Indiana's 5th congressional district

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Indiana's 5th congressional district
Indiana's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Susan Brooks (R–Carmel)
Area	3,266.14 mi² (8,459.3 km²)
Distribution	74.53% urban, 25.47% rural
Population (2000)	675,577
Median income	$52,800
Ethnicity	94.1% White, 2.6% Black, 1.3% Asian, 1.6% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+11^[1]

Indiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana that takes in the eastern and northern suburbs of Indianapolis, including Marion, Carmel, Anderson, Noblesville, and parts of Kokomo. This suburban district is predominantly white.

The district is currently represented by Republican Susan Brooks.

List of representatives

Before the 2000 U.S. Census, the 5th Congressional District was located it what is now parts of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Districts.

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1833
Johnathan McCarty	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Redistricted from the 3rd district
Johnathan McCarty	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Redistricted from the 3rd district
James Rariden	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Andrew Kennedy	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Redistricted to the 10th district
William J. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William W. Wick	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William J. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas A. Hendricks	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 6th district
Samuel W. Parker	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Redistricted from the 4th district
David P. Holloway	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David Kilgore	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George W. Julian	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1869	Redistricted to the 4th district
John Coburn	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 6th district
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Redistricted from the 3rd district
Thomas M. Browne	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Redistricted to the 6th district
Courtland C. Matson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George W. Cooper	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jesse Overstreet	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Redistricted to the 7th district
George W. Faris	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	Redistricted from the 8th district
Elias S. Holliday	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1909	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ralph Wilbur Moss	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Everett Sanders	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1925	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Noble J. Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Courtland C. Gillen	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Glenn Griswold	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Redistricted from the 11th district
Forest Harness	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John R. Walsh	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John V. Beamer	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
J. Edward Roush	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard L. Roudebush	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Elwood Hillis	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1987	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jim Jontz	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Steve Buyer	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 4th district
Dan Burton	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from the 6th district
Susan Brooks	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	Incumbent

Election results

The two different locations of the 7th district from 1982-2013.

2002

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	129,442	71.97
	Democratic	Katherine Fox Carr	45,283	25.18
	Libertarian	Christopher Adkins	5,130	2.85
Total votes			179,855	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	228,718	71.84
	Democratic	Katherine Fox Carr	82,637	25.96
	Libertarian	Rick Hodgin	7,008	2.20
Total votes			318,363	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	133,118	64.96
	Democratic	Katherine Fox Carr	64,362	31.41
	Libertarian	Sheri Conover Sharlow	7,431	3.63
Total votes			204,821	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2008

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	234,507	65.59
	Democratic	Mary Etta Ruley	123,021	34.41
Total votes			357,528	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2010

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	146,899	62.14
	Democratic	Tim Crawford	60,024	25.39
	Libertarian	Richard Reid	18,266	7.73
	Independent	Jesse C. Trueblood	11,218	4.75
Total votes			236,407	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2012

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks	194,570	58.37
	Democratic	Scott Reske	125,347	37.60
	Libertarian	Chard Reid	13,442	4.03
Total votes			333,359	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2014

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks
	Democratic	Shawn Denney
	Libertarian	John Krom
Total votes			'	'
Voter turnout			%

Living former Members

As of May 2015, three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th congressional district are alive.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Elwood Hillis	1971–1987	(1947-02-04) February 4, 1947
Steve Buyer	1993-2003	(1958-11-26) November 26, 1958
Dan Burton	2003–2013	(1938-06-21) June 21, 1938

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

↑ "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 Dan Burton Official House site

Indiana's congressional districts

Current districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 All districts Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The at-large and 10th through 13th districts are obsolete See also Indiana's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations Recent U.S. House elections in Indiana: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 All U.S. districts Apportionment Redistricting Gerrymandering

Coordinates: 40°N 86°W / 40°N 86°W / 40; -86

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