Governors of Indiana, 1816-2020(May beincomplete!) JonathanJennings 1816-22RatliffBoon 1822WilliamHendricks 1822-25JamesBrown Ray 1825-31NoahNoble 1831-37DavidWallace 1837-40SamuelBigger 1840-43JamesWhitcomb 1843-48ParisC. Dunning 1848-49JosephAlbert Wright 1849-57AshbelP. Willard 1857-60AbramAdams Hammond 1860-61HenryS. Lane 1861OliverP. Morton 1861-67ConradBaker 1867-73ThomasA. Hendricks 1873-77JamesDouglas Williams 1877-80IsaacP. Gray 1880-81AlbertG. Porter 1881-85IsaacP. Gray 1885-89AlvinP. Hovey 1889-91IraJ. Chase 1891-93ClaudeMatthews 1893-97JamesA. Mount 1897-1901WinfieldT. Durbin 1901-05J.Frank Hanly 1905-09ThomasR. Marshall 1909-13SamuelM. Ralston 1913-17JamesP. Goodrich 1917-21WarrenT. McCray 1921-24EmmettF. Branch 1924-25EdwardL. Jackson 1925-29HarryG. Leslie 1929-33PaulV. McNutt 1933-37M.Clifford Townsend 1937-41HenryF. Schricker 1941-45RalphF. Gates 1945-49HenryF. Schricker 1949-53GeorgeN. Craig 1953-57HaroldW. Handley 1957-61MatthewWelsh 1961-65RogerD. Branigin 1965-69EdgarD. Whitcomb 1969-73OtisR. Bowen 1973-81RobertD. Orr 1981-89EvanBayh 1989-97FrankL. O'Bannon 1997-2003JosephE. Kernan 2003-05MitchDaniels 2005-13MikePence 2013-17EricHolcomb 2017- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1816:ThomasPosey, defeated. 1822 Sep 12:JonathanJennings, resigned. 1825:IsaacNewton Blackford, defeated. 1837:JohnL. Dumont, defeated. 1840:TilghmanA. Howard, defeated. 1843:SamuelBigger, defeated. 1846:StephenSelwyn Harding, defeated. 1849:JamesHarrison Cravens, defeated. 1852:JamesHarrison Cravens (Free Soil), defeated. 1856:OliverP. Morton, defeated. 1860:ThomasA. Hendricks, defeated. 1860 Oct 4:AshbelP. Willard, died in office. 1864 Oct 3:OliverP. Morton (Union Republican), elected;JosephE. McDonald (Dem), defeated. 1868 Oct 5:ConradBaker (Rep), elected;ThomasA. Hendricks (Dem), defeated. 1872 Oct 7:ThomasA. Hendricks (Dem), elected;ThomasM. Browne (Rep), defeated;AlfredP. Edgerton (Bourbon Democrat), defeated;SamuelB. Falkenburg (Prohibition), defeated. 1876 Oct 2:JamesDouglas Williams (Dem), elected;BenjaminHarrison (Rep), defeated;HenryW. Harrington, defeated. 1880 Oct 4:AlbertG. Porter (Rep), elected;FranklinLanders (Dem), defeated;RichardGregg (Greenback), defeated. 1880 Nov 20:JamesDouglas Williams, died in office. 1884 Nov 4:IsaacP. Gray (Dem), elected;WilliamH. Calkins (Rep), defeated;HiramZ. Leonard (Greenback), defeated;RobertS. Dwiggins (Prohibition), defeated. 1888 Nov 6:AlvinP. Hovey (Rep), elected;CourtlandC. Matson (Dem), defeated;JasperS. Hughes (Prohibition), defeated;JohnB. Milroy (Union Labor), defeated. 1891 Nov 23:AlvinP. Hovey, died in office. 1892 Nov 8:ClaudeMatthews (Dem), elected;IraJ. Chase (Rep), defeated;LeroyTempleton (People's), defeated;AaronWorth (Prohibition), defeated. 1896 Nov 3:JamesA. Mount (Rep), elected;BenjaminF. Shively (Dem), defeated;ThomasWadsworth (People's), defeated;LeanderM. Crist (Prohibition), defeated;JamesG. Kingsbury (National), defeated;PhilipH. Moore (Socialist), defeated. 1900 Nov 6:WinfieldT. Durbin (Rep), elected;JohnW. Kern (Dem), defeated;CharlesEckhart (Prohibition), defeated;JohnW. Kelly (Social Democratic), defeated;AlonzoG. Burkhart (Populist), defeated;PhilipH. Moore (Socialist), defeated;M.A. Wilson (Union Reform), defeated. 1904 Nov 8:J.Frank Hanly (Rep), elected;JohnW. Kern (Dem), defeated;FelixT. McWhirter (Prohibition), defeated;MatthewHallenberger (Socialist), defeated;LeroyTempleton (People's), defeated;E.J. Dillon (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1908:L.Ert Slack, defeated for nomination. 1908 Nov 3:ThomasR. Marshall (Dem), elected;JamesE. Watson (Rep), defeated;SumnerW. Haynes (Prohibition), defeated;FrankS. Goodman (Socialist), defeated;FredJ. Robinson (People's), defeated;OliverP. Stoner (Socialist Labor), defeated;JamesM. Zion (Ind), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:SamuelM. Ralston (Dem), elected;AlbertJ. Beveridge (Progressive), defeated;WinfieldT. Durbin (Rep), defeated;StephenM. Reynolds (Socialist), defeated;WilliamH. Hickman (Prohibition), defeated;JamesMatthew (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:JamesP. Goodrich (Rep), elected;JohnA. M. Adair (Dem), defeated;WilliamW. Farmer (Socialist), defeated;AlfredL. Mondy (Prohibition), defeated;ThomasA. Dailey (Progressive), defeated;JoeB. Trunko (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:WarrenT. McCray (Rep), elected;CarletonB. McCulloch (Dem), defeated;AndrewS. Hart (Socialist), defeated;JamesM. Zion (Farmer-Labor), defeated;CharlesM. Kroft (Prohibition), defeated. 1924 May 6:CarletonB. McCulloch (Dem), nominated;JosephM. Cravens (Dem), defeated in primary;OlinR. Holt (Dem), defeated in primary;DaleJ. Crittenberger (Dem), defeated in primary;GeorgeR. Durgan (Dem), defeated in primary;CharlesBatt (Dem), defeated in primary;FrankA. Priest (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesK. Risk (Dem), defeated in primary. 1924 May 6:EdwardL. Jackson (Rep), nominated;SamuelLewis Shank (Rep), defeated in primary;EdwardC. Toner (Rep), defeated in primary;EdgarD. Bush (Rep), defeated in primary;OraD. Davis (Rep), defeated in primary;EliasW. Dulberger (Rep), defeated in primary. 1924 Nov 4:EdwardL. Jackson (Rep), elected;CarletonB. McCulloch (Dem), defeated;FrancisM. Wampler (Socialist), defeated;BasilL. Allen (Prohibition), defeated. 1928:FrederickLandis (Rep), defeated in primary;CharlesW. Jewett (Rep), defeated in primary. 1928 Nov 6:HarryG. Leslie (Rep), elected;FrankC. Dailey (Dem), defeated;AlbertStanley (Prohibition), defeated;ClarenceE. Bond (Socialist), defeated;CassimerBereward (Socialist Labor), defeated;HarryW. Garner (Workers), defeated;HenryO. Shaw (National), defeated. 1940:HenryF. Schricker (Dem), elected. 1948:JohnS. Gonas (Dem), defeated;HenryF. Schricker (Dem), elected. 1956:RalphTucker (Dem), defeated. 1964:RobertE. Gates (Rep), defeated in primary. 1964 Nov 3:GordonA. Long (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1968:EdgarD. Whitcomb (Rep), elected. 1972:OtisR. Bowen, elected;MatthewWelsh (Dem), defeated. 1976:OtisR. Bowen, elected. 1980:RobertD. Orr, elected. 1988:EvanBayh (Dem), elected. 1992:EvanBayh (Dem), elected. 1996 Nov 5:FrankL. O'Bannon, elected. 2000:DavidM. McIntosh (Rep), defeated. 2003 Sep 13:FrankL. O'Bannon, died in office. 2016 Nov 8:EricHolcomb (Rep), elected. 2020 Jun 2:WoodyMyers (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2020 Jun 2:EricHolcomb (Rep), nominated unopposed. 2020 Nov 3:EricHolcomb (Rep), elected;WoodyMyers (Dem), defeated;DonaldG. Rainwater II (Libertarian), defeated. | |