List of Governors of Indiana
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.

List of Governors of Indiana

Section Title: Governors of the State of Indiana
Table Section Text: 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.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	Jonathan Jennings	November 7, 1816 – September 12, 1822 (resigned)	Democratic- Republican	1816	Christopher Harrison (resigned December 18, 1818)

Vacant

1819	Ratliff Boon

2	-	Ratliff Boon	September 12, 1822 – December 5, 1822 (successor took office)	Democratic- Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

3	-	William Hendricks	December 5, 1822 – February 12, 1825 (resigned)	Democratic- Republican	1822	Ratliff Boon (resigned January 30, 1824)

Vacant

4	-	James B. Ray	February 12, 1825 – December 7, 1831 (term limited)	Independent	Succeeded from President of the Senate

1825	John H. Thompson

1828	Milton Stapp

5	-	Noah Noble	December 7, 1831 – December 6, 1837 (term limited)	Whig	1831	David Wallace

1834

6	-	David Wallace	December 6, 1837 – December 9, 1840 (term limited)	Whig	1837	David Hillis

7	-	Samuel Bigger	December 9, 1840 – December 6, 1843 (lost election)	Whig	1840	Samuel Hall

8	-	James Whitcomb	December 6, 1843 – December 27, 1848 (resigned)	Democratic	1843	Jesse D. Bright (resigned December 8, 1845)

Vacant

1846	Paris C. Dunning

9	-	Paris C. Dunning	December 27, 1848 – December 5, 1849 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

10	-	Joseph A. Wright	December 5, 1849 – January 12, 1857 (term limited)	Democratic	1849	James Henry Lane

1852	Ashbel P. Willard

11	-	Ashbel P. Willard	January 12, 1857 – October 4, 1860 (died in office)	Democratic	1856	Abram A. Hammond

12	-	Abram A. Hammond	October 4, 1860 – January 14, 1861 (successor took office)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

13	-	Henry Smith Lane	January 14, 1861 – January 16, 1861 (resigned)	Republican	1860	Oliver P. Morton

14	-	Oliver P. Morton	January 16, 1861 – January 24, 1867 (resigned)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

1864	Conrad Baker

15	-	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	-	Thomas A. Hendricks	January 13, 1873 – January 8, 1877 (term limited)	Democratic	1872	Leonidas Sexton

17	-	James D. Williams	January 8, 1877 – November 20, 1880 (died in office)	Democratic	1876	Isaac P. Gray

18	-	Isaac P. Gray	November 20, 1880 – January 10, 1881 (successor took office)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

19	Albert-G-Porter.jpeg	Albert G. Porter	January 10, 1881 – January 12, 1885 (term limited)	Republican	1880	Thomas Hanna

20	-	Isaac P. Gray	January 12, 1885 – January 14, 1889 (term limited)	Democratic	1884	Mahlon Dickerson Manson (resigned July 1886)

Vacant

21	-	Alvin Peterson Hovey	January 14, 1889 – November 23, 1891 (died in office)	Republican	1888	Ira Joy Chase

22	-	Ira Joy Chase	November 23, 1891 – January 9, 1893 (lost election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

23	-	Claude Matthews	January 9, 1893 – January 11, 1897 (term limited)	Democratic	1892	Mortimer Nye

24	-	James A. Mount	January 11, 1897 – January 14, 1901 (term limited)	Republican	1896	William S. Haggard

25	-	Winfield T. Durbin	January 14, 1901 – January 9, 1905 (term limited)	Republican	1900	Newton W. Gilbert

26	-	Frank Hanly	January 9, 1905 – January 11, 1909 (term limited)	Republican	1904	Hugh Thomas Miller

27	-	Thomas R. Marshall	January 11, 1909 – January 13, 1913 (term limited)	Democratic	1908	Frank J. Hall

28	-	Samuel M. Ralston	January 13, 1913 – January 8, 1917 (term limited)	Democratic	1912	William P. O'Neill

29	-	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)	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	-	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	-	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	-	Edgar Whitcomb	January 13, 1969 – January 8, 1973 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1968	Richard E. Folz

44	-	Otis Bowen	January 8, 1973 – January 12, 1981 (term limited)	Republican	1972	Robert D. Orr

1976

45	-	Robert D. Orr	January 12, 1981 – January 9, 1989 (term limited)	Republican	1980	John Mutz

1984

46	-	Evan Bayh	January 9, 1989 – January 13, 1997 (term limited)	Democratic	1988	Frank O'Bannon

1992

47	-	Frank O'Bannon	January 13, 1997 – September 13, 2003 (died in office)	Democratic	1996	Joe E. Kernan

2000

48	-	Joe E. Kernan	September 13, 2003 – January 10, 2005 (lost election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

Kathy Davis (appointed October 20, 2003)

49	-	Mitch Daniels	January 10, 2005 – January 14, 2013 (term limited)	Republican	2004	Becky Skillman

2008

50	-	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	-	Eric Holcomb	January 9, 2017 – present	Republican	2016	Suzanne Crouch

Sentence(s)

Ratliff Boon was the second Governor of Indiana from September 12 to December 5, 1822, taking office following the resignation of Governor Jonathan Jennings.

final_sentence: Ratliff Boon was the second Governor of Indiana from September 12 to December 5, 1822, taking office following the resignation of Governor Jonathan Jennings.