# 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 to 2003. The district was re-drawn after the 1980 census and eliminated when Indiana's representation in the House of Representatives fell from ten 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 to 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 to 1985.

## List of members representing the district

| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
| District created March 4, 1843 |||||
| Andrew Kennedy (Muncietown) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | 28th 29th | Redistricted from the 5th district and Re-elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired. |
| William R. Rockhill (Fort Wayne) | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | Elected in 1847. Retired. |
| Andrew J. Harlan (Marion) | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | 31st | Elected in 1849. Retired. |
| Samuel Brenton (Fort Wayne) | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | 32nd | Elected in 1851. Lost re-election. |
| Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (Goshen) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd | Elected in 1852. Lost re-election. |
| Samuel Brenton (Fort Wayne) | People's | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | 34th 35th | Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Died. |
| Samuel Brenton (Fort Wayne) | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 29, 1857 | 34th 35th | Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | March 29, 1857 – December 7, 1857 | 35th | |
| Charles Case (Fort Wayne) | Republican | December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | 35th 36th | Elected to finish Brenton's term. Re-elected in 1858. Retired. |
| William Mitchell (Kendallville) | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | 37th | Elected in 1860. Lost re-election. |
| Joseph K. Edgerton (Fort Wayne) | Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | 38th | Elected in 1862. Lost re-election. |
| Joseph H. Defrees (Goshen) | Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | 39th | Elected in 1864. Retired. |
| William Williams (Warsaw) | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 | 40th 41st 42nd | Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the at-large district. |
| Henry B. Sayler (Huntington) | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | 43rd | Elected in 1872. Retired. |
| William S. Haymond (Monticello) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th | Elected in 1874. Lost re-election. |
| William H. Calkins (Laporte) | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | 45th 46th | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Redistricted to the 13th district. |
| Mark L. De Motte (Valparaiso) | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | 47th | Elected in 1880. Lost re-election. |
| Thomas J. Wood (Crown Point) | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | 48th | Elected in 1882. Lost re-election. |
| William D. Owen (Logansport) | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 | 49th 50th 51st | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost re-election. |
| David H. Patton (Remington) | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | 52nd | Elected in 1890. Retired. |
| Thomas Hammond (Hammond) | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | 53rd | Elected in 1892. Retired. |
| Jethro A. Hatch (Kentland) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | 54th | Elected in 1894. Retired. |
| Edgar D. Crumpacker (Valparaiso) | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1913 | 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election. |
| John B. Peterson (Crown Point) | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | 63rd | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. |
| William R. Wood (Lafayette) | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 | 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-election. |
| Finly H. Gray (Connersville) | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | 73rd 74th 75th | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election. |
| Raymond S. Springer (Connersville) | Republican | January 3, 1939 – August 28, 1947 | 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | August 28, 1947 – November 4, 1947 | 80th | |
| Ralph Harvey (New Castle) | Republican | November 4, 1947 – January 3, 1959 | 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th | Elected to finish Springer's term. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election. |
| Randall S. Harmon (Muncie) | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | 86th | Elected in 1958. Lost re-election. |
| Ralph Harvey (New Castle) | Republican | January 3, 1961 – December 30, 1966 | 87th 88th 89th | Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Lost renomination and resigned early. |
| Vacant | Vacant | December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 | 89th | |
| Richard L. Roudebush (Noblesville) | Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | 90th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1966. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
| David W. Dennis (Richmond) | Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975 | 91st 92nd 93rd | Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election. |
| Philip Sharp (Muncie) | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 | 94th 95th 96th 97th | Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 2nd district. |
| Andrew Jacobs Jr. (Indianapolis) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th | Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired. |
| Julia Carson (Indianapolis) | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | 105th 106th 107th | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 7th district. |
| District eliminated January 3, 2003 |||||