The federal line II: Brademas to the present holders

1959 – today

Brademas, printed at his boundary: John Brademas was born on 2 March 1927 in Mishawaka and raised in South Bend — the boundary is printed exactly, because the two cities are separate records: Mishawaka holds his birth, South Bend his formation, as valedictorian of South Bend Central High School, and a year on Saint Mary's College's faculty, 1957–58, after Harvard and an Oxford doctorate. Elected in 1958, he held the seat for eleven terms, from 1959 to 1981, rising to House Majority Whip from 1977 to 1981 — the first native-born American of Greek descent elected to Congress — and left the House to become president of New York University, 1981–1992. He died on 11 July 2016. His papers and his name rest at Notre Dame and NYU; his place in this succession is South Bend's by upbringing, schooling and service, and is printed so.

The outside decade and Roemer: From 1981 to 1991 the seat was held from outside the city: John P. Hiler of La Porte — printed at line size, with his base stated, because the succession is the subject and the base is a fact of it. Tim Roemer of South Bend restored the seat to the city in 1991 and held it, in the Third District, to 2003; his service after Congress — the 9/11 Commission — belongs to the national record, and his staff's alumni run through this section, from Ryan Dvorak's apprenticeship to Dawn Jones's years before the clerk's desk.

The Second District era: Since 2003 the seat has been the Second District, and its holders' homes have been the suburbs' — the fact is stated plainly, as the record gives it. Chris Chocola of Bristol held it 2003–2007. Joe Donnelly of Granger held it 2007–2013, and went from it to the United States Senate, 2013–2019 — the district's second senator, though not, like Shively, a South Bend man. Jackie Walorski, whose home was in the district's Elkhart County end, held the seat from 2013 until her death in a car accident on 3 August 2022, in office; her profile stands in the People and Famous People sections, and she appears here at the succession's size. Rudy Yakym of Granger, her former campaign finance director, won the special and general elections of 8 November 2022, was sworn on 14 November 2022, was re-elected in 2024, and holds the seat as this record closes.

Sources:

1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress and the Office of the House Historian — John Brademas: born Mishawaka, 2 March 1927; House 1959–1981; Majority Whip 1977–1981; first native-born American of Greek descent elected to Congress. New York University archives — president of NYU 1981–1992; died 11 July 2016. South Bend Central High School valedictorian and Saint Mary's College faculty 1957–58, as carried in his biographical record.
2. The district's members record — Hiler (La Porte) 1981–1991; Roemer (South Bend) 1991–2003; Chocola (Bristol) 2003–2007; Donnelly (Granger) 2007–2013 and Senate 2013–2019; Walorski 2013 – 3 August 2022, died in office; Yakym, sworn 14 November 2022, re-elected 2024.