List of Indiana Governors
List of Indiana Governors Jonathan Jennings[?] Dem.-Rep. 1816-1822 Ratliff Boon[?] Dem.-Rep. 1822-1822 William Hendricks[?] Dem.-Rep. 1822-1825 James B. Ray[?] Independent 1825-1831 Noah Noble[?] Whig 1831-1837 David Wallace[?] Whig 1837-1840 Samuel Bigger[?] Whig 1840-1843 James Whitcomb[?] Democratic 1843-1848 Paris C. Dunning [?]Democratic 1848-1849 Joseph A. Wright[?] Democratic 1849-1857 Ashbel P. Willard[?] Democratic 1857-1860 Abram A. Hammond[?] Democratic 1860-1861 Henry Smith Lane[?] Republican 1861 Oliver P. Morton[?] Republican 1861-1867 Conrad Baker[?] Republican 1867-1873 Thomas A. Hendricks Democratic 1873-1877 James D. Williams[?] Democratic 1877-1880 Isaac P. Gray[?] Democratic 1880-1881 Albert G. Porter[?] Republican 1881-1885 Isaac P. Gray[?] Democratic 1885-1889 Alvin P. Hovey[?] Republican 1889-1891 Ira Joy Chase [?]Republican 1891-1893 Claude Matthews[?] Democratic 1893-1897 James A. Mount[?] Republican 1897-1901 Winfield T. Durbin[?] Republican 1901-1905 J. Frank Hanly [?] Republican 1905-1909 Thomas R. Marshall Democratic 1909-1913 Samuel M. Ralston[?] Democratic 1913-1917 James P. Goodrich [?]Republican 1917-1921 Warren T. McCray[?] Republican 1921-1924 Emmett Forest Branch[?] Republican 1924-1925 Ed Jackson [?]Republican 1925-1929 Harry G. Leslie[?] Republican 1929-1933 Paul V. McNutt[?] Democratic 1933-1937 M. Clifford Townsend[?] Democratic 1937-1941 Henry F. Schricker[?] Democratic 1941-1945 Ralph F. Gates[?] Republican 1945-1949 Henry F. Schricker[?] Democratic 1949-1953 George N. Craig[?] Republican 1953-1957 Harold W. Handley[?] Republican 1957-1961 Matthew E. Welsh[?] Democratic 1961-1965 Roger D. Branigin[?] Democratic 1965-1969 Edgar D. Whitcomb[?] Republican 1969-1973 Otis R. Bowen[?] Republican 1973-1981 Robert D. Orr[?] Republican 1981-1989 Evan Bayh[?] Democratic 1989-1997 Frank L. O'Bannon[?] Democratic 1997-