Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
| Indiana Lieutenant Governor | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Office Type: | Partisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| Compensation: | $109,118 |
| 2025 FY Budget: | $41,872,153 |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Length of term: | 4 years |
| Authority: | Indiana Constitution, Article 5, the Executive Department |
| Selection Method: | Elected |
| Current Officeholder(s) | |
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Micah Beckwith | |
| Elections | |
| Next election: | November 7, 2028 |
| Last election: | November 5, 2024 |
| Other Indiana Executive Offices | |
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TheLieutenant Governor of Indiana is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed theGovernor of Indiana. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality.
Current officeholder
The current Lieutenant Governor of Indiana isMicah Beckwith (R). Beckwith assumed office in 2025.
Authority
TheIndiana Constitution establishes the office of the lieutenant governor inArticle 5, the Executive Department.
Under Article 5, Section 2:
There shall be a Lieutenant Governor, who shall hold his office during four years. |
Qualifications
Qualifications for the lieutenant governorship are set forth in Article 5, Section 7.
To become lieutenant lieutenant governor of Indiana, a candidate must have been a United States citizen and lived within Indiana for the period of five consecutive years before the election. The candidate must also be at least 30 years old when sworn into office. Under Section 8, the governor may not hold any other state or federal office during his term, and must resign from any such position before being eligible to be sworn in as lieutenant governor.
Before taking office, the candidate must swear an oath of office administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana, promising to uphold the constitution and laws of Indiana.
Elections
- See also:Gubernatorial election cycles by state
- See also:Election of lieutenant governors
Indiana elects lieutenant governors in presidential election years (e.g. 2020, 2024, 2028, and 2032). Legally, the lieutenant gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the second Monday in the January following an election.
If two candidates are tied, a joint session of the Indiana General Assembly shall cast ballots to determine the winner, pursuant to Article 5, Section 5.
Term limits
There are no term limits for the office of lieutenant governor of Indiana.[1]
2024
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Micah Beckwith defeatedTerry Goodin andTonya Hudson in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Micah Beckwith (R)  | 54.4 | 1,566,081 |
 | Terry Goodin (D) | 41.1 | 1,183,741 | |
 | Tonya Hudson (L) | 4.5 | 129,781 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 2,879,603 | ||
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Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Terry Goodin defeatedTamie Dixon-Tatum,Clif Marsiglio, andBob Kern in the Democratic convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on July 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Terry Goodin (D) | 79.3 | 1,209 |
| Tamie Dixon-Tatum (D) | 10.6 | 162 | ||
 | Clif Marsiglio (D) | 9.5 | 145 | |
 | Bob Kern (D) | 0.6 | 9 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 1,525 | ||
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Micah Beckwith defeatedJulie McGuire in the Republican convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on June 15, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Micah Beckwith (R) | 51.8 | 891 |
 | Julie McGuire (R) | 48.2 | 828 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 | Total votes: 1,719 | ||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Tonya Hudson defeatedTommy Brown III in the Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on March 2, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| Tommy Brown III (L) | ||
| ✔ | | Tonya Hudson (L) |
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2020
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
IncumbentSuzanne Crouch defeatedLinda Lawson andWilliam Henry in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Suzanne Crouch (R) | 56.5 | 1,706,727 |
 | Linda Lawson (D) | 32.1 | 968,094 | |
 | William Henry (L) | 11.4 | 345,567 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 3,020,388 | ||
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Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Linda Lawson advanced from the Democratic convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on June 13, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Lawson (D) |
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
IncumbentSuzanne Crouch advanced from the Republican convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on July 9, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Suzanne Crouch (R) |
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
William Henry advanced from the Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on March 7, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | William Henry (L) |
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Past elections
Vacancies
Details of vacancies are addressed underArticle 5, Section 10.
If there is a vacancy in the lieutenant governor's office, then the governor nominates a new lieutenant governor, subject to a simple majority confirmation vote in each legislative chamber. Once confirmed, the appointee serves the unexpired portion of the term. If thestate legislature is in recess, the governor may call it into special session.
If the lieutenant governor is not absent but is unable or unwilling to discharge the office, the constitution allows the legislature to set out the means for filling the vacancy.
If the governor and lieutenant governor both vacate their offices, the state legislature must meet within 48 hours and elect an acting governor, who must belong to the same party as the previous governor, by a simple majority in each chamber. Until then, the acting governor and acting lieutenant governor shall be, in order of succession:
- the President Pro Tem of the Senate
- the Speaker of the House of Representatives
- the State Treasurer
- the State Auditor
- the Secretary of State
- the State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Duties
The lieutenant governor serves as president of theIndiana State Senate. The lieutenant governor serves as acting governor when the governor becomes incapacitated.
The governor may assign other responsibilities to the lieutenant governor.
Divisions
As of January 19, 2021, agencies under the Lieutenant Governor's Office included:[3]
- Indiana State Department of Agriculture
- Indiana Office of Community & Rural Affairs
- Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority
- Indiana Destination Development Corporation
State budget
- See also:Indiana state budget and finances
The budget for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for Fiscal Year 2025 was $41,872,153.[4]
Compensation
The salary of the lieutenant governor is determined by theIndiana State Legislature as mandated in the state constitution.Article 5, Section 23 of theIndiana Constitution ties the lieutenant governor's salary to the salary of the Speaker of theIndiana House of Representatives due to the officeholder's role as President of the Senate.
Article 5, Section 23 of the Indiana Constitution
| Text of Section 23: Compensation of Lieutenant Governor The Lieutenant Governor, while he shall act as President of the Senate, shall receive, for his services, the same compensation as the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and any person, acting as Governor, shall receive the compensation attached to the office of Governor. |
2023
In 2023, the officer's salary was $109,118, according to theCouncil of State Governments.[5]
2022
In 2022, the officer's salary was $105,062, according to theCouncil of State Governments.[6]
2021
In 2021, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $103,076, according to theCouncil of State Governments.[7]
2020
In 2020, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $99,783 according to theCouncil of State Governments.[8]
2019
In 2019, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $95,162 according to theCouncil of State Governments.[9]
2018
In 2018, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $95,162 according to theCouncil of State Governments.[10]
2017
In 2017, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $93,296 according to theCouncil of State Governments.[11]
2016
In 2016, the lieutenant governor’s salary was increased to $90,490 according to theCouncil of State Governments.[12]
2015
In 2015, the lieutenant governor received a salary of $88,543 according to theCouncil of State Governments.[13]
2014
In 2014, the lieutenant governor received a salary of$88,543 according to theCouncil of State Governments.[14]
2013
In 2013, the lieutenant governor received a salary of$85,881 according to theCouncil of State Governments.[15]
2012
In 2012, the lieutenant governor received a salary of$84,031 according to theCouncil of State Governments.
Historical officeholders
Since 1816, Indiana has had 53 lieutenant governors. Of those 53 officeholders, 28 have been Republicans, 17 Democrats, three Whigs, two Jeffersonian Republicans, one Democratic-Republican, one Jacksonian and one Independent.[16]
| List of officeholders from 1816-Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | |
| 1 | Christopher Harrison | November 7, 1816 | December 17, 1818 | Democratic-Republican | |
| Vacant | December 18, 1818 | December 8, 1819 | NA | ||
| 2 | Ratliff Boon | December 8, 1819 | September 12, 1822 | Jeffersonian Republican | |
| Vacant | September 12, 1822 | December 4, 1822 | NA | ||
| 3 | Ratliff Boon | December 4, 1822 | January 30, 1824 | Jeffersonian Republican | |
| Vacant | January 31, 1824 | December 7, 1825 | NA | ||
| 4 | John H. Thompson | December 7, 1825 | December 3, 1828 | Jacksonian | |
| 5 | Milton Stapp | December 3, 1828 | December 7, 1831 | Independent | |
| 6 | David Wallace | December 7, 1831 | December 6, 1837 | Whig | |
| 7 | David Hillis | December 6, 1837 | December 9, 1840 | Whig | |
| 8 | Samuel Hall | December 9, 1840 | December 6, 1843 | Whig | |
| 9 | Jesse D. Bright | December 6, 1843 | December 6, 1845 | Democratic | |
| Vacant | December 6, 1845 | December 9, 1846 | NA | ||
| 10 | Paris C. Dunning | December 9, 1846 | December 26, 1848 | Democratic | |
| Vacant | December 29, 1848 | December 4, 1849 | NA | ||
| 11 | James H. Lane | December 5, 1849 | January 10, 1853 | Democratic | |
| 12 | Ashbel P. Willard | January 10, 1853 | January 12, 1857 | Democratic | |
| 13 | Abram A. Hammond | January 12, 1857 | October 3, 1860 | Democratic | |
| 14 | Oliver P. Morton | January 14, 1861 | January 16, 1861 | Republican | |
| Vacant | January 16, 1861 | January 8, 1865 | NA | ||
| 15 | Conrad Baker | January 9, 1865 | January 23, 1867 | Republican | |
| Vacant | January 24, 1867 | January 10, 1869 | NA | ||
| 16 | Will Cumback | January 11, 1869 | January 13, 1873 | Republican | |
| 17 | Leonidas Sexton | January 13, 1873 | January 13, 1877 | Republican | |
| 18 | Isaac P. Gray | January 13, 1877 | November 2, 1880 | Democratic | |
| Vacant | November 3, 1880 | January 9, 1881 | NA | ||
| 19 | Thomas Hanna | January 10, 1881 | January 12, 1885 | Republican | |
| 20 | Mahlon D. Manson | January 12, 1885 | August 3, 1886 | Democratic | |
| Vacant | August 4, 1886 | January 9, 1887 | NA | ||
| 21 | Robert S. Robertson | January 10, 1887 | January 13, 1889 | Republican | |
| 22 | Ira J. Chase | January 14, 1889 | November 24, 1891 | Republican | |
| Vacant | November 25, 1891 | January 8, 1893 | NA | ||
| 23 | Mortimer Nye | January 9, 1893 | January 11, 1897 | Democratic | |
| 24 | William S. Haggard | January 11, 1897 | January 14, 1901 | Republican | |
| 25 | Newton W. Gilbert | January 14, 1901 | January 9, 1905 | Republican | |
| 26 | Hugh Thomas Miller | January 9, 1905 | January 11, 1909 | Republican | |
| 27 | Frank J. Hall | January 11, 1909 | January 13, 1913 | Democratic | |
| 28 | William P. O'Neill | January 13, 1913 | January 8, 1917 | Democratic | |
| 29 | Edgar D. Bush | January 8, 1917 | January 10, 1921 | Republican | |
| 30 | Emmett F. Branch | January 10, 1921 | April 30, 1924 | Republican | |
| Vacant | May 1, 1924 | January 11, 1925 | NA | ||
| 31 | F. Harold Van Orman | January 12, 1925 | January 14, 1929 | Republican | |
| 32 | Edgar D. Bush | January 14, 1929 | January 9, 1933 | Republican | |
| 33 | M. Clifford Townsend | January 9, 1933 | January 11, 1937 | Democratic | |
| 34 | Henry F. Schricker | January 11, 1937 | January 13, 1941 | Democratic | |
| 35 | Charles M. Dawson | January 13, 1941 | January 8, 1945 | Republican | |
| 36 | Richard T. James | January 8, 1945 | January 10, 1949 | Republican | |
| Vacant | April 2, 1948 | April 13, 1948 | NA | ||
| 37 | Rue J. Alexander | April 14, 1948 | January 2, 1949 | Republican | |
| 38 | John A. Watkins | January 10, 1949 | January 12, 1953 | Democratic | |
| 39 | Harold W. Handley | January 12, 1953 | January 14, 1957 | Republican | |
| 40 | Crawford F. Parker | January 14, 1957 | January 9, 1961 | Republican | |
| 41 | Richard O. Ristine | January 9, 1961 | January 11, 1965 | Republican | |
| 42 | Robert L. Rock | January 11, 1965 | January 13, 1969 | Democratic | |
| 43 | Richard E. Folz | January 13, 1969 | January 8, 1973 | Republican | |
| 44 | Robert D. Orr | January 8, 1973 | January 12, 1981 | Republican | |
| 45 | John M. Mutz | January 12, 1981 | January 9, 1989 | Republican | |
| 46 | Frank O'Bannon | January 9, 1989 | January 13, 1997 | Democratic | |
| 47 | Joseph E. Kernan | January 13, 1997 | September 12, 2003 | Democratic | |
| Vacant | September 13, 2003 | October 20, 2003 | NA | ||
| 48 | Katherine "Kathy" Davis | October 20, 2003 | January 9, 2005 | Democratic | |
| 49 | Becky Skillman | January 10, 2005 | January 14, 2013 | Republican | |
| 50 | Sue Ellspermann | January 14, 2013 | March 2, 2016 | Republican | |
| 51 | Eric Holcomb | March 3, 2016 | January 9, 2017 | Republican | |
| 52 | Suzanne Crouch | January 9, 2017 | January 13, 2025 | Republican | |
| 53 | Micah Beckwith | January 13, 2025 | Present | Republican | |
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Footnotes
- ↑Email correspondence with Indiana Election Division dated August 10, 2017.
- ↑Indiana Elections Division, "2008 general election results," accessed July 10, 2014
- ↑Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedhome - ↑Indiana State Budget Agency, "2023-2025 The Whole Budget Report," accessed December 6, 2023
- ↑Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2023 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed January 15, 2025
- ↑Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2022 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," provided to Ballotpedia by CSG personnel
- ↑Issuu, "The Book of the States 2021," accessed September 22, 2022
- ↑Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2020," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2019," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2018," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2017," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2016," accessed August 27, 2016
- ↑Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2015," accessed August 27, 2016
- ↑Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed November 14, 2014
- ↑The Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2013, Table 4.11," accessed January 31, 2014
- ↑Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, "Previous Lieutenant Governors," accessed January 19, 2021(dead link)
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