List of United States senators from Indiana
Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816. Since then, the state has been represented in the United States Senate by 45 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 Jim Banks (serving since 2025). Richard Lugar was the state's longest serving senator (1977–2013).
List of senators
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 .
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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 .
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Senator
Party
Dates in office
Electoral history
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Electoral history
Dates in office
Party
Senator
#
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
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
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
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
34th
8
Legislature failed to elect.
Mar 4, 1855 – Feb 4, 1857
Vacant
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
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
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 – Jan 3, 2025
Elected in 2018 .
Retired to run for Governor of Indiana .
35
116th
117th
118th
36
Re-elected in 2022 .
25
Jim Banks
Republican
Jan 3, 2025 – present
Elected in 2024 .
36
119th
120th
121st
37
To be determined in the 2028 election .
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Years in office
Electoral history
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