US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Governor of Indiana.

For governors prior to statehood, see Governor of Indiana Territory.

7-Nov-1816	12-Sep-1822	Jonathan Jennings	(b. 1816, d. 1822, J-R)
12-Sep-1822	5-Dec-1822	Ratliff Boon	(b. 1781, d. 1844, J-R)
5-Dec-1822	12-Feb-1825	William Hendricks	(b. 1782, d. 1850, J-R)
12-Feb-1825	7-Dec-1831	James Brown Ray	(b. 1794, d. 1848, Ind)
7-Dec-1831	6-Dec-1837	Noah Noble	(b. 1794, d. 1844, N-R and Whig)
6-Dec-1837	9-Dec-1840	David Wallace	(b. 1799, d. 1859, Whig)
9-Dec-1840	6-Dec-1843	Samuel Bigger	(b. 1802, d. 1846, Whig)
6-Dec-1843	26-Dec-1848	James Whitcomb	(b. 1795, d. 1852, Democrat)
26-Dec-1848	5-Dec-1849	Paris Chipman Dunning	(b. 1806, d. 1884, Democrat)
5-Dec-1849	12-Jan-1857	Joseph Albert Wright	(b. 1810, d. 1867, Democrat)
12-Jan-1857	4-Oct-1860	Ashbel Parsons Willard	(b. 1820, d. 1860, Democrat)
4-Oct-1860	14-Jan-1861	Abram Adams Hammond	(b. 1814, d. 1874, Democrat)
14-Jan-1861	16-Jan-1861	Henry Smith Lane	(b. 1811, d. 1881, Republican)
16-Jan-1861	23-Jan-1867	Oliver Perry Morton	(b. 1823, d. 1877, Republican)
23-Jan-1867	13-Jan-1873	Conrad Baker	(b. 1817, d. 1885, Republican)
13-Jan-1873	8-Jan-1877	Thomas Andrews Hendricks	(b. 1819, d. 1885, Democrat)
8-Jan-1877	20-Nov-1880	James Douglas Williams	(b. 1808, d. 1880, Democrat)
20-Nov-1880	10-Jan-1881	Isaac Pusey Gray	(1st time, b. 1828, d. 1895, Democrat)
10-Jan-1881	12-Jan-1885	Albert Gallatin Porter	(b. 1824, d. 1897, Republican)
12-Jan-1885	14-Jan-1889	Isaac Pusey Gray	(2nd time, Democrat)
14-Jan-1889	23-Nov-1891	Alvin Peterson Hovey	(b. 1821, d. 1891, Republican)
23-Nov-1891	9-Jan-1893	Ira Joy Chase	(b. 1834, d. 1895, Republican)
9-Jan-1893	11-Jan-1897	Claude Matthews	(b. 1845, d. 1898, Democrat)
11-Jan-1897	14-Jan-1901	James Atwell Mount	(b. 1843, d. 1901, Republican)
14-Jan-1901	9-Jan-1905	Winfield Taylor Durbin	(b. 1847, d. 1928, Republican)
9-Jan-1905	11-Jan-1909	James Frank Hanly	(b. 1863, d. 1920, Republican)
11-Jan-1909	13-Jan-1913	Thomas R. Marshall	(b. 1854, d. 1925, Democrat)
13-Jan-1913	8-Jan-1917	Samuel M. Ralston	(b. 1857, d. 1925, Democrat)
8-Jan-1917	10-Jan-1921	James P. Goodrich	(b. 1864, d. 1940, Republican)
10-Jan-1921	30-Apr-1924	Warren T. McCray	(b. 1865, d. 1938, Republican)
30-Apr-1924	12-Jan-1925	Emmett F. Branch	(b. 1874, d. 1932, Republican)
12-Jan-1925	14-Jan-1929	Edward L. Jackson	(b. 1873, d. 1954, Republican)
14-Jan-1929	9-Jan-1933	Harry G. Leslie	(b. 1878, d. 1937, Republican)
9-Jan-1933	11-Jan-1937	Paul V. McNutt	(b. 1891, d. 1957, Democrat)
11-Jan-1937	13-Jan-1941	M. Clifford Townsend	(b. 1884, d. 1954, Democrat)
13-Jan-1941	8-Jan-1945	Henry F. Schricker	(1st time, b. 1883, d. 1966, Democrat)
8-Jan-1945	10-Jan-1949	Ralph F. Gates	(b. 1893, d. 1978, Republican)
10-Jan-1949	12-Jan-1953	Henry F. Schricker	(2nd time, Democrat)
12-Jan-1953	14-Jan-1957	George N. Craig	(b. 1909, d. 1992, Republican)
14-Jan-1957	9-Jan-1961	Harold W. Handley	(b. 1909, d. 1972, Republican)
9-Jan-1961	11-Jan-1965	Matthew E. Welsh	(b. 1912, d. 1995, Democrat)
11-Jan-1965	13-Jan-1969	Roger D. Branigin	(b. 1902, d. 1975, Democrat)
13-Jan-1969	9-Jan-1973	Edgar Whitcomb	(b. 1917, Republican)
9-Jan-1973	13-Jan-1981	Otis R. Bowen	(b. 1918, Republican)
13-Jan-1981	9-Jan-1989	Robert D. Orr	(b. 1917, d. 2004, Republican)
9-Jan-1989	13-Jan-1997	Evan Bayh	(b. 1955, Democrat)
13-Jan-1997	13-Sep-2003	Frank O'Bannon	(b. 1930, d. 2003, Democrat)
13-Sep-2003	10-Jan-2005	Joseph Kernan	(b. 1946, Democrat)
10-Jan-2005	14-Jan-2013	Mitch Daniels	(b. 1949, Republican)
14-Jan-2013	--	Mike Pence	(b. 1959, Republican)

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