List of United States senators from Indiana

Current delegation

Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816. Since then, the state has been represented in the United States Senate by 44 different men in class 1 and 3; David Turpie served non-consecutive terms in class 1, Dan Coats served non-consecutive terms in class 3, and William E. Jenner served in both classes. Until the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913, senators were elected by the Indiana General Assembly; after that, they were elected popularly by Indiana citizens. A senatorial term lasts six years, beginning on January 3. In case of a vacancy, the governor of Indiana has the duty to appoint a new U.S. senator. Indiana's current U.S. senators are Republicans Todd Young (serving since 2017) and Mike Braun (serving since 2019). Richard Lugar was the state's longest serving senator (1977–2013). Indiana is one of fifteen states, alongside Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, South Dakota, and Utah, to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators[edit]

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2024. The next election will be in 2030.						C	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
1	James Noble	Democratic- Republican	Dec 11, 1816 – Feb 26, 1831	Elected in 1816.	1	14th	1	Elected in 1816.	Dec 11, 1816 – Mar 3, 1825	Democratic- Republican	Waller Taylor	1
						15th	1	Elected in 1816.
						16th	2	Re-elected in 1818. Retired.
				Re-elected in 1821.	2	17th
						18th
		National Republican				19th	3	Elected in 1824.	Mar 4, 1825 – Mar 3, 1837	National Republican	William Hendricks	2
				Re-elected in 1827. Died.	3	20th
				Re-elected in 1827. Died.		21st
Vacant			Feb 26, 1831 – Aug 19, 1831			21st
Vacant			Feb 26, 1831 – Aug 19, 1831			22nd	4	Re-elected in 1830. Lost re-election.
2	Robert Hanna	National Republican	Aug 19, 1831 – Jan 3, 1832	Appointed to continue Noble's term. Retired when successor qualified.
3	John Tipton	Jacksonian	Jan 3, 1832 – Mar 3, 1839	Elected to finish Noble's term.
				Re-elected in 1832. Retired.	4	23rd
						24th
		Democratic				25th	5	Elected in 1836. Lost re-election.	Mar 4, 1837 – Mar 3, 1843	Whig	Oliver H. Smith	3
4	Albert Smith White	Whig	Mar 4, 1839 – Mar 3, 1845	Elected in 1838. Retired.	5	26th
						27th
						28th	6	Elected in 1842. Lost renomination.	Mar 4, 1843 – Mar 3, 1849	Democratic	Ned Hannegan	4
5	Jesse D. Bright	Democratic	Mar 4, 1845 – Feb 5, 1862	Elected in 1844.	6	29th
						30th
						31st	7	Elected in 1848. Died.	Mar 4, 1849 – Oct 4, 1852	Democratic	James Whitcomb	5
				Re-elected in 1850.	7	32nd		Elected in 1848. Died.	Mar 4, 1849 – Oct 4, 1852	Democratic	James Whitcomb	5
									Oct 4, 1852 – Dec 6, 1852	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Whitcomb's term. Retired when successor qualified.	Dec 6, 1852 – Jan 18, 1853	Democratic	Charles W. Cathcart	6
								Elected to finish Whitcomb's term. Lost re-election.	Jan 18, 1853 – Mar 3, 1855	Democratic	John Pettit	7
						33rd		Elected to finish Whitcomb's term. Lost re-election.	Jan 18, 1853 – Mar 3, 1855	Democratic	John Pettit	7
						34th	8	Legislature failed to elect.	Mar 4, 1855 – Feb 4, 1857	Vacant
						34th		Elected late in 1857. Retired.	Feb 4, 1857 – Mar 3, 1861	Democratic	Graham N. Fitch	8
				Re-elected in 1856. Expelled for sympathizing with the Confederacy.	8	35th
						36th
						37th	9	Elected in 1860. Unknown if retired or lost re-election.	Mar 4, 1861 – Mar 3, 1867	Republican	Henry S. Lane	9
Vacant			Feb 5, 1862 – Feb 24, 1862
6	Joseph A. Wright	Unionist	Feb 24, 1862 – Jan 14, 1863	Appointed to finish Bright's term. Retired when successor qualified.
7	David Turpie	Democratic	Jan 14, 1863 – Mar 3, 1863	Elected to finish Bright's term. Retired.
8	Thomas A. Hendricks	Democratic	Mar 4, 1863 – Mar 3, 1869	Elected in 1862. Retired.	9	38th
						39th
						40th	10	Elected in 1867.	Mar 4, 1867 – Nov 1, 1877	Republican	Oliver P. Morton	10
9	Daniel D. Pratt	Republican	Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 3, 1875	Elected in 1868. Retired.	10	41st
						42nd
						43rd	11	Re-elected in 1873. Died.
10	Joseph E. McDonald	Democratic	Mar 4, 1875 – Mar 3, 1881	Elected in 1874 or 1875 Lost re-election.	11	44th
						45th
									Nov 1, 1877 – Nov 6, 1877	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Morton's term. Elected in 1879 to finish Morton's term.^[1]	Nov 6, 1877 – Mar 3, 1897	Democratic	Daniel W. Voorhees	11
						46th	12	Re-elected in 1879.
11	Benjamin Harrison	Republican	Mar 4, 1881 – Mar 3, 1887	Elected in 1881.^[2] Lost re-election.	12	47th
						48th
						49th	13	Re-elected in 1885.
12	David Turpie	Democratic	Mar 4, 1887 – Mar 3, 1899	Elected in 1887.	13	50th
						51st
						52nd	14	Re-elected in 1891. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1893. Lost re-election.	14	53rd
						54th
						55th	15	Elected in 1897.^[3]	Mar 4, 1897 – Mar 3, 1905	Republican	Charles W. Fairbanks	12
13	Albert J. Beveridge	Republican	Mar 4, 1899 – Mar 3, 1911	Elected in 1899.	15	56th
						57th
						58th	16	Re-elected in 1903. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
				Re-elected in 1905. Lost re-election.	16	59th		Elected to finish Fairbanks's term. Lost re-election.	Mar 4, 1905 – Mar 3, 1909	Republican	James A. Hemenway	13
						60th		Elected to finish Fairbanks's term. Lost re-election.	Mar 4, 1905 – Mar 3, 1909	Republican	James A. Hemenway	13
						61st	17	Elected in 1909.	Mar 4, 1909 – Mar 14, 1916	Democratic	Benjamin F. Shively	14
14	John W. Kern	Democratic	Mar 4, 1911 – Mar 3, 1917	Elected in 1911. Lost re-election.	17	62nd
						63rd
						64th	18	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
									Mar 14, 1916 – Mar 20, 1916	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Shiveley's term. Lost election to finish Shiveley's term.	Mar 20, 1916 – Nov 7, 1916	Democratic	Thomas Taggart	15
								Elected to finish Shiveley's term.	Nov 8, 1916 – Mar 3, 1933	Republican	James E. Watson	16
15	Harry S. New	Republican	Mar 4, 1917 – Mar 3, 1923	Elected in 1916. Lost renomination.	18	65th
						66th
						67th	19	Re-elected in 1920.
16	Samuel M. Ralston	Democratic	Mar 4, 1923 – Oct 14, 1925	Elected in 1922. Died.	19	68th
16	Samuel M. Ralston	Democratic	Mar 4, 1923 – Oct 14, 1925	Elected in 1922. Died.		69th
Vacant			Oct 14, 1925 – Oct 20, 1925
17	Arthur Raymond Robinson	Republican	Oct 20, 1925 – Jan 3, 1935	Appointed to continue Ralston's term. Elected in 1926 to finish Ralston's term.^[4]
						70th	20	Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.	20	71st
						72nd
						73rd	21	Elected in 1932.	Mar 4, 1933 – Jan 25, 1944	Democratic	Frederick Van Nuys	17
18	Sherman Minton	Democratic	Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 3, 1941	Elected in 1934. Lost re-election.	21	74th
						75th
						76th	22	Re-elected in 1938. Died.
19	Raymond E. Willis	Republican	Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 3, 1947	Elected in 1940. Retired.	22	77th
						78th
									Jan 25, 1944 – Jan 28, 1944	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Van Nuys's term. Retired when successor elected.	Jan 28, 1944 – Nov 13, 1944	Democratic	Samuel D. Jackson	18
								Elected to finish Van Nuys's term. Retired.	Nov 14, 1944 – Jan 3, 1945	Republican	William E. Jenner	19
						79th	23	Elected in 1944.	Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 3, 1963	Republican	Homer E. Capehart	20
20	William E. Jenner	Republican	Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 3, 1959	Elected in 1946.	23	80th
						81st
						82nd	24	Re-elected in 1950.
				Re-elected in 1952. Retired.	24	83rd
						84th
						85th	25	Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election.
21	Vance Hartke	Democratic	Jan 3, 1959 – Jan 3, 1977	Elected in 1958.	25	86th
						87th
						88th	26	Elected in 1962.	Jan 3, 1963 – Jan 3, 1981	Democratic	Birch Bayh	21
				Re-elected in 1964.	26	89th
						90th
						91st	27	Re-elected in 1968.
				Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election.	27	92nd
						93rd
						94th	28	Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
22	Richard Lugar	Republican	Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 2013	Elected in 1976.	28	95th
						96th
						97th	29	Elected in 1980.	Jan 3, 1981 – Jan 3, 1989	Republican	Dan Quayle	22
				Re-elected in 1982.	29	98th
						99th
						100th	30	Re-elected in 1986. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
				Re-elected in 1988.	30	101st		Appointed to continue Quayle's term. Elected in 1990 to finish Quayle's term.	Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 1999	Republican	Dan Coats	23
						102nd
						103rd	31	Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
				Re-elected in 1994.	31	104th
						105th
						106th	32	Elected in 1998.	Jan 3, 1999 – Jan 3, 2011	Democratic	Evan Bayh	24
				Re-elected in 2000.	32	107th
						108th
						109th	33	Re-elected in 2004. Retired.
				Re-elected in 2006. Lost renomination.	33	110th
						111th
						112th	34	Elected again in 2010. Retired.	Jan 3, 2011 – Jan 3, 2017	Republican	Dan Coats	25
23	Joe Donnelly	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019	Elected in 2012. Lost re-election.	34	113th
						114th
						115th	35	Elected in 2016.	Jan 3, 2017 – present	Republican	Todd Young	26
24	Mike Braun	Republican	Jan 3, 2019 – present	Elected in 2018. Retiring at end of term to run for Governor of Indiana.	35	116th
						117th
						118th	36	Re-elected in 2022.
25	Jim Banks	Republican	Taking office Jan 3, 2025	Elected in 2024.	36	119th
						120th
						121st	37	To be determined in the 2028 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former senators[edit]

As of December 2024, there are four living former U.S. senators from Indiana. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was Richard Lugar (served 1977–2013) on April 28, 2019.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Dan Quayle	1981–1989	(1947-02-04) February 4, 1947 (age 77)
Dan Coats	1989–1999 2011–2017	(1943-05-16) May 16, 1943 (age 81)
Evan Bayh	1999–2011	(1955-12-26) December 26, 1955 (age 69)
Joe Donnelly	2013–2019	(1955-09-29) September 29, 1955 (age 69)

Superlatives[edit]

Longest service[edit]

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
Richard Lugar	January 3, 1977Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	January 3, 2013Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	36 years, 0 days (13,149 days)
Daniel W. Voorhees	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	19 years, 117 days (7,057 days)
Vance Hartke	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	18 years, 0 days (6,575 days)
Birch Bayh	January 3, 1963Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	January 3, 1981Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	18 years, 0 days (6,575 days)
Homer E. Capehart	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	18 years, 0 days (6,574 days)

Shortest service[edit]

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
Charles W. Cathcart	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	1 month, 1 week and 5 days (43 days)
Robert Hanna	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	4 months, 2 weeks and 1 day (137 days)
Thomas Taggart	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	7 months, 2 weeks and 4 days (232 days)
Samuel D. Jackson	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	9 months, 2 weeks and 2 days (290 days)
Joseph A. Wright	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".	10 months and 3 weeks (324 days)

Youngest at beginning of service[edit]

Senator	Date of birth	First served	Age
James Noble	December 16, 1785	December 11, 1816	30 years, 11 months and 25 days
Jesse D. Bright	December 18, 1812	March 4, 1845	32 years, 2 months and 14 days
Dan Quayle	February 4, 1947	January 3, 1981	33 years, 10 months and 30 days
David Turpie	July 8, 1828	January 14, 1863	34 years, 6 months and 6 days
Birch Bayh	January 22, 1928	January 3, 1963	34 years, 11 months and 12 days

Oldest at end of service[edit]

Senator	Date of birth	Last served	Age
Richard Lugar	April 4, 1932	January 3, 2013	80 years, 8 months and 30 days
Dan Coats	May 16, 1943	January 3, 2017	73 years, 7 months and 18 days
Raymond E. Willis	August 11, 1875	January 3, 1947	71 years, 4 months and 23 days
David Turpie	July 8, 1828	March 3, 1899	70 years, 7 months and 23 days
Frederick Van Nuys	April 16, 1874	January 25, 1944	69 years, 9 months and 9 days

References and external links[edit]

↑ Byrd, p. 105.
↑ Gugin, Linda C.; St. Clair, James E (2006). The governors of Indiana. ISBN 9780871951960. Retrieved February 17, 2020. Search this book on
↑ "Fairbanks in Indiana". The New York Times. Jan 21, 1897. p. 2.
↑ Byrd, p. 104

"U.S. senators from Indiana". United States Senate. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Search this book on

[Byrd105-1] Byrd, p. 105.

[2] Gugin, Linda C.; St. Clair, James E (2006). The governors of Indiana. ISBN 9780871951960. Retrieved February 17, 2020. Search this book on

[3] "Fairbanks in Indiana". The New York Times. Jan 21, 1897. p. 2.

[Byrd104-4] Byrd, p. 104

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