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.

Prior to becoming a territory, Indiana was part of Northwest Territory; see List of Governors of Ohio for this period.

1 List of Governors of Indiana Territory
2 List of Governors of the State of Indiana
3 Notes
4 Other high offices held
5 Living former governors

List of Governors of Indiana Territory

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

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.

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		^[1]
2	Ratliff Boon	September 12 1822	December 5 1822	Democratic-Republican		^[2]
3	William Hendricks	December 5 1822	February 12 1825	Democratic-Republican		^[3]
4	James B. Ray	February 12 1825	December 7 1831	Independent		^[4]
5	Noah Noble	December 7 1831	December 6 1837	Whig
6	David Wallace	December 6 1837	December 9 1840	Whig
7	Samuel Bigger	December 9 1840	December 6 1843	Whig
8	James Whitcomb	December 6 1843	December 26 1848	Democratic		^[3]
9	Paris C. Dunning	December 26 1848	December 5 1849	Democratic		^[2]
10	Joseph A. Wright	December 5 1849	January 12 1857	Democratic
11	Ashbel P. Willard	January 12 1857	October 4 1860	Democratic		^[5]
12	Abram A. Hammond	October 4 1860	January 14 1861	Democratic		^[2]
13	Henry Smith Lane	January 14 1861	January 16 1861	Republican		^[3]
14	Oliver P. Morton	January 16 1861	January 23 1867	Republican		^[4]^[3]
15	Conrad Baker	January 23 1867	January 13 1873	Republican		^[4]^[6]
16	Thomas A. Hendricks	January 13 1873	January 8 1877	Democratic
17	James D. Williams	January 8 1877	November 20 1880	Democratic		^[5]
18	Isaac P. Gray	November 20 1880	January 10 1881	Democratic		^[2]
19	Albert G. Porter	January 10 1881	January 12 1885	Republican
20	Isaac P. Gray	January 12 1885	January 14 1889	Democratic
21	Alvin P. Hovey	January 14 1889	November 23 1891	Republican		^[5]
22	Ira Joy Chase	November 23 1891	January 9 1893	Republican		^[2]
23	Claude Matthews	January 9 1893	January 11 1897	Democratic
24	James A. Mount	January 11 1897	January 14 1901	Republican
25	Winfield T. Durbin	January 14 1901	January 9 1905	Republican
26	J. Frank Hanly	January 9 1905	January 11 1909	Republican
27	Thomas R. Marshall	January 11 1909	January 13 1913	Democratic
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. Shricker
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
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]

Notes

^ Resigned to take elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
^ ^a ^b ^c As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Died in office.
^ 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.
^ Resigned following his conviction for mail fraud, and served three years in prison until he was pardoned by President Herbert Hoover in 1927.
^ Governor Daniels' term expires in 2009; he is not yet term limited.

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
Name	Gubernatorial term	House	Senate	Other offices held
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
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

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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