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- Indiana was the nineteenth state to join the union on December 11, 1816, one year before Mississippi and four years after Louisiana.
- Population, as of 2009, is 6,423,113.
- Senators are Evan Bayh (D) and Richard Lugar (R).
- Representatives are Dan Burton (R), Steve Buyer (R), Andre Carson (D), Joe Donnelly (D), Brad Ellsworth (D), Baron Hill (D), Mike Pence (R), Mark Souder (R), and Peter Viclosky (D).
- Indiana has eleven electoral votes. Historically, the state has voted red throughout its history, and in modern times Indiana is the most Republican state in the Midwest. Since 1940, the sate has only voted blue in 1964 (Lyndon Johnson winning by a landslide over Barry Goldwater) and in 2008 (Barack Obama won over McCain 50% to 49%, the third closest race of the election next to Missouri and North Carolina). An interesting fact is that in 1992 and 1996, Indiana stood as an island of red with its borders not touching one single Republican-voting state.
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