Indiana's 5th congressional district

Indiana's 5th congressional district
Indiana's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Victoria Spartz R–Noblesville
Area	3,266.14 sq mi (8,459.3 km2)
Distribution	74.53% urban 25.47% rural
Population (2019)	791,257
Median household income	$76,417[1]
Ethnicity	80% White[2] 9% Black 5% Hispanic 4% Asian 3% other 0% Native American
Cook PVI	R+9[3]

Indiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana that takes the north side of Indianapolis as well as its eastern and northern suburbs, including Marion, Carmel, Anderson, Noblesville, Fishers, and parts of Kokomo. This suburban district is predominantly white and is the wealthiest congressional district in Indiana, per median income.

The district is currently represented by Republican Victoria Spartz.

Demographics

According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools^[4] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 585,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 84% are White and 8% are Black. Immigrants make up 4% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $76,700, while 7% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 45% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

Recent election results from statewide races

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1833
Johnathan McCarty	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd 24th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1832.	1833–1843
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
James Rariden	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th
Andrew Kennedy	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Redistricted to the 10th district.
William J. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th		1843–1853
William W. Wick	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th
William J. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st
Thomas A. Hendricks	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Redistricted to the 6th district.
Samuel W. Parker	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1852.	1853–1863
David P. Holloway	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th
David Kilgore	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th
George W. Julian	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1869	37th 38th 39th 40th	Redistricted to the 4th district.
					1863–1873
John Coburn	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1868.
					1873–1883
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1874.
Thomas M. Browne	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Redistricted to the 6th district.
Courtland C. Matson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889	47th 48th 49th 50th
					1883–1893
George W. Cooper	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd
					1893–1903
Jesse Overstreet	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Redistricted to the 7th district.
George W. Faris	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1896.
Elias S. Holliday	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1909	57th 58th 59th 60th
					1903–1913
Ralph Wilbur Moss	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917	61st 62nd 63rd 64th
					1913–1933
Everett Sanders	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1925	65th 66th 67th 68th
Noble J. Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st
Courtland C. Gillen	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd
Glenn Griswold	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1932.	1933–1943
Forest Harness	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th
					1943–1953
John R. Walsh	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st
John V. Beamer	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959	82nd 83rd 84th 85th
					1953–1963
J. Edward Roush	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th
Vacant		January 3, 1961 – June 14, 1961	84th	Contested election
J. Edward Roush	Democratic	June 14, 1961 – January 3, 1969	87th 88th 89th 90th	Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election.
					1963–1973
Richard L. Roudebush	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971	91st	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1968.
Elwood Hillis	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1987	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th
					1973–1983
					1983–1993 1993–2003
Jim Jontz	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	100th 101st 102nd
Steve Buyer	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Redistricted to the 4th district.
Dan Burton	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 2002.	2003–2013
Susan Brooks	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2012.	2013–present
Victoria Spartz	Republican	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th	Elected in 2020.

Election results

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2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

See also

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

References

External links

• 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