Indiana's 4th congressional district
Indiana's 4th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 4,016.44 sq mi (10,402.5 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 768,518 | ||
Median household income | $72,677[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+18[2] |
Indiana's 4th congressional district is a
Prior to the 2000 U.S. census, most of the territory currently in the 4th Congressional District was located in the
The district is currently represented by Republican Jim Baird, who succeeded Todd Rokita, who vacated his House seat to run for the Indiana U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Joe Donnelly, losing the Republican nomination to eventual senator Mike Braun.[3] Baird was elected on November 6.
Composition
# | County | Seat | Population |
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7 | Benton | Fowler | 8,719 |
11 | Boone | Lebanon | 74,614 |
15 | Carroll | Delphi | 20,555 |
17 | Cass | Logansport | 37,540 |
23 | Clinton | Frankfort | 32,843 |
45 | Fountain | Covington | 16,574 |
63 | Hendricks | Danville | 182,534 |
67 | Howard | Kokomo | 83,574 |
73 | Jasper | Rensselaer | 33,281 |
107 | Montgomery | Crawfordsville | 38,273 |
109 | Morgan | Martinsville | 72,236 |
111 | Newton | Kentland | 13,823 |
133 | Putnam | Greencastle | 37,301 |
157 | Tippecanoe | Lafayette | 188,717 |
171 | Warren | Williamsport | 8,461 |
181 | White | Monticello | 24,598 |
As of 2023, Indiana's 4th congressional district is located in western Indiana. It includes Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hendricks, Jasper, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White Counties in full, as well as parts of Cass and Fountain Counties, and one township from Howard County.
Cass County is split between this district and the 2nd district. They are partitioned roughly by Indiana S Co Rd 200E, Indiana S Co Rd 500E, Indiana N Co Rd 50E, and Indiana N Co Rd 600W. The 4th district takes in most of the city of Logansport, and the 5 townships of Boone, Clinton, Eel, Jefferson, Noble, Washington, and part of the township of Deer Creek.
Fountain County is split between this district and the 8th district. They are partitioned on the western border by Indiana State Rt 32, East Prairie Chapel Rd, and South New Liberty Rd, and on the southeastern border by North Sandhill Rd, Indiana West 260N, North Portland Arch Rd, West County Home Rd, and Indiana West 450N. The 4th district takes in the cities of Attica, Hillsboro, Mellott, and Newton, and the 3 townships of Davis, Logan, and Richland, most of the township of Cain and Troy.
Howard County is mostly within the 5th district, with part of the city of Russiaville and the township of Honey Creek. The county is partitioned by Indiana County Rd S 750 West, East Main St, and Indiana County Rd S 650 West.
Cities of 10,000 or more people
- Lafayette – 70,783
- West Lafayette – 44,595
- Plainfield – 34,625
- Zionsville – 30,603
- Brownsburg – 30,068
- Avon – 21,474
- Logansport – 18,366
- Frankfort – 16,715
- Lebanon – 16,662
- Crawfordsville – 16,306
- Martinsville – 12,309
- Danville – 10,559
- Whitestown – 10,178
2,500 – 10,000 people
- Greencastle – 9,820
- Mooresville – 9,411
- Rensselaer – 5,733
- Monticello – 5,508
- DeMotte – 4,168
- Roselawn – 4,132
- Pittsboro – 3,682
- Attica – 3,036
- Heritage Lake – 3,012
- Delphi – 2,961
- Brooklyn – 2,511
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 66% – Al Gore 32% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 69% – John Kerry 30% |
2008 | President | John McCain 54.2% – Barack Obama 44.6% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 60.9% – Barack Obama 36.9% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 64.3% – Hillary Clinton 30.2% |
2020 | President | Donald Trump 63.8% – Joe Biden 34.0% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District created March 4, 1833 | ||||
Amos Lane (Lawrenceburg) |
Jacksonian
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March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
Re-elected in 1835 .Lost re-election. |
George H. Dunn )
(Lawrenceburg |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | Elected in 1837 .Lost re-election. |
Thomas Smith (Versailles) |
Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
26th | Elected in 1839 .Lost re-election. |
James H. Cravens (Marion) |
Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | Elected in 1841 .Retired. |
Caleb Smith )
(Connersville |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 |
28th 29th 30th |
Re-elected in 1847 .Retired. |
George Julian )
(Centerville |
Free Soil | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected in 1849 .Lost re-election. |
Samuel W. Parker (Connersville) |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | . |
James H. Lane )
(Lawrenceburg |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1852 .Retired. |
William Cumback (Greensburg) |
People's | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected in 1854 .Lost re-election as a Republican. |
James B. Foley (Greensburg) |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | Elected in 1856 .Retired. |
William S. Holman (Aurora) |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1865 |
36th 37th 38th |
Re-elected in 1862 .Retired. |
John H. Farquhar )
(Brookville |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
39th | Elected in 1864 .Retired. |
William S. Holman (Aurora) |
Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | . |
George W. Julian )
(Centerville |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st | re-elected in 1868 .Lost renomination. |
Jeremiah M. Wilson (Connersville) |
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
Re-elected in 1872 .Retired. |
Jeptha D. New (Vernon) |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874 .Retired. |
Leonidas Sexton (Rushville) |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | Elected in 1876 .Lost re-election. |
Jeptha D. New (Vernon) |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | Elected in 1878 .Retired. |
William S. Holman (Aurora) |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1895 |
47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd |
Re-elected in 1892 .Lost re-election. |
James E. Watson )
(Rushville |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | Elected in 1894 .Retired. |
William S. Holman (Aurora) |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1897 |
55th | Elected in 1896 .Died. |
Vacant | April 22, 1897 – December 6, 1897 |
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Francis M. Griffith (Vevay) |
Democratic | December 6, 1897 – March 3, 1905 |
55th 56th 57th 58th |
Re-elected in 1902 .Retired. |
Lincoln Dixon (North Vernon) |
Democratic | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1919 |
59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th |
Re-elected in 1916 .Lost re-election. |
John S. Benham (Benham) |
Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 |
66th 67th |
Re-elected in 1920 .Lost re-election. |
Harry C. Canfield (Batesville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Re-elected in 1930 .Lost renomination. |
James I. Farley )
(Auburn |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
73rd 74th 75th |
Re-elected in 1936 .Lost re-election. |
George W. Gillie (Fort Wayne) |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949 |
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th |
Re-elected in 1946 .Lost re-election. |
Edward H. Kruse (Fort Wayne) |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
81st | Elected in 1948 .Lost re-election. |
E. Ross Adair (Fort Wayne) |
Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971 |
82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st |
Re-elected in 1968 .Lost re-election. |
J. Edward Roush (Huntington) |
Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
92nd 93rd 94th |
Re-elected in 1974 .Lost re-election. |
Dan Quayle (Huntington) |
Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981 |
95th 96th |
Re-elected in 1978. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator |
Dan Coats (Fort Wayne) |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989 |
97th 98th 99th 100th |
Re-elected in 1988. .
Resigned when appointed U.S. senator |
Vacant | January 3, 1989 – March 28, 1989 |
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Jill Long (Larwill) |
Democratic | March 28, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
101st 102nd 103rd |
Re-elected in 1992 Lost re-election. |
Mark Souder (Fort Wayne) |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
104th 105th 106th 107th |
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Steve Buyer (Monticello) |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
108th 109th 110th 111th |
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired. |
Todd Rokita (Clermont) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 |
112th 113th 114th 115th |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Jim Baird (Greencastle) |
Republican | January 3, 2019 – present |
116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
Election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Buyer | 112,760 | 71.36 | |
Democratic | William A. "Big Bill" Abbott | 41,314 | 26.15 | |
Libertarian | Jerry L. Susong | 3,934 | 2.49 | |
Total votes | 158,008 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Buyer* | 190,445 | 69.47 | |
Democratic | David Sanders | 77,574 | 28.30 | |
Libertarian | Kevin R. Fleming | 6,119 | 2.23 | |
Total votes | 274,138 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Buyer* | 111,057 | 62.38 | |
Democratic | David Sanders | 66,986 | 37.62 | |
Total votes | 178,043 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Buyer* | 192,526 | 59.87 | |
Democratic | Nels J. Ackerson | 129,038 | 40.13 | |
Total votes | 321,564 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Rokita | 138,732 | 68.57 | |
Democratic | David Sanders | 53,167 | 26.28 | |
Libertarian | John Duncan | 10,423 | 5.15 | |
Total votes | 202,322 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Rokita* | 168,688 | 61.96 | |
Democratic | Tara Nelson | 93,015 | 34.16 | |
Libertarian | Benjamin Gehlhausen | 10,565 | 3.88 | |
Total votes | 272,268 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Rokita* | 94,998 | 66.87 | |
Democratic | John Dale | 47,056 | 33.13 | |
Total votes | 142,054 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 31 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Rokita* | 193,412 | 64.59 | |
Democratic | John Dale | 91,256 | 30.48 | |
Libertarian | Steven Mayoras | 14,766 | 4.9 | |
Total votes | 299,434 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 62 | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Baird | 156,539 | 64.1 | |
Democratic | Tobi Beck | 87,824 | 35.9 | |
Total votes | 244,363 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Baird* | 225,531 | 66.6 | |
Democratic | Joe Mackey | 112,984 | 33.4 | |
Total votes | 338,515 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Baird *
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134,442 | 68.2 | |
Democratic | Roger Day | 62,668 | 31.8 | |
Total votes | 197,110 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Rep. Todd Rokita embraces Trump as he launches Indiana Senate bid". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Indiana Election Results November 3, 2020". Indiana Election Division. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- 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