Episode 3 of 4
Election of First Governor
- When
- August 1816
- Where
- Unspecified location in Indiana
Jonathan Jennings was elected as the first governor of the fledgling state in August 1816.
Jonathan Jennings was elected the fledgling state's first governor in August 1816, during the transition from territory to statehood. The supplied passage does not specify the place of the election, so no locality is asserted for this episode.
Sources
- Indiana Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
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