1816 United States House of Representatives election in Indiana

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The newly created state of Indiana elected its sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives in August 1816, in advance of statehood, to represent Indiana's at-large congressional district .

Democratic-Republican William Hendricks was elected with 80.2% of the vote over Allen Thom who received 19.7% of the vote. [1]

The state was admitted December 11, 1816 and the new member was admitted on that day to the 14th Congress which would end March 3, 1817. [2]

Hendricks was re-elected August 4, 1817 to the 15th Congress.

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References

  1. "Indiana 1816 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  2. "Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved October 22, 2018.