Guide: Apportionment/Reapportionment in Indiana

Statistics:

Stats Indiana Redistricting: http://www.stats.indiana.edu/topic/redistricting.asp

U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Census data: http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/redistricting-data.php

Maps and Information

Provided below are various maps, bibliographies and publications discussing apportionment of Indiana's General Assembly, House and Senate Districts. Contact us if we can assist further. libet2@indiana.edu Government Information, Maps and Microform Services, C264 IUB Wells Library 1320 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (812-855-6924).

Maps

PDF Version of all sample maps. For additional maps see "Read Further" below!

2010

See: Redistricting 2010 http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1002489

2000

Indiana General Assembly House Districts  From Indiana Elections Division of the Indiana Secretary of State's Office.

Indiana General Assembly Senate Districts From Indiana Elections Division of the Secretary of State's Office

Indiana Congressional Districts from GPO Access

U.S. Bureau of the Census. Census 2000.  Congressional Apportionment: Historical Perspective.     

1990s

House Districts--Northern Part of State
House Districts--Southern Part of State
Senate Districts--Northern Part of State
Senate Districts--Southern Part of State
Scanned at 400dpi; saved as jpg. For pdf version
Produced by Indiana Legislative Services Agency.

1980s

House Districts & Senate Districts
Scanned at 400dpi; saved as pdf.
Produced by Indiana Legislative Services Agency.

1970s
      1972: House Districts, Senate Districts, and Congressional Districts

1960s
      1968: Congressional Districts
      1965: House Districts, Senate Districts, and Congressional Districts
      1963: House Districts and Senate Districts

1950s
      None.

1940s
      1941: Congressional Districts

1930s
      1931: Congressional Districts

1920s
      1921: House Districts and Senate Districts

1910s
      1915: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1911: Congressional Districts

1900s
      1905: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1901: Congressional Districts

1800s
      1897: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1895: Congressional Districts
      1893: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1891: House Districts, Senate Districts, and Congressional Districts
      1885: House Districts, Senate Districts, and Congressional Districts
      1879: House Districts, Senate Districts, and Congressional Districts
      1872: House Districts, Senate Districts, and Congressional Districts
      1867: House Districts, Senate Districts, and Congressional Districts
      1857: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1852: Congressional Districts
      1851: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1846: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1843: Congressional Districts
      1841: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1836: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1834: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1833: Congressional Districts
      1831: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1829: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1826: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1824: Congressional Districts
      1823: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1822: Congressional Districts
      1821: House Districts and Senate Districts
      1816: House Districts and Senate Districts

Note: The PDF files of the House, Senate, and Congressional Districts, 1816-1972 have been scanned from the book:
      Walsh, J. E., Select Committee on the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly., & Indiana Historical Bureau.
          (1987). The centennial history of the Indiana General Assembly, 1816-1978. Indianapolis: Published by the Select
          Committee on the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly in cooperation with the Indiana Historical Bureau.

Read further . . .

Author: Walsh, Justin E.
Title: The Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly, 1816-1978.
Published: Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society. 1987.
Location: Multiple. See IUCat
Notes: The most comprehensive source of district maps can be found in Appendix B on pages 730-780. Researched and prepared by Elizabeth Shanahan, maps are given for 1816-1972.
Examples: House 1816 and Senate 1816.
Also note that Appendix C includes Congressional Districting Maps from 1822-1972. Each Part (1816-1850; 1850-1890; 1890-1930; 1930-1970) includes a discussion of reapportionment.

Authors: Pence, George and Nellie C. Armstrong.
Title: Indiana Boundaries: Territory, State and County.
Published: Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society. 1933.
Location: Wells Library, EastTower2, Secure Area: F522 .I5 v.19
Notes: Definitive volume on boundaries for the state of Indiana.

Authors: Rainey, Joan.
Title: "Apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives: Will Indiana Lose a Seat After the 2000 Census?" Indiana Business Review., October, 1998. Page 1-3.
http://www.ibrc.indiana.edu/ibr/1998/fall98/01.pdf
Notes: Includes some maps.

Authors: Wallace, Leon H.
Title: "Legislative Apportionment in Indiana: A Case History."
Source: Indiana Law Journal, 42 (1966) 6-76 with appendices.
Notes: Shanahan cites this as the definitive source for apportionment.

Author: Indiana State Chamber of Commerce.
Title: Here is Your Indiana Government. 1945- .
Each edition includes a section describing the Indiana General Assembly and districts. Includes maps.
Senate 1985.
House 1973.

Authors: Williams, Jackson.
Title: "The courts and Partisan Gerrymandering: Recent Cases on Legislative Reapportionment."
Source: Southern Illinois Law Journal. 18 (1994) 563. Lexis-Nexis, Law Reviews. February 13, 2002.
Notes: Refers to 478 U.S. at 115 stating "In Davis v. Bandemer, n20 the Supreme Court reviewed a decision of a district court holding that the 1981 reapportionment of the Indiana General Assembly unconstitutionally diluted the votes of Democrats. The lower court had based its decision in part on the fact that about 52 percent of votes cast statewide in races for the state House of Representatives were cast for Democrats, yet Democrats won only 43 of 100 seats. n21 The Democrats had alleged that this was achieved through the use of "stacking" Democratic voters into districts with large Democratic majorities, thus "wasting" their votes, and "splitting" them in other districts so as to give Republicans safe districts where Democratic votes are ineffectual. n22 The defendants had appealed contending, first, that a claim of political gerrymandering was not justiciable under Baker v. Carr n23 and second, that if it was, the Democrats' rights had not been violated."

Authors: Geldzahler, Evan. " Comment: Davis v. Bandemer: Remedial Difficulties in Political Gerrymandreing."
Source: Emory Law Journal. 37 (1988) 443. Lexis-Nexis, Law Reviews. February 13, 2002.
Notes: Includes a description of the Indiana plan for apportionment following the 1980 federal census.

Authors: Thomas, Stephen J. "Note: The Lack of Judicial Direction in Political Gerrymandering: An Invitation to Chaos Following the 1990 Census."
Source: Hastings Law Journal 40 (1989) 1067. Lexis-Nexis, Law Reviews. Feburary 13, 2002.

Title: "Indiana's Redistricting Information"
Published: Takoma Park, MD: Center for Voting and Democracy.
URL: http://www.fairvote.org/redistricting/reports/remanual/in.htm.
Notes: Focuses on congressional redistricting issues.

Title: Reapportionment: Some Recent Material in the Indiana State Library.
Published: Indianapolis, Indiana State Library. December 1964
Description:2 page bibliography.
URL: http://bl-libg-doghill.ads.iu.edu/gm-web/apportionmentmaps/reapportionmentisl.pdf

Title: Apportionment and reapportionment in Indiana: political implications of Indiana reapportionment.
Authors: Edwin B. McPheron and George C. Roberts.
Published: [Bloomington, IN]: Bureau of Government Research, Indiana University, 1957.
Description:[32] leaves: maps; 28 cm.
Location: Wells Library, East Tower 2, Indiana Collection: JK5668 .M17
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~libgm/apportionmentmaps/mcpheron.pdf

Title: Reapportionment of the Indiana General Assembly.
Published: Indianapolis : League of Women Voters of Indiana.
Description:1963. with supplement Jan. 1964.
Location: Wells Library, East Tower 2, Indiana Collection: KFI3420.85.A6 R43 1963

 Massachusetts. General Court. Redistricting Court Cases. http://www.malegislature.gov/District/CourtCases

Powerpoint presentation of apportionment maps 1970-1990