List of governors of Indiana

The governor of Indiana is the head of government of the U.S. state of Indiana. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Indiana's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws.

The Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, which houses the office of the governor

While a territory, Indiana had two governors appointed by the President of the United States. Since statehood in 1816, it has had 49 governors, serving 51 distinct terms; Isaac P. Gray and Henry F. Schricker are the only governors to have served non-consecutive terms. Four governors have served two four-year terms; territorial governor William Henry Harrison served for over 12 years. The shortest-serving governor is Henry Smith Lane, who served two days before resigning to become a U.S. Senator. The current governor is Eric Holcomb, who took office on January 9, 2017.

Governors

Governors of the Territory of Indiana

Indiana Territory was formed on July 4, 1800, from the Northwest Territory. Despite remaining a territory for nearly 16 years, it had only two governors appointed by the President of the United States before it became a state.

Governors of Indiana Territory
No. Governor Term in office[lower-alpha 1] Appointed by
1 William Henry Harrison[lower-alpha 2]
(1773–1841)
[2]		 May 13, 1800[lower-alpha 3]
–
December 28, 1812
(successor appointed)		 John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
2 Thomas Posey
(1750–1818)
[9]		 March 3, 1813[lower-alpha 4]
–
November 7, 1816
(lost election)		 James Madison

Governors of the State of Indiana

Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816.

The original 1816 Constitution of Indiana provided for the election of a governor and a lieutenant governor every three years, limited to six years out of any nine-year period.[12] The second and current constitution of 1851 lengthened terms to four years and set the commencement of the governor's term on the second Monday in the January following the election.[13] Governors were allowed to serve for four years in any eight-year period,[13] but a 1972 amendment permitted governors to serve for eight years in any twelve-year period.[14] Should the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.[15] If the office of lieutenant governor is vacant, the president pro tempore of the Indiana Senate becomes governor;[15] this has happened once, when James B. Ray succeeded William Hendricks.[16]

Governors of the State of Indiana
No.[lower-alpha 5] Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 6]
1   Jonathan Jennings
(1784–1834)
[18][19]		 November 7, 1816
–
September 12, 1822
(resigned)[lower-alpha 7]		 Democratic-
Republican		 1816   Christopher Harrison
(resigned December 18, 1818)[lower-alpha 8]
Vacant
1819 Ratliff Boon
2 Ratliff Boon
(1781–1844)
[21][22]		 September 12, 1822
–
December 5, 1822
(successor took office)		 Democratic-
Republican		 Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
3 William Hendricks
(1782–1850)
[23][24]		 December 5, 1822
–
February 12, 1825
(resigned)[lower-alpha 9]		 Democratic-
Republican		 1822 Ratliff Boon
(resigned January 30, 1824)
Vacant
4 James B. Ray
(1794–1848)
[25][26]		 February 12, 1825
–
December 7, 1831
(term-limited)		 Independent Succeeded from
president of
the Senate[lower-alpha 10]
1825 John H. Thompson
1828 Milton Stapp
5 Noah Noble
(1794–1844)
[27][28]		 December 7, 1831
–
December 6, 1837
(term-limited)		 Whig 1831 David Wallace
1834
6 David Wallace
(1799–1859)
[29][30]		 December 6, 1837
–
December 9, 1840
(did not run)		 Whig 1837 David Hillis
7 Samuel Bigger
(1802–1846)
[31][32]		 December 9, 1840
–
December 6, 1843
(lost election)		 Whig 1840 Samuel Hall
8 James Whitcomb
(1795–1852)
[33][34]		 December 6, 1843
–
December 27, 1848
(resigned)[lower-alpha 11]		 Democratic 1843 Jesse D. Bright
(resigned December 8, 1845)
Vacant
1846 Paris C. Dunning
9 Paris C. Dunning
(1806–1884)
[35][36]		 December 27, 1848
–
December 5, 1849
(did not run)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
10 Joseph A. Wright
(1810–1867)
[37][38]		 December 5, 1849
–
January 12, 1857
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1849 James Henry Lane
1852[lower-alpha 12] Ashbel P. Willard
11 Ashbel P. Willard
(1820–1860)
[39][40]		 January 12, 1857
–
October 4, 1860
(died in office)		 Democratic 1856 Abram A. Hammond
12 Abram A. Hammond
(1814–1874)
[41][42]		 October 4, 1860
–
January 14, 1861
(successor took office)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
13 Henry Smith Lane
(1811–1881)
[43][44]		 January 14, 1861
–
January 16, 1861
(resigned)[lower-alpha 13]		 Republican 1860 Oliver P. Morton
14 Oliver P. Morton
(1823–1877)
[45][46]		 January 16, 1861
–
January 24, 1867
(resigned)[lower-alpha 14]		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
1864 Conrad Baker[lower-alpha 15]
15 Conrad Baker
(1817–1885)
[48][49]		 January 24, 1867
–
January 13, 1873
(term-limited)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
1868 William Cumback
(resigned January 11, 1871)
Vacant
16 Thomas A. Hendricks
(1819–1885)
[50][51]		 January 13, 1873
–
January 8, 1877
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1872 Leonidas Sexton
17 James D. Williams
(1808–1880)
[52][53]		 January 8, 1877
–
November 20, 1880
(died in office)		 Democratic 1876 Isaac P. Gray
18 Isaac P. Gray
(1828–1895)
[54][55]		 November 20, 1880
–
January 10, 1881
(successor took office)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
19 Albert G. Porter
(1824–1897)
[56][57]		 January 10, 1881
–
January 12, 1885
(term-limited)		 Republican 1880 Thomas Hanna
20 Isaac P. Gray
(1828–1895)
[54][55]		 January 12, 1885
–
January 14, 1889
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1884 Mahlon Dickerson Manson
(resigned July 1886)
Vacant
21 Alvin Peterson Hovey
(1821–1891)
[58][59]		 January 14, 1889
–
November 23, 1891
(died in office)		 Republican 1888 Ira Joy Chase
22 Ira Joy Chase
(1834–1895)
[60][61]		 November 23, 1891
–
January 9, 1893
(lost election)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
23 Claude Matthews
(1845–1898)
[62][63]		 January 9, 1893
–
January 11, 1897
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1892 Mortimer Nye
24 James A. Mount
(1843–1901)
[64][65]		 January 11, 1897
–
January 14, 1901
(term-limited)		 Republican 1896 William S. Haggard
25 Winfield T. Durbin
(1847–1928)
[66][67]		 January 14, 1901
–
January 9, 1905
(term-limited)		 Republican 1900 Newton W. Gilbert
26 Frank Hanly
(1863–1920)
[68][69]		 January 9, 1905
–
January 11, 1909
(term-limited)		 Republican 1904 Hugh Thomas Miller
27 Thomas R. Marshall
(1854–1925)
[70][71]		 January 11, 1909
–
January 13, 1913
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1908 Frank J. Hall
28 Samuel M. Ralston
(1857–1925)
[72][73]		 January 13, 1913
–
January 8, 1917
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1912 William P. O'Neill
29 James P. Goodrich
(1864–1940)
[74][75]		 January 8, 1917
–
January 10, 1921
(term-limited)		 Republican 1916 Edgar D. Bush
30 Warren T. McCray
(1865–1938)
[76][77]		 January 10, 1921
–
April 30, 1924
(resigned)[lower-alpha 16]		 Republican 1920 Emmett Forest Branch
31 Emmett Forest Branch
(1874–1932)
[78][79]		 April 30, 1924
–
January 12, 1925
(did not run)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
32 Edward L. Jackson
(1873–1954)
[80][81]		 January 12, 1925
–
January 14, 1929
(term-limited)		 Republican 1924 F. Harold Van Orman
33 Harry G. Leslie
(1878–1937)
[82][83]		 January 14, 1929
–
January 9, 1933
(term-limited)		 Republican 1928 Edgar D. Bush
34 Paul V. McNutt
(1891–1955)
[84][85]		 January 9, 1933
–
January 11, 1937
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1932 M. Clifford Townsend
35 M. Clifford Townsend
(1884–1954)
[86][87]		 January 11, 1937
–
January 13, 1941
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1936 Henry F. Schricker
36 Henry F. Schricker
(1883–1966)
[88][89]		 January 13, 1941
–
January 8, 1945
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1940 Charles M. Dawson
37 Ralph F. Gates
(1893–1978)
[90][91]		 January 8, 1945
–
January 10, 1949
(term-limited)		 Republican 1944 Richard T. James
(resigned April 1, 1948)
Vacant
Rue J. Alexander
(appointed April 14, 1948)
(died January 2, 1949)
Vacant
38 Henry F. Schricker
(1883–1966)
[88][89]		 January 10, 1949
–
January 12, 1953
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1948 John A. Watkins
39 George N. Craig
(1909–1992)
[92][93]		 January 12, 1953
–
January 14, 1957
(term-limited)		 Republican 1952 Harold W. Handley
40 Harold W. Handley
(1909–1972)
[94][95]		 January 14, 1957
–
January 9, 1961
(term-limited)		 Republican 1956 Crawford F. Parker
41 Matthew E. Welsh
(1912–1995)
[96][97]		 January 9, 1961
–
January 11, 1965
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1960 Richard O. Ristine
42 Roger D. Branigin
(1902–1975)
[98][99]		 January 11, 1965
–
January 13, 1969
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1964 Robert L. Rock
43 Edgar Whitcomb
(1917–2016)
[100][101]		 January 13, 1969
–
January 8, 1973
(did not run)[lower-alpha 17]		 Republican 1968 Richard E. Folz
44 Otis Bowen
(1918–2013)
[102][103]		 January 8, 1973
–
January 12, 1981
(term-limited)		 Republican 1972 Robert D. Orr
1976
45 Robert D. Orr
(1917–2004)
[104]		 January 12, 1981
–
January 9, 1989
(term-limited)		 Republican 1980 John Mutz
1984
46 Evan Bayh
(b. 1955)
[105]		 January 9, 1989
–
January 13, 1997
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1988 Frank O'Bannon
1992
47 Frank O'Bannon
(1930–2003)
[106]		 January 13, 1997
–
September 13, 2003
(died in office)		 Democratic 1996 Joe Kernan
2000
48 Joe Kernan
(1946–2020)
[107]		 September 13, 2003
–
January 10, 2005
(lost election)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
Kathy Davis
(appointed October 20, 2003)
49 Mitch Daniels
(b. 1949)
[108]		 January 10, 2005
–
January 14, 2013
(term-limited)		 Republican 2004 Becky Skillman
2008
50 Mike Pence
(b. 1959)
[109]		 January 14, 2013
–
January 9, 2017
(did not run)[lower-alpha 18]		 Republican 2012 Sue Ellspermann
(resigned March 2, 2016)
Vacant
Eric Holcomb
(appointed March 3, 2016)
51 Eric Holcomb
(b. 1968)
[111]		 January 9, 2017
–
Incumbent[lower-alpha 19]		 Republican 2016 Suzanne Crouch
2020

See also

Notes
  1. The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor left office.
  2. John Gibson served as acting governor during the absences of Governor William Henry Harrison.[1][2]
  3. Harrison was nominated on May 12, 1800,[3] confirmed on May 13,[4] and took office on July 4.[5] He was reconfirmed by the Senate on February 8, 1803;[6] recommissioned by the President for an interim term on May 5, 1806;[5] reconfirmed by the Senate on December 17, 1806;[7] and again on December 20, 1809.[8]
  4. Posey was nominated on February 27, 1813,[10] confirmed by the Senate on March 3,[11] and took office on May 25.[9]
  5. The official site labels Eric Holcomb as the 51st governor;[17] based on this, repeat non-consecutive terms are numbered.
  6. Does not include acting lieutenant governors. All lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor.
  7. Jennings resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.[19]
  8. Jennings was appointed a United States commissioner to conclude a treaty with native tribes on April 15, 1818; after this time, Harrison was acting as governor. However, by accepting the post, Harrison believed Jennings had vacated the seat, and thus felt he had succeeded Jennings to the governorship. The state legislature declined to confirm this, and Harrison resigned on December 18, 1818.[20]
  9. Hendricks resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[24]
  10. As the office of lieutenant governor was vacant, president pro tempore of the Senate Ray succeeded Hendricks.[26]
  11. Whitcomb resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[34]
  12. First term under the 1851 constitution, which lengthened terms to four years.[13]
  13. Lane resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[44]
  14. Morton resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[46]
  15. Baker acted as governor from October 1865 to March 1866 while Morton sought treatment for a stroke and handed over executive powers.[47]
  16. McCray resigned following his conviction for mail fraud, and served three years in prison; he was pardoned by President Herbert Hoover in 1930.[77]
  17. It is unknown if the 1972 constitutional amendment allowing for a second term would have impacted Whitcomb; either way, he did not run in the 1972 election.
  18. Pence instead ran successfully for Vice President of the United States.[110]
  19. Holcomb's second term began on January 11, 2021, and will expire on January 13, 2025; he will be term-limited.

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of Indiana.
General
  • Funk, Arville L (1983) [1969]. A Sketchbook of Indiana History. Rochester, Indiana: Christian Book Press.
  • Indiana Historical Bureau. "Lieutenant Governors". State of Indiana. Retrieved May 27, 2008.
  • "Former Indiana Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  • McLauchlan, William P. (1996). The Indiana State Constitution. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-29208-6.
  • "Previous Governors". State of Indiana. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
  • Woollen, William Wesley (1975). Biographical and Historical Sketches of Early Indiana. Ayer Publishing. ISBN 0-405-06896-4.
  • Year Book of the State of Indiana. 1919.
  • Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  • McMullin, Thomas A. (1984). Biographical directory of American territorial governors. Westport, CT : Meckler. ISBN 978-0-930466-11-4. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
Constitutions
Specific
  1. "John Gibson Letters". Indiana State Library. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
  2. McMullin pp. 149–151
  3. U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 6th Cong., 1st sess., 12 May 1800, 353. Accessed February 24, 2023.
  4. U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 6th Cong., 1st sess., 13 May 1800, 354. Accessed February 24, 2023.
  5. The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume VII: The Territory of Indiana. United States Government Publishing Office. 1939. p. 14–16.
  6. U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 7th Cong., 2nd sess., 8 February 1803, 442. Accessed February 24, 2023.
  7. U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 9th Cong., 2nd sess., 17 December 1806, 45. Accessed February 24, 2023.
  8. U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 11th Cong., 2nd sess., 20 December 1809, 131. Accessed February 24, 2023.
  9. McMullin pp. 152–153
  10. U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 12th Cong., 2nd sess., 27 February 1813, 329. Accessed February 24, 2023.
  11. U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 12th Cong., 2nd sess., 3 March 1813, 333. Accessed February 24, 2023.
  12. 1816 Const. art. IV, § 3
  13. IN Const. art. V, § 1
  14. McLauchlan p. 94
  15. IN Const. art. V, § 10
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  38. "Joseph Albert Wright". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  43. Sobel p. 404
  44. "Henry Smith Lane". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  46. "Oliver Morton Perry". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  54. Sobel pp. 407–408
  55. "Isaac Pusey Gray". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  56. Sobel pp. 408–409
  57. "Albert Gallatin Porter". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  58. Sobel pp. 409–410
  59. "Alvin Peterson Hovey". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  60. Sobel p. 410
  61. "Ira Joy Chase". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  62. Sobel pp. 410–411
  63. "Claude Matthews". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  64. Sobel p. 411
  65. "James Atwell Mount". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  67. "Winfield Taylor Durbin". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  69. "James Frank Hanly". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  71. "Thomas Riley Marshall". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  72. Sobel p. 414
  73. "Samuel Moffett Ralston". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  75. "James Putnam Goodrich". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  77. "Warren T. McCray". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  79. "Emmett Forrest Branch". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  81. "Edward L. Jackson". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  83. "Harry Guyer Leslie". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  87. "Maurice Clifford Townsend". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  89. "Henry Frederick Schricker". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  91. "Ralph Fesler Gates". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  93. "George N. Craig". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  95. "Harold Willis Handley". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  97. "Matthew Empson Welsh". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  99. "Roger Douglas Branigin". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  101. "Edgar Doud Whitcomb". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  103. "Otis Ray Bowen". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  104. "Robert D. Orr". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  105. "Evan Bayh". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  106. "Frank O'Bannon". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  107. "Joseph E. Kernan". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  108. "Mitch Daniels". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  109. "Mike Pence". National Governors Association. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  110. United States Congress. "Pence, Mike (id: P000587)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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