The Governors of Indiana
Jonathon Jennings
1816-1822
Ratliff Boon
1822
William Hendricks
1822-1825
James B. Ray
1825-1831
Noah Noble
1831-1837
Whig
1837-1840
Whig
Samuel Bigger
1840-1843
Whig
1843-1848
Democrat
Paris C. Dunning
1848-1849
Democrat
Joseph A. Wright
1849-1857
Democrat
Ashbel P. Willard
1857-1860
Democrat
Abraham A. Hammond
1860-1861
Democrat
Henry Smith Lane
1861
Republican
Oliver P. Morton
1861-1867
Republican
Conrad Baker
1867-1873
Republican
1873-1877
Democrat
1877-1880
Democrat
Isaac P. Gray
1880-1881
Democrat
1881-1885
Republican
Isaac P. Gray
1885-1889
Democrat
Alvin P. Hovey
1889-1891
Republican
Ira Joy Chase
1891-1893
Republican
Claude Matthews
1893-1897
Democrat
James A. Mount
1897-1901
Republican
Winfield T. Durbin
1901-1905
Republican
J. Frank Hanly
1905-1909
Republican
1909-1913
Democrat
Samuel M. Ralston
1913-1917
Democrat
James P. Goodrich
1917-1921
Republican
Warren T. McCray
1921-1924
Republican
Emmett Forest Branch
1924-1925
Republican
Ed Jackson
1925-1929
Republican
Harry G. Leslie
1929-1933
Republican
Paul V. McNutt
1933-1937
Democrat
M. Clifford Townsend
1937-1941
Democrat
Henry F. Schricker
1941-1945
Democrat
Ralph F. Gates
1945-1949
Republican
Henry F. Schricker
1949-1953
Democrat
George N. Craig
1953-1957
Republican
Harold W. Handley
1957-1961
Republican
Matthew E. Welsh
1961-1965
Democrat
Roger D. Branigin
1965-1969
Democrat
Edgar D. Whitcomb
1969-1973
Republican
Otis R. Bowen
1973-1980
Republican
Robert D. Orr
1981-1988
Republican
1989-
Democrat
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