell Roudebush R
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
John Edward Roush D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
John Edward Roush D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
John Edward Roush D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John Valentine Beamer R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
John Richard Walsh D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Forest Arthur Harness R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Forest Arthur Harness R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Courtland Craig Gillen D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Noble Jacob Johnson R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Noble Jacob Johnson R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Noble Jacob Johnson R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Everett Sanders R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Everett Sanders R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Everett Sanders R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Everett Sanders R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Ralph Wilbur Moss D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Ralph Wilbur Moss D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Ralph Wilbur Moss D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Ralph Wilbur Moss D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Elias Selah Holliday R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Elias Selah Holliday R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Elias Selah Holliday R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Elias Selah Holliday R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
George Washington Faris R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
George Washington Faris R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Jesse Overstreet R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
George William Cooper D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
George William Cooper D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
George William Cooper D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Courtland Cushing Matson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Courtland Cushing Matson D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Courtland Cushing Matson D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Courtland Cushing Matson D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Thomas McLelland Browne R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Thomas McLelland Browne R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Steele Holman D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Coburn R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Coburn R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
George Washington Julian R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
George Washington Julian R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
George Washington Julian R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
David Kilgore R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
David Kilgore R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
David Pierson Holloway IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Samuel Wilson Parker W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
William John Brown D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Watson Wick D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Watson Wick D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
William John Brown D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Andrew Kennedy D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
James Rariden W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
James Rariden W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Johnathan McCarty AJ
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Johnathan McCarty J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.