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


David Wallace

1837-1840
Whig


Samuel Bigger

1840-1843
Whig


James Whitcomb

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


Thomas A. Hendricks

1873-1877
Democrat


James D. Williams

1877-1880
Democrat


Isaac P. Gray

1880-1881
Democrat


Albert G. Porter

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


Thomas R. Marshall

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


Evan Bayh

1989-
Democrat


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