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U.S. Senators from Indiana:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 1*
James Noble (R,CRR,ADAMS, AJ) Robert Hanna (AJ) John Tipton (J,D) Albert S. White (W) Jesse D. Bright (D) Joseph A. Wright (U) David Turpie (D) Thomas A. Hendricks (D) Daniel D. Pratt (R) Joseph E. McDonald (D) Benjamin Harrison (R) David Turpie (D) Albert J. Beveridge (R) John W. Kern (D) Harry S. New (R) Samuel M. Ralston (D) Arthur R. Robinson (R) Sherman Minton (D) Raymond E. Willis (R) William E. Jenner (R) R. Vance Hartke (D) Richard G. Lugar (R)	1816-1831 1831-1832 1832-1839 1839-1845 1845-1862 1862-1863 1863-1863 1863-1869 1869-1875 1875-1881 1881-1887 1887-1899 1899-1911 1911-1917 1917-1923 1923-1925 1925-1935 1935-1941 1941-1947 1947-1959 1959-1977 1977---

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 3*
Waller Taylor (R,ADAMS-CLAY R) William Hendricks (ADAMS,AJ) Oliver H. Smith (W) Edward A. Hannegan (D) James Whitcomb (D) Charles W. Cathcart (D) John Pettit (D) Graham N. Fitch (D) Henry S. Lane (R) Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R) Daniel W. Voorhees (D) Charles W. Fairbanks (R) James A. Hemenway (R) Benjamin F. Shively (D) Thomas Taggart (D) James E. Watson (R) Frederick Van Nuys (D) Samuel D. Jackson (D) William E. Jenner (R) Homer E. Capehart (R) Birch E. Bayh (D) J. Danforth Quayle (R) Daniel R. Coats (R) Evan Bayh (D)	1816-1825 1825-1837 1837-1843 1843-1849 1849-1852 1852-1853 1853-1855 1857-1861 1861-1867 1867-1877 1877-1897 1897-1905 1905-1909 1909-1916 1916-1916 1916-1933 1933-1944 1944-1944 1944-1945 1945-1963 1963-1981 1981-1989 1989-1999 1999---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Richard Lugar

Indiana Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): Schuyler Colfax, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas A. Hendricks, Thomas R. Marshall, J. Danforth Quayle. President Pro Tempore: Jesse D. Bright Party Conference Chairs: John Worth Kern, James E. Watson (also Floor Leader) National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair: Richard Lugar Party Whips: Sherman Minton Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Agriculture: Richad G. Lugar Banking and Currency: Homer Capehart Foreign Relations: Richard G. Lugar Judiciary: Frederick Van Nuys Rules and Administration: William E. Jenner Veterans' Affairs: Vance Hartke
Indiana Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps
Benjamin Harrison

Indiana Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: General Lew Wallace by Andrew O'Connor (Statuary Hall); Oliver P. Morton by Charles H. Niehaus (Hall of Columns). Busts: Vice Presidents Collection: Schuyler Colfax by Frances M. Goodwin (Senate chamber gallery); Charles W. Fairbanks by Franklin Simmons (Senate wing, second floor, west corridor); Thomas R. Marshall by Moses A. Wainer Dykaar (Senate wing, second floor, west corridor); Thomas A. Hendricks by Ulric S.J. Dunbar (Senate chamber gallery); J. Danforth Quayle by Frederick Hart (Senate wing, second floor). Portraits: John W. Davis by W.D. Murphy, Schuyler Colfax by Freeman Thorp, Michael C. Kerr by Charles A. Gray (all in Speaker's Lobby, House wing, second floor).

Unusual Facts
Arthur R. Robinson is believed to have been the first senator whose wife served as his campaign manager in his 1928 reelection campaign. Robinson won with fifty-five percent of the vote.


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