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 to the re-drawn 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 the Indiana's 1st congressional district, from 1982-1985

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1843
Andrew Kennedy	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	Redistricted from the 5th district.
William R. Rockhill	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing.]
Andrew J. Harlan	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel Brenton	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing.]
Ebenezer M. Chamberlain	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel Brenton	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Died.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 29, 1857
Vacant		March 29, 1857 – December 7, 1857
Charles Case	Republican	December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing.]
William Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph K. Edgerton	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph H. Defrees	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing.]
William Williams	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the At-large district.
Henry B. Sayler	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing.]
William S. Haymond	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing.]
William H. Calkins	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Redistricted to the 13th district.
Mark L. De Motte	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas J. Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing.]
William D. Owen	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing.]
David H. Patton	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas Hammond	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jethro A. Hatch	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	[Data unknown/missing.]
Edgar D. Crumpacker	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing.]
John B. Peterson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing.]
William R. Wood	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933	[Data unknown/missing.]
Finly H. Gray	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	[Data unknown/missing.]
Raymond S. Springer	Republican	January 3, 1939 – August 28, 1947	Died.
Vacant		August 28, 1947 – November 4, 1947
Ralph Harvey	Republican	November 4, 1947 – January 3, 1959	[Data unknown/missing.]
Randall S. Harmon	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	[Data unknown/missing.]
Ralph Harvey	Republican	January 3, 1961 – December 30, 1966	Resigned.
Vacant		December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967
Richard L. Roudebush	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969	Redistricted from the 6th district. Redistricted to the 5th district.
David W. Dennis	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975	[Data unknown/missing.]
Philip Sharp	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Andrew Jacobs, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997	Redistricted from the 11th district.
Julia Carson	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 7th district.
District eliminated		January 3, 2003

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 10th congressional district

As of May 2015, one former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 10th congressional district is alive. The most recent representative to die was Andrew Jacobs Jr. (1983-1997) on December 28, 2013. The most recently serving representative to die was Julia Carson (1997-2003) on December 15, 2007.

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

Coordinates: 39°45′N 86°9′W / 39.750°N 86.150°W / 39.750; -86.150