The United States attorney for the District of Indiana was responsible for representing the United States in the United States District Court for the District of Indiana. The U.S. attorney prosecuted criminal cases and acted on behalf of the federal government both defending and prosecuting civil cases. The District of Indiana was created on March 3, 1817. The longest established district, at 111 years, it was finally divided into the Northern District of Indiana and the Southern District of Indiana on April 21, 1928.
Office holders Elijah Sparks 1813–1814 (Indiana Territory) William Hendricks 1814–1817 (Indiana Territory) Thomas H. Blake 1817–1818 Alexander A. Meek 1818–1821 Charles Dewey 1821–1829 Samuel Judah 1829–1833 Tilghman Howard 1833–1839 John Pettit 1839–1841 Courtland Cushing 1841–1845 Daniel Mace 1845–1848 Lucien Barbour 1848–1850 Hugh O'Neal 1850–1854 Benjamin Thomas 1854–1856 Alvin Peterson Hovey 1856–1858 Daniel W. Voorhees 1858–1861 John Hanna 1861–1866 Alfred Kilgore 1866–1869 Thomas M. Browne 1869–1875 Nelson Trusler 1876–1880 Charles L. Holstein 1880–1885 John Edward Lamb 10 July 1885 – 16 August 1886 David Turfire 1886–1887 Emory B. Sellers 1887–1889 Solomon Claypool 1889 Smiley N. Chambers 1889–1893 Frank B. Burke 1893–1897 Albert W. Wishard 1897–1901 Joseph B. Kealing 1901–1909 Charles W. Miller 1909–1913 Frank C. Dailey 1913–1916 Lemuel Ertus Slack 1916–1918 Frederick Van Nuys 1919–1921 Homer Elliott 1922–1924 Alexander G. Cavins 1925 Albert Ward 1925–1928 George L. Rulison 1928
See also List of former United States district courts#Indiana
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