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U.S. Senate seat, Indiana (class 3)

38 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1816. Now: Todd Young R.

Holders
38
18 R · 17 D · 2 A · 1 W
Longest tenure
18 years
Homer Earl Capehart
Current
9.8 years
Todd Young, since Jan 3, 2017
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Waller Taylor · 1816-01-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanWaller Taylor · 1819-12-06 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Hendricks · 1825-12-05 – 1831-03-04 · AdamsWilliam Hendricks · 1831-12-05 – 1837-03-04 · AdamsOliver Hampton Smith · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · WhigEdward Allen Hannegan · 1843-12-04 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJames Whitcomb · 1849-12-03 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJohn Pettit · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratGraham Newell Fitch · 1857-12-07 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratHenry Smith Lane · 1861-07-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanOliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanOliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton · 1873-12-01 – 1878-01-01 · RepublicanDaniel Wolsey Voorhees · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Wolsey Voorhees · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Wolsey Voorhees · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratCharles Warren Fairbanks · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Warren Fairbanks · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJames Alexander Hemenway · 1905-12-04 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Shively · 1909-03-15 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Shively · 1915-12-06 – 1916-03-15 · DemocratThomas Taggart · 1916-03-20 – 1916-11-08 · DemocratJames Eli Watson · 1916-11-08 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJames Eli Watson · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJames Eli Watson · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Van Nuys · 1933-03-09 – 1944-01-26 · DemocratSamuel Dillon Jackson · 1944-01-28 – 1944-11-14 · DemocratWilliam Ezra Jenner · 1944-11-14 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanBirch Evans Bayh · 1963-01-09 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratBirch Evans Bayh · 1975-01-14 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratJames Danforth Quayle · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanJames Danforth Quayle · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-03 · RepublicanDaniel Coats · 1989-01-03 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanEvan Bayh · 1999-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratDaniel Coats · 2011-01-05 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanCharles William Cathcart · 1852-01-01 – 1854-01-01 · DemocratDaniel Wolsey Voorhees · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratHomer Earl Capehart · 1945-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanTodd Young · 2017-01-03 – present · Republican
Todd Young R
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
Daniel Coats R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2017 · 6 years
Evan Bayh D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2011 · 12 years
Daniel Coats R
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1999 · 10 years
James Danforth Quayle R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 3, 1989 · 2 years
James Danforth Quayle R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Birch Evans Bayh D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1981 · 6 years
Birch Evans Bayh D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1975 · 12 years
Homer Earl Capehart R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1963 · 18 years
William Ezra Jenner R
Nov 14, 1944 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 months
Samuel Dillon Jackson D
Jan 28, 1944 – Nov 14, 1944 · 10 months
Frederick Van Nuys D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 26, 1944 · 11 years
James Eli Watson R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
James Eli Watson R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
James Eli Watson R
Nov 8, 1916 – Mar 4, 1921 · 4.3 years
Thomas Taggart D
Mar 20, 1916 – Nov 8, 1916 · 8 months
Benjamin Franklin Shively D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 15, 1916 · 3 months
Benjamin Franklin Shively D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1915 · 6 years
James Alexander Hemenway R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1909 · 3.2 years
Charles Warren Fairbanks R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Charles Warren Fairbanks R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R
Dec 1, 1873 – Jan 1, 1878 · 4.1 years
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
Henry Smith Lane R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1867 · 5.7 years
Graham Newell Fitch D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1861 · 3.2 years
John Pettit D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Charles William Cathcart D
Jan 1, 1852 – Jan 1, 1854 · 2 years
James Whitcomb D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1853 · 3.2 years
Edward Allen Hannegan D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1849 · 5.2 years
Oliver Hampton Smith W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
William Hendricks A
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1837 · 5.2 years
William Hendricks A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1831 · 5.2 years
Waller Taylor R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1825 · 5.2 years
Waller Taylor R
Jan 1, 1816 – Mar 4, 1819 · 3.2 years

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