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U.S. Senate seat, Indiana (class 1)

34 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1816. Now: Jim Banks R.

Holders
34
16 D · 13 R · 2 A · 1 AJ · 1 W · 1 U
Longest tenure
36 years
Richard G. Lugar
Current
21 months
Jim Banks, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/in-sen-1Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020James Noble · 1816-01-01 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJames Noble · 1821-12-03 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJames Noble · 1827-12-03 – 1832-01-01 · AdamsJohn Tipton · 1832-01-03 – 1833-03-03 · DemocratJohn Tipton · 1833-12-02 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Smith White · 1839-12-02 – 1845-03-04 · WhigJesse David Bright · 1845-12-01 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJesse David Bright · 1851-12-01 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJesse David Bright · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratDavid Turpie · 1863-12-07 – 1864-01-01 · DemocratDaniel Darwin Pratt · 1869-03-04 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Ewing McDonald · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Harrison · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Turpie · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratDavid Turpie · 1893-08-07 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Jeremiah Beveridge · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Jeremiah Beveridge · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Worth Kern · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratHarry Stewart New · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Moffett Ralston · 1923-12-03 – 1925-10-15 · DemocratArthur Raymond Robinson · 1925-12-07 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Raymond Robinson · 1929-04-15 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanRaymond Eugene Willis · 1941-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanRupert Vance Hartke · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRupert Vance Hartke · 1971-01-21 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratRichard G. Lugar · 1977-01-04 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanMike Braun · 2019-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Hanna · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianJoseph Albert Wright · 1862-01-01 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistThomas Andrews Hendricks · 1863-12-07 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratSherman Minton · 1935-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Ezra Jenner · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJoe Donnelly · 2013-01-03 – 2019-01-04 · DemocratJim Banks · 2025-01-03 – present · Republican
Jim Banks R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Mike Braun R
Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 4, 2025 · 6 years
Joe Donnelly D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2019 · 6 years
Richard G. Lugar R
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 2013 · 36 years
Rupert Vance Hartke D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1977 · 6 years
Rupert Vance Hartke D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years
William Ezra Jenner R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Raymond Eugene Willis R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1947 · 6 years
Sherman Minton D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1941 · 6 years
Arthur Raymond Robinson R
Apr 15, 1929 – Jan 4, 1935 · 5.7 years
Arthur Raymond Robinson R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1929 · 3.2 years
Samuel Moffett Ralston D
Dec 3, 1923 – Oct 15, 1925 · 22 months
Harry Stewart New R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
John Worth Kern D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
David Turpie D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 5.6 years
David Turpie D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
Benjamin Harrison R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
Joseph Ewing McDonald D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
Daniel Darwin Pratt R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1875 · 6 years
David Turpie D
Dec 7, 1863 – Jan 1, 1864 · 25 days
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1869 · 5.2 years
Joseph Albert Wright U
Jan 1, 1862 – Mar 4, 1863 · 14 months
Jesse David Bright D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
Jesse David Bright D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.3 years
Jesse David Bright D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1851 · 5.3 years
Albert Smith White W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1845 · 5.3 years
John Tipton D
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1839 · 5.3 years
John Tipton D
Jan 3, 1832 – Mar 3, 1833 · 14 months
Robert Hanna AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
James Noble A
Dec 3, 1827 – Jan 1, 1832 · 4.1 years
James Noble A
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1827 · 5.2 years
James Noble R
Jan 1, 1816 – Mar 4, 1821 · 5.2 years

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