List of United States Senators from Indiana

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The list of United States Senators from Indiana shows everyone who has ever served in the US Senate for that state , sorted by Senate class . One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 3 senators were last elected in 2016.

class 1

Mike Braun
Todd Young

Indiana has been a US state since December 11, 1816 and to date has had 24 class 1 senators in Congress , one of whom, David Turpie, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
James Noble 1816-1831 Democratic Republican National Republican
from 1829 		December 16, 1785 - February 26, 1831
Robert Hanna 1831-1832 National Republicans April 6, 1786 - November 16, 1858
John Shields Tipton 1832-1839 democrat August 14, 1786 - April 5, 1839
Albert Smith White 1839-1845 Whig October 24, 1803 - September 4, 1864
Jesse David Bright 1845-1862 democrat December 18, 1812 - May 20, 1875
Joseph Albert Wright 1862-1863 unionist April 17, 1810 - May 11, 1867
David Battle Turpie 1863 democrat July 8, 1828 - April 21, 1909
Thomas Andrews Hendricks 1863-1869 democrat September 7, 1819 - November 25, 1885
Daniel Darwin Pratt 1869-1875 republican October 26, 1813 - June 17, 1877
Joseph Ewing McDonald 1875-1881 democrat August 29, 1819 - June 21, 1891
Benjamin Harrison 1881-1887 republican August 20, 1833 - March 13, 1901
David Battle Turpie 1887-1899 democrat s. O.
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge 1899-1911 republican October 6, 1862 - April 27, 1927
John Worth Kern 1911-1917 democrat December 20, 1849 - August 17, 1917
Harry Stewart New 1917-1923 republican December 31, 1858 - May 9, 1937
Samuel Moffett Ralston 1923-1925 democrat December 1, 1857 - October 14, 1925
Arthur Raymond Robinson 1925-1935 republican March 12, 1881 - March 17, 1961
Sherman Minton 1935-1941 democrat October 20, 1890 - April 9, 1965
Raymond Eugene Willis 1941-1947 republican August 11, 1875 - March 21, 1956
William Ezra Jenner 1947-1959 republican July 21, 1908 - March 9, 1985
Rupert Vance Hartke 1959-1977 democrat May 31, 1919 - July 27, 2003
Richard Green Lugar 1977-2013 republican April 4, 1932 - April 28, 2019
Joseph Simon Donnelly 2013-2019 democrat * September 29, 1955
Michael Braun since 2019 republican * March 24, 1954

Class 3

Indiana has 25 class 3 senators to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Waller Taylor 1816-1825 Democratic Republican around 1779 - August 26, 1826
William Hendricks 1825-1837 National Republicans November 12, 1782 - May 16, 1850
Oliver Hampton Smith 1837-1843 Whig October 23, 1794 - March 19, 1859
Edward Allen Hannegan 1843-1849 democrat June 25, 1807 - February 25, 1859
James Whitcomb 1849-1852 democrat December 1, 1795 - October 4, 1852
Charles William Cathcart 1852-1853 democrat July 24, 1809 - August 22, 1888
John Pettit 1853-1855 democrat June 24, 1807 - January 17, 1877
Graham Newell Fitch 1857-1861 democrat December 5, 1809 - November 29, 1892
Henry Smith Lane 1861-1867 republican February 24, 1811 - June 18, 1881
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton 1867-1877 republican August 4, 1823 - November 1, 1877
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 1877-1897 democrat September 26, 1827 - April 10, 1897
Charles Warren Fairbanks 1897-1905 republican May 11, 1852 - June 4, 1918
James Alexander Hemenway 1905-1909 republican March 8, 1860 - February 10, 1923
Benjamin Franklin Shively 1909-1916 democrat March 20, 1857 - March 14, 1916
Thomas Taggart 1916 democrat November 17, 1856 - March 6, 1929
James Eli Watson 1916-1933 republican November 2, 1864 - July 29, 1948
Frederick Van Nuys 1933-1944 democrat April 16, 1874 - January 25, 1944
Samuel Dillon Jackson 1944 democrat May 28, 1895 - March 8, 1951
William Ezra Jenner 1944-1945 republican July 21, 1908 - March 9, 1985
Homer Earl Capehart 1945–1963 republican June 6, 1897 - September 3, 1979
Birch Evans Bayh II 1963-1981 democrat January 22, 1928 - March 14, 2019
James Danforth Quayle 1981-1989 republican * February 4, 1947
Daniel Ray Coats 1989-1999 republican * May 16, 1943
Birch Evans Bayh III 1999-2011 democrat * December 26, 1955
Daniel Ray Coats 2011-2017 republican * May 16, 1943
Todd Christopher Young since 2017 republican * August 24, 1972

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