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Governor

** = not elected, but served due to resignation or death of the governor

Name Term Party County
Jonathan Jennings (1787-1834) Nov 7, 1816 - Dec 4, 1819 Clark
Ratliff Boon (1781-1844)** Sept 12, 1822 - Dec 4, 1822 Warrick
William Hendricks (1782-1850) Dec 4, 1822 - Feb 12, 1825 Jefferson
James Brown Ray (1794-1848) Feb 12, 1825 - Dec 7, 1831 Franklin
Noah Noble (1794-1844) Dec 7, 1831 - Dec 6, 1837 W Marion
David Wallace (1799-1859) Dec 6, 1837 - Dec 9, 1840 W Fountain
Samuel Bigger (1802-1846) Dec 9, 1840 - Dec 6, 1843 W Rush
James Whitcomb (1795-1852) Dec 6, 1843 - Dec 26, 1848 D Monroe
Paris C. Dunning (1806-1884)** Dec 26, 1848 - Dec 5, 1849 D Monroe
Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867) Dec 5, 1849 - Jan 12, 1857 D Parke
Ashbel P. Willard (1820-1860) Jan 12, 1857 - Oct 4, 1860 D Floyd
Abram A Hammond (1814-1874)** Oct 4, 1860 - Jan 14, 1861 D Marion
Henry S. Lane (1811-1881) Jan 14, 1861 - Jan 16, 1861 R Montgomery
Oliver P. Morton (1823-1877)** Jan 16, 1861 - Jan 23, 1867 R Wayne
Conrad Baker (1817-1885)** Jan 23, 1867 - Jan 13, 1873 R Vanderburgh
Thomas Hendricks (1819-1885) Jan 13, 1873 - Jan 8, 1877 D Shelby
James D. Williams (1808-1880) Jan 8, 1877 - Nov 20, 1880 D Knox
Isaac P. Gray (1828-1895)** Nov 20, 1880 - Jan 10, 1881 D Randolph
Albert G. Porter (1824-1897) Jan 10, 1881 - Jan 12, 1885 R Maron
Isaac P. Gray (1828-1895) Jan 12, 1885 - Jan 14, 1889 D Randolph
Alvin P. Hovey (1821-1891) Jan 14, 1889 - Nov 23, 1891 R Posey
Ira J. Chase (1834-1895)** Nov 23, 1891 - Jan 9, 1893 R Hendricks
Claude Matthews (1845-1898) Jan 9, 1893 - Jan 11, 1897 D Vermillion
James A. Mount (1843-1901) Jan 11, 1897 - Jan 14, 1901 R Montgomery
Winfield T. Durbin (1847-1928) Jan 14, 1901 - Jan 9 1905 R Madison
J. Frank Hanly (1863-1920) Jan 9, 1905 - Jan 11, 1909 R Warren
Thomas R. Marshall (1854-1925) Jan 11, 1909 - Jan 13, 1913 D Whitley
Samuel M. Ralston (1857-1925) Jan 13, 1913 - Jan 8, 1917 D Boone
James P. Goodrich (1864-1940) Jan 8, 1917 - Jan 10, 1921 R Randolph
Warren T. McCray (1865-1938) Jan 10, 1921 - April 30, 1924 R Newton
Emmett F. Branch (1874-1932)** April 30, 1924 - Jan 12, 1925 R Morgan
Edward L. Jackson (1873-1954) Jan 12, 1925 - Jan 14,1929 R Marion
Harry G. Leslie (1878-1937) Jan 14, 1929 - Jan 9, 1933 R Tippecanoe
Paul V. McNutt (1891-1955) Jan 9, 1933 - Jan 11, 1937 D Monroe
M. Clifford Townsend (1884-1954) Jan 11, 1937 - Jan 13, 1941 D Grant
Henry F. Schricker (1883-1966) Jan 13, 1941 - Jan 8, 1945 D Starke
Ralph F. Gates (1893-1978) Jan 8, 1945 - Jan 10, 1949 R Whitley
Henry F. Schricker (1883-1966) Jan 13, 1949 - Jan 12, 1953 D Starke
George N. Craig (1909-1992) Jan 12, 1953 - Jan 10, 1957 R Clay
Harold W. Handley (1909-1972) Jan 14, 1957 - Jan 9, 1961 R La Porte
Matthew E Welsh (1912-1995) Jan 9, 1961 - Jan 11, 1965 D Knox
Roger D. Branigin (1902-1975) Jan 11, 1965 - Jan 13, 1969 D Tippecanoe
Edgar D. Whitcomb (1917- ) Jan 13, 1969 - Jan 9, 1973 R Jackson
Otis R. Bowen (1918- ) Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 12, 1981 R Marshall
Robert Orr (1917-2004) Jan 12, 1981 - Jan 9, 1989 R Vanderburgh
Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh, III (1955-) January 9, 1989 - January 13, 1997 D Marion
Frank L. O'Bannon (1930-2003) January 13, 1997 - September 13, 2003 D Harrison
Joe Kernan (1946-) September 13, 2003 - January 10, 2005 D Marion
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. (1949-) January 10, 2005 - D Marion