Indiana's 8th Congressional District

Indiana's 8th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Indiana's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Mark Messmer (Republican) currently represents Indiana's 8th Congressional District. See Mark Messmer's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Indiana's 8th Congressional District:

• Larry Bucshon — Republican (until 2025)
• Brad Ellsworth — Democrat (until 2011)
• John Hostettler — Republican (until 2007)
• Francis McCloskey — Democrat (until 1995)
• Huey Deckard — Republican (until 1983)
• David Cornwell — Democrat (until 1979)
• Philip Hayes — Democrat (until 1977)
• Roger Zion — Republican (until 1975)
• Winfield Denton — Democrat (until 1967)
• D. Merrill — Republican (until 1955)

Indiana U.S. Senators

• Jim Banks — Republican Senator
• Todd Young — Republican Senator
• Mike Braun — Republican Senator
• Joe Donnelly — Democrat Senator
• Daniel Coats — Republican Senator
• Richard Lugar — Republican Senator
• Evan Bayh — Democrat Senator
• James Quayle — Republican Senator
• Birch Bayh — Democrat Senator
• Rupert Hartke — Democrat Senator
• Homer Capehart — Republican Senator
• William Jenner — Republican Senator
• Raymond Willis — Republican Senator
• Samuel Jackson — Democrat Senator
• Frederick Van Nuys — Democrat Senator
• Sherman Minton — Democrat Senator
• Arthur Robinson — Republican Senator
• James Watson — Republican Senator
• Samuel Ralston — Democrat Senator
• Harry New — Republican Senator
• John Kern — Democrat Senator
• Benjamin Shively — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Taggart — Democrat Senator
• Albert Beveridge — Republican Senator
• James Hemenway — Republican Senator
• Charles Fairbanks — Republican Senator
• David Turpie — Democrat Senator
• Daniel Voorhees — Democrat Senator
• Benjamin Harrison — Republican Senator
• Joseph McDonald — Democrat Senator
• Oliver Morton — Republican Senator
• Daniel Pratt — Republican Senator
• Thomas Hendricks — Democrat Senator
• Henry Lane — Republican Senator
• Jesse Bright — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Wright — Unionist Senator
• Graham Fitch — Democrat Senator
• John Pettit — Democrat Senator
• Charles Cathcart — Democrat Senator
• James Whitcomb — Democrat Senator
• Edward Hannegan — Democrat Senator
• Oliver Smith — Whig Senator
• John Tipton — Democrat Senator
• William Hendricks — Adams Senator
• Robert Hanna — Anti-Jacksonian Senator
• James Noble — Adams Senator
• Waller Taylor — Republican Senator

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