Governors of Indiana, 1816-2020 (May be
incomplete!)
Jonathan
Jennings 1816-22
Ratliff
Boon 1822
William
Hendricks 1822-25
James
Brown Ray 1825-31
Noah
Noble 1831-37
David
Wallace 1837-40
Samuel
Bigger 1840-43
James
Whitcomb 1843-48
Paris
C. Dunning 1848-49
Joseph
Albert Wright 1849-57
Ashbel
P. Willard 1857-60
Abram
Adams Hammond 1860-61
Henry
S. Lane 1861
Oliver
P. Morton 1861-67
Conrad
Baker 1867-73
Thomas
A. Hendricks 1873-77
James
Douglas Williams 1877-80
Isaac
P. Gray 1880-81
Albert
G. Porter 1881-85
Isaac
P. Gray 1885-89
Alvin
P. Hovey 1889-91
Ira
J. Chase 1891-93
Claude
Matthews 1893-97
James
A. Mount 1897-1901
Winfield
T. Durbin 1901-05
J.
Frank Hanly 1905-09
Thomas
R. Marshall 1909-13
Samuel
M. Ralston 1913-17
James
P. Goodrich 1917-21
Warren
T. McCray 1921-24
Emmett
F. Branch 1924-25
Edward
L. Jackson 1925-29
Harry
G. Leslie 1929-33
Paul
V. McNutt 1933-37
M.
Clifford Townsend 1937-41
Henry
F. Schricker 1941-45
Ralph
F. Gates 1945-49
Henry
F. Schricker 1949-53
George
N. Craig 1953-57
Harold
W. Handley 1957-61
Matthew
Welsh 1961-65
Roger
D. Branigin 1965-69
Edgar
D. Whitcomb 1969-73
Otis
R. Bowen 1973-81
Robert
D. Orr 1981-89
Evan
Bayh 1989-97
Frank
L. O'Bannon 1997-2003
Joseph
E. Kernan 2003-05
Mitch
Daniels 2005-13
Mike
Pence 2013-17
Eric
Holcomb 2017-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1816:
Thomas
Posey, defeated.
1822 Sep 12:
Jonathan
Jennings, resigned.
1825:
Isaac
Newton Blackford, defeated.
1837:
John
L. Dumont, defeated.
1840:
Tilghman
A. Howard, defeated.
1843:
Samuel
Bigger, defeated.
1846:
Stephen
Selwyn Harding, defeated.
1849:
James
Harrison Cravens, defeated.
1852:
James
Harrison Cravens (Free Soil), defeated.
1856:
Oliver
P. Morton, defeated.
1860:
Thomas
A. Hendricks, defeated.
1860 Oct 4:
Ashbel
P. Willard, died in office.
1864 Oct 3:
Oliver
P. Morton (Union Republican), elected;
Joseph
E. McDonald (Dem), defeated.
1868 Oct 5:
Conrad
Baker (Rep), elected;
Thomas
A. Hendricks (Dem), defeated.
1872 Oct 7:
Thomas
A. Hendricks (Dem), elected;
Thomas
M. Browne (Rep), defeated;
Alfred
P. Edgerton (Bourbon Democrat), defeated;
Samuel
B. Falkenburg (Prohibition), defeated.
1876 Oct 2:
James
Douglas Williams (Dem), elected;
Benjamin
Harrison (Rep), defeated;
Henry
W. Harrington, defeated.
1880 Oct 4:
Albert
G. Porter (Rep), elected;
Franklin
Landers (Dem), defeated;
Richard
Gregg (Greenback), defeated.
1880 Nov 20:
James
Douglas Williams, died in office.
1884 Nov 4:
Isaac
P. Gray (Dem), elected;
William
H. Calkins (Rep), defeated;
Hiram
Z. Leonard (Greenback), defeated;
Robert
S. Dwiggins (Prohibition), defeated.
1888 Nov 6:
Alvin
P. Hovey (Rep), elected;
Courtland
C. Matson (Dem), defeated;
Jasper
S. Hughes (Prohibition), defeated;
John
B. Milroy (Union Labor), defeated.
1891 Nov 23:
Alvin
P. Hovey, died in office.
1892 Nov 8:
Claude
Matthews (Dem), elected;
Ira
J. Chase (Rep), defeated;
Leroy
Templeton (People's), defeated;
Aaron
Worth (Prohibition), defeated.
1896 Nov 3:
James
A. Mount (Rep), elected;
Benjamin
F. Shively (Dem), defeated;
Thomas
Wadsworth (People's), defeated;
Leander
M. Crist (Prohibition), defeated;
James
G. Kingsbury (National), defeated;
Philip
H. Moore (Socialist), defeated.
1900 Nov 6:
Winfield
T. Durbin (Rep), elected;
John
W. Kern (Dem), defeated;
Charles
Eckhart (Prohibition), defeated;
John
W. Kelly (Social Democratic), defeated;
Alonzo
G. Burkhart (Populist), defeated;
Philip
H. Moore (Socialist), defeated;
M.
A. Wilson (Union Reform), defeated.
1904 Nov 8:
J.
Frank Hanly (Rep), elected;
John
W. Kern (Dem), defeated;
Felix
T. McWhirter (Prohibition), defeated;
Matthew
Hallenberger (Socialist), defeated;
Leroy
Templeton (People's), defeated;
E.
J. Dillon (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1908:
L.
Ert Slack, defeated for nomination.
1908 Nov 3:
Thomas
R. Marshall (Dem), elected;
James
E. Watson (Rep), defeated;
Sumner
W. Haynes (Prohibition), defeated;
Frank
S. Goodman (Socialist), defeated;
Fred
J. Robinson (People's), defeated;
Oliver
P. Stoner (Socialist Labor), defeated;
James
M. Zion (Ind), defeated.
1912 Nov 5:
Samuel
M. Ralston (Dem), elected;
Albert
J. Beveridge (Progressive), defeated;
Winfield
T. Durbin (Rep), defeated;
Stephen
M. Reynolds (Socialist), defeated;
William
H. Hickman (Prohibition), defeated;
James
Matthew (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
James
P. Goodrich (Rep), elected;
John
A. M. Adair (Dem), defeated;
William
W. Farmer (Socialist), defeated;
Alfred
L. Mondy (Prohibition), defeated;
Thomas
A. Dailey (Progressive), defeated;
Joe
B. Trunko (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1920 Nov 2:
Warren
T. McCray (Rep), elected;
Carleton
B. McCulloch (Dem), defeated;
Andrew
S. Hart (Socialist), defeated;
James
M. Zion (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Charles
M. Kroft (Prohibition), defeated.
1924 May 6:
Carleton
B. McCulloch (Dem), nominated;
Joseph
M. Cravens (Dem), defeated in primary;
Olin
R. Holt (Dem), defeated in primary;
Dale
J. Crittenberger (Dem), defeated in primary;
George
R. Durgan (Dem), defeated in primary;
Charles
Batt (Dem), defeated in primary;
Frank
A. Priest (Dem), defeated in primary;
James
K. Risk (Dem), defeated in primary.
1924 May 6:
Edward
L. Jackson (Rep), nominated;
Samuel
Lewis Shank (Rep), defeated in primary;
Edward
C. Toner (Rep), defeated in primary;
Edgar
D. Bush (Rep), defeated in primary;
Ora
D. Davis (Rep), defeated in primary;
Elias
W. Dulberger (Rep), defeated in primary.
1924 Nov 4:
Edward
L. Jackson (Rep), elected;
Carleton
B. McCulloch (Dem), defeated;
Francis
M. Wampler (Socialist), defeated;
Basil
L. Allen (Prohibition), defeated.
1928:
Frederick
Landis (Rep), defeated in primary;
Charles
W. Jewett (Rep), defeated in primary.
1928 Nov 6:
Harry
G. Leslie (Rep), elected;
Frank
C. Dailey (Dem), defeated;
Albert
Stanley (Prohibition), defeated;
Clarence
E. Bond (Socialist), defeated;
Cassimer
Bereward (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Harry
W. Garner (Workers), defeated;
Henry
O. Shaw (National), defeated.
1940:
Henry
F. Schricker (Dem), elected.
1948:
John
S. Gonas (Dem), defeated;
Henry
F. Schricker (Dem), elected.
1956:
Ralph
Tucker (Dem), defeated.
1964:
Robert
E. Gates (Rep), defeated in primary.
1964 Nov 3:
Gordon
A. Long (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1968:
Edgar
D. Whitcomb (Rep), elected.
1972:
Otis
R. Bowen, elected;
Matthew
Welsh (Dem), defeated.
1976:
Otis
R. Bowen, elected.
1980:
Robert
D. Orr, elected.
1988:
Evan
Bayh (Dem), elected.
1992:
Evan
Bayh (Dem), elected.
1996 Nov 5:
Frank
L. O'Bannon, elected.
2000:
David
M. McIntosh (Rep), defeated.
2003 Sep 13:
Frank
L. O'Bannon, died in office.
2016 Nov 8:
Eric
Holcomb (Rep), elected.
2020 Jun 2:
Woody
Myers (Dem), nominated unopposed.
2020 Jun 2:
Eric
Holcomb (Rep), nominated unopposed.
2020 Nov 3:
Eric
Holcomb (Rep), elected;
Woody
Myers (Dem), defeated;
Donald
G. Rainwater II (Libertarian), defeated.
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