Indiana's 5th congressional district

Indiana's 5th congressional district
Indiana's 5th congressional district
Current Representative		Dan Burton (R–Indianapolis)
Area	3,266.14 mi² (8,459.3 km²)
Distribution	74.53% urban, 25.47% rural
Population (2000)	675,577
Median income	$52,800
Ethnicity	94.1% White, 2.6% Black, 1.3% Asian, 1.6% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+17

Indiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana that takes in the eastern and northern suburbs of Indianapolis, including Marion, Carmel, Shelbyville, and Noblesville and parts of Kokomo. This suburban district is predominantly white, affluent, and heavily Republican.^[1]

The district is currently represented by Republican Dan Burton.

1 List of representatives
2 Election Results
- 2.1 2002
- 2.2 2004
- 2.3 2006
- 2.4 2008
- 2.5 2010
3 References
4 External links

List of representatives

Before the 2000 U.S. Census, the 5th Congressional District was located it what is now parts of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Districts.

Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created March 4, 1833
Johnathan McCarty	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835	Redistricted from the 3rd district
Johnathan McCarty	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837
James Rariden	Whig	March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841
Andrew Kennedy	Democratic	March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843	Redistricted to the 10th district
William J. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845
William W. Wick	Democratic	March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849
William J. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851
Thomas A. Hendricks	Democratic	March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 6th district
Samuel W. Parker	Whig	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855	Redistricted from the 4th district
David P. Holloway	Opposition	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857
David Kilgore	Republican	March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861
George W. Julian	Republican	March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1869	Redistricted to the 4th district
John Coburn	Republican	March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 6th district
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877	Redistricted from the 3rd district
Thomas M. Browne	Republican	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881	Redistricted to the 6th district
Courtland C. Matson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1889
George W. Cooper	Democratic	March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1895
Jesse Overstreet	Republican	March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897	Redistricted to the 7th district
George W. Faris	Republican	March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901	Redistricted from the 8th district
Elias S. Holliday	Republican	March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1909
Ralph Wilbur Moss	Democratic	March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1917
Everett Sanders	Republican	March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1925
Noble J. Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1931
Courtland C. Gillen	Democratic	March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933
Glenn Griswold	Democratic	March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1939	Redistricted from the 11th district
Forest Harness	Republican	January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1949
John R. Walsh	Democratic	January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951
John V. Beamer	Republican	January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1959
J. Edward Roush	Democratic	January 3, 1959 - January 3, 1969
Richard L. Roudebush	Republican	January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1971
Elwood Hillis	Republican	January 3, 1971 - January 3, 1987
Jim Jontz	Democratic	January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1993
Steve Buyer	Republican	January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 4th district
Dan Burton	Republican	January 3, 2003 - Present	Redistricted from the 6th district, Incumbent

Election Results

2002

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Dan Burton*	129,442	71.97%
	Democratic	Katherine Fox Carr	45,283	25.18%
	Libertarian	Christopher Adkins	5,130	2.85%
Totals			179,855	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Dan Burton*	228,718	71.84%
	Democratic	Katherine Fox Carr	82,637	25.96%
	Libertarian	Rick Hodgin	7,008	2.20%
Totals			318,363	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Dan Burton*	133,118	64.96%
	Democratic	Katherine Fox Carr	64,362	31.41%
	Libertarian	Sheri Conover Sharlow	7,431	3.63%
Totals			204,821	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2008

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Dan Burton*	234,507	65.59%
	Democratic	Mary Etta Ruley	123,021	34.41%
Totals			357,528	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2010

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Dan Burton*	146,899	62.14%
	Democratic	Tim Crawford	60,024	25.39%
	Libertarian	Richard Reid	18,266	7.73%
	Independent	Jesse C. Trueblood	11,218	4.75%
Totals			236,407	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

References

^ Republicans Crossing Over to Vote in Democratic Contests - The Lexington Dispatch

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

External links

Congressmen Dan Burton Official House site

Indiana's congressional districts

All districts: Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The At-large and 10th through 13th districts are obsolete See also: Indiana's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps