Indiana's 9th congressional district

Indiana's 9th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Erin Houchin R–Salem
Population (2024)	764,291
Median household income	$70,510
Ethnicity	87.0% White 4.1% Hispanic 3.9% Two or more races 2.8% Black 1.7% Asian 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+15

Indiana's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Located in south-central and southeastern Indiana, the district includes the Indiana side of the Louisville metropolitan area. The district's largest city is Bloomington, home to Indiana University.

The district is currently represented by Erin Houchin, first elected in 2022.

Recent election results from statewide races

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and townships:

Bartholomew County (4)

Jackson, Ohio, Sand Creek (part, also 6th), Wayne

Brown County (4)

All four townships

Clark County (12)

All 12 townships

Dearborn County (14)

All 14 townships

Decatur County (9)

All nine townships

Floyd County (5)

All five townships

Franklin County (13)

All 13 townships

Harrison County (12)

All 12 townships

Jackson County (12)

All 12 townships

Jefferson County (10)

All 10 townships

Jennings County (11)

All 11 townships

Lawrence County (9)

All nine townships

Monroe County (11)

All 11 townships

Ohio County (4)

All four townships

Ripley County (11)

All 11 townships

Scott County (5)

All five townships

Switzerland County (6)

All six townships

Washington County (13)

All 13 townships

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1843
Samuel C. Sample (South Bend)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Lost re-election.
Charles W. Cathcart (Laporte)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired.
Graham N. Fitch (Logansport)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Retired.
Norman Eddy (South Bend)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Lost re-election.
Schuyler Colfax (South Bend)	People's	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Retired to run for U.S. Vice President.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1869
John P. C. Shanks (Portland)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872 Lost renomination.
Thomas J. Cason (Lebanon)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1874. Lost renomination.
Michael D. White (Crawfordsville)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Retired.
Godlove S. Orth (Lafayette)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – December 16, 1882	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election and died before next term began.
Vacant		December 16, 1882 – January 17, 1883	47th
Charles T. Doxey (Anderson)	Republican	January 17, 1883 – March 3, 1883		Elected to finish Orth's term. Was not a candidate for the next term.
Thomas B. Ward (Lafayette)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.
Joseph B. Cheadle (Frankfort)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost renomination.
Daniel W. Waugh (Tipton)	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired.
Frank Hanly (Williamsport)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost renomination.
Charles B. Landis (Delphi)	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
Martin A. Morrison (Frankfort)	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917	61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Retired.
Fred S. Purnell (Attica)	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	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 6th district and lost re-election.
Eugene B. Crowe (Bedford)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941	73rd 74th 75th 76th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
Earl Wilson (Bedford)	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1959	77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1940. Re-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. Lost re-election.
Earl Hogan (Hope)	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Elected in 1958. Lost re-election.
Earl Wilson (Bedford)	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	87th 88th	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Lee Hamilton (Nashville)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. 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. Re-elected in 1996. Retired.
Baron Hill (Seymour)	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005	106th 107th 108th	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Lost re-election.
Mike Sodrel (New Albany)	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007	109th	Elected in 2004. Lost re-election.
Baron Hill (Seymour)	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	110th 111th	Elected again in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Todd Young (Bloomington)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017	112th 113th 114th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Trey Hollingsworth (Jeffersonville)	Republican	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023	115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired.
Erin Houchin (Salem)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th 119th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.

Recent election results

2002

2002 election

← 2000 November 5, 2002 2004 →

Nominee Baron Hill Mike Sodrel Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 96,654 87,169 Percentage 51.15% 46.13%

U.S. Representative before election Baron Hill Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Baron Hill Democratic

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Baron Hill (incumbent)	96,654	51.15
	Republican	Mike Sodrel	87,169	46.13
	Green	Jeff Melton	2,745	1.45
	Libertarian	Alan G. Cox	2,389	1.26
Total votes			188,957	100.00
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 election

← 2002 November 2, 2004 2006 →

Nominee Mike Sodrel Baron Hill Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 142,247 140,819 Percentage 49.43% 48.94%

U.S. Representative before election Baron Hill Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Mike Sodrel Republican

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Sodrel	142,247	49.43
	Democratic	Baron Hill (incumbent)	140,819	48.94
	Libertarian	Alan G. Cox	4,698	1.63
Total votes			287,764	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2006

2006 election

← 2004 November 7, 2006 2008 →

Nominee Baron Hill Mike Sodrel Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 110,454 100,469 Percentage 50.01% 45.49%

U.S. Representative before election Mike Sodrel Republican Elected U.S. Representative Baron Hill Democratic

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Baron Hill	110,454	50.01
	Republican	Mike Sodrel (incumbent)	100,469	45.49
	Libertarian	D. Eric Schansberg	9,893	4.48
	No party	Others	34	0.02
Total votes			220,850	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

2008 election

← 2006 November 4, 2008 2010 →

Nominee Baron Hill Mike Sodrel Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 181,256 120,517 Percentage 57.77% 38.41%

U.S. Representative before election Baron Hill Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Baron Hill Democratic

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Baron Hill (incumbent)	181,256	57.77
	Republican	Mike Sodrel	120,517	38.41
	Libertarian	D. Eric Schansberg	12,000	3.82
Total votes			313,773	100.00
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

In popular culture

In a May 2020 special episode of the comedy series Parks and Recreation, the district is shown as being represented by Ben Wyatt (D-Pawnee; portrayed by Adam Scott).

See also

• Indiana's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• United States House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk
• 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