Political party strength in Indiana
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Indiana:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- Secretary of State
- Treasurer
- Auditor
- Superintendent of Public Instruction (before 2021)
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1816–1851[]
Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
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Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State |
Treasurer | Auditor | State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | ||
1816 | Jonathan Jennings (DR) | Christopher Harrison (DR) | (DR) | (DR) | (DR) | DR maj. | DR maj. | James Noble (DR) | Waller Taylor (DR) | William Hendricks (DR) |
Monroe/ Tompkins (DR) |
1817 | DR maj. | DR maj. | |||||||||
1818 | DR maj. | DR maj. | |||||||||
1819 | James Beggs (DR) | DR maj. | DR maj. | ||||||||
1820 | Ratliff Boon (DR) | DR maj. | DR maj. | Monroe/ Tompkins (DR) | |||||||
1821 | DR maj. | DR maj. | Jonathan Jennings (DR) | ||||||||
1822 | Ratliff Boon (DR) | DR maj. | DR maj. | ||||||||
1823 | William Hendricks (DR) | Ratliff Boon (DR) | Samuel Merrill (W) | NR maj. | NR maj. | 2J, 1DR | |||||
1824 | NR maj. | NR maj. | Jackson / Calhoun (DR) | ||||||||
1825 | James B. Ray (I) | John H. Thompson (DR) | William W. Wick (D) | NR maj. | NR maj. | James Noble (NR) | William Hendricks (NR) | 2NR, 1J | |||
1826 | (DR) | NR maj. | NR maj. | ||||||||
1827 | NR maj. | NR maj. | 3NR | ||||||||
1828 | 17NR, 4J | 38NR, 15J, 4? | Jackson/ Calhoun (D) | ||||||||
1829 | Milton Stapp (I) | (D) | (W) | 19NR, 2J | 27NR, 22J, 9? | 2NR, 1J | |||||
1830 | 18W, 3D, 1? | 28D, 23W, 11? | |||||||||
1831 | 17W, 6D | 30W, 22D, 9? | Robert Hanna (W) | 3J | |||||||
1832 | Noah Noble (W) | David Wallace (W) | 21W, 9D | 37W, 37D, 1? | John Tipton (J) | Jackson/ Van Buren (D) | |||||
1833 | (W) | 20W, 9D, 1? | 42D, 33W | 5J, 1D, 1NR | |||||||
1834 | (D) | 15W, 13D, 2? | 39D, 33W, 3? | ||||||||
1835 | 16W, 14D, 1? | 46W, 30D | |||||||||
1836 | 44W, 37D | Harrison/ Granger (W) | |||||||||
1837 | William J. Brown (D) | 27W, 20D | 54W, 46D | John Tipton (D) | Oliver H. Smith (W) | 6W, 1D | |||||
1838 | David Wallace (W) | David Hillis (W) | 25W, 22D | 56W, 44D | |||||||
1839 | 27W, 20D | 57W, 43D | Albert Smith White (W) | 5D, 2W | |||||||
1840 | 25D, 22W | 61D, 39W | Harrison/ Tyler (W) | ||||||||
1841 | Samuel Bigger (W) | (W) | (W) | George Hedford Dunn (W) | 33W, 14D | 78W, 22D | 6W, 1D | ||||
1842 | 28W, 22D | 53D, 47W | |||||||||
1843 | 31W, 19D | 54D, 46W | Edward A. Hannegan (D) | 8D, 2W | |||||||
1844 | James Whitcomb (D) | Jesse D. Bright (D) | (D) | (D) | 26D, 24W | 55D, 45W | Polk/ Dallas (D) | ||||
1845 | John H. Thompson (W) | 25D, 25W[a] | 54W, 45D, 1? | Jesse D. Bright (D) | |||||||
1846 | Godlove Stein Orth (W) | 25W, 25D[b] | 56D, 44W | ||||||||
1847 | Paris C. Dunning (D) | (W) | (W) | 26D, 24W | 53W, 47D | 6D, 4W | |||||
1848 | 25D, 25W[c] | 51W, 49D | Cass/ Butler (D) | ||||||||
1849 | Paris C. Dunning (D) | (D) | (W) | 29D, 21W | 59D, 41W | James Whitcomb (D) | 8D, 1W, 1FS | ||||
1850 | Joseph A. Wright (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 33D, 17W | 65D, 35W | |||||
1851 | 39D, 10W, 1FS | 61D, 38W, 1FS | 8D, 2W | ||||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State |
Treasurer | Auditor | State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | Electoral votes |
Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress |
1852–present[]
Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Governor | Lt. Governor | Attorney General |
Secretary of State |
Treasurer | Auditor | Supt. of Pub. Inst. |
State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | ||
1852 | Joseph A. Wright (D) | (D) | no such office | (D) | (D) | (D) | William C. Larrabee (D) | 34D, 16W | 66D, 34W | Jesse D. Bright (D) | James Whitcomb (D) | 8D, 2W | Pierce/ King (D) |
1853 | Ashbel P. Willard (D) | (D) | (D) | 34D, 16W | 66D, 34W | Charles W. Cathcart (D) | 10D, 1W | ||||||
1854 | Caleb Mills (W) | John Pettit (D) | |||||||||||
1855 | (D) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 26D, 24O | 57O, 43D | 5O, 4R, 2D | ||||||
1856 | Buchanan/ Breckinridge (D) | ||||||||||||
1857 | Ashbel P. Willard (D) | Abram A. Hammond (D) | Joseph E. McDonald (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | William C. Larrabee (D) | 26R, 23D, 1KN |
63D, 35R, 2KN |
Graham N. Fitch (D) | 6D, 5R | ||
1858 | |||||||||||||
Cyrus L. Dunham (D) | |||||||||||||
1859 | (D) | (D) | 25R, 25D[d] | 51R, 49D | 7R, 4D | ||||||||
1860 | Abram A. Hammond (D) | (R) | Lincoln/ Hamlin (R) | ||||||||||
1861 | Henry Smith Lane (R) | Oliver P. Morton (R) | John Palmer Usher (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 28R, 22D | 62R, 38D | Henry Smith Lane (R) | |||
1862 | Oliver P. Morton (R) | John R. Cravens (R) | (R) | (R) | Joseph A. Wright (U) | ||||||||
1863 | Paris C. Dunning (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | Joseph Ristine (D) | (D) | 27D, 21R, 2I |
60D, 40R | David Turpie (D) | 7D, 4R | |||
1864 | Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) | |||||||||||
1865 | Conrad Baker (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | George W. Hoss (D) | 25R, 25D[e] | 54R, 46D | 8R, 3D | ||||
1866 | |||||||||||||
1867 | Conrad Baker (R) | William Cumback (R) | Nathan Kimball (R) | 30R, 20D | 61R, 39D | Oliver P. Morton (R) | |||||||
1868 | Grant/ Colfax (R) | ||||||||||||
(R) | |||||||||||||
1869 | (R) | (R) | 33R, 17D | 57R, 43D | Daniel D. Pratt (R) | 7R, 4D | |||||||
1870 | |||||||||||||
1871 | Bayless W. Hanna (D) | Norman Eddy (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 26D, 24R | 53D, 47R | 6R, 5D | |||||
1872 | John Hanson Farquhar (R) |
Grant/ Wilson (R) | |||||||||||
1873 | Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | Leonidas Sexton (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 27R, 23D | 54R, 46D | 10R, 3D | ||||
1874 | (D) | ||||||||||||
1875 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 23D, 22R, 5I[f] |
60D, 32R, 8I |
Joseph E. McDonald (D) | 8D, 5R | ||||
1876 | Tilden/ Hendricks (D) | ||||||||||||
1877 | James D. Williams (D) | Isaac P. Gray (D) | 25D, 24R, 1I[g] | 54R, 46D | 9R, 4D | ||||||||
1878 | Daniel W. Voorhees (D) | ||||||||||||
1879 | (D) | (D) | (D) | Mahlon Dickerson Manson (D) |
24D, 23R, 3GB[h] |
50D, 39R, 11GB[i] |
6D, 6R, 1GB | ||||||
1880 | Isaac P. Gray (D) | Garfield/ Arthur (R) | |||||||||||
1881 | Albert G. Porter (R) | Thomas Hanna (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | Edward H. Wolfe (R) | John M. Bloss (R) | 24D, 24R, 2GB[j] |
58R, 41D, 1I |
Benjamin Harrison (R) | 8R, 5D | ||
1882 | |||||||||||||
1883 | (D) | William R. Myers (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 28D, 22R | 58D, 42R | 10D, 2R, 1A-M | |||||
1884 | Cleveland/ Hendricks (D) | ||||||||||||
1885 | Isaac P. Gray (D) | Mahlon Dickerson Manson (D) |
31D, 19R | 65D, 35R | 9D, 4R | ||||||||
1886 | |||||||||||||
Alonzo G. Smith (D) | |||||||||||||
1887 | (R) | (R) | Julius Augustus Lemcke (R) | (R) | (R) | 31D, 19R | 55R, 45R | David Turpie (D) | 7R, 6D | ||||
1888 | Harrison/ Morton (R) | ||||||||||||
1889 | Alvin Peterson Hovey (R) | Ira Joy Chase (R) | 27D, 23R | 57D, 43R | 10D, 3R | ||||||||
1890 | |||||||||||||
1891 | Alonzo G. Smith (D) | Claude Matthews (D) | Albert Gall (D) | (D) | (D) | 34D, 16R | 74D, 26R | 11D, 2R | |||||
Ira Joy Chase (R) | (R) | ||||||||||||
1892 | Cleveland/ Stevenson (D) | ||||||||||||
1893 | Claude Matthews (D) | Mortimer Nye (D) | (D) | 35D, 15R | 63D, 37R | ||||||||
1894 | William R. Myers (D) | ||||||||||||
1895 | (R) | William D. Owen (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 32R, 18D | 82R, 18D | 13R | |||||
1896 | McKinley/ Hobart (R) | ||||||||||||
1897 | James A. Mount (R) | William S. Haggard (R) | 33R, 14D, 2Pop, 1? |
52R, 39D, 9Pop |
Charles W. Fairbanks (R) |
9R, 4D | |||||||
1898 | |||||||||||||
1899 | (R) | (R) | Leopold Levy (R) | (R) | (R) | 29R, 20D | 60R, 30D | Albert J. Beveridge (R) | |||||
1900 | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) | ||||||||||||
1901 | Winfield T. Durbin (R) | Newton W. Gilbert (R) | 33R, 17D | 61R, 39D | |||||||||
1902 | |||||||||||||
1903 | (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 35R, 15D | 66R, 34D | ||||||
1904 | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) | ||||||||||||
1905 | Frank Hanly (R) | Hugh Thomas Miller (R) | 36R, 14D | 79R, 21D | James A. Hemenway (R) |
11R, 2D | |||||||
(R) | |||||||||||||
1906 | |||||||||||||
(R) | |||||||||||||
1907 | (R) | (R) | (R) | 37R, 13D | 53R, 47D | 9R, 4D | |||||||
1908 | Taft/ Sherman (R) | ||||||||||||
1909 | Thomas R. Marshall (D) | Frank J. Hall (D) | (D) | 27R, 23D | 60D, 40R | Benjamin F. Shively (D) |
11D, 2R | ||||||
1910 | (D) | ||||||||||||
1911 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 30D, 20R | John W. Kern (D) | 12D, 1R | ||||||
1912 | Wilson/ Marshall (D) | ||||||||||||
1913 | Samuel M. Ralston (D) | William P. O'Neill (D) | 40D, 8R, 2Prog |
95D, 4R, 1Prog |
13D | ||||||||
1914 | |||||||||||||
1915 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 41D, 8R, 1Prog |
60D, 39R, 1Prog |
11D, 2R | ||||||
1916 | (D) | Thomas Taggart (D) | Hughes/ Fairbanks (R) | ||||||||||
1917 | James P. Goodrich (R) | Edgar D. Bush (R) | (R) | Edward L. Jackson (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 25D, 24R, 1Prog[k] |
82R, 18D | Harry Stewart New (R) | James Eli Watson (R) | 9R, 4D | |
1918 | (R) | ||||||||||||
1919 | Linnaeus N. Hines (R) | 34R, 16D | 82R, 18D | 13R | |||||||||
1920 | Edward L. Jackson (R) | Harding/ Coolidge (R) | |||||||||||
1921 | Warren T. McCray (R) | Emmett Forest Branch (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | Benjamin J. Burris (R) | 41R, 9D | 89R, 11D | |||||
1922 | |||||||||||||
1923 | (D) | 32R, 18D | 52R, 48D | Samuel M. Ralston (D) | 8R, 5D | ||||||||
1924 | Emmett Forrest Branch (R) | James J. Nejdl (R) | (R) | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) | |||||||||
1925 | Edward L. Jackson (R) | F. Harold Van Orman (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 84R, 16D | 10R, 3D | |||||
Arthur Raymond Robinson (R) | |||||||||||||
1926 | |||||||||||||
(R) | |||||||||||||
1927 | Charles F. Miller (R) | 35R, 15D | 63R, 37D | ||||||||||
1928 | (R) | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
1929 | Harry G. Leslie (R) | Edgar D. Bush (R) | (R) | (R) | Arch Bobbitt (R) | 38R, 12D | 80R, 20D | ||||||
1930 | |||||||||||||
1931 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 29R, 18D | 75D, 25R | 9D, 4R | ||||||
1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | ||||||||||||
1933 | Paul V. McNutt (D) | M. Clifford Townsend (D) | (D) | 43D, 7R | 91D, 9R | Frederick Van Nuys (D) | 12D | ||||||
1934 | (D) | ||||||||||||
1935 | (D) | (D) | (D) | 38D, 12R | 65D, 35R | Sherman Minton (D) | 11D, 1R | ||||||
1936 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | ||||||||||||
1937 | M. Clifford Townsend (D) | Henry F. Schricker (D) | (D) | 77D, 23R | |||||||||
1938 | |||||||||||||
1939 | (R) | (D) | (D) | 33D, 17R | 51R, 49D | 7R, 5D | |||||||
1940 | Samuel D. Jackson (D) | Willkie/ McNary (R) | |||||||||||
1941 | Henry F. Schricker (D) | Charles M. Dawson (D) | George N. Beamer (D) | (R) | Richard T. James (R) | (R) | 32R, 18D | 65R, 35D | Raymond E. Willis (R) | 8R, 4D | |||
1942 | (R) | ||||||||||||
1943 | (R) | Rue J. Alexander (R) | 38R, 12D | 82R, 18D | 9R, 2D | ||||||||
1944 | Dewey/ Bricker (R) | ||||||||||||
Samuel D. Jackson (D) | |||||||||||||
William E. Jenner (R) | |||||||||||||
1945 | Ralph F. Gates (R) | Richard T. James (R) | (R) | Alvan V. Burch (R) | 37R, 13D | 69R, 31D | Homer E. Capehart (R) | ||||||
1946 | |||||||||||||
1947 | (R) | (R) | (R) | 32R, 18D | 87R, 13D | William E. Jenner (R) | |||||||
1948 | Rue J. Alexander (D) | Dewey/ Warren (R) | |||||||||||
1949 | Henry F. Schricker (D) | John A. Watkins (D) | J. Emmett McManamon (D) |
(D) | F. Shirley Wilcox (D) | (D) | (D) | 29R, 21D | 60R, 40D | 7D, 4R | |||
1950 | |||||||||||||
1951 | (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 26R, 24D | 69R, 31D | 9R, 2D | ||||||
1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) | ||||||||||||
1953 | George N. Craig (R) | Harold W. Handley (R) | Edwin K. Steers (R) | Crawford F. Parker (R) | (R) | 40R, 10D | 81R, 19D | 10R, 1D | |||||
1954 | |||||||||||||
1955 | (R) | 35R, 15D | 63R, 37D | 9R, 2D | |||||||||
1956 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) | ||||||||||||
1957 | Harold W. Handley (R) | Crawford F. Parker (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 33R, 17D | 76R, 24D | ||||||
1958 | |||||||||||||
1959 | John R. Walsh (D) | (D) | (D) | William E. Wilson (D) | 27R, 23D | 79R, 21D | Vance Hartke (D) | 8D, 3R | |||||
1960 | Nixon/ Lodge (R) | ||||||||||||
1961 | Matthew E. Welsh (D) | Richard O. Ristine (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 26D, 24R | 66R, 34D | 7R, 4D | |||||
1962 | |||||||||||||
1963 | 26R, 24D | 56R, 44D | Birch Bayh (D) | ||||||||||
1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) | ||||||||||||
1965 | Roger D. Branigin (D) | Robert L. Rock (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 35D, 15R | 78D, 22R | 6D, 5R | ||||
1966 | |||||||||||||
1967 | Edgar Whitcomb (R) | (R) | (R) | (R) | 29D, 21R | 66R, 34D | 6R, 5D | ||||||
1968 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||||||
1969 | Edgar Whitcomb (R) | Richard E. Folz (R) | Theodore Sendak (R) | (R) | (R) | 35R, 15D | 73R, 27D | 7R, 4D | |||||
1970 | |||||||||||||
1971 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | 29R, 21D | 54R, 46D | 6R, 5D | ||||||
1972 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||||||
1973 | Otis Bowen (R) | Robert D. Orr (R) | (R) | 73R, 27D | 7R, 4D | ||||||||
1974 | |||||||||||||
1975 | 27R, 23D | 56D, 44R | 9D, 2R | ||||||||||
1976 | Ford/ Dole (R) | ||||||||||||
1977 | 28D, 22R | 53R, 47D | Richard Lugar (R) | 8D, 3R | |||||||||
1978 | |||||||||||||
1979 | (R) | (R) | (R) | 29R, 21D | 54R, 46D | 7D, 4R | |||||||
1980 | Reagan/ Bush (R) | ||||||||||||
1981 | Robert D. Orr (R) | John Mutz (R) | Linley E. Pearson (R) | 35R, 15D | 63R, 37D | Dan Quayle (R) | 6D, 5R | ||||||
1982 | |||||||||||||
1983 | (D) | 32R, 18D | 57R, 43D | 5D, 5R | |||||||||
1984 | Reagan/ Bush (R) | ||||||||||||
1985 | 30R, 20D | 63R, 37D | |||||||||||
H. Dean Evans (R) | |||||||||||||
1986 | |||||||||||||
1987 | Evan Bayh (D) | (R) | Sue Anne Gilroy (R) | 52R, 48D | 6D, 4R | ||||||||
1988 | Bush/ Quayle (R) | ||||||||||||
1989 | Evan Bayh (D) | Frank O'Bannon (D) | Joe Hogsett (D) | 26R, 24D | 50D, 50R[l] | Dan Coats (R) | 7D, 3R | ||||||
1990 | |||||||||||||
1991 | 52D, 48R | 8D, 2R | |||||||||||
1992 | Bush/ Quayle (R) | ||||||||||||
1993 | Pamela Carter (D) | Suellen Reed (R) | 28R, 22D | 55D, 45R | 7D, 3R | ||||||||
1994 | |||||||||||||
1995 | Sue Anne Gilroy (R) | (R) | (R) | 30R, 20D | 56R, 44D | 6R, 4D | |||||||
1996 | Dole/ Kemp (R) | ||||||||||||
1997 | Frank O'Bannon (D) | Joe Kernan (D) | Jeff Modisett (D) | 31R, 19D | 50D, 50R[m] | ||||||||
1998 | Evan Bayh (D) | ||||||||||||
1999 | Tim Berry (R) | Connie Kay Nass (R) | 53D, 47R | ||||||||||
2000 | Karen Freeman-Wilson (D) | Bush/ Cheney (R) | |||||||||||
2001 | Steve Carter (R) | 32R, 18D | |||||||||||
2002 | |||||||||||||
2003 | Todd Rokita (R) | 51D, 49R | 6R, 3D | ||||||||||
Joe Kernan (D) | Kathy Davis (D) | ||||||||||||
2004 | Bush/ Cheney (R) | ||||||||||||
2005 | Mitch Daniels (R) | Becky Skillman (R) | 33R, 17D | 52R, 48D | 7R, 2D | ||||||||
2006 | |||||||||||||
2007 | Richard Mourdock (R) | Tim Berry (R) | 51D, 49R | 5D, 4R | |||||||||
2008 | Obama/ Biden (D) | ||||||||||||
2009 | Greg Zoeller (R) | Tony Bennett (R) | 52D, 48R | ||||||||||
2010 | |||||||||||||
2011 | Charles P. White (R) | 37R, 13D | 60R, 40D | Dan Coats (R) | 6R, 3D | ||||||||
2012 | Connie Lawson (R) [n] | Romney/ Ryan (R) | |||||||||||
2013 | Mike Pence (R) | Sue Ellspermann (R)[o] | Glenda Ritz (D) | 69R, 31D | Joe Donnelly (D) | 7R, 2D | |||||||
2014 | Suzanne Crouch (R) | ||||||||||||
2015 | Kelly Mitchell (R) | 40R, 10D | 71R, 29D | ||||||||||
2016 | Eric Holcomb (R)[p] | Trump/ Pence (R) | |||||||||||
2017 | Eric Holcomb (R) | Suzanne Crouch (R) | Curtis Hill (R) | Tera Klutz (R) | Jennifer McCormick (R) |
41R, 9D | 70R, 30D | Todd Young (R) | |||||
2018 | |||||||||||||
2019 | 40R, 10D | 67R, 33D | Mike Braun (R) | ||||||||||
2020 | Trump/ Pence (R) | ||||||||||||
2021 | Todd Rokita (R) | Holli Sullivan (R) [q] | Office Abolished [r] | 39R, 11D | 71R, 29D | ||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Attorney General |
Secretary of State |
Treasurer | Auditor | Supt. of Pub. Inst. |
State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House |
Electoral votes |
Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress |
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- ^ Lt. Gov. Jesse D. Bright provided the tie-breaking vote to help the Democrats organize the chamber.
- ^ Lt. Gov. Godlove Stein Orth provided the tie-breaking vote to help the Whigs organize the chamber.
- ^ Lt. Gov. Paris Dunning provided the tie-breaking vote to help the Democrats organize the chamber.
- ^ With a split Senate, John Robert Cravens, a Republican, was elected as Senate President Pro Tempore, giving Republicans functional control.[1]
- ^ With a split Senate, Paris C. Dunning, a Democrat, continued as President Pro Tempore from his time leading it in 1863 when he was acting Lt. Governor. He had cut most ties with the Democratic party at the start of the Civil War, however, and acted functionally as an Independent and supported the Republican Governor.[1]
- ^ No President Pro Tempore was elected, with Lt. Gov. Sexton taking the role of presiding over the Senate directly, giving Republicans functional control with the Independents.
- ^ No President Pro Tempore was elected, with Lt. Gov. Gray taking the role of presiding over the Senate directly and breaking ties, giving Democrats functional control with the Independent.
- ^ No President Pro Tempore was elected, with Lt. Gov. Gray taking the role of presiding over the Senate directly and breaking ties, giving Democrats functional control with Greenback cooperation.
- ^ The House elected a Democrat, Henry Sullivan Cauthorn, as Speaker.
- ^ A Democrat, Frederick W. Viehe, was elected President Pro Tempore.
- ^ A Republican, Arthur Raymond Robinson, was elected President Pro Tempore.
- ^ With a split chamber, the House had a Democratic and a Republican co-Speaker.[2]
- ^ Due to a law passed in 1995, in the occurrence of a 50-50 chamber, the party of the governor controls the Speakership.[2]
- ^ Resigned due to health and family concerns.[3]
- ^ Resigned to pursue the Presidency of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana.[4]
- ^ Appointed to fill a vacancy.
- ^ Appointed to fill vacancy.[5]
- ^ Office replaced with appointed Secretary of Education. [6]
See also[]
- Politics of Indiana
- Elections in Indiana
- Government of Indiana
- Indiana General Assembly
References[]
- ^ a b Journal of the Indiana State Senate, during the forty-fourth sesssion of the General Assembly, commencing Thursday, January 5, 1865. Indiana Memory Program,Indiana State Library. Indianapolis : W. R. Holloway, state printer, 1865. 1865.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Howey, Brian A. (2011-10-31). "Examining John Gregg's legislative career". howeypolitics.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ Lange, Kaitlin. "'2020 took a toll on me': Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson to resign". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ^ Cook, Tony. "With a 'conflicted heart,' Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann submits resignation letter". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ Lange, Kaitlin. "'2020 took a toll on me': Gov. Holcomb announces new secretary of state after Connie Lawson's retirement". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ^ Herron, Arika. "What you need to know about Katie Jenner, Indiana's first Secretary of Education". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
External links[]
- Party Control of State Government Over Time – Capitol & Washington
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