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Indiana's 7th congressional district

71 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1835. Now: André Carson D.

Holders
71
34 R · 27 D · 6 W · 1 J · 1 IRD · 1 ALD · 1 NG
Longest tenure
12 years
André Carson
Current
12 years
André Carson, since Jan 6, 2015
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Edward Allen Hannegan · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonAlbert Smith White · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigTilghman Ashurst Howard · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratHenry Smith Lane · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJoseph Albert Wright · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratEdward Wilson McGaughey · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigRichard Wigginton Thompson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigEdward Wilson McGaughey · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJohn Givan Davis · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJohn Givan Davis · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratHarvey David Scott · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJohn Givan Davis · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Givan Davis · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Anti-Lecompton DemocratDaniel Wolsey Voorhees · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Wolsey Voorhees · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratHenry Dana Washburn · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Dana Washburn · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanGodlove Stein Orth · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanMahlon Dickerson Manson · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Cason · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanFranklin Landers · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hanna · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert De La Matyr · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · National GreenbackerStanton Judkins Peelle · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Eastin English · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Dallas Bynum · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Dallas Bynum · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Dallas Bynum · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Dallas Bynum · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Dallas Bynum · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Lewis Henry · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Overstreet · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Overstreet · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Overstreet · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Overstreet · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Overstreet · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Overstreet · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Alexander Korbly · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratCharles Alexander Korbly · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratCharles Alexander Korbly · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratMerrill Moores · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanMerrill Moores · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanMerrill Moores · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanMerrill Moores · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanMerrill Moores · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanRalph Eugene Updike · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanRalph Eugene Updike · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Leon Ludlow · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratLouis Leon Ludlow · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratArthur Herbert Greenwood · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratGerald Wayne Landis · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Gilmer Bray · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Gilmer Bray · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Gilmer Bray · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Thomas Myers · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Thomas Myers · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Thomas Myers · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Thomas Myers · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Thomas Myers · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanEdward A. Pease · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanEdward A. Pease · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · RepublicanJulia M. Carson · 2003-01-07 – 2007-12-16 · DemocratAndré Carson · 2008-03-13 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratAndré Carson · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratAndré Carson · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratHenry Smith Lane · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigDaniel Wolsey Voorhees · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratStanton Judkins Peelle · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanGerald Wayne Landis · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJames Ellsworth Noland · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratBrian Kerns · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · Republican
André Carson D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
André Carson D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
André Carson D
Mar 13, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009 · 10 months
Julia M. Carson D
Jan 7, 2003 – Dec 16, 2007 · 4.9 years
Brian Kerns R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Edward A. Pease R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
Edward A. Pease R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John Thomas Myers R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
John Thomas Myers R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
John Thomas Myers R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Thomas Myers R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Thomas Myers R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Gilmer Bray R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
William Gilmer Bray R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
William Gilmer Bray R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
James Ellsworth Noland D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Gerald Wayne Landis R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Gerald Wayne Landis R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Arthur Herbert Greenwood D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Louis Leon Ludlow D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Louis Leon Ludlow D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Ralph Eugene Updike R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Ralph Eugene Updike R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Merrill Moores R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Merrill Moores R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Merrill Moores R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Merrill Moores R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Merrill Moores R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Charles Alexander Korbly D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Charles Alexander Korbly D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Charles Alexander Korbly D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Jesse Overstreet R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Jesse Overstreet R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Jesse Overstreet R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Jesse Overstreet R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Jesse Overstreet R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Jesse Overstreet R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Lewis Henry R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Dallas Bynum D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Dallas Bynum D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Dallas Bynum D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Dallas Bynum D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Dallas Bynum D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Eastin English D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Stanton Judkins Peelle R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Stanton Judkins Peelle R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Gilbert De La Matyr NG
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Hanna R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Franklin Landers D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Cason R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Mahlon Dickerson Manson D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Godlove Stein Orth R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Henry Dana Washburn R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Henry Dana Washburn R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Givan Davis ALD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Givan Davis D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Harvey David Scott IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Givan Davis D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Givan Davis D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Edward Wilson McGaughey W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Richard Wigginton Thompson W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Edward Wilson McGaughey W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Joseph Albert Wright D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Henry Smith Lane W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Tilghman Ashurst Howard D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Henry Smith Lane W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Albert Smith White W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Edward Allen Hannegan J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months

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