Indiana's 2nd congressional district

Indiana's 2nd congressional district
Indiana's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative	Rudy Yakym R–Granger
Area	3,679 sq mi (9,530 km2)
Distribution	72.90% urban 27.10% rural
Population (2021)	752,280
Median household income	$60,853[1]
Ethnicity	80.6% White 8.9% Hispanic 6.9% Black 1.9% Two or more races 1.2% Asian 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+14[2]

Indiana's 2nd congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northern Indiana. It includes South Bend, Elkhart, and Warsaw.

Prior to 2002, the 2nd congressional district covered east central Indiana, including most of the territory now in the 6th district. However, following the 2000 U.S. census redistricting, the district was moved to replace most of what had been the 3rd district.^[3]

On November 8, 2022, Republican candidate Rudy Yakym won both the special election, to complete the rest of Jackie Walorski's term, who died in a car accident August 3, 2022.^[4] , and the regular election for the next two-year term.

Election results from presidential races

Composition

Under its borders from 2023 to 2033, Indiana's 2nd congressional district is located in Northern Indiana. It includes Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke and Wabash Counties in full, most of Kosciusko and La Porte Counties, as well as half of Cass County. From 2013 to 2023, the 2nd district had the same borders except that Cass County was entirely in the 4th district.

La Porte County is split between this district and the 1st district. They are partitioned by Indiana West 500N and Indiana South/North 600W. The 2nd district takes in part of the city of LaPorte, and the 15 townships of Hanna, Johnson, Hudson, Scipio, Union, Washington, Prairie, Pleasant, Noble, Lincoln, Clinton, Center, Dewey, Wills, Center, and Kankakee.

Kosciusko County is split between this district and the 3rd district. They are partitioned by Indiana S 1000 W35, North 200W and West 700N. The 2nd district takes in the city of Warsaw, and the 14 townships of Clay, Etna, Franklin, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Lake, Monroe, Plain, Prairie, Scott, Seward, Van Buren, and Wayne.

Cass County is split between this district and the 4th district. They are partitioned roughly by Indiana S Co Rd 200E, Indiana S Co Rd 500E, Indiana N Co Rd 50E, and Indiana N Co Rd 600W. The 2nd district takes in part of the city of Logansport, and the 7 townships of Adams, Bethlehem, Clay, Harrison, Jackson, Miami, Tipton, and part of the township of Deer Creek.

Largest cities

Given below are the largest cities in the district, listing every city that had at least 10,000 inhabitants as of the 2010 census.

• South Bend – 101,168
• Elkhart – 50,949
• Mishawaka – 48,252
• LaPorte – 21,732
• Warsaw – 13,559
• Peru – 11,417
• Wabash – 10,666
• Plymouth – 10,033

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1823
Jonathan Jennings	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Lost re-election.	1823–1833 Bartholomew, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Marion, Scott, Shelby, and Washington Counties
	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
John Carr	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
John Ewing	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1833. Lost re-election.	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
John W. Davis	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected in 1835. Retired.
John Ewing	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1837. Lost re-election.
John W. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1839. Lost renomination.
Richard W. Thompson	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1841. Retired.
Thomas J. Henley	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired.	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
Cyrus L. Dunham	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
William H. English	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861	33rd 34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
James A. Cravens	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.	[data unknown/missing]
Michael C. Kerr	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873	39th 40th 41st 42nd	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Sought election in the at-large district and lost re-election.
Simeon K. Wolfe	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Retired.
James D. Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – December 1, 1876	44th	Elected in 1874. Retired to run for Governor of Indiana and resigned when elected.
Vacant		December 1, 1876 – December 5, 1876
Andrew Humphreys	Democratic	December 5, 1876 – March 3, 1877		Elected to finish Williams's term. Was not candidate for full term.
Thomas R. Cobb	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887	45th 46th 47th 48th 49th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.
John H. O'Neall	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired.
John L. Bretz	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
Alexander M. Hardy	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost re-election.
Robert W. Miers	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905	55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
John C. Chaney	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
William A. Cullop	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. Lost re-election.
Oscar E. Bland	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	65th 66th 67th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
Arthur H. Greenwood	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 7th district.
George R. Durgan	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	Elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
Vacant		January 3, 1935 – January 29, 1935	74th	Member-elect Frederick Landis died November 15, 1934.
Charles A. Halleck	Republican	January 29, 1935 – January 3, 1969	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	Elected to finish Landis's term. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-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. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Retired.
Earl F. Landgrebe	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election.
Floyd Fithian	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 7th district and retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Philip Sharp	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
David M. McIntosh	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001	104th 105th 106th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired to run for Governor of Indiana.
Mike Pence	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	107th	Elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Chris Chocola	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	108th 109th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election.	2003–2013
Joe Donnelly	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Jackie Walorski	Republican	January 3, 2013 – August 3, 2022	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Died.	2013–present
Vacant		August 3, 2022 – November 14, 2022	117th
Rudy Yakym	Republican	November 14, 2022 – present	117th 118th	Elected to finish Walorski's term. Re-elected in 2022.
					2023–present

Election results

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

See also

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

References

• 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

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