The newly created state of Indiana elected its sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives in August 1816, in advance of statehood, to represent Indiana's at-large congressional district.
Democratic-Republican William Hendricks was elected with 80.2% of the vote over Allen Thom who received 19.7% of the vote.
The state was admitted December 11, 1816 and the new member was admitted on that day to the 14th Congress which would end March 3, 1817.
Hendricks was re-elected August 4, 1817 to the 15th Congress.
See also
- 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1817 United States House of Representatives election in Indiana
- List of United States representatives from Indiana
References
- "Indiana 1816 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- "Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
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