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1855–2026 · SECOND RUN AS OF NOVEMBER 2026
Run one, the founding generation, is a boundary run and prints at boundary size: the seat that held this county ground in Congress was South Bend's, and its holder was Schuyler Colfax — appointed the county's deputy auditor in 1841, elected to the U.S. House from the 9th district, serving March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1869, Speaker of the House through the Civil War years, and Vice President 1869–1873. The Granger share of the run is the county share: Harris Prairie's farmers were Colfax's constituents, and no man of this ground itself sat in the founding generation's Congress.
Run two, Brademas to the present holders, runs whole. John Brademas of South Bend held the seat — then the 3rd district — from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1981, rising to House Majority Whip. John P. Hiler defeated him in 1980 and served January 3, 1981, to January 3, 1991. Tim Roemer, who had served on Brademas's staff in 1978–79, defeated Hiler and served January 3, 1991, to January 3, 2003. The 2000 census then moved the seat: from 2003 the South Bend district is the 2nd, and its line runs Chris Chocola (January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007); Joe Donnelly of Granger (January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013), who carried the line out of the House to the U.S. Senate (2013–2019) and an ambassadorship, as the banked People leg carries him whole; Jackie Walorski (January 3, 2013 – August 3, 2022), who died in office; and Rudy Yakym of Granger — the Clerk of the House gives his hometown as Granger — who won the special and general elections of November 8, 2022, and holds the seat as of November 2026, seated November 14, 2022. Two of the line's last three holders, and its current holder, are this ground's own residents: the federal line out of this unincorporated place is, at its modern end, a Granger line.
Sources: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress and the congressional district records, as compiled in the district member lists (Colfax, 9th district, March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1869; Brademas, January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1981; Hiler, January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991; Roemer, January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2003, preceded by Hiler and succeeded on redistricting by Chocola; Chocola, Donnelly, Walorski and Yakym with the dates as printed; Yakym seated November 14, 2022; the 2002 redistricting moving the district). Banked People leg (Donnelly's and Yakym's courses and Granger ties).