Territorial Governors

William Henry Harrison
May 13, 1800-December 28, 1812

John Gibson
July 4, 1800-January 10, 1801
June, 1812-May, 1813

Thomas Posey
March 3, 1813-November 7, 1816


Governors of the State of Indiana

Jonathan Jennings
November 7, 1816-September 12, 1822

Ratliff Boon
September 12-December 5, 1822

William Hendricks
December 5, 1822-February 12, 1825

James Brown Ray
February 12, 1825-December 7, 1831

Noah Noble
December 7, 1831-December 6, 1837

David Wallace
December 6, 1837-December 9, 1840

Samuel Bigger
December 9, 1840-December 6, 1843

James Whitcomb
December 6, 1843-December 26, 1848

Paris Chipman Dunning
December 26, 1848-December 5, 1849

Joseph Albert Wright
December 5, 1849-January 12, 1857

Ashbel Parsons Willard
January 12, 1857-October 4, 1860

Abram Adams Hammond
October 4, 1860-January 14, 1861

Henry Smith Lane
January 14-16, 1861

Oliver Perry Morton
January 16, 1861-January 23, 1867

Conrad Baker
January 23, 1867-January 13, 1873

Thomas Andrews Hendricks
January 13, 1873-January 8, 1877

James Douglas Williams
January 8, 1877-November 20, 1880

Isaac Pusey Gray
November 20, 1880-January 10, 1881

Albert Gallatin Porter
January 10, 1881-January 12, 1885

Isaac Pusey Gray
January 12, 1885-January 14, 1889

Alvin Peterson Hovey
January 14, 1889-November 23, 1891

Ira Joy Chase
November 23, 1891-January 9, 1893

Claude Matthews
January 9, 1893-January 11, 1897

James Atwell Mount
January 11, 1897-January 14, 1901

Winfield Taylor Durbin
January 14, 1901-January 9, 1905

James Frank Hanly
January 9, 1905-January 11, 1909

Thomas Riley Marshall
January 11, 1909-January 13, 1913

Samuel Moffett Ralston
January 13, 1913-January 8, 1917

James Putnam Goodrich
January 8, 1917-January 10, 1921

Warren Terry McCray
January 10, 1921-April 30, 1924

Emmett Forrest Branch
April 30, 1924-January 12, 1925

Edward L. Jackson
January 12, 1925-January 14, 1929

Harry Guyer Leslie
January 14, 1929-January 9, 1933

Paul Vories McNutt
January 9, 1933-January 11, 1937

Maurice Clifford Townsend
January 11, 1937-January 13, 1941

Henry Frederick Schricker
January 13, 1941-January 8, 1945

Ralph F. Gates
January 8, 1945-January 10, 1949

Henry Frederick Schricker
January 10, 1949-January 12, 1953

George N. Craig
January 12, 1953-January 14, 1957

Harold W. Handley
January 14, 1957-January 9, 1961

Matthew E. Welsh
January 9, 1961-January 11, 1965

Roger D. Branigin
January 11, 1965-January 13, 1969

Edgar D. Whitcomb
January 13, 1969-January 9, 1973

Otis R. Bowen
January 9, 1973-January 13, 1981

Robert D. Orr
January 13, 1981-January 9, 1989

Evan Bayh
January 9, 1989-January 13, 1997

Frank O'Bannon
January 13, 1997-September 13, 2003

Joseph E. Kernan
September 13, 2003-January 10, 2005