List of United States senators from Indiana

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Current delegation

Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816. Since then, the state has been represented in the United States Senate by 44 different men in class 1 and 3; David Turpie served non-consecutive terms in class 1, Dan Coats served non-consecutive terms in class 3, and William E. Jenner served in both classes. Until the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913, senators were elected by the Indiana General Assembly; after that, they were elected popularly by Indiana citizens. A senatorial term lasts six years, beginning on January 3. In case of a vacancy, the governor of Indiana has the duty to appoint a new U.S. senator. Indiana's current U.S. senators are Republicans Todd Young (serving since 2017) and Mike Braun (serving since 2019). Richard Lugar was the state's longest serving senator (1977–2013). Indiana is one of fifteen states, alongside Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, South Dakota, and Utah, to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators

Class 1
Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2024. The next election will be in 2030.
C Class 3
Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
# Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator #
1
James Noble
Democratic-
Republican
Dec 11, 1816 –
Feb 26, 1831
Elected in 1816. 1 14th 1 Elected in 1816. Dec 11, 1816 –
Mar 3, 1825
Democratic-
Republican

Waller Taylor
1
15th
16th 2 Re-elected in 1818.
Retired.
Re-elected in 1821. 2 17th
18th
National
Republican
19th 3 Elected in 1824. Mar 4, 1825 –
Mar 3, 1837
National
Republican

William Hendricks
2
Re-elected in 1827.
Died.
3 20th
21st
Vacant Feb 26, 1831 –
Aug 19, 1831
 
22nd 4 Re-elected in 1830.
Lost re-election.
2
Robert Hanna
National
Republican
Aug 19, 1831 –
Jan 3, 1832
Appointed to continue Noble's term.
Retired when successor qualified.
 
3
John Tipton
Jacksonian Jan 3, 1832 –
Mar 3, 1839
Elected to finish Noble's term.  
Re-elected in 1832.
Retired.
4 23rd
24th
Democratic 25th 5 Elected in 1836.
Lost re-election.
Mar 4, 1837 –
Mar 3, 1843
Whig
Oliver H. Smith
3
4
Albert Smith White
Whig Mar 4, 1839 –
Mar 3, 1845
Elected in 1838.
Retired.
5 26th
27th
28th 6 Elected in 1842.
Lost renomination.
Mar 4, 1843 –
Mar 3, 1849
Democratic
Ned Hannegan
4
5
Jesse D. Bright
Democratic Mar 4, 1845 –
Feb 5, 1862
Elected in 1844. 6 29th
30th
31st 7 Elected in 1848.
Died.
Mar 4, 1849 –
Oct 4, 1852
Democratic
James Whitcomb
5
Re-elected in 1850. 7 32nd
  Oct 4, 1852 –
Dec 6, 1852
Vacant
Appointed to continue Whitcomb's term.
Retired when successor qualified.
Dec 6, 1852 –
Jan 18, 1853
Democratic
Charles W. Cathcart
6
Elected to finish Whitcomb's term.
Lost re-election.
Jan 18, 1853 –
Mar 3, 1855
Democratic
John Pettit
7
33rd
34th 8 Legislature failed to elect. Mar 4, 1855 –
Feb 4, 1857
Vacant
Elected late in 1857.
Retired.
Feb 4, 1857 –
Mar 3, 1861
Democratic
Graham N. Fitch
8
Re-elected in 1856.
Expelled for sympathizing with the Confederacy.
8 35th
36th
37th 9 Elected in 1860.
Unknown if retired or lost re-election.
Mar 4, 1861 –
Mar 3, 1867
Republican
Henry S. Lane
9
Vacant Feb 5, 1862 –
Feb 24, 1862
 
6
Joseph A. Wright
Unionist Feb 24, 1862 –
Jan 14, 1863
Appointed to finish Bright's term.
Retired when successor qualified.
7
David Turpie
Democratic Jan 14, 1863 –
Mar 3, 1863
Elected to finish Bright's term.
Retired.
8
Thomas A. Hendricks
Democratic Mar 4, 1863 –
Mar 3, 1869
Elected in 1862.
Retired.
9 38th
39th
40th 10 Elected in 1867. Mar 4, 1867 –
Nov 1, 1877
Republican
Oliver P. Morton
10
9
Daniel D. Pratt
Republican Mar 4, 1869 –
Mar 3, 1875
Elected in 1868.
Retired.
10 41st
42nd
43rd 11 Re-elected in 1873.
Died.
10
Joseph E. McDonald
Democratic Mar 4, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1881
Elected in 1874 or 1875
Lost re-election.
11 44th
45th
  Nov 1, 1877 –
Nov 6, 1877
Vacant
Appointed to continue Morton's term.
Elected in 1879 to finish Morton's term.[1]
Nov 6, 1877 –
Mar 3, 1897
Democratic
Daniel W. Voorhees
11
46th 12 Re-elected in 1879.
11
Benjamin Harrison
Republican Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 3, 1887
Elected in 1881.[2]
Lost re-election.
12 47th
48th
49th 13 Re-elected in 1885.
12
David Turpie
Democratic Mar 4, 1887 –
Mar 3, 1899
Elected in 1887. 13 50th
51st
52nd 14 Re-elected in 1891.
Lost re-election.
Re-elected in 1893.
Lost re-election.
14 53rd
54th
55th 15 Elected in 1897.[3] Mar 4, 1897 –
Mar 3, 1905
Republican
Charles W. Fairbanks
12
13
Albert J. Beveridge
Republican Mar 4, 1899 –
Mar 3, 1911
Elected in 1899. 15 56th
57th
58th 16 Re-elected in 1903.
Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
Re-elected in 1905.
Lost re-election.
16 59th Elected to finish Fairbanks's term.
Lost re-election.
Mar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1909
Republican
James A. Hemenway
13
60th
61st 17 Elected in 1909. Mar 4, 1909 –
Mar 14, 1916
Democratic
Benjamin F. Shively
14
14
John W. Kern
Democratic Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1917
Elected in 1911.
Lost re-election.
17 62nd
63rd
64th 18 Re-elected in 1914.
Died.
  Mar 14, 1916 –
Mar 20, 1916
Vacant
Appointed to continue Shiveley's term.
Lost election to finish Shiveley's term.
Mar 20, 1916 –
Nov 7, 1916
Democratic
Thomas Taggart
15
Elected to finish Shiveley's term. Nov 8, 1916 –
Mar 3, 1933
Republican
James E. Watson
16
15
Harry S. New
Republican Mar 4, 1917 –
Mar 3, 1923
Elected in 1916.
Lost renomination.
18 65th
66th
67th 19 Re-elected in 1920.
16
Samuel M. Ralston
Democratic Mar 4, 1923 –
Oct 14, 1925
Elected in 1922.
Died.
19 68th
69th
Vacant Oct 14, 1925 –
Oct 20, 1925
 
17
Arthur Raymond Robinson
Republican Oct 20, 1925 –
Jan 3, 1935
Appointed to continue Ralston's term.
Elected in 1926 to finish Ralston's term.[4]
70th 20 Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost re-election.
20 71st
72nd
73rd 21 Elected in 1932. Mar 4, 1933 –
Jan 25, 1944
Democratic
Frederick Van Nuys
17
18
Sherman Minton
Democratic Jan 3, 1935 –
Jan 3, 1941
Elected in 1934.
Lost re-election.
21 74th
75th
76th 22 Re-elected in 1938.
Died.
19
Raymond E. Willis
Republican Jan 3, 1941 –
Jan 3, 1947
Elected in 1940.
Retired.
22 77th
78th
  Jan 25, 1944 –
Jan 28, 1944
Vacant
Appointed to continue Van Nuys's term.
Retired when successor elected.
Jan 28, 1944 –
Nov 13, 1944
Democratic
Samuel D. Jackson
18
Elected to finish Van Nuys's term.
Retired.
Nov 14, 1944 –
Jan 3, 1945
Republican
William E. Jenner
19
79th 23 Elected in 1944. Jan 3, 1945 –
Jan 3, 1963
Republican
Homer E. Capehart
20
20
William E. Jenner
Republican Jan 3, 1947 –
Jan 3, 1959
Elected in 1946. 23 80th
81st
82nd 24 Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Retired.
24 83rd
84th
85th 25 Re-elected in 1956.
Lost re-election.
21
Vance Hartke
Democratic Jan 3, 1959 –
Jan 3, 1977
Elected in 1958. 25 86th
87th
88th 26 Elected in 1962. Jan 3, 1963 –
Jan 3, 1981
Democratic
Birch Bayh
21
Re-elected in 1964. 26 89th
90th
91st 27 Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Lost re-election.
27 92nd
93rd
94th 28 Re-elected in 1974.
Lost re-election.
22
Richard Lugar
Republican Jan 3, 1977 –
Jan 3, 2013
Elected in 1976. 28 95th
96th
97th 29 Elected in 1980. Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 1989
Republican
Dan Quayle
22
Re-elected in 1982. 29 98th
99th
100th 30 Re-elected in 1986.
Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
Re-elected in 1988. 30 101st Appointed to continue Quayle's term.
Elected in 1990 to finish Quayle's term.
Jan 3, 1989 –
Jan 3, 1999
Republican
Dan Coats
23
102nd
103rd 31 Re-elected in 1992.
Retired.
Re-elected in 1994. 31 104th
105th
106th 32 Elected in 1998. Jan 3, 1999 –
Jan 3, 2011
Democratic
Evan Bayh
24
Re-elected in 2000. 32 107th
108th
109th 33 Re-elected in 2004.
Retired.
Re-elected in 2006.
Lost renomination.
33 110th
111th
112th 34 Elected again in 2010.
Retired.
Jan 3, 2011 –
Jan 3, 2017
Republican
Dan Coats
25
23
Joe Donnelly
Democratic Jan 3, 2013 –
Jan 3, 2019
Elected in 2012.
Lost re-election.
34 113th
114th
115th 35 Elected in 2016. Jan 3, 2017 –
present
Republican
Todd Young
26
24
Mike Braun
Republican Jan 3, 2019 –
present
Elected in 2018.
Retiring at end of term to run for Governor of Indiana.
35 116th
117th
118th 36 Re-elected in 2022.
25
Jim Banks
Republican Taking office
Jan 3, 2025
Elected in 2024. 36 119th
120th
121st 37 To be determined in the 2028 election.
# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator #
Class 1 Class 3

See also

  1. ^ Byrd, p. 105.
  2. ^ Gugin, Linda C.; St. Clair, James E (2006). The governors of Indiana. ISBN 9780871951960. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fairbanks in Indiana". The New York Times. January 21, 1897. p. 2.
  4. ^ Byrd, p. 104