List of Governors

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 in Alphabetical Order

• Conrad Baker (1817-1885)
  January 23, 1867-January 13, 1873
• Evan Bayh (b. 1955)
  January 9, 1989-January 13, 1997
• Samuel Bigger (1802-1846)
  December 9, 1840-December 6, 1843
• Ratliff Boon (1781-1844)
  September 12-December 5, 1822
• Otis R. Bowen (1918-2013)
  January 9, 1973-January 13, 1981
• Emmett Forrest Branch (1874-1932)
  April 30, 1924-January 12, 1925
• Roger D. Branigin (1902-1975)
  January 11, 1965-January 13, 1969
• Ira Joy Chase (1834-1895)
  November 23, 1891-January 9, 1893
• George N. Craig (1909-1992)
  January 12, 1953-January 14, 1957
• Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. (b. 1948)
  January 10, 2005- January 13, 2013
• Paris Chipman Dunning (1806-1884)
  December 26, 1848-December 5, 1849
• Winfield Taylor Durbin (1847-1928)
  January 14, 1901-January 9, 1905
• Ralph F. Gates (1893-1978)
  January 8, 1945-January 10, 1949
• John Gibson (1740-1822)
  July 4, 1800-January 10, 1801
  June, 1812-May, 1813
• James Putnam Goodrich (1864-1940)
  January 8, 1917-January 10, 1921
• Isaac Pusey Gray (1825-1895)
  November 20, 1880-January 10, 1881
  January 12, 1885-January 14, 1889
• Abram Adams Hammond (1814-1874)
  October 4, 1860-January 14, 1861
• Harold W. Handley (1909-1972)
  January 14, 1957-January 9, 1961
• James Frank Hanly (1863-1920)
  January 9, 1905-January 11, 1909
• William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)
  May 13, 1800-December 28, 1812
• Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885)
  January 13, 1873-January 8, 1877
• William Hendricks (1782-1850)
  December 5, 1822-February 12, 1825
• Eric Holcomb (1968-
  January 9, 2017 to Present
• Alvin Peterson Hovey (1821-1891)
  January 14, 1889-November 23, 1891
• Edward L. Jackson (1873-1954)
  January 12, 1925-January 14, 1929
• Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834)
  November 7, 1816-September 12, 1822
• Joseph E. Kernan (b. 1946)
  September 13, 2003-January 10, 2005
• Henry Smith Lane (1811-1881)
  January 14-16, 1861
• Harry Guyer Leslie (1878-1937)
  January 14, 1929-January 9, 1933
• Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925)
  January 11, 1909-January 13, 1913
• Claude Matthews (1845-1898)
  January 9, 1893-January 11, 1897
• Warren Terry McCray (1865-1938)
  January 10, 1921-April 30, 1924
• Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955)
  January 9, 1933-January 11, 1937
• Oliver Perry Morton (1823-1877)
  January 16, 1861-January 23, 1867
• James Atwell Mount (1843-1901)
  January 11, 1897-January 14, 1901
• Noah Noble (1794-1844)
  December 7, 1831-December 6, 1837
• Frank O'Bannon (1930-2003)
  January 13, 1997-September 13, 2003
• Robert D. Orr (1917-2004)
  January 13, 1981-January 9, 1989
• Michael R. Pence (b. 1959)
  January 14, 2013-
• Albert Gallatin Porter (1824-1897)
  January 10, 1881-January 12, 1885
• Thomas Posey (1750-1818)
  March 3, 1813-November 7, 1816
• Samuel Moffett Ralston (1857-1925)
  January 13, 1913-January 8, 1917
• James Brown Ray (1794-1848)
  February 12, 1825-December 7, 1831
• Henry Frederick Schricker (1883-1966)
  January 13, 1941-January 8, 1945
  January 10, 1949-January 12, 1953
• Maurice Clifford Townsend (1884-1954)
  January 11, 1937-January 13, 1941
• David Wallace (1799-1859)
  December 6, 1837-December 9, 1840
• Matthew E. Welsh (1912-1995)
  January 9, 1961-January 11, 1965
• Edgar D. Whitcomb (1917-2016)
  January 13, 1969-January 9, 1973
• James Whitcomb (1795-1852)
  December 6, 1843-December 26, 1848
• Ashbel Parsons Willard (1820-1860)
  January 12, 1857-October 4, 1860
• James Douglas Williams (1808-1880)
  January 8, 1877-November 20, 1880
• Joseph Albert Wright (1810-1867)
  December 5, 1849-January 12, 1857

Governors in Sequential Order

• 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 (1917-2016)
  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
• Eric Holcomb (1968-
  January 9, 2017 to Present