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
[edit]| Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | Robert A. New (DR) | Daniel Crosby Lane (DR) | William H. Lilly (DR) | DR maj. | DR maj. | James Noble (DR) | Waller Taylor (DR) | William Hendricks (DR) |
Monroe/ Tompkins (DR) 
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| 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)
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| 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) | DR maj. | DR maj. | 3DR | |||||
| 1824 | DR maj. | DR maj. | Jackson  /Calhoun (DR)
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| 1825 | James B. Ray (I) | John H. Thompson (D) | William W. Wick (D) | NR maj. | NR maj. | James Noble (NR) | William Hendricks (NR) | 2NR, 1J | |||
| 1826 | Benjamin I. Blyth (DR) | NR maj. | NR maj. | ||||||||
| 1827 | NR maj. | NR maj. | 3NR | ||||||||
| 1828 | 17NR, 4J | 38NR, 15J, 4? | Jackson/ Calhoun (D)
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| 1829 | Milton Stapp (I) | James Morrison (D) | Morris Morris (W) | 19NR, 2J | 27NR, 22J, 9? | 2NR, 1J | |||||
| 1830 | 18NR, 3D, 1? | 28D, 23NR, 11? | |||||||||
| 1831 | 17NR, 6D | 30NR, 22D, 9? | Robert Hanna (NR) | 3J | |||||||
| 1832 | Noah Noble (W) | David Wallace (W) | 21NR, 9D | 37NR, 37D, 1? | John Tipton (J) | Jackson/ Van Buren (D)
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| 1833 | William Sheets (W) | 20W, 9D, 1? | 42D, 33W | 5J, 1D, 1NR | |||||||
| 1834 | Nathan B. Palmer (D) | 15W, 13D, 2? | 39D, 33W, 3? | ||||||||
| 1835 | 16W, 14D, 1? | 46W, 30D | |||||||||
| 1836 | 44W, 37D | Harrison/ Granger (W)
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| 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)
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| 1841 | Samuel Bigger (W) | Samuel Hall (W) | William Sheets (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) | Royal Mayhew (D) | Horatio J. Harris (D) | 26D, 24W | 55D, 45W | Polk/ Dallas (D)
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| 1845 | John H. Thompson (W) | 25D, 25W[a] | 54W, 45D, 1? | Jesse D. Bright (D) | |||||||
| 1846 | Godlove S. Orth (W) | 25W, 25D[b] | 56D, 44W | ||||||||
| 1847 | Paris C. Dunning (D) | Samuel Hannah (W) | Douglass Maguire (W) | 26D, 24W | 53W, 47D | 6D, 4W | |||||
| 1848 | 25D, 25W[c] | 51W, 49D | Cass/ Butler (D)
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| 1849 | Paris C. Dunning (D) | James G. Read (D) | Charles H. Test (W) | 29D, 21W | 59D, 41W | James Whitcomb (D) | 8D, 1W, 1FS | ||||
| 1850 | Joseph A. Wright (D) | James H. Lane (D) | James P. Drake (D) | Erastus W. H. Ellis (D) | 33D, 17W | 65D, 35W | |||||
| 1851 | 39D, 10W, 1FS | 61D, 38W, 1FS | 8D, 2W | ||||||||
1852–present
[edit]- ^ 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. Cumback taking the role of presiding over the Senate directly, giving Republicans functional control.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.[3]
- ^ Due to a law passed in 1995, in the occurrence of a 50-50 chamber, the party of the governor controls the Speakership.[3]
- ^ Automatically removed from office due to felony conviction
- ^ a b c d e Appointed to fill a vacancy.
- ^ a b c Resigned
- ^ Office replaced with appointed Secretary of Education.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "40th General Assembly". Capitol & Washington. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
{{cite web}}: 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
[edit]- Party Control of State Government Over Time – Capitol & Washington