Indiana's 6th congressional district

Indiana's 6th congressional district
Indiana's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Luke Messer (R–Shelbyville)
Area	5,550.4 mi2 (14,375.54 km2)
Distribution	59.23% urban, 40.77% rural
Population (2000)	675,669
Median income	$39,002
Ethnicity	94% White, 3.8% Black, 0.5% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+12

Indiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. The district takes in a large portion of eastern Indiana, including Muncie and Richmond, as well as a few suburbs of both Cincinnati, and Indianapolis.

The district is currently represented by Republican Luke Messer.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1833
George L. Kinnard	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – November 26, 1836	Died
Vacant		November 26, 1836 – January 25, 1837
William Herod	Anti-Jacksonian	January 25, 1837 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
William W. Wick	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David Wallace	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John W. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George G. Dunn	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Willis A. Gorman	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas A. Hendricks	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Redistricted from the 5th district
Lucien Barbour	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James M. Gregg	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Albert G. Porter	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ebenezer Dumont	Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
John Coburn	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	Redistricted to the 5th district
Daniel W. Voorhees	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Morton C. Hunter	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted to the 8th district
Milton S. Robinson	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William R. Myers	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas M. Browne	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1891	Redistricted from the 5th district
Henry U. Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James E. Watson	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1909	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William O. Barnard	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Finly H. Gray	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel W. Comstock	Republican	March 4, 1917 – May 19, 1917	Died
Vacant		May 19, 1917 – June 29, 1917
Richard N. Elliott	Republican	June 29, 1917 – March 3, 1931	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Larrabee	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	Redistricted to the 11th district
Virginia E. Jenckes	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Noble J. Johnson	Republican	January 3, 1939 – July 1, 1948	Resigned to become judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Vacant		July 1, 1948 – January 3, 1949
Cecil M. Harden	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1959	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Fred Wampler	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard L. Roudebush	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1967	Redistricted to the 10th district
William G. Bray	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted from the 7th district
David W. Evans	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Dan Burton	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 5th district
Mike Pence	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from the 2nd district
Luke Messer	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	First elected in 2012

Election Results

2002

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence	118,436	63.79
	Democratic	Melina Ann Fox	63,871	34.40
	Libertarian	Doris Robertson	3,346	1.80
Total votes			185,653	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence*	182,529	67.09
	Democratic	Melina Ann Fox	85,123	31.29
	Libertarian	Chad (Wick) Roots	4,397	1.62
Total votes			272,049	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence*	115,266	60.01
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	76,812	39.99
Total votes			192,078	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2008

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence*	180,549	63.96
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	94,223	33.38
	Libertarian	George T. Holland	7,534	2.67
Total votes			282,306	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2010

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence*	126,027	66.57
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	56,647	29.92
	Libertarian	Talmage "T.J." Thompson, Jr.	6,635	3.51
Total votes			189,309	100.00
Voter turnout			41%
	Republican hold

2012

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer	162,613	59.08
	Democratic	Brad Bookout	96,678	35.12
	Libertarian	Rex Bell	15,962	5.80
Total votes			275,253	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

Living former Members

As of May 2015, three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th congressional district are alive.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
David W. Evans	1975–1983	(1946-08-17) August 17, 1946
Dan Burton	1983-2003	(1938-06-21) June 21, 1938
Mike Pence	2003–2013	(1959-06-07) June 7, 1959

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Congressman Mike Pence Official House site