Indiana's 9th congressional district

Indiana's 9th congressional district
Indiana's 9th congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative	Erin Houchin R–Salem
Population (2023)	760,959
Median household income	$67,082[1]
Ethnicity	87.0% White 4.1% Hispanic 3.9% Two or more races 2.8% Black 1.7% Asian 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+16[2]

Indiana's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Located in south-central and southeastern Indiana, the district stretches from the south suburbs of Indianapolis to the Indiana side of the Louisville metropolitan area. The district's largest city is Bloomington, home to Indiana University.

The district is currently represented by Erin Houchin, first elected in 2022.

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 56% – Al Gore 42%
2004	President	George W. Bush 59% – John Kerry 40%
2008	President	John McCain 52.7% – Barack Obama 46.2%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 57.2% – Barack Obama 40.7%
2016	President	Donald Trump 61.1% – Hillary Clinton 34.2%
2020	President	Donald Trump 60.8% – Joe Biden 37.2%

Indiana counties within the 9th Congressional District, and the major cities within the county:

#	County	Seat	Population
5	Bartholomew	Columbus	83,540
13	Brown	Nashville	15,570
19	Clark	Jeffersonville	124,237
29	Dearborn	Lawrenceburg	51,138
31	Decatur	Greensburg	26,416
43	Floyd	New Albany	80,714
61	Harrison	Corydon	39,851
71	Jackson	Brownstown	46,300
77	Jefferson	Madison	32,946
79	Jennings	Vernon	27,536
93	Lawrence	Bedford	45,222
105	Monroe	Bloomington	139,745
65	Ohio	Rising Sun	6,114
137	Ripley	Versailles	29,087
143	Scott	Scottsburg	24,588
155	Switzerland	Vevay	10,006
175	Washington	Salem	28,224

As of 2023, Indiana's 9th congressional district is located in southeastern Indiana. It encompasses Brown, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe, Ohio, Ripley, Scott, Switzerland, and Washington counties, and most of Bartholomew County.

Bartholomew County is split between this district and the 6th district. They are partitioned by Indiana County Rd West 300 South and Indiana County Rd 400 South. The 9th district takes in part of the city of Columbus, and the three townships of Jackson, Ohio, and Wayne, as well as most of the township of Sand Creek.

• Bloomington – 79,168
• Columbus – 50,474
• Jeffersonville – 49,447
• New Albany – 37,841
• Clarksville – 22,333
• Seymour – 21,569
• Bedford – 13,792
• Madison – 12,375
• Greensburg – 12,312

• Sellersburg – 9,310
• Charlestown – 7,775
• Scottsburg – 7,345
• Batesville – 7,202
• Ellettsville – 6,655
• North Vernon – 6,608
• Salem – 6,371
• Bright – 5,814
• Lawrenceburg – 5,129
• Greendale – 4,602
• Austin – 4,064
• Mitchell – 3,933
• Georgetown – 3,805
• Hanover – 3,743
• Aurora – 3,479
• Smithville-Sanders – 3,323
• Corydon – 3,153
• Brownstown – 3,025
• Brookville – 2,622

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1843
Samuel C. Sample (South Bend)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Lost re-election.
Charles W. Cathcart (Laporte)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired.
Graham N. Fitch (Logansport)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Retired.
Norman Eddy (South Bend)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Lost re-election.
Schuyler Colfax (South Bend)	People's	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Retired to run for U.S. Vice President.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1869
John P. C. Shanks (Portland)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872 Lost renomination.
Thomas J. Cason (Lebanon)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1874. Lost renomination.
Michael D. White (Crawfordsville)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Retired.
Godlove S. Orth (Lafayette)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – December 16, 1882	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election and died before next term began.
Vacant		December 16, 1882 – January 17, 1883	47th
Charles T. Doxey (Anderson)	Republican	January 17, 1883 – March 3, 1883		Elected to finish Orth's term. Was not a candidate for the next term.
Thomas B. Ward (Lafayette)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.
Joseph B. Cheadle (Frankfort)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost renomination.
Daniel W. Waugh (Tipton)	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired.
Frank Hanly (Williamsport)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost renomination.
Charles B. Landis (Delphi)	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
Martin A. Morrison (Frankfort)	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917	61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Retired.
Fred S. Purnell (Attica)	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 6th district and lost re-election there.
Eugene B. Crowe (Bedford)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941	73rd 74th 75th 76th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
Earl Wilson (Bedford)	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1959	77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1940. Re-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. Lost re-election.
Earl Hogan (Hope)	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Elected in 1958. Lost re-election.
Earl Wilson (Bedford)	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	87th 88th	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Lee Hamilton (Nashville)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-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. Retired.
Baron Hill (Seymour)	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005	106th 107th 108th	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Lost re-election.
Mike Sodrel (New Albany)	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007	109th	Elected in 2004. Lost re-election.
Baron Hill (Seymour)	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	110th 111th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Todd Young (Bloomington)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017	112th 113th 114th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Trey Hollingsworth (Jeffersonville)	Republican	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023	115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired.
Erin Houchin (Salem)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.

2002 election

← 2000 November 5, 2002 2004 →

Nominee Baron Hill Mike Sodrel Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 96,654 87,169 Percentage 51.15% 46.13%

U.S. Representative before election Baron Hill Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Baron Hill Democratic

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Baron Hill (incumbent)	96,654	51.15
	Republican	Mike Sodrel	87,169	46.13
	Green	Jeff Melton	2,745	1.45
	Libertarian	Alan G. Cox	2,389	1.26
Total votes			188,957	100.00
	Democratic hold

2004 election

← 2002 November 2, 2004 2006 →

Nominee Mike Sodrel Baron Hill Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 142,247 140,819 Percentage 49.43% 48.94%

U.S. Representative before election Baron Hill Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Mike Sodrel Republican

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Sodrel	142,247	49.43
	Democratic	Baron Hill (incumbent)	140,819	48.94
	Libertarian	Alan G. Cox	4,698	1.63
Total votes			287,764	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2006 election

← 2004 November 7, 2006 2008 →

Nominee Baron Hill Mike Sodrel Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 110,454 100,469 Percentage 50.01% 45.49%

U.S. Representative before election Mike Sodrel Republican Elected U.S. Representative Baron Hill Democratic

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Baron Hill	110,454	50.01
	Republican	Mike Sodrel (incumbent)	100,469	45.49
	Libertarian	D. Eric Schansberg	9,893	4.48
	No party	Others	34	0.02
Total votes			220,850	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008 election

← 2006 November 4, 2008 2010 →

Nominee Baron Hill Mike Sodrel Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 181,256 120,517 Percentage 57.77% 38.41%

U.S. Representative before election Baron Hill Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Baron Hill Democratic

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Baron Hill (incumbent)	181,256	57.77
	Republican	Mike Sodrel	120,517	38.41
	Libertarian	D. Eric Schansberg	12,000	3.82
Total votes			313,773	100.00
	Democratic hold

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young	118,040	52.34
	Democratic	Baron Hill (incumbent)	95,353	42.28
	Libertarian	Greg "No Bull" Knott	12,070	5.35
	No party	Others	69	0.03
Total votes			225,532	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election (2012)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (incumbent)	165,332	55.45
	Democratic	Shelli Yoder	132,848	44.55
Total votes			298,180	100.00
Turnout				57
	Republican hold

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young (incumbent)	101,594	62.18
	Democratic	Bill Bailey	55,016	33.67
	Libertarian	Mike Frey	6,777	4.15
Total votes			163,387	100.00
Turnout				31
	Republican hold

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Hollingsworth	174,791	54.14
	Democratic	Shelli Yoder	130,627	40.46
	Libertarian	Russell Brooksbank	17,425	5.40
Total votes			322,843	100.00
Turnout				58
	Republican hold

Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Hollingsworth (incumbent)	153,271	56.5
	Democratic	Liz Watson	118,090	43.5
Total votes			271,361	100.00
	Republican hold

Indiana's 9th congressional district election, 2020^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Hollingsworth (incumbent)	222,057	61.8
	Democratic	Andy Ruff	122,566	34.1
	Libertarian	Tonya Lynn Millis	14,415	4.0
Total votes			359,038	100.0
	Republican hold

Indiana's 9th congressional district election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Houchin	143,166	63.6
	Democratic	Matthew Fyfe	75,700	33.6
	Libertarian	Tonya Lynn Millis	6,374	2.8
	Write-In	Jacob Bailey	36	0.016
Total votes			225,276	100.0
	Republican hold

In a May 2020 special episode of the comedy series Parks and Recreation, the district is shown as being represented by Ben Wyatt (D-Pawnee; portrayed by Adam Scott).^[4]

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

• United States House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk
• 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

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district	Home district of the speaker of the House December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Succeeded by New York's 24th congressional district