List of Governors of Indiana

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Number of Governors of Indiana by party affiliation
Party Governors
Democratic 21
Republican 21
Democratic-Republican 3
Whig 3
Independent 1

The following is a list of the Governors of the State of Indiana and Indiana Territory.

Contents

[edit] List of Governors of Indiana Territory

# Name Took office Left office Appointed by
1 William Henry Harrison May 13, 1800 December 28, 1812 John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
2 John Gibson1 December 28, 1812 March 3, 1813
3 Thomas Posey March 3, 1813 November 7, 1816 James Madison

Notes
1John Gibson is sometimes known as Indiana's second territorial governor. In actuality he only served as acting governor of the Indiana Territory during the absences of Governor William Henry Harrison.

[edit] List of Governors of the State of Indiana

# Name Took office Left office Party Lt. Governor Notes
1 Jonathan Jennings November 7, 1816 September 12, 1822 Democratic-Republican Christopher Harrison, Ratliff Boon [1]
2 Ratliff Boon September 12, 1822 December 5, 1822 Democratic-Republican Vacant [2]
3 William Hendricks December 5, 1822 February 12, 1825 Democratic-Republican Ratliff Boon [3]
4 James B. Ray February 12, 1825 December 7, 1831 Independent John H. Thompson [4]
5 Noah Noble December 7, 1831 December 6, 1837 Whig David Wallace
6 David Wallace December 6, 1837 December 9, 1840 Whig David Hillis
7 Samuel Bigger December 9, 1840 December 6, 1843 Whig Samuel Hall
8 James Whitcomb December 6, 1843 December 26, 1848 Democratic Jesse D. Bright, Paris C. Dunning [3]
9 Paris C. Dunning December 26, 1848 December 5, 1849 Democratic Vacant [2]
10 Joseph A. Wright December 5, 1849 January 12, 1857 Democratic James H. Lane, Ashbel P. Willard
11 Ashbel P. Willard January 12, 1857 October 4, 1860 Democratic Abram A. Hammond [5]
12 Abram A. Hammond October 4, 1860 January 14, 1861 Democratic Vacant [2]
13 Henry Smith Lane January 14, 1861 January 16, 1861 Republican Oliver P. Morton [3]
14 Oliver P. Morton January 16, 1861 January 23, 1867 Republican Conrad Baker [4][3]
15 Conrad Baker January 23, 1867 January 13, 1873 Republican Will Cumback [4][6]
16 Thomas A. Hendricks January 13, 1873 January 8, 1877 Democratic Leonidas Sexton
17 James D. Williams January 8, 1877 November 20, 1880 Democratic Isaac P. Gray [5]
18 Isaac P. Gray November 20, 1880 January 10, 1881 Democratic Vacant [2]
19 Albert G. Porter January 10, 1881 January 12, 1885 Republican Thomas Hanna
20 Isaac P. Gray January 12, 1885 January 14, 1889 Democratic Mahlon D. Manson,
21 Alvin P. Hovey January 14, 1889 November 23, 1891 Republican Ira Joy Chase [5]
22 Ira Joy Chase November 23, 1891 January 9, 1893 Republican Vacant [2]
23 Claude Matthews January 9, 1893 January 11, 1897 Democratic Mortimer Nye
24 James A. Mount January 11, 1897 January 14, 1901 Republican William S. Haggard
25 Winfield T. Durbin January 14, 1901 January 9, 1905 Republican Newton W. Gilbert
26 J. Frank Hanly January 9, 1905 January 11, 1909 Republican Hugh Thomas Miller
27 Thomas R. Marshall January 11, 1909 January 13, 1913 Democratic Frank J. Hall
28 Samuel M. Ralston January 13, 1913 January 8, 1917 Democratic William P. O'Neill
29 James P. Goodrich January 8, 1917 January 10, 1921 Republican Edgar D. Bush
30 Warren T. McCray January 10, 1921 April 30, 1924 Republican Emmett F. Branch [7]
31 Emmett Forrest Branch April 10, 1924 January 12, 1925 Republican James J. Nejdle [2]
32 Ed Jackson January 12, 1925 January 14, 1929 Republican F. Harold Van Orman
33 Harry G. Leslie January 14, 1929 January 9, 1933 Republican Edgar D. Bush
34 Paul V. McNutt January 9, 1933 January 13, 1937 Democratic M. Clifford Townsend
35 M. Clifford Townsend January 11, 1937 January 13, 1941 Democratic Henry F. Schricker
36 Henry F. Schricker January 13, 1941 January 8, 1945 Democratic Charles M. Dawson
37 Ralph F. Gates January 8, 1945 January 10, 1949 Republican Richard T. James
38 Henry F. Schricker January 10, 1949 January 12, 1953 Democratic John A. Watkins, Rue J. Alexander
39 George N. Craig January 12, 1953 January 14, 1957 Republican Harold W. Handley
40 Harold W. Handley January 14, 1957 January 9, 1961 Republican Crawford F. Parker
41 Matthew E. Welsh January 9, 1961 January 11, 1965 Democratic Richard O. Ristine
42 Roger D. Branigin January 11, 1965 January 13, 1969 Democratic Robert L. Rock
43 Edgar D. Whitcomb January 13, 1969 January 9, 1973 Republican Richard E. Folz
44 Otis R. Bowen January 9, 1973 January 13, 1981 Republican Robert D. Orr
45 Robert D. Orr January 13, 1981 January 9, 1989 Republican John M. Mutz
46 B. Evans "Evan" Bayh III January 9, 1989 January 13, 1997 Democratic Frank O'Bannon
47 Frank L. O'Bannon January 13, 1997 September 13, 2003 Democratic Joe Kernan [5]
48 Joe Kernan September 13, 2003 January 10, 2005 Democratic Kathy Davis [2]
49 Mitch Daniels January 10, 2005 Incumbent Republican Becky Skillman [8]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Resigned to take elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
  3. ^ a b c d Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
  4. ^ a b c As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
  5. ^ a b c d Died in office.
  6. ^ Conrad Baker also acted as governor for five months during Governor Morton's term, as he was lieutenant governor when Morton suffered a stroke and handed over executive powers.
  7. ^ Resigned following his conviction for mail fraud, and served three years in prison until he was pardoned by President Herbert Hoover in 1927.
  8. ^ Governor Daniels' term expires in 2009; he is not yet term limited.

[edit] Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Indiana except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held
House Senate
William Henry Harrison 1800–1812 (territorial) Territorial Delegate from Northwest Territory, U.S. Representative from Ohio, U.S. Senator from Ohio, Ambassador to Colombia, President of the United States
Thomas Posey 1813–1816 (territorial) U.S. Senator from Louisiana
Jonathan Jennings 1816–1822 H* Territorial Delegate
Ratliff Boon 1822 H
William Hendricks 1822–1825 H S*
David Wallace 1837–1840 H
James Whitcomb 1843–1848 S*
Joseph A. Wright 1849–1857 H S Ambassador to Prussia
Henry Smith Lane 1861 H S*
Oliver P. Morton 1861–1867 S*
Thomas A. Hendricks 1873–1877 H S Vice President of the United States
James D. Williams 1877–1880 H
Albert G. Porter 1881–1885 H Ambassador to Italy
Alvin P. Hovey 1888–1891 H Ambassador to Peru, Indiana Supreme Court Justice
J. Frank Hanly 1905–1909 H
Thomas R. Marshall 1909–1913 Vice President of the United States
Samuel M. Ralston 1913–1917 S
Paul V. McNutt 1933–1937 High Commissioner to the Philippines, Ambassador to the Philippines
Otis R. Bowen 1973–1981 U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III 1989–1997 S

[edit] Living former governors

As of August 2007, four former governors were alive, the oldest being Edgar Whitcomb (1969–1973, born 1917). The most recent governor to die was Robert D. Orr (1981–1989), on March 10, 2004. The most recently-serving governor to die was Frank L. O'Bannon (1997–2003), in office on September 13, 2003.

Name Gubernatorial term Date of birth
Edgar Whitcomb 1969–1973 November 6, 1917
Otis R. Bowen 1973–1981 February 26, 1918
B. Evans "Evan" Bayh III 1989–1997 December 26, 1955
Joe Kernan 2003–2005 April 8, 1946

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