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27 Sep 2019

Janet Holcomb

Janet Holcomb became the first lady of Indiana when her husband, Governor Eric Holcomb, was sworn in on Jan. 11, 2017. Mrs. Holcomb grew up on a horse farm near Muncie,…

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27 Sep 2019

Eric Holcomb

Governor Eric J. Holcomb is the 51st Governor of Indiana. A lifelong Hoosier, Gov. Holcomb is a veteran of the United States Navy, served as the state’s 51st Lt. Governor,…

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31 Oct 2018

Johnathan Jennings

JONATHAN JENNINGS, Indiana's first governor, was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in 1787. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.  In 1806, Jennings moved…

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31 Oct 2018

Ratliff Boon

RATCLIFF BOON, Indiana's second governor, was born in Franklin County, North Carolina, on January 18, 1781. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of Danville, Kentucky. After…

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31 Oct 2018

William Hendricks

WILLIAM HENDRICKS, Indiana's third governor, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1782. His early education was attained in the common schools in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1810, he graduated from…

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31 Oct 2018

James Brown Ray

JAMES B. RAY, Indiana's fourth governor, was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 19, 1794. He studied law in Cincinnati, was admitted to the bar, and established a legal…

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31 Oct 2018

Noah Noble

NOAH NOBLE, Indiana's fifth governor, was born in Clarke County, Virginia, on January 14, 1794. In the early 1800's, his family migrated to Kentucky, where young Noble was educated in…

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31 Oct 2018

David Wallace

DAVID WALLACE, Indiana's sixth governor, was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, on April 4, 1799. He graduated from West Point in 1821, and stayed there for an additional two years…

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31 Oct 2018

Samuel Bigger

Samuel Bigger, Indiana's seventh governor, was born in Warren County, Ohio, on March 20, 1802. He graduated with honors from Ohio University, earning an A.B. degree in 1825, and an…

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31 Oct 2018

James Whitcomb

JAMES WHITCOMB, Indiana's eighth governor, was born in Windsor, Vermont, on December 1, 1795. After graduating from Transylvania University, Whitcomb studied law, and then established a successful legal career in…

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31 Oct 2018

Paris Chipman Dunning

PARIS C. DUNNING, Indiana's ninth governor, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on March 15, 1806. He attended an academy in Greensboro, studied medicine in Kentucky, and then studied law…

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30 Oct 2018

Joseph Albert Wright

JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, Indiana's tenth governor, was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, on April 17, 1810. His family moved to Indiana around 1820, and settled in Bloomington. When Wright was fourteen,…

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