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Indiana's 6th congressional district

72 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1833. Now: Jefferson Shreve R.

Holders
72
48 R · 17 D · 4 W · 2 J · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
Cecil Murray Harden
Current
21 months
Jefferson Shreve, since Jan 3, 2025
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020George L. Kinnard · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonGeorge L. Kinnard · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Herod · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigWilliam Watson Wick · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratDavid Wallace · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn Wesley Davis · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wesley Davis · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Grundy Dunn · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigWillis Arnold Gorman · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWillis Arnold Gorman · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratThomas Andrews Hendricks · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratLucien Barbour · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJames Madison Gregg · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Gallatin Porter · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Gallatin Porter · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Dumont · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Dumont · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Coburn · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Wolsey Voorhees · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratMorton Craig Hunter · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanMilton Stapp Robinson · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanMilton Stapp Robinson · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Ralph Myers · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratThomas McLelland Browne · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McLelland Browne · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McLelland Browne · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McLelland Browne · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McLelland Browne · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Underwood Johnson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Underwood Johnson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Underwood Johnson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Underwood Johnson · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJames Eli Watson · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJames Eli Watson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJames Eli Watson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJames Eli Watson · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJames Eli Watson · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Oscar Barnard · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanFinly Hutchinson Gray · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratFinly Hutchinson Gray · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratFinly Hutchinson Gray · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Webster Comstock · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Nash Elliott · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Nash Elliott · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Nash Elliott · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Nash Elliott · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanRichard Nash Elliott · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Nash Elliott · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Larrabee · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratVirginia Ellis Jenckes · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratNoble Jacob Johnson · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanFred Wampler · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratRichard Lowell Roudebush · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Gilmer Bray · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Gilmer Bray · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Walter Evans · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratDavid Walter Evans · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratDan Burton · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanDan Burton · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanDan Burton · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanMike Pence · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanMike Pence · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanLuke Messer · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanJefferson Shreve · 2025-01-03 – present · RepublicanWilliam Herod · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigRichard Nash Elliott · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanNoble Jacob Johnson · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanCecil Murray Harden · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Lowell Roudebush · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanDan Burton · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanLuke Messer · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanGreg Pence · 2019-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · Republican
Jefferson Shreve R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Greg Pence R
Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 4, 2025 · 6 years
Luke Messer R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Luke Messer R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Mike Pence R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Mike Pence R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Dan Burton R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Dan Burton R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Dan Burton R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Dan Burton R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
David Walter Evans D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
David Walter Evans D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
William Gilmer Bray R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
William Gilmer Bray R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Richard Lowell Roudebush R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Richard Lowell Roudebush R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Fred Wampler D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Cecil Murray Harden R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Noble Jacob Johnson R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Noble Jacob Johnson R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Virginia Ellis Jenckes D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
William Henry Larrabee D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Richard Nash Elliott R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Richard Nash Elliott R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Richard Nash Elliott R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Richard Nash Elliott R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Richard Nash Elliott R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Richard Nash Elliott R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Daniel Webster Comstock R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Richard Nash Elliott R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Finly Hutchinson Gray D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Finly Hutchinson Gray D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Finly Hutchinson Gray D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Oscar Barnard R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James Eli Watson R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Eli Watson R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Eli Watson R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Eli Watson R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Eli Watson R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Henry Underwood Johnson R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Henry Underwood Johnson R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Henry Underwood Johnson R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Henry Underwood Johnson R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Thomas McLelland Browne R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Thomas McLelland Browne R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Thomas McLelland Browne R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Thomas McLelland Browne R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Thomas McLelland Browne R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
William Ralph Myers D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Milton Stapp Robinson R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Milton Stapp Robinson R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Morton Craig Hunter R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
John Coburn R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Ebenezer Dumont R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Ebenezer Dumont R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Albert Gallatin Porter R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Albert Gallatin Porter R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
James Madison Gregg D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Lucien Barbour IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Willis Arnold Gorman D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Willis Arnold Gorman D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
George Grundy Dunn W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Wesley Davis D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Wesley Davis D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
David Wallace W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
William Watson Wick D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
William Herod W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
George L. Kinnard J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
William Herod W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
George L. Kinnard J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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