Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816. Since then, Indiana has been represented in the United States Senate by 44 different men in Class I and Class III; David Turpie served non-consecutive terms in Class I and William Ezra Jenner served in both classes. Until the passage of the 17th amendment 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 senator. The longest-serving of any Senator from Indiana is incumbent Republican Richard Lugar. [edit] Class I Class I U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that was elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years were contested in 1994, 2000, and 2006. They will next be contested in 2012. | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Notes/other offices | | James Noble |  | Democratic-
Republican | December 11, 1816 | February 26, 1831 | Died | | National
Republican | | Robert Hanna |  | Whig | August 19, 1831 | January 3, 1832 | Successor qualified | | | John Tipton |  | Democratic | January 3, 1832 | March 4, 1839 | Retired | | | Albert Smith White |  | Whig | March 4, 1839 | March 4, 1845 | Retired | Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (1843–1845) | | Jesse D. Bright |  | Democratic | March 4, 1845 | February 5, 1862 | Expelled | President pro tempore (1854–1857) | | Joseph A. Wright |  | Democratic | February 24, 1862 | January 14, 1863 | Retired | Governor of Indiana (1849–1857)
Minister to Prussia (1857–1861; 1865–1867) | | David Turpie |  | Democratic | January 14, 1863 | March 4, 1863 | | Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives (1874–1875) | | Thomas A. Hendricks |  | Democratic | March 4, 1863 | November 25, 1869 | | Vice President of the United States (1885)
Governor of Indiana (1873–1877) | | Daniel D. Pratt |  | Republican | March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1875 | | | | Joseph E. McDonald |  | Democratic | March 4, 1875 | March 4, 1881 | Lost re-election | Indiana Attorney General (1856–1860) | | Benjamin Harrison |  | Republican | March 4, 1881 | March 4, 1887 | | President of the United States (1889–1893) | | David Turpie | | Democratic | March 4, 1887 | March 4, 1899 | Lost re-election | Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives (1874–1875) | | Albert J. Beveridge |  | Republican | March 4, 1899 | March 4, 1911 | Lost re-election | | | John W. Kern |  | Democratic | March 4, 1911 | March 4, 1917 | Lost re-election | | | Harry Stewart New |  | Republican | March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1923 | | U.S. Postmaster General (1923–1929) | | Samuel M. Ralston |  | Democratic | March 4, 1923 | October 14, 1925 | Died | Governor of Indiana (1913–1917) | | Arthur Raymond Robinson |  | Republican | October 20, 1925 | January 3, 1935 | Lost re-election | | | Sherman Minton |  | Democratic | January 3, 1935 | January 3, 1941 | | Majority Whip (1939—1941)
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–1956) | | Raymond E. Willis |  | Republican | January 3, 1941 | January 3, 1947 | Retired | | | William Ezra Jenner |  | Republican | January 3, 1947 | January 3, 1959 | Retired | President pro tem. of the Indiana Senate (1939–1941)
Also held Indiana's class III seat | | Vance Hartke |  | Democratic | January 3, 1959 | January 3, 1977 | Lost re-election | | | Richard Lugar |  | Republican | January 3, 1977 | Incumbent | | | [edit] Class III Class III U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that was elected for three sessions of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years were contested in 1992, 1998, and 2004. They will next be contested in 2010. | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Notes/other offices | | Waller Taylor |  | Democratic
Republican | December 11, 1816 | March 4, 1825 | | | | William Hendricks |  | National
Republican | March 4, 1825 | March 4, 1837 | Lost re-election | Governor of Indiana (1822–1825) | | Oliver H. Smith |  | Whig | March 4, 1837 | March 4, 1843 | Lost re-election | | | Edward A. Hannegan |  | Democratic | March 4, 1843 | March 4, 1849 | Lost renomination | Minister to Prussia (1849–1950) | | James Whitcomb |  | Democratic | March 4, 1849 | December 4, 1852 | Died | Governor of Indiana (1843–1849) | | Charles W. Cathcart |  | Democratic | December 6, 1852 | January 18, 1853 | Successor qualified | | | John Pettit |  | Democratic | January 18, 1853 | March 4, 1855 | Lost re-election | Indiana Supreme Court Justice (1870–1877)
Chief Justice of the Kansas Territory (1859–1861) | | Graham N. Fitch |  | Democratic | February 4, 1857 | March 4, 1861 | Retired | | | Henry Smith Lane |  | Republican | March 4, 1861 | March 4, 1867 | | Governor of Indiana (1861) | | Oliver Hazard Perry Morton |  | Republican | March 4, 1867 | November 1, 1877 | Died | Governor of Indiana (1861–1867)
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (1861)
Member of the 1876 Electoral Commission (1877) | | Daniel W. Voorhees |  | Democratic | November 6, 1877 | March 4, 1897 | Lost re-election | | | Charles W. Fairbanks |  | Republican | March 4, 1897 | March 4, 1905 | Resigned | Vice President of the United States (1905–1909) | | James A. Hemenway |  | Republican | March 4, 1905 | March 4, 1909 | Lost re-election | | | Benjamin F. Shiveley |  | Democratic | March 4, 1909 | March 14, 1916 | Died | | | Thomas Taggart |  | Democratic | March 20, 1916 | November 7, 1916 | Lost special election | | | James Eli Watson |  | Republican | November 8, 1916 | March 4, 1933 | Lost re-election | Senate Majority Leader (1929–1933) | | Frederick Van Nuys |  | Democratic | March 4, 1933 | January 25, 1944 | Died | President pro tem. of the Indiana Senate (1939–1941) | | Samuel D. Jackson |  | Democratic | January 28, 1944 | November 13, 1944 | Retired | Indiana Attorney General (1940–1941) | | William E. Jenner | | Republican | November 14, 1944 | January 3, 1945 | Retired | President pro tem. of the Indiana Senate (1939–1941)
Also held Indiana's class I seat | | Homer E. Capehart |  | Republican | January 3, 1945 | January 3, 1963 | Lost re-election | | | Birch Bayh |  | Democratic | January 3, 1963 | January 3, 1981 | Lost re-election | Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives (1959) | | Dan Quayle |  | Republican | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1989 | Resigned | Vice President of the United States (1989–1993) | | Dan Coats |  | Republican | January 3, 1989 | January 3, 1999 | Retired | United States Ambassador to Germany (2001–2005) | | Evan Bayh |  | Democratic | January 3, 1999 | Incumbent | | Governor of Indiana (1989–1997) | [edit] Other high offices held The following senators also served in the United States House of Representatives: - ^ Presented credentials as a Representative on March 4, 1865, but only served until February 23, 1866, when his election was overturned by the House.
[edit] See also [edit] Bibliography "U.S. Senators from Indiana". United States Senate. http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/indiana.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
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