Governors
The United States acquired the land that became Indiana after the American Revolutionary War. The region was originally organized as the Northwest Territory, consisting of all of the land in the United States north and west of the Ohio River. The Indiana Territory was split from the Northwest Territory in 1800.
- For the period before the Indiana Territory was formed, see the list of Governors of Northwest Territory.
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