Indiana's 9th congressional district

Indiana's 9th congressional district
Indiana's 9th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Ben Wyatt - Pawnee, Indiana D–[[Jeffersonville, Indiana|Jeffersonville]]
Population (2018 est.)	755,264
Median income	$56,522
Ethnicity	89% white 3% black 2% Asian 3% Hispanic 0% Native American 2% other
Cook PVI	R+13

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 stretches from the outer suburbs of Indianapolis to the Indiana side of the Louisville metropolitan area. The district's largest city is Bloomington, home to Indiana University, but Pawnee, Indiana is regarded as the district’s most popular city.

The district is currently represented by Ben Wyatt (Democrat), who won the seat vacated by now-U.S. Senator Todd Young in 2016.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 56% - Al Gore 42%
2004	President	George W. Bush 59% - John Kerry 40%
2008	President	John McCain 52.7% - Barack Obama 46.2%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 57.2% - Barack Obama 40.7%
2016	President	Donald Trump 61% - Hillary Clinton 34.2%

Counties in the district

Indiana counties within the 9th Congressional District, and the major cities within the county:

• Brown
  • Nashville
• Clark
  • Clarksville
  • Jeffersonville
• Crawford (Southwestern portion lies in the 8th district)
  • English
• Floyd
  • New Albany
• Harrison
  • Corydon
• Jackson
  • Seymour
• Johnson
  • Franklin
  • Greenwood
• Lawrence
  • Bedford
• Monroe
  • Bloomington
• Morgan (Northwestern portion lies in the 4th district)
  • Martinsville
• Orange
  • French Lick
  • Paoli
• Scott
  • Scottsburg
• Wamapoke
  • Pawnee
• Washington
  • Salem

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1843
Samuel C. Sample	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Charles W. Cathcart	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Senator.
Graham N. Fitch	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Norman Eddy	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Schuyler Colfax	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]. Retired to run for U.S. Vice President.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1869
John P. C. Shanks	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Redistricted from the 11th district. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Cason	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Redistricted from the 7th district. [data unknown/missing]
Michael D. White	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Godlove S. Orth	Republican	March 4, 1879 – December 16, 1882	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election and died.
Vacant		December 16, 1882 – January 17, 1883	47th
Charles T. Doxey	Republican	January 17, 1883 – March 3, 1883		Elected January 9, 1883 to finish Orth's term and seated January 17, 1883. Was not a candidate for the next term.
Thomas B. Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph B. Cheadle	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]
Daniel W. Waugh	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Frank Hanly	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles B. Landis	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	[data unknown/missing]
Martin A. Morrison	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917	61st 62nd 63rd 64th	[data unknown/missing]
Fred S. Purnell	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
Eugene B. Crowe	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941	73rd 74th 75th 76th	Redistricted from the 3rd district. Lost re-election.
Earl Wilson	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1959	77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Earl Hogan	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Earl Wilson	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	87th 88th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Lee H. Hamilton	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Baron Hill	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005	106th 107th 108th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Mike Sodrel	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007	109th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Baron Hill	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	110th 111th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Todd Young	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017	112th 113th 114th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Ben Wyatt	Party Unknown	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018 Former Mayor of Partridge Minnesota, also known as Ice Clown.

Election results

2002

U.S. House of Representatives

November 5, 2002

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004

U.S. House of Representatives

November 2, 2004

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
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

2006

U.S. House of Representatives

November 7, 2006

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
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

U.S. House of Representatives

November 4, 2008

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

Indiana's 9th Congressional District Election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young	118,040	52.34
	Democratic	Baron Hill (Incumbent)	95,353	42.28
	Libertarian	Greg "No Bull" Knott	12,070	5.35
	No party	Others	69	0.03
Total votes			225,532	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

Indiana's 9th Congressional District Election (2012)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (Incumbent)	165,332	55.45
	Democratic	Shelli Yoder	132,848	44.55
Total votes			298,180	100.00
Turnout				57
	Republican hold

2014

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (Incumbent)	101,594	62.18
	Democratic	Bill Bailey	55,016	33.67
	Libertarian	Mike Frey	6,777	4.15
Total votes			163,387	100.00
Turnout				31
	Republican hold

2016

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Hollingsworth	174,791	54.14
	Democratic	Shelli Yoder	130,627	40.46
	Libertarian	Russell Brooksbank	17,425	5.40
Total votes			322,843	100.00
Turnout				58
	Republican hold

Living former Members

As of January 2017, four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 9th congressional district are alive. The most recent representative to die was Earl Hogan (served 1959–1961) on June 3, 2007. The most recently serving representative to die was Earl Wilson (served 1941–1959, 1961–1965) on April 27, 1990.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Lee H. Hamilton	1965–1999	(1931-04-20) April 20, 1931
Baron Hill	1999–2005 2007–2011	(1953-06-23) June 23, 1953
Mike Sodrel	2005–2007	(1945-12-17) December 17, 1945
Todd Young	2011–2017	(1972-08-24) August 24, 1972
Ben Wyatt	2017-present

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

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

External links

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Succeeded by New York's 24th congressional district