In January 2006, the governor designated the south wall of the governor’s office as a place for portraits of historically important Hoosiers – a change in the longstanding tradition of hanging portraits solely of former governors. The portraits, which are loaned to the state, are part of a rotating exhibit that is updated periodically.
Territorial Governors
- William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)
May 13, 1800-December 28, 1812 - John Gibson (1740-1822)
July 4, 1800-January 10, 1801
June, 1812-May, 1813 - Thomas Posey (1750-1818)
March 3, 1813-November 7, 1816
Governors of the State of Indiana
- Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834)
November 7, 1816-September 12, 1822 - Ratliff Boon (1781-1844)
September 12-December 5, 1822 - William Hendricks (1782-1850)
December 5, 1822-February 12, 1825 - James Brown Ray (1794-1848)
February 12, 1825-December 7, 1831 - Noah Noble (1794-1844)
December 7, 1831-December 6, 1837 - David Wallace (1799-1859)
December 6, 1837-December 9, 1840 - Samuel Bigger (1802-1846)
December 9, 1840-December 6, 1843 - James Whitcomb (1795-1852)
December 6, 1843-December 26, 1848 - Paris Chipman Dunning (1806-1884)
December 26, 1848-December 5, 1849 - Joseph Albert Wright (1810-1867)
December 5, 1849-January 12, 1857 - Ashbel Parsons Willard (1820-1860)
January 12, 1857-October 4, 1860 - Abram Adams Hammond (1814-1874)
October 4, 1860-January 14, 1861 - Henry Smith Lane (1811-1881)
January 14-16, 1861 - Oliver Perry Morton (1823-1877)
January 16, 1861-January 23, 1867 - Conrad Baker (1817-1885)
January 23, 1867-January 13, 1873 - Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885)
January 13, 1873-January 8, 1877 - James Douglas Williams (1808-1880)
January 8, 1877-November 20, 1880 - Isaac Pusey Gray (1825-1895)
November 20, 1880-January 10, 1881 - Albert Gallatin Porter (1824-1897)
January 10, 1881-January 12, 1885 - Isaac Pusey Gray (1825-1895)
January 12, 1885-January 14, 1889 - Alvin Peterson Hovey (1821-1891)
January 14, 1889-November 23, 1891 - Ira Joy Chase (1834-1895)
November 23, 1891-January 9, 1893 - Claude Matthews (1845-1898)
January 9, 1893-January 11, 1897 - James Atwell Mount (1843-1901)
January 11, 1897-January 14, 1901 - Winfield Taylor Durbin (1847-1928)
January 14, 1901-January 9, 1905 - James Frank Hanly (1863-1920)
January 9, 1905-January 11, 1909 - Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925)
January 11, 1909-January 13, 1913 - Samuel Moffett Ralston (1857-1925)
January 13, 1913-January 8, 1917 - James Putnam Goodrich (1864-1940)
January 8, 1917-January 10, 1921 - Warren Terry McCray (1865-1938)
January 10, 1921-April 30, 1924 - Emmett Forrest Branch (1874-1932)
April 30, 1924-January 12, 1925 - Edward L. Jackson (1873-1954)
January 12, 1925-January 14, 1929 - Harry Guyer Leslie (1878-1937)
January 14, 1929-January 9, 1933 - Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955)
January 9, 1933-January 11, 1937 - Maurice Clifford Townsend (1884-1954)
January 11, 1937-January 13, 1941 - Henry Frederick Schricker (1883-1966)
January 13, 1941-January 8, 1945 - Ralph F. Gates (1893-1978)
January 8, 1945-January 10, 1949 - Henry Frederick Schricker (1883-1966)
January 10, 1949-January 12, 1953 - George N. Craig (1909-1992)
January 12, 1953-January 14, 1957 - Harold W. Handley (1909-1972)
January 14, 1957-January 9, 1961 - Matthew E. Welsh (1912-1995)
January 9, 1961-January 11, 1965 - Roger D. Branigin (1902-1975)
January 11, 1965-January 13, 1969 - Edgar D. Whitcomb (b. 1917)
January 13, 1969-January 9, 1973 - Otis R. Bowen (1918-2013)
January 9, 1973-January 13, 1981 - Robert D. Orr (1917-2004)
January 13, 1981-January 9, 1989 - Evan Bayh (b. 1955)
January 9, 1989-January 13, 1997 - Frank O'Bannon (1930-2003)
January 13, 1997-September 13, 2003 - Joseph E. Kernan (b. 1946)
September 13, 2003-January 10, 2005 - Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. (b. 1949)
January 10, 2005-January 14, 2013 - Michael R. Pence (b. 1959)
January 14, 2013-January 9, 2017