Apportionment/Reapportionment in Indiana (Geography/Map Library)

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. libgpd@indiana.edu Government Information, Microforms and Statistical Services, C263 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!

1940's
House Districts & Senate Districts For pdf version
For complete information about these maps, please consult Here is Your Indiana Government by the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, 1949.

1970's House Districts & Senate Districts
Scanned at 400dpi; saved as jpg. For pdf version
For complete information about these maps, please consult Reapportionment in the Indiana General Assembly by the League of Women Voters of Indaina, 1971.

House Districts & Senate Districts
Scanned at 400dpi; saved as jpg. For pdf version
For complete information about these maps, please consult Here is Your Indiana Government by the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, 1973.

1980's House Districts & Senate Districts
Scanned at 400dpi; saved as pdf.
Produced by Indiana Legislative Services Agency.

1990's
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.

2000 Plans
Indiana General Assembly House Districts From Indiana Elections Division of the 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
 

Read further....

Author: Walsh, Justin E.

Title: The Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly, 1816-1978.

Published: Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society. 1987.

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.

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. "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.

Government Publications Department Reference LC 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.

Uncataloged in Government Publications

Powerpoint presentation of apportionment maps 1970-1990