List of Indiana governors from first to last

Indiana joined the Union on December 11, 1816. It was the 19th state to be admitted to the United States. The state is known as the “Hoosier State.”

Jonathan Jennings became the first governor of Indiana on November 7, 1816.

Here is a chronological list of the governors of Indiana from First to last.

No.	Governor	Term in Office	Party
1	Jonathan Jennings	November 7, 1816 – September 12, 1822	Democratic-Republican
2	Ratliff Boon	September 12, 1822 – December 4, 1822	Democratic-Republican
3	William Hendricks	December 4, 1822 – February 12, 1825	Democratic-Republican
4	James B. Ray	February 12, 1825 – December 7, 1831	Democratic-Republican
5	Noah Noble	December 7, 1831 – December 6, 1837	National Republican
6	David Wallace	December 6, 1837 – December 9, 1840	Whig
7	Samuel Bigger	December 9, 1840 – December 6, 1843	Whig
8	James Whitcomb	December 6, 1843 – December 27, 1848	Democratic
9	Paris C. Dunning	December 27, 1848 – December 5, 1849	Democratic
10	Joseph A. Wright	December 5, 1849 – January 12, 1857	Democratic
11	Ashbel P. Willard	January 12, 1857 – October 4, 1860	Democratic
12	Abram A. Hammond	October 4, 1860 – January 14, 1861	Democratic
13	Henry S. Lane	January 14, 1861 – January 16, 1861	Republican
14	Oliver P. Morton	January 16, 1861 – January 24, 1867	Republican
15	Conrad Baker	January 24, 1867 – January 13, 1873	Republican
16	Thomas A. Hendricks	January 13, 1873 – January 8, 1877	Democratic
17	James D. Williams	January 8, 1877 – November 20, 1880	Democratic
18	Isaac P. Gray	November 20, 1880 – January 10, 1881	Democratic
19	Albert G. Porter	January 10, 1881 – January 12, 1885	Republican
20	Isaac P. Gray	January 12, 1885 – January 14, 1889	Democratic
21	Alvin Peterson Hovey	January 14, 1889 – November 23, 1891	Republican
22	Ira Joy Chase	November 23, 1891 – January 9, 1893	Republican
23	Claude Matthews	January 9, 1893 – January 11, 1897	Democratic
24	James A. Mount	January 11, 1897 – January 14, 1901	Republican
25	Winfield T. Durbin	January 14, 1901 – January 9, 1905	Republican
26	Frank Hanly	January 9, 1905 – January 11, 1909	Republican
27	Thomas R. Marshall	January 11, 1909 – January 13, 1913	Democratic
28	Samuel M. Ralston	January 13, 1913 – January 8, 1917	Democratic
29	James P. Goodrich	January 8, 1917 – January 10, 1921	Republican
30	Warren T. McCray	January 10, 1921 – April 30, 1924	Republican
31	Emmett Forest Branch	April 30, 1924 – January 12, 1925	Republican
32	Edward L. Jackson	January 12, 1925 – January 14, 1929	Republican
33	Harry G. Leslie	January 14, 1929 – January 9, 1933	Republican
34	Paul V. McNutt	January 9, 1933 – January 11, 1937	Democratic
35	M. Clifford Townsend	January 11, 1937 – January 13, 1941	Democratic
36	Henry F. Schricker	January 13, 1941 – January 8, 1945	Democratic
37	Ralph F. Gates	January 8, 1945 – January 10, 1949	Republican
38	Henry F. Schricker	January 10, 1949 – January 12, 1953	Democratic
39	George N. Craig	January 12, 1953 – January 14, 1957	Republican
40	Harold W. Handley	January 14, 1957 – January 9, 1961	Republican
41	Matthew E. Welsh	January 9, 1961 – January 11, 1965	Democratic
42	Roger D. Branigin	January 11, 1965 – January 13, 1969	Democratic
43	Edgar Whitcomb	January 13, 1969 – January 8, 1973	Republican
44	Otis Bowen	January 8, 1973 – January 12, 1981	Republican
45	Robert D. Orr	January 12, 1981 – January 9, 1989	Republican
46	Evan Bayh	January 9, 1989 – January 13, 1997	Democratic
47	Frank O’Bannon	January 13, 1997 – September 13, 2003	Democratic
48	Joe Kernan	September 13, 2003 – January 10, 2005	Democratic
49	Mitch Daniels	January 10, 2005 – January 14, 2013	Republican
50	Mike Pence	January 14, 2013 – January 9, 2017	Republican
51	Eric Holcomb	January 9, 2017 – Incumbent	Republican