Indiana's_1st_congressional_district

Indiana's 1st congressional district
Indiana's 1st congressional district
	Indiana's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Frank J. Mrvan; D–Highland, Lake County
Area	2,209.37 sq mi (5,722.2 km2)
Distribution	87.02% urban; 12.98% rural;
Population (2022)	755,538
Median household; income	$69,580
Ethnicity	59.4% White; 18.5% Black; 16.5% Hispanic; 3.7% Two or more races; 1.4% Asian; 0.5% other;
Cook PVI	D+3

Indiana's 1st congressional district

U.S. House district for Indiana

Indiana's 1st congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northwestern Indiana. The district is based in Gary and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs. It consists of all of Lake and Porter counties, as well as most of the western part La Porte County, on the border with Michigan. Redistricting passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2011 shifted the district's boundaries, effective January 2013, to include all of Lake and Porter counties and the western and northwestern townships of La Porte County, while moving Benton, Jasper and Newton counties out of the district.

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The district is currently represented by Democrat Frank J. Mrvan. He was sworn in on January 3, 2021.

The district's character is very different from the rest of Indiana. It includes almost all of the Indiana side of the Chicago metropolitan area. While Porter and LaPorte are swing counties, Lake County is heavily Democratic. Lake County contains two-thirds of the district's population, which is enough to make the 1st a relatively safe Democratic seat. The district has not elected a Republican to Congress in 94 years, making it one of the longest continuously Democratic districts in the nation. Among Indiana's congressional districts, only the Indianapolis-based 7th District is more Democratic.

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Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Al Gore 56 – George W. Bush 42%
2004	President	John Kerry 55 – George W. Bush 44%
2008	President	Barack Obama 63.3 – John McCain 35.8%
2012	President	Barack Obama 61.2 – Mitt Romney 37.4%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 54.1 – Donald Trump 41.5%
2020	President	Joe Biden 53.6 – Donald Trump 44.8%

Representative	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1823
William Prince (Princeton)	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – September 8, 1824	18th	Elected in 1822. Announced retirement then died.	1823–1833 Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Spencer, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vigo, and Warrick Counties
Vacant		September 8, 1824 – December 23, 1824
Jacob Call (Princeton)	Democratic- Republican^{[lower-alpha 1]}	December 23, 1824 – March 3, 1825		Elected only to finish Prince's term, but not the next term.
Ratliff Boon (Boonville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1824. Lost re-election.
Thomas H. Blake (Terre Haute)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
Ratliff Boon (Boonville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837	21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th	Elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired.
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837			1833–1843 [data missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
George H. Proffit (Petersburg)	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired.
Robert D. Owen (Laporte)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Lost re-election.	1843–1853 [data missing]
Elisha Embree (Princeton)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1847. Lost re-election.
Nathaniel Albertson (Greenville)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1849. Lost renomination.
James Lockhart (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. Retired.
Smith Miller (Patoka)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Retired.	1853–1863 [data missing]
James Lockhart (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – September 7, 1857	35th	Elected in 1856. Died.
Vacant		September 7, 1857 – December 7, 1857	35th
William E. Niblack (Vincennes)	Democratic	December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected to finish Lockhart's term. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
John Law (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.
John Law (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.	1863–1873 [data missing]
William E. Niblack (Vincennes)	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1875	39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.	1863–1873 [data missing]
William E. Niblack (Vincennes)	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1875	39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd		1873–1883 [data missing]
Benoni S. Fuller (Boonville)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
William Heilman (Evansville)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election.
John J. Kleiner (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost renomination.	1883–1893 [data missing]
Alvin P. Hovey (Mount Vernon)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – January 17, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Resigned when elected Governor of Indiana.
Vacant		January 17, 1889 – January 29, 1889
Francis B. Posey (Poseyville)	Republican	January 29, 1889 – March 3, 1889		Elected to finish Hovey's term. Lost election to the next term.
William F. Parrett (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.
Arthur H. Taylor (Petersburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Lost re-election.	1893–1903 [data missing]
James A. Hemenway (Boonville)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1905	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904, but resigned when elected U.S. Senator.	1893–1903 [data missing]
James A. Hemenway (Boonville)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1905	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th		1903–1913 [data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1905 – May 16, 1905	59th
John H. Foster (Evansville)	Republican	May 16, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	Elected to finish the vacant term. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
John W. Boehne (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired.
Charles Lieb (Rockport)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Retired.	1913–1933 [data missing]
George K. Denton (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. Lost re-election.
Oscar R. Luhring (Evansville)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
William E. Wilson (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
Harry E. Rowbottom (Evansville)	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
John W. Boehne Jr. (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 8th district.
William T. Schulte (Hammond)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost renomination.	1933–1933 [data missing]
Ray J. Madden (Gary)	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Lost renomination.	1943–1953 [data missing]
					1953–1963 [data missing]
					1963–1973 [data missing]
					1973–1983 [data missing]
Adam Benjamin Jr. (Hobart)	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – September 7, 1982	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Died.
Vacant		September 7, 1982 – November 2, 1982	97th
Katie B. Hall (Gary)	Democratic	November 2, 1982 – January 3, 1985	97th 98th	Elected to finish Benjamin's term. Re-elected in 1982. Lost renomination.
Katie B. Hall (Gary)	Democratic	November 2, 1982 – January 3, 1985	97th 98th		1983–1993 [data missing]
Pete Visclosky (Merrillville)	Democratic	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2021	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.	1983–1993 [data missing]
					1993–2003 [data missing]
					2003–2013
					2013–2023
Frank J. Mrvan (Highland)	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – present	117th 118th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2013–2023
Frank J. Mrvan (Highland)	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – present	117th 118th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2023–present

#	County	Seat	Population
89	Lake	Crown Point	498,700
127	Porter	Valparaiso	173,215

	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Ratliff Boon	4,281	42.1
Independent	Jacob Call	3,222	31.7
Anti-Jacksonian	Thomas H. Blake	2,661	26.2

	Candidate	Votes	%
Anti-Jacksonian	Thomas H. Blake	5,223	43.0
Democratic	Ratliff Boon	5,202	42.8
Independent	Lawrence S. Shuler	1,723	14.2

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#	County	Seat	Population
89	Lake	Crown Point	499,689
91	LaPorte	La Porte	111,675
127	Porter	Valparaiso	174,791

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	7,272	52.2
	Anti-Jacksonian	Thomas H. Blake	6,671	47.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	11,280	50.9
	Democratic	John Law	10,868	49.1

	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Ratliff Boon	3,973	50.6
Independent	Dennis Pennington	1,120	14.3
Independent	Robert M. Evans	1,069	13.6
Independent	James R. E. Goodlet	788	10.0
Independent	Seth M. Levenworth	611	7.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	4,028	51.4
	Whig	John G. Clendenin	3,815	48.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	4,534	50.4
	Whig	John Pitcher	4,467	49.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George H. Proffit	6,008	53.5
	Democratic	Robert Dale Owen	5,229	46.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Joseph Trumbull	5,142	57.1
	Democratic	Thomas Seymour	3,867	42.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Dale Owen	6,679	52.2
	Whig	John W. Payne	6,127	47.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Dale Owen	7,336	53.7
	Whig	George P. R. Wilson	6,331	46.3

General election 1862^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Law	11,963	53.1
	National Union	Johnson	10,583	46.9

General election 1864^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	14,718	53.9
	National Union	Cyrus M. Allen	112,616	46.2

General election 1878^[29]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	William Heilman	13,928	48.7
Democratic	Thomas E. Garvin	13,928	48.7
Greenback	Thomas F. Drebruler	1,595	5.6

General election 1886^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alvin P. Hovey	18,258	49.0
	Democratic	J. E. McCullough	16,901	45.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Elisha Embree	7,446	51.4
	Democratic	Robert Dale Owen	7,054	48.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathaniel Albertson	8,271	52.1
	Whig	Elisha Embree	7,598	47.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Lockhart	8,173	51.0
	Whig	Lemuel Debruler	7,855	49.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Smith Miller	9,007	59.0
	Whig	Kea	9,007	51.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Smith Miller	9,864	52.2
	Know Nothing	Hall	9,051	47.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Lockhart	12,747	61.5
	Republican	James C. Veatch	7,977	38.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	10,329
	Republican	Alvin P. Hovey	8,946	46.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Law	13,476	55.7
	Republican	Lemuel Debruler	10,731	44.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	17,255	52.0
	Republican	Lemuel Debruler	15,905	48.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	18,116	52.1
	Republican	James Veatch	16,631	47.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	17,577	53.4
	Republican	Hy C. Goodling	15,327	46.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	19,259	50.2
	Republican	Heilman	19,127	49.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benoni S. Fuller	12,864	50.7
	Republican	Heilman	12,527	49.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benoni S. Fuller	14,727	50.6
	Republican	C. A. Debruler	13,158	45.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Heilman	17,719	49.4
	Democratic	John Kleiner	17,420	48.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Kleiner	18,048	51.6
	Republican	William Heilman	16,399	46.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. Kleiner	19,930	51.5
	Republican	William H. Gudgel	18,493	47.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William F. Parrett	20,647	49.3
	Republican	Frank B. Posey	20,627	49.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William F. Parrett	17,730	50.4
	Republican	James S. Wright	16,875	48.0

	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Arthur H. Taylor	19,720	47.4
Republican	A. P. Twineham	19,266	46.3
Populist	Moses Smith	2,110	5.1