Roger D. Branigin

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Order:	42nd Governor of Indiana
Term of Office:	January 11, 1965 – January 13, 1969
Predecessor:	Matthew E. Welsh
Successor:	Edgar Whitcomb
Date of Birth:	July 26, 1902
Date of Death:	November 19, 1975
Place of Birth:	Franklin, Indiana
Political Party:	Democratic

Roger Douglas Branigin (July 26, 1902–November 19, 1975) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from January 11, 1965 to January 13, 1969.

Born in 1902 in Franklin, Indiana, he graduated from Franklin College and Harvard University and had a law practice in Lafayette, Indiana. During his term as governor, the poll tax was lifted and the property tax on household goods was removed. Branigin also made an attempt to win the Democratic nomination for President, during the 1968 Presidential Election.

In 1968, Branigin ran as a favorite son candidate for president in the Indiana Democratic presidential primary, standing in for Lyndon B. Johnson. After Johnson withdrew in the middle of the primary campaign, Branigin ran as an uncommitted favorite son for Humphrey; he eventually came in second in the three-way race (Robert Kennedy drew 42 percent to Branigin's 31 percent to McCarthy's 27 percent).