Indiana's 1st congressional district

Indiana's 1st congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northwestern Indiana. The district is based in Gary and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs. It consists of all of Lake and Porter counties, as well as most of the northwestern part of LaPorte County, on the border with Michigan. Redistricting passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2011 shifted the district's boundaries, effective January 2013, to include all of Lake and Porter counties and the western and northwestern townships of La Porte County, while moving Benton, Jasper and Newton counties out of the district.

Indiana's 1st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Frank J. Mrvan D–Highland, Lake County
Area	2,209.37 sq mi (5,722.2 km2)
Distribution	87.02% urban 12.98% rural
Population (2023)	757,933
Median household income	$69,975[1]
Ethnicity	59.4% White 18.5% Black 16.5% Hispanic 3.7% Two or more races 1.4% Asian 0.5% other
Cook PVI	D+1[2]

The district is currently represented by Democrat Frank J. Mrvan. He was sworn in on January 3, 2021. The district's character is very different from the rest of Indiana. It includes almost all of the Indiana side of the Chicago metropolitan area. While Porter and LaPorte are Republican leaning counties, Lake County is more Democratic. Lake County contains two-thirds of the district's population. The district has not elected a Republican to Congress in 96 years, making it one of the longest continuously Democratic districts in the nation. Among Indiana's congressional districts, only the Indianapolis-based 7th District is more Democratic.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[3][4]
2008	President	Obama 63% - 36%
2012	President	Obama 62% - 38%
2016	President	Clinton 53% - 41%
	Senate	Bayh 58% - 38%
	Governor	Gregg 61% - 36%
	Attorney General	Arredondo 59% - 41%
2018	Senate	Donnelly 60% - 37%
2020	President	Biden 53% - 45%
	Governor	Myers 47.3% - 46.8%
	Attorney General	Weinzapfel 54% - 46%
2022	Senate	McDermott Jr. 52% - 46%
2024	President	Harris 49.3% - 48.9%
	Senate	McCray 50% - 48%
	Governor	McCormick 50% - 46%

Composition

The 1st district includes the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of LaPorte, which it shares 2nd district. LaPorte townships within the first district include Coolspring, Michigan, New Durham, Scipio, Springfield, and most of Center.^[5]

#	County	Seat	Population
89	Lake	Crown Point	499,689
91	LaPorte (shared with 2nd)	La Porte	111,675
127	Porter	Valparaiso	174,791

Cities of 10,000 or more people

• Hammond – 77,879
• Gary – 69,093
• Portage – 37,926
• Merrillville – 36,444
• Valparaiso – 34,151
• Crown Point – 33,899
• Michigan City – 32,075
• Hobart – 29,752
• Schererville – 29,646
• East Chicago – 26,370
• Highland – 23,984
• Munster – 23,894
• La Porte (shared with 2nd) – 22,471
• St. John – 20,303
• Dyer – 16,517
• Griffith – 16,331
• Chesterton – 14,241
• Cedar Lake – 14,106
• Lake Station – 13,235
• Lowell – 10,680

2,500 – 10,000 people

• Winfield – 7,181
• Lake of the Four Seasons – 7,091
• Westville – 5,257
• Porter – 5,210
• South Haven – 5,084
• Whiting – 4,559
• Hebron – 3,755
• Shorewood Forest – 3,033

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1823
William Prince (Princeton)	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – September 8, 1824	18th	Elected in 1822. Announced retirement then died.	1823–1833 Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Spencer, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vigo, and Warrick Counties
Vacant		September 8, 1824 – December 23, 1824
Jacob Call (Princeton)	Democratic- Republican[a]	December 23, 1824 – March 3, 1825		Elected only to finish Prince's term, but not the next term.
Ratliff Boon (Boonville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1824. Lost re-election.
Thomas H. Blake (Terre Haute)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
Ratliff Boon (Boonville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837	21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th	Elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired.
					1833–1843 [data missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
George H. Proffit (Petersburg)	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired.
Robert D. Owen (Laporte)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Lost re-election.	1843–1853 [data missing]
Elisha Embree (Princeton)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1847. Lost re-election.
Nathaniel Albertson (Greenville)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1849. Lost renomination.
James Lockhart (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. Retired.
Smith Miller (Patoka)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Retired.	1853–1863 [data missing]
James Lockhart (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – September 7, 1857	35th	Elected in 1856. Died.
Vacant		September 7, 1857 – December 7, 1857
William E. Niblack (Vincennes)	Democratic	December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected to finish Lockhart's term. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
John Law (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.
					1863–1873 [data missing]
William E. Niblack (Vincennes)	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1875	39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
					1873–1883 [data missing]
Benoni S. Fuller (Boonville)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
William Heilman (Evansville)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election.
John J. Kleiner (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost renomination.	1883–1893 [data missing]
Alvin P. Hovey (Mount Vernon)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – January 17, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Resigned when elected Governor of Indiana.
Vacant		January 17, 1889 – January 29, 1889
Francis B. Posey (Poseyville)	Republican	January 29, 1889 – March 3, 1889		Elected to finish Hovey's term. Lost election to the next term.
William F. Parrett (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.
Arthur H. Taylor (Petersburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Lost re-election.	1893–1903 [data missing]
James A. Hemenway (Boonville)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1905	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904, but resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
					1903–1913 [data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1905 – May 16, 1905	59th
John H. Foster (Evansville)	Republican	May 16, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	Elected to finish the vacant term. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
John W. Boehne (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Retired.
Charles Lieb (Rockport)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Retired.	1913–1933 [data missing]
George K. Denton (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. Lost re-election.
Oscar R. Luhring (Evansville)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
William E. Wilson (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
Harry E. Rowbottom (Evansville)	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
John W. Boehne Jr. (Evansville)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 8th district.
William T. Schulte (Hammond)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost renomination.	1933–1933 [data missing]
Ray J. Madden (Gary)	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Lost renomination.	1943–1953 [data missing]
					1953–1963 [data missing]
					1963–1973 [data missing]
					1973–1983 [data missing]
Adam Benjamin Jr. (Hobart)	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – September 7, 1982	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Ran for re-election, but died.
Vacant		September 7, 1982 – November 2, 1982	97th
Katie B. Hall (Gary)	Democratic	November 2, 1982 – January 3, 1985	97th 98th	Elected to finish Benjamin's term. Elected to full term in 1982. Lost renomination.
					1983–1993 [data missing]
Pete Visclosky (Merrillville)	Democratic	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2021	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.
					1993–2003 [data missing]
					2003–2013
					2013–2023
Frank J. Mrvan (Highland)	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – present	117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2023–present

History

2010 redistricting

#	County	Seat	Population
89	Lake	Crown Point	498,700
127	Porter	Valparaiso	173,215

• 91 LaPorte County exists in both the 1st and 2nd Congressional districts. One city, La Porte, exists in the 1st and 2nd congressional districts, and two cities, Michigan City and New Durham, exist in the 1st congressional district. Five townships, Clinton, Clinton, Dewey, New Durham, and Springfield exists in the 1st congressional district, and eleven townships, Hanna, Hudson, Johnson, Lincoln, Noble, Pleasant, Prairie, Scipio, Union, Washington, and Wills exist in the 2nd congressional district.

As of 2021, Indiana's 1st congressional district is composed of Lake (pop. 496,005) and Porter (pop. 164,343) counties as well as part of LaPorte County (pop. 111,467), which is also partly within Indiana's 2nd district. Michigan City and five townships (Clinton, Coolspring, Dewey, New Durham, and Springfield) exist entirely in the 1st district. La Porte and eleven townships (Hanna, Hudson, Johnson, Lincoln, Noble, Pleasant, Prairie, Scipio, Union, Washington, and Wills) are split between the 1st and 2nd districts by Indiana West 500N and Indiana South/North 600W.

Cities of 10,000 or more people

• Hammond – 80,830
• Gary – 80,294
• Portage – 36,828
• Valparaiso – 31,730
• Michigan City – 31,479
• Crown Point – 27,317
• East Chicago – 29,698
• Hobart – 29,059
• Lake Station – 12,572

Towns of 10,000 or more people

• Cedar Lake – 11,560
• Dyer – 16,390
• Griffith – 16,893
• Highland – 23,727
• Merrillville – 35,246
• Munster – 23,603
• Schererville – 29,243
• St. John-14,850
• Chesterton – 13,068

2,500 – 10,000 people

• Lowell – 9,276
• Winfield – 4,383
• Hebron – 3,724
• Porter – 4,858
• Westville – 5,853
• Whiting – 4,997

Election results

General election 1824^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	4,281	42.1
	Independent	Jacob Call	3,222	31.7
	Anti-Jacksonian	Thomas H. Blake	2,661	26.2

General election 1826^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Anti-Jacksonian	Thomas H. Blake	5,223	43.0
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	5,202	42.8
	Independent	Lawrence S. Shuler	1,723	14.2

General election 1828^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	7,272	52.2
	Anti-Jacksonian	Thomas H. Blake	6,671	47.8

General election 1831^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	11,280	50.9
	Democratic	John Law	10,868	49.1

General election 1833^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	3,973	50.6
	Independent	Dennis Pennington	1,120	14.3
	Independent	Robert M. Evans	1,069	13.6
	Independent	James R. E. Goodlet	788	10.0
	Independent	Seth M. Levenworth	611	7.8

General election 1835^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	4,028	51.4
	Whig	John G. Clendenin	3,815	48.6

General election 1837^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ratliff Boon	4,534	50.4
	Whig	John Pitcher	4,467	49.6

General election 1839^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George H. Proffit	6,008	53.5
	Democratic	Robert Dale Owen	5,229	46.5

General election 1841^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Joseph Trumbull	5,142	57.1
	Democratic	Thomas Seymour	3,867	42.9

General election 1843^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Dale Owen	6,679	52.2
	Whig	John W. Payne	6,127	47.8

General election 1845^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Dale Owen	7,336	53.7
	Whig	George P. R. Wilson	6,331	46.3

General election 1847^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Elisha Embree	7,446	51.4
	Democratic	Robert Dale Owen	7,054	48.7

General election 1849^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathaniel Albertson	8,271	52.1
	Whig	Elisha Embree	7,598	47.9

General election 1851^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Lockhart	8,173	51.0
	Whig	Lemuel Debruler	7,855	49.0

General election 1852^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Smith Miller	9,007	59.0
	Whig	Kea	9,007	51.0

General election 1854^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Smith Miller	9,864	52.2
	Know Nothing	Hall	9,051	47.9

General election 1856^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Lockhart	12,747	61.5
	Republican	James C. Veatch	7,977	38.5

General election 1858^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	10,329	53.6
	Republican	Alvin P. Hovey	8,946	46.4

General election 1860^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Law	13,476	55.7
	Republican	Lemuel Debruler	10,731	44.3

General election 1862^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Law	11,963	53.1
	National Union	Johnson	10,583	46.9

General election 1864^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	14,718	53.9
	National Union	Cyrus M. Allen	12,616	46.2

General election 1866^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	17,255	52.0
	Republican	Lemuel Debruler	15,905	48.0

General election 1868^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	18,116	52.1
	Republican	James Veatch	16,631	47.9

General election 1870^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	17,577	53.4
	Republican	Hy C. Goodling	15,327	46.6

General election 1872^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. Niblack	19,259	50.2
	Republican	Heilman	19,127	49.8

General election 1874^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benoni S. Fuller	12,864	50.7
	Republican	Heilman	12,527	49.3

General election 1876^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benoni S. Fuller	14,727	50.6
	Republican	C. A. Debruler	13,158	45.2

General election 1878^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Heilman	13,928	48.7
	Democratic	Thomas E. Garvin	13,928	48.7
	Greenback	Thomas F. Drebruler	1,595	5.6

General election 1880^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Heilman	17,719	49.4
	Democratic	John Kleiner	17,420	48.6

General election 1882^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Kleiner	18,048	51.6
	Republican	William Heilman	16,399	46.9

General election 1884^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. Kleiner	19,930	51.5
	Republican	William H. Gudgel	18,493	47.8

General election 1886^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alvin P. Hovey	18,258	49.0
	Democratic	J. E. McCullough	16,901	45.4

General election 1888^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William F. Parrett	20,647	49.3
	Republican	Frank B. Posey	20,627	49.3

General election 1890^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William F. Parrett	17,730	50.4
	Republican	James S. Wright	16,875	48.0

General election 1892^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur H. Taylor	19,720	47.4
	Republican	A. P. Twineham	19,266	46.3
	Populist	Moses Smith	2,110	5.1

General election 1894^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. Hemenway	20,535	47.8
	Democratic	Arthur H. Taylor	18,245	42.5
	Populist	James A. Boyce	3,820	8.9

General election 1896^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. Hemenway	21,807	49.6
	Democratic	Thomas Duncan	20,856	47.4

General election 1898^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. Hemenway	20,383	50.7
	Democratic	Thomas Duncan	19,337	48.1

General election 1900^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. Hemenway	22,262	49.7
	Democratic	Alfred Dale Owen	22,060	49.3

General election 1902^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. Hemenway	21,542	52.0
	Democratic	John W. Spencer	17,833	43.1

General election 1904^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. Hemenway	23,158	51.1
	Democratic	Albert G. Holcomb	19,399	42.8

General election 1906^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James H. Foster	20,278	50.0
	Democratic	Gusatvus V. Menzies	18,959	46.7

General election 1908^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John W. Boehne	23,054	48.3
	Republican	John H. Foster	22,965	48.1

General election 1910^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John W. Boehne	22,420	52.3
	Republican	Francis B. Posey	18,606	43.4

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General election 1912^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Lieb	20,014	45.7
	Republican	D.H. Ortmeyer	13,158	30.0
	Progressive	Humphrey C. Heidt	6,022	13.7
	Socialist	William H Rainey	3,737	8.5

General election 1914^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Lieb	20,488	46.6
	Republican	S. Wallace Cook	17,661	40.1
	Progressive	U.H Seider	3,519	8.0

General election 1916^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George K. Denton	23,278	48.1
	Republican	S. Wallace Cook	22,955	47.4

General election 1918^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Oscar R. Luhring	20,440	52.0
	Democratic	George K. Denton	18,837	48.0

General election 1920^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Oscar R. Luhring	44,694	51.7
	Democratic	William E. Wilson	36,834	42.6

General election 1922^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William . Wilson	42,797	53.6
	Republican	Oscar . Luhring	36,835	44.9

General election 1924^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry E. Rowbottom	48,203	52.1
	Democratic	William E. Wilson	44,335	47.9

General election 1926^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry E. Rowbottom	37,503	52.4
	Democratic	William E. Wilson	34,061	47.6

General election 1928^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry E. Rowbottom	49,013	50.8
	Democratic	John W. Boehne Jr.	47,404	49.2

General election 1930^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John W. Boehne Jr.	46,836	53.9
	Republican	Harry E. Rowbottom	40,015	46.1

General election 1932^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William T. Schulte	45,473	50.0
	Republican	Oscar A. Ahlgren	42,575	46.8

General election 1934^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William T. Schulte	44,983	53.5
	Republican	E. Miles Norton	38,531	45.9

General election 1936^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William T. Schulte	68,210	66.4
	Republican	Fred F. Schultx	24,259	33.3

General election 1938^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William T.Schulte	56,630	54.9
	Republican	M. Elliott Belshaw	46,370	45.0

General election 1940^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William T. Schulte	71,606	60.8
	Republican	Elliot Belshaw	45,947	39.0

General election 1942^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	44,334	53.6
	Republican	Samuel W. Cullison	38,450	48.5

General election 1944^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	75,635	61.3
	Republican	Otto G. Fifield	46,969	38.1

General election 1946^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	51,809	51.9
	Republican	Charles W. Gannon	46,677	48.8

General election 1948^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	78,898	60.7
	Republican	Theodore L. Sendak	50,194	38.6

General election 1950^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	62,666	52.6
	Republican	Paul Cyr	56,063	47.0

General election 1952^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	93,187	56.4
	Republican	Elliot Belshaw	71,617	43.3

General election 1954^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	81,217	61.4
	Republican	Robert H. More	50,439	38.2

General election 1956^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	93,658	52.6
	Republican	Donald K. Stimson Jr.	84,125	47.2

General election 1958^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	95,801	66.4
	Republican	Edward P. Keck	47,588	33.0

General election 1960^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	136,443	64.7
	Republican	Phillip P. Parker	73,984	35.1

General election 1962^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	104,212	60.5
	Republican	Harold Moody	67,230	39.0

General election 1964^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	133,089	63.7
	Republican	Arthur Endres	75,226	36.0

General election 1966^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	71,040	58.3
	Republican	Albert F. Harrigan	50,804	41.7

General election 1968^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	90,055	56.7
	Republican	Donalrd E. Taylor	68,318	43.0

General election 1970^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	73,145	65.6
	Republican	Eugene M. Kirtland	38,294	34.4

General election 1972^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	95,873	56.9
	Republican	Bruce R. Haller	72,662	43.1

General election 1974^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray J. Madden	71,759	68.6
	Republican	Joseph D. Harkin	32,793	31.4

General election 1976^[80]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Benjamin Jr.	121,155	71.3
	Republican	Robert J. Billings	48,756	31.7

General election 1978^[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Benjamin Jr.	72,367	80.2%
	Republican	Robert J. Billings	17,419	19.3
	U.S. Labor	Christopher Martinson	384	0.4%

General election 1980^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Benjamin Jr.	112,016	72.0%
	Republican	Joseph Douglas Harkin	43,537	28.0%

2002

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	90,443	66.94%
	Republican	Mark J. Leyva	41,909	31.02%
	Libertarian	Timothy P. Brennan	2,759	2.04%
Total votes			135,111	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	178,406	68.29%
	Republican	Mark J. Leyva	82,858	31.71%
Total votes			261,264	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2006

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	104,195	69.65%
	Republican	Mark J. Leyva	40,146	26.83%
	Independent	Chuck Barman	5,266	3.52%
Total votes			149,607	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2008

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	199,954	70.90%
	Republican	Mark J. Leyva	76,647	27.18%
	Libertarian	Jeff Duensing	5,421	1.92%
Total votes			282,022	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	99,387	58.56%
	Republican	Mark J. Leyva	65,558	38.63%
	Libertarian	Jon Morris	4,762	2.81%
Total votes			169,707	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2012)^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	187,743	67.28%
	Republican	Joel Phelps	91,291	32.72%
Total votes			279,034	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2014

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2014)^[84]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	86,579	60.85%
	Republican	Mark Leyva	51,000	35.84%
	Libertarian	Donna Dunn	4,714	3.31%
	Independent	James Johnson Jr. (Write-in)	0	0.00%
Total votes			142,293	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2016

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	207,514	81.51%
	Libertarian	Donna Dunn	47,051	18.48%
	Independent	John Meyer	17	0.00%
Total votes			254,583	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2018

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2018)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	159,611	65.1%
	Republican	Mark Leyva	85,594	34.9%
	Independent	Jonathan S. Kleinman (write-in)	4	0.0%
Total votes			245,209	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2020

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2020)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank J. Mrvan	185,180	56.6%
	Republican	Mark Leyva	132,247	40.5%
	Libertarian	Edward Michael Strauss	9,521	2.9%
Total votes			326,948	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2022

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2022)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank J. Mrvan	112,539	52.8%
	Republican	Jennifer Ruth-Green	100,486	47.2%
Total votes			213,025	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2024

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election (2024)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank J. Mrvan	172,467	53.4%
	Republican	Randy Niemeyer	145,056	44.9%
	Libertarian	Dakotah Miskus-Spencer	5,200	1.6
Total votes			322,723	100%
	Democratic hold

See also

• United States portal
• Indiana portal

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

Notes

1. Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 presidential election