List of Governors of Indiana






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


The Governor of Indiana is the chief executive 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.


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.




Contents






  • 1 Governors


    • 1.1 Governors of the Territory of Indiana


    • 1.2 Governors of the State of Indiana




  • 2 Notes


  • 3 References





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 the Territory of Indiana

No.
Governor
Term in office
Appointed by
1

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William Henry Harrison

January 10, 1801

December 28, 1812

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison



John Gibson

December 28, 1812

March 3, 1813

acting[a]
2

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Thomas Posey

March 3, 1813

November 7, 1816

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.[2] 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.[3] Governors were allowed to serve for four years in any eight-year period,[3] but a 1972 amendment permitted governors to serve for eight years in any twelve-year period.[4] Should the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.[5] If the office of lieutenant governor is vacant, the president pro tempore of the Indiana Senate becomes governor;[5] this has happened once, when James B. Ray succeeded William Hendricks.[6]































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Governors of the State of Indiana

No.[b]
Governor
Term in office
Party
Election

Lt. Governor[c]
1

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Jonathan Jennings

November 7, 1816

September 12, 1822
(resigned)[d]

Democratic-
Republican

1816
 

Christopher Harrison
(resigned December 18, 1818)[e]

Vacant

1819


Ratliff Boon
2

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Ratliff Boon

September 12, 1822

December 5, 1822
(successor took office)

Democratic-
Republican

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant
3

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William Hendricks

December 5, 1822

February 12, 1825
(resigned)[f]

Democratic-
Republican

1822


Ratliff Boon
(resigned January 30, 1824)

Vacant
4

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James B. Ray

February 12, 1825

December 7, 1831
(term limited)

Independent

Succeeded from
President of
the Senate
[g]

1825


John H. Thompson

1828

Milton Stapp
5

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Noah Noble

December 7, 1831

December 6, 1837
(term limited)

Whig

1831


David Wallace

1834
6

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David Wallace

December 6, 1837

December 9, 1840
(term limited)

Whig

1837

David Hillis
7

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Samuel Bigger

December 9, 1840

December 6, 1843
(lost election)

Whig

1840

Samuel Hall
8

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James Whitcomb

December 6, 1843

December 27, 1848
(resigned)[h]

Democratic

1843


Jesse D. Bright
(resigned December 8, 1845)

Vacant

1846


Paris C. Dunning
9

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Paris C. Dunning

December 27, 1848

December 5, 1849
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant
10

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Joseph A. Wright

December 5, 1849

January 12, 1857
(term limited)

Democratic

1849


James Henry Lane

1852[i]

Ashbel P. Willard
11

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Ashbel P. Willard

January 12, 1857

October 4, 1860
(died in office)

Democratic

1856

Abram A. Hammond
12

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Abram A. Hammond

October 4, 1860

January 14, 1861
(successor took office)

Democratic

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant
13

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Henry Smith Lane

January 14, 1861

January 16, 1861
(resigned)[j]

Republican

1860


Oliver P. Morton
14

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Oliver P. Morton

January 16, 1861

January 24, 1867
(resigned)[k]

Republican

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant

1864


Conrad Baker[l]
15

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Conrad Baker

January 24, 1867

January 13, 1873
(term limited)

Republican

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant

1868


William Cumback
(resigned January 11, 1871)

Vacant
16

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Thomas A. Hendricks

January 13, 1873

January 8, 1877
(term limited)

Democratic

1872


Leonidas Sexton
17

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James D. Williams

January 8, 1877

November 20, 1880
(died in office)

Democratic

1876

Isaac P. Gray
18

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Isaac P. Gray

November 20, 1880

January 10, 1881
(successor took office)

Democratic

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant
19

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Albert G. Porter

January 10, 1881

January 12, 1885
(term limited)

Republican

1880


Thomas Hanna
20

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Isaac P. Gray

January 12, 1885

January 14, 1889
(term limited)

Democratic

1884


Mahlon Dickerson Manson
(resigned July 1886)

Vacant
21

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Alvin Peterson Hovey

January 14, 1889

November 23, 1891
(died in office)

Republican

1888


Ira Joy Chase
22

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Ira Joy Chase

November 23, 1891

January 9, 1893
(lost election)

Republican

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant
23

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Claude Matthews

January 9, 1893

January 11, 1897
(term limited)

Democratic

1892


Mortimer Nye
24

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James A. Mount

January 11, 1897

January 14, 1901
(term limited)

Republican

1896


William S. Haggard
25

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Winfield T. Durbin

January 14, 1901

January 9, 1905
(term limited)

Republican

1900

Newton W. Gilbert
26

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Frank Hanly

January 9, 1905

January 11, 1909
(term limited)

Republican

1904

Hugh Thomas Miller
27

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Thomas R. Marshall

January 11, 1909

January 13, 1913
(term limited)

Democratic

1908


Frank J. Hall
28

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Samuel M. Ralston

January 13, 1913

January 8, 1917
(term limited)

Democratic

1912

William P. O'Neill
29

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James P. Goodrich

January 8, 1917

January 10, 1921
(term limited)

Republican

1916


Edgar D. Bush
30


Warren T. McCray

January 10, 1921

April 30, 1924
(resigned)[m]

Republican

1920

Emmett Forest Branch
31


Emmett Forest Branch

April 30, 1924

January 12, 1925
(not candidate for election)

Republican

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant
32

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Edward L. Jackson

January 12, 1925

January 14, 1929
(term limited)

Republican

1924


F. Harold Van Orman
33


Harry G. Leslie

January 14, 1929

January 9, 1933
(term limited)

Republican

1928

Edgar D. Bush
34

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Paul V. McNutt

January 9, 1933

January 11, 1937
(term limited)

Democratic

1932


M. Clifford Townsend
35


M. Clifford Townsend

January 11, 1937

January 13, 1941
(term limited)

Democratic

1936

Henry F. Schricker
36


Henry F. Schricker

January 13, 1941

January 8, 1945
(term limited)

Democratic

1940

Charles M. Dawson
37



Ralph F. Gates

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

January 10, 1949

January 12, 1953
(term limited)

Democratic

1948


John A. Watkins
39



George N. Craig

January 12, 1953

January 14, 1957
(term limited)

Republican

1952


Harold W. Handley
40


Harold W. Handley

January 14, 1957

January 9, 1961
(term limited)

Republican

1956

Crawford F. Parker
41



Matthew E. Welsh

January 9, 1961

January 11, 1965
(term limited)

Democratic

1960


Richard O. Ristine
42


Roger D. Branigin

January 11, 1965

January 13, 1969
(term limited)

Democratic

1964

Robert L. Rock
43

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Edgar Whitcomb

January 13, 1969

January 8, 1973
(not candidate for election)[n]

Republican

1968


Richard E. Folz
44

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Otis Bowen

January 8, 1973

January 12, 1981
(term limited)

Republican

1972

Robert D. Orr

1976
45

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Robert D. Orr

January 12, 1981

January 9, 1989
(term limited)

Republican

1980

John Mutz

1984
46

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Evan Bayh

January 9, 1989

January 13, 1997
(term limited)

Democratic

1988


Frank O'Bannon

1992
47

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Frank O'Bannon

January 13, 1997

September 13, 2003
(died in office)

Democratic

1996

Joe E. Kernan

2000
48

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Joe E. Kernan

September 13, 2003

January 10, 2005
(lost election)

Democratic

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant


Kathy Davis
(appointed October 20, 2003)
49

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Mitch Daniels

January 10, 2005

January 14, 2013
(term limited)

Republican

2004


Becky Skillman

2008
50

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Mike Pence

January 14, 2013

January 9, 2017
(not candidate for election)

Republican

2012

Sue Ellspermann
(resigned March 2, 2016)

Vacant


Eric Holcomb
(appointed March 3, 2016)
51

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Eric Holcomb

January 9, 2017

present[o]

Republican

2016

Suzanne Crouch


Notes





  1. ^ John Gibson is sometimes known as Indiana's second territorial governor. He actually only served as acting governor of the Indiana Territory during the absences of Governor William Henry Harrison.[1]


  2. ^ The official site labels Eric Holcomb as the 51st governor;[7] based on this, repeat non-consecutive terms are numbered.


  3. ^ Does not include acting lieutenant governors. All lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor.


  4. ^ Jennings resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.


  5. ^ 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.[8]


  6. ^ Hendricks resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.


  7. ^ As the office of lieutenant governor was vacant, Ray, as president pro tempore of the senate, succeeded Hendricks.


  8. ^ Whitcomb resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.


  9. ^ First term under the 1851 constitution, which lengthened terms to four years.


  10. ^ Lane resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.


  11. ^ Morton resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.


  12. ^ Baker acted as governor from October 1865 to March 1866 while Morton sought treatment for a stroke and handed over executive powers.[9]


  13. ^ McCray resigned following his conviction for mail fraud, and served three years in prison until he was pardoned by President Herbert Hoover.[10]


  14. ^ 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.


  15. ^ Holcomb's first term expires on January 11, 2021.




References






General

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  • Indiana Historical Bureau. "Lieutenant Governors". State of Indiana. Retrieved May 27, 2008.


  • "Indiana Governors". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2008.


  • 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.



Constitutions





  • "Constitution of the State of Indiana". Indiana Legislature. Retrieved December 8, 2008.


  • "1816 Constitution of the State of Indiana". State of Indian. Retrieved July 13, 2010.


  • "1851 Constitution of the State of Indiana". Indiana Historical Bureau. Retrieved December 8, 2008.



Specific




  1. ^ "John Gibson Letters". Indiana State Library. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2008.


  2. ^ 1816 Const. art. IV, § 3


  3. ^ ab IN Const. art. V, § 1


  4. ^ McLauchlan p. 94


  5. ^ ab IN Const. art. V, § 10


  6. ^ Woollen, p. 56


  7. ^ "About the Governor". State of Indiana. Retrieved November 17, 2018.


  8. ^ 1919 Year Book, p. 981


  9. ^ "Indiana Governor Conrad Baker". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.


  10. ^ "Warren Terry McCray". Indiana Historical Bureau. Archived from the original on November 16, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2008.















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