Stephen Earle Buyer is an American former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 4th congressional district,and previously the 5th district,from 1993 until 2011. In July 2022,Buyer was arrested and charged with insider trading for buying shares of Sprint and Navigant Consulting before both were acquired by other companies,which he knew through his consulting work before the information was made public. Buyer was found guilty in 2023 and sentenced to 22 months in prison. He is a member of the Republican Party.
John Bradley Ellsworth is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. In 2010,he was the Democratic candidate for a seat in the United States Senate,but he was defeated by Dan Coats,a former Senator,by 55% to 40%.
Francis Xavier McCloskey was an American journalist,lawyer,and politician from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1983 to 1995.
Edward Allan Pease is an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives,serving two terms from 1997 to 2001,
John Nathan Hostettler is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for 12 years,representing Indiana's 8th congressional district as a Republican. He lost his reelection bid for a seventh term to Democratic challenger Brad Ellsworth in the 2006 midterm election by a landslide.
Indiana's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is entirely located within Marion County and includes most of Indianapolis,except for the southern side,which is located within the 6th district.
Indiana's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in southwest and west central Indiana,the district is anchored in Evansville and also includes Jasper,Princeton,Terre Haute,Vincennes,and Washington.
John Thomas Myers was an American politician who served 15 terms as a Republican congressman from Indiana's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997.
Cecil Murray Harden was an American educator who became a Republican politician and an advocate of women's rights. She served five terms in the U.S. Representative representing Indiana's 6th congressional district. Harden was the only Republican woman elected to represent Indiana in the U.S. Congress until 2012,when Susan Brooks and Jackie Walorski were elected to serve in the 113th United States Congress beginning in January 2013.
John Crawford Chaney was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1905 to 1909.
Thomas Holdsworth Blake was an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Indiana from 1827 to 1829.
Virginia Jenckes served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana's Sixth Congressional District. The Terre Haute,Indiana,native was the first woman from Indiana to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Alongside Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy,she was the second woman Representative from the Midwest and the first who was not succeeding a male relative. In 1937 she became the first American woman appointed as a U.S. delegate to the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Paris,France. The outspoken,independent-minded farmer from Vigo County was an advocate for women and became known for her support of flood control measures and repeal of Prohibition,as well as her opposition to communism. Jenckes's most significant accomplishment for her Indiana constituents was obtaining an $18 million appropriation for the Wabash River basin that eventually became law.
Dick Thompson Morgan was an American educator,lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma from 1909 to 1920.
The 2008 congressional elections in Indiana were held on November 4,2008,to determine who will represent the State of Indiana in the United States House of Representatives. Indiana has nine seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3,2009,until January 3,2011. The elections coincide with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Dave Crooks is a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives,where he represented the 63rd District from 1996 to 2008. He is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for US Congress in Indiana's 8th Congressional District.
The 2006 congressional elections in Indiana were elections for Indiana's delegation to the United States House of Representatives,which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 7,2006. Indiana played an important role in helping Democrats sweep Congress,when three Republican incumbents were defeated,giving the Democrats a majority of the delegation again. Republicans held a majority of Indiana's delegation,7–2,before the elections.
Russell Benjamin Harrison,also known as Russell Lord Harrison,was a businessman,lawyer,diplomat,and politician. Harrison was the son of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Harrison,and a great-grandson of U.S. President William Henry Harrison.
Larry Dean Bucshon is an American politician and physician who has been the U.S. representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Matthew Hostettler is an American politician from the state of Indiana. He serves in the Indiana House of Representatives for District 64. He is a member of the Republican Party.
