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Lieutenant Governors of Indiana

Lieutenant Governors who became Governor are hyperlinked below to their entries in the Governor's Portrait Collection at the Indiana Historical Bureau, where brief biographies are also located.

Any gaps in time not accounted for below are periods when the office was vacant due to death, resignation, or the occasional need for the Lieutenant Governor to assume the responsibilities of the Governor.

1Christopher HarrisonDem. Rep.11/7/1816-12/17/1818
2Ratliff BoonJeff. Rep.12/8/1819-9/12/1822
3Ratliff BoonJeff. Rep.12/4/1822-1/30/1824
4John H. ThompsonJacksonian12/7/1825-12/3/1828
5Milton StappIndep.12/3/1828-12/7/1831
6David WallaceWhig12/7/1831-12/6/1837
7David HillisWhig12/6/1837-12/9/1840
8Samuel HallWhig12/9/1840-12/6/1843
9Jesse D. BrightDem.12/6/1843-12/6/1845
10Paris C. DunningDem.12/9/1846-12/26/1848
11James H. LaneDem.12/5/1849-1/10/1853
12Ashbel P. WillardDem.1/10/1853-1/12/1857
13Abram A. HammondDem.1/12/1857-10/3/1860
14Oliver P. MortonRep.1/14/1861-1/16/1861
15Conrad BakerRep.1/9/1865-1/23/1867
16Will CumbackRep.1/11/1869-1/13/1873
17Leonidas SextonRep.1/13/1873-1/13/1877
18Isaac P. GrayDem.1/13/1877-11/2/1880
19Thomas HannaRep.1/10/1881-1/12/1885
20Mahlon D. MansonDem.1/12/1885-8/3/1886
21Robert S. RobertsonRep.1/10/1887-1/13/1889
22Ira J. ChaseRep.1/14/1889-11/24/1891
23Mortimer NyeDem.1/9/1893-1/11/1897
24William S. HaggardRep.1/11/1897-1/14/1901
25Newton W. GilbertRep.1/14/1901-1/9/1905
26Hugh Thomas MillerRep.1/9/1905-1/11/1909
27Frank J. HallDem.1/11/1909-1/13/1913
28William P. O'NeillDem.1/13/1913-1/8/1917
29Edgar D. BushRep.1/8/1917-1/10/1921
30Emmett F. BranchRep.1/10/1921-4/30/1924
31F. Harold Van OrmanRep.1/12/1925-1/14/1929
32Edgar D. BushRep.1/14/1929-1/9/1933
33M. Clifford TownsendDem.1/9/1933-1/11/1937
34Henry F. SchrickerDem.1/11/1937-1/13/1941
35Charles M. DawsonRep.1/13/1941-1/8/1945
36Richard T. JamesRep.1/8/1945-4/1/1948
37Rue J. AlexanderRep.4/14/1948-1/2/1949
38John A. WatkinsDem.1/10/1949-1/12/1953
39Harold W. HandleyRep.1/12/1953-1/14/1957
40Crawford F. ParkerRep.1/14/1957-1/9/1961
41Richard O. RistineRep.1/9/1961-1/11/1965
42Robert L. RockDem.1/11/1965-1/13/1969
43Richard E. FolzRep.1/13/1969-1/8/1973
44Robert D. OrrRep.1/8/1973-1/12/1981
45John M. MutzRep.1/12/1981-1/9/1989
46Frank L. O'BannonDem.1/9/1989-1/13/1997
47Joseph E. KernanDem.1/13/1997-9/13/03
48Katherine L. DavisDem.10/20/03-1/10/05
49Becky SkillmanRep.1/10/2005-1/14/2013
50Sue EllspermannRep.1/14/2013-3/2/2015
51Eric HolcombRep.3/3/2015-1/9/2017
52Suzanne CrouchRep.1/9/2017-present