Governor
The Indiana State Archives houses papers from every governor to serve in the state of Indiana, though the quantity may vary from one folder to many linear feet. Feel free to contact us at arc@iara.in.gov for more information on the extent of individual collections.
For brief biographies and portraits of the Governors visit the Indiana Historical Bureau.
** = 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 - January 14, 2013 | R | Marion |
| Michael Pence (1959-) | January 14, 2013 - January 9, 2017 | R | Bartholomew |
| Eric Holcomb (1968-) | January 9, 2017 - | R | Madison |
