Indiana's 10th congressional district

Indiana's 10th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana. It encompassed roughly the "Old City Limits" of Indianapolis from 1983-2003. The district was re-drawn after the 1980 census and eliminated when Indiana's representation in the House of Representatives fell from 10 to nine after the 2000 Census.

Congresswoman Julia Carson, who formerly represented the 10th, was elected in 2002 to represent Indiana's 7th congressional district. This district was redrawn to include the old 10th plus some new territory outside the old boundaries. The old 7th district was absorbed as part of Indiana's 4th congressional district and Indiana's 8th congressional district in 2003.

From 1983-2003, the 10th had just two representatives, Congressman Andrew Jacobs, Jr. and Congresswoman Julia Carson. Carson was the second African-American to represent any part of Indiana in Congress. Katie Hall was the first, having represented Indiana's 1st congressional district, from 1982-1985.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1843
Andrew Kennedy	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Redistricted from the 5th district and Re-elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. [data unknown/missing]
William R. Rockhill	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1847. [data unknown/missing]
Andrew J. Harlan	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1849. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel Brenton	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. Lost re-election.
Ebenezer M. Chamberlain	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel Brenton	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 29, 1857
Vacant		March 29, 1857 – December 7, 1857	35th
Charles Case	Republican	December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected to finish Brenton's term. [data unknown/missing]
William Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph K. Edgerton	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph H. Defrees	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing]
William Williams	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the At-large district.
Henry B. Sayler	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
William S. Haymond	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
William H. Calkins	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 13th district.
Mark L. De Motte	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
William D. Owen	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]
David H. Patton	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas Hammond	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Jethro A. Hatch	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
Edgar D. Crumpacker	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1913	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing]
John B. Peterson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[data unknown/missing]
William R. Wood	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
Finly H. Gray	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
Raymond S. Springer	Republican	January 3, 1939 – August 28, 1947	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		August 28, 1947 – November 4, 1947	80th
Ralph Harvey	Republican	November 4, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected to finish Springer's term. [data unknown/missing]
Randall S. Harmon	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	[data unknown/missing]
Ralph Harvey	Republican	January 3, 1961 – December 30, 1966	87th 88th 89th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967	89th
Richard L. Roudebush	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969	90th	Redistricted from the 6th district. Redistricted to the 5th district.
David W. Dennis	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing]
Philip Sharp	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Andrew Jacobs Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Redistricted from the 11th district. [data unknown/missing]
Julia Carson	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
District eliminated		January 3, 2003

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present