State government moved to Indianapolis in the fall of 1824. The Marion County Courthouse served as the first capitol building. State government moved into a newly constructed State House in 1835. The present State House was completed in 1888. The state was governed under the 1816 Constitution until 1851.
All officials serve four-year terms.
The judicial branch includes three levels of jurisdiction. The Supreme Court consists of a chief justice and four associate justices. There are ninety Circuit Courts. Each judicial circuit equals one county, except that Jefferson and Switzerland counties make up the fifth circuit and Dearborn and Ohio counties make up the seventh circuit. Indiana has ninety-two counties formed from 1790 to 1860.