Indiana's 4th congressional district

Indiana's 4th congressional district
Indiana's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Todd Rokita (R–Brownsburg)
Area	4,016.44 mi^2 (10,402.58 km^2)
Distribution	68.17% urban, 31.83% rural
Population (2000)	675,617
Median income	$45,947
Ethnicity	94.8% White, 1.3% Black, 1.5% Asian, 2.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 1.2% other
Cook PVI	R+13[1]

Indiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. From 2003 to 2013 the district was based primarily in the central part of the state, and consisted of all of Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan, Lawrence, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe counties and parts of Fountain, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, and White counties. The district surrounded Indianapolis including the suburban area of Greenwood and encompassed the more exurban areas of Crawfordsville and Bedford, as well as the college town of Lafayette-West Lafayette.

From the 2012 redistricting, the district shifted slightly north and west to include the Illinois border, while losing the eastern Indianapolis suburbs. It currently includes Crawfordsville, Lafayette, the western Indianapolis suburbs, and portions of Kokomo.

The district is currently represented by Republican Todd Rokita, the former Secretary of State of Indiana who succeeded fellow Republican Steve Buyer in 2010.

Geography

Prior to the 2000 U.S. Census, most of the territory currently in the 4th Congressional District was located in the 7th Congressional District; the old 4th Congressional District was the Fort Wayne district, which is now the 3rd Congressional District.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1833
Amos Lane	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George H. Dunn	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James H. Cravens	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Caleb Smith	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George Julian	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel W. Parker	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853	Redistricted to the 5th district
James H. Lane	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Cumback	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James B. Foley	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1865	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John H. Farquhar	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869	Redistricted to the 3rd district
George W. Julian	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871	Redistricted from the 5th district
Jeremiah M. Wilson	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jeptha D. New	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Leonidas Sexton	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jeptha D. New	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James E. Watson	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1897	Died
Vacant		April 22, 1897 – December 6, 1897
Francis M. Griffith	Democratic	December 6, 1897 – March 4, 1905	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lincoln Dixon	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John S. Benham	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1923	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Harry C. Canfield	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1933	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James I. Farley	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George W. Gillie	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edward H. Kruse	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
E. Ross Adair	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971	Lost re-election
J. Edward Roush	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	Lost re-election
Dan Quayle	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981	Retired to run for the Senate
Dan Coats	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989	Resigned when appointed to the Senate
Jill Long	Democratic	March 28, 1989 – January 3, 1995	Won special election to continue Coats's term Elected to a full term in 1990 Lost re-election in 1994
Mark Souder	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 3rd district
Steve Buyer	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011	Redistricted from the 5th district
Todd Rokita	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	First elected in 2010

Election Results

2002

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Buyer*	190,445	69.47
	Democratic	David A. Sanders	77,574	28.30
	Libertarian	Kevin R. Fleming	6,119	2.23
Total votes			274,138	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Buyer*	111,057	62.38
	Democratic	David A. Sanders	66,986	37.62
Total votes			178,043	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2008

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Buyer*	192,526	59.87
	Democratic	Nels J. Ackerson	129,038	40.13
Total votes			321,564	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2010

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Rokita	138,732	68.57
	Democratic	David A. Sanders	53,167	26.28
	Libertarian	John Duncan	10,423	5.15
Total votes			202,322	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2012

Indiana's 4th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

Living former Members

As of May 2015, five former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th congressional district are alive.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Dan Quayle	1977–1981	February 4, 1947
Dan Coats	1981–1989	May 16, 1943
Jill Long Thompson	1989–1995	July 15, 1952
Mark Souder	1995–2003	July 18, 1950
Steve Buyer	2003–2011	November 26, 1958

See also

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

References

1. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.

• 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

• Congressmen Steve Buyer Official House site
• Nels Ackerson Ackerson for Congress Campaign site
• Todd Rokita for Congress Todd Rokita for Congress Campaign site

Coordinates: 40°N 87°W / 40°N 87°W