Indiana's 12th congressional district

Indiana's 12th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana. It was eliminated as a result of the 1940 census. It was last represented by Louis Ludlow who was redistricted into the 11th district.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1875
File:Andrew H. Hamilton Indiana - Brady-Handy.jpg Andrew H. Hamilton (Fort Wayne)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
File:WalpoleGColerick.jpg Walpole G. Colerick (Fort Wayne)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired.
File:Robert Lowry (Indiana Congressman).jpg Robert Lowry (Fort Wayne)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost re-election.
File:JamesBainWhite.jpg James B. White (Fort Wayne)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1886. Lost re-election.
File:Charles A. O. McClellan.png Charles A. O. McClellan (Auburn)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.
William F. McNagny (Columbia City)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
File:JacobDLeighty.jpg Jacob D. Leighty (St. Joe)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1894. Lost re-election.
File:James McClellan Robinson.jpg James M. Robinson (Fort Wayne)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
File:Newton W. Gilbert (Governor General of the Philippines).jpg Newton W. Gilbert (Fort Wayne)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1905 – November 6, 1906	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1904. Resigned to become Judge of First Instance in Manila, Philippines.
File:ClarenceCGilhams.jpg Clarence C. Gilhams (LaGrange)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	November 6, 1906 – March 3, 1909	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Gilbert's term. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
File:Portrait of Cyrus Cline.jpg Cyrus Cline (Angola)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Lost re-election.
File:LouisWFairfield.jpg Louis W. Fairfield (Angola)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1925	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Lost renomination.
File:David Hogg Indiana Representative.jpg David Hogg (Fort Wayne)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr and lost re-election.
File:LouisLudlow.jpg Louis Ludlow (Indianapolis)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
District eliminated January 3, 1943

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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