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Indiana's 9th congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Erin Houchin R.

Holders
65
39 R · 24 D · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
16 years
Earl Wilson
Current
3.8 years
Erin Houchin, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/in-9Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Samuel Caldwell Sample · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigCharles William Cathcart · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratCharles William Cathcart · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratGraham Newell Fitch · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratGraham Newell Fitch · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratNorman Eddy · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratSchuyler Colfax · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratSchuyler Colfax · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanSchuyler Colfax · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanSchuyler Colfax · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanSchuyler Colfax · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanSchuyler Colfax · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Peter Cleaver Shanks · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Peter Cleaver Shanks · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Jefferson Cason · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanMichael Doherty White · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanGodlove Stein Orth · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Taylor Doxey · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Bayless Ward · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratThomas Bayless Ward · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Bonaparte Cheadle · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Bonaparte Cheadle · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Webster Waugh · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Webster Waugh · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Beary Landis · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Beary Landis · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Beary Landis · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Beary Landis · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Beary Landis · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Beary Landis · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Andrew Morrison · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratMartin Andrew Morrison · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratMartin Andrew Morrison · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratMartin Andrew Morrison · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratFred Sampson Purnell · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanFred Sampson Purnell · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanFred Sampson Purnell · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanFred Sampson Purnell · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanFred Sampson Purnell · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanFred Sampson Purnell · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFred Sampson Purnell · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanFred Sampson Purnell · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanEugene Burgess Crowe · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratEarl Wilson · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanEarl Lee Hogan · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratEarl Wilson · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanLee Herbert Hamilton · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratLee Herbert Hamilton · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratLee Herbert Hamilton · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratLee Herbert Hamilton · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratLee Herbert Hamilton · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratLee Herbert Hamilton · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratLee Herbert Hamilton · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratBaron P. Hill · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratBaron P. Hill · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratMichael E. Sodrel · 2005-01-04 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanBaron P. Hill · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratBaron P. Hill · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratTodd Young · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanTodd Young · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanErin Houchin · 2023-01-03 – present · RepublicanGodlove Stein Orth · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanEarl Wilson · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanEarl Wilson · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanTrey Hollingsworth · 2017-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · Republican
Erin Houchin R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Trey Hollingsworth R
Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 4, 2023 · 6 years
Todd Young R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Todd Young R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Baron P. Hill D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Baron P. Hill D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Michael E. Sodrel R
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2007 · 2 years
Baron P. Hill D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
Baron P. Hill D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Lee Herbert Hamilton D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Lee Herbert Hamilton D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Lee Herbert Hamilton D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Lee Herbert Hamilton D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Lee Herbert Hamilton D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Lee Herbert Hamilton D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Lee Herbert Hamilton D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Earl Wilson R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Earl Wilson R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Earl Lee Hogan D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Earl Wilson R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Earl Wilson R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Eugene Burgess Crowe D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
Fred Sampson Purnell R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Fred Sampson Purnell R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Fred Sampson Purnell R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Fred Sampson Purnell R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Fred Sampson Purnell R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Fred Sampson Purnell R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Fred Sampson Purnell R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Fred Sampson Purnell R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Martin Andrew Morrison D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Martin Andrew Morrison D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Martin Andrew Morrison D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Martin Andrew Morrison D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Beary Landis R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Charles Beary Landis R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Charles Beary Landis R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Charles Beary Landis R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Charles Beary Landis R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Charles Beary Landis R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Daniel Webster Waugh R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Daniel Webster Waugh R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Thomas Bayless Ward D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Thomas Bayless Ward D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Charles Taylor Doxey R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Godlove Stein Orth R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Godlove Stein Orth R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Michael Doherty White R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Thomas Jefferson Cason R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Peter Cleaver Shanks R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Schuyler Colfax R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Schuyler Colfax R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Schuyler Colfax R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Schuyler Colfax R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Schuyler Colfax R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Schuyler Colfax IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Norman Eddy D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Graham Newell Fitch D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Graham Newell Fitch D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Charles William Cathcart D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Charles William Cathcart D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Samuel Caldwell Sample W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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