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Indiana's 10th congressional district, obsolete since the 2000 census; Indiana's 11th congressional district, obsolete since the 1980 census; Indiana's 12th congressional district, obsolete since the 1940 census; Indiana's 13th congressional district, obsolete since the 1930 census; Indiana's at-large congressional district (1816–1823; 1873 ...
A majority-minority district is an electoral district, such as a United States congressional district, in which the majority of the constituents in the district are racial or ethnic minorities (as opposed to Non-Hispanic whites in the U.S.). Race is collected through the decennial United States census.
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity.
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census . [ 1 ]
In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all three of Indiana’s electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president.
Of the 44 multi-district states whose 517 electoral votes are amenable to the method, only Maine (4 EV) and Nebraska (5 EV) apply it. [224] [225] Maine began using the congressional district method in the election of 1972. Nebraska has used the congressional district method since the election of 1992.
Electoral history Representative Party Electoral history Representative Party Electoral history 14th 15th 16th 17th: December 11, 1816 – July 25, 1822 William Hendricks : Democratic-Republican: Elected in August 1816. Re-elected August 4, 1817, after the term began but before the Congress convened. Re-elected August 3, 1818. Re-elected August ...
Electoral history District location District created March 4, 1833 Johnathan McCarty : Jacksonian: March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 23rd 24th: Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Lost re-election. 1833–1843 [data missing] Anti-Jacksonian: March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 James Rariden (Centerville) Whig