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Capital: Indianapolis
State Nickname: Hoosier State
State Bird: Cardinal
State Flower: Peony
Admitted to the Union: December 11, 1816
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| Governors |
November 7, 1816 to September 12, 1822:
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Jonathan Jennings
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September 12, 1822 to December 4, 1822:
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Ratliff Boon
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December 5, 1822 to February 12, 1825:
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William Hendricks
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February 12, 1825 to December 7, 1831:
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James B. Ray
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December 7, 1831 to December 6, 1837:
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Noah Noble
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December 6, 1837 to December 9, 1840:
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David Wallace
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December 9, 1840 to December 6, 1843:
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Samuel Bigger
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December 6, 1843 to December 27, 1848:
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James Whitcomb
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December 27, 1848 to December 4, 1849:
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Paris C. Dunning
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December 5, 1849 to January 12, 1857:
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Joseph A. Wright
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January 12, 1857 to October 4, 1860:
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Ashbel P. Willard
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October 4, 1860 to January 4, 1861:
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Abraham A. Hammond
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January 14, 1861 to January 16, 1861:
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Henry S. Lane
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January 16, 1861 to January 23, 1867:
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Oliver P. Morton
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January 24, 1867 to January 13, 1873:
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Conrad Baker
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January 13, 1873 to January 8, 1877:
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Thomas A. Hendricks
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January 8, 1877 to November 20, 1880:
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James D. Williams
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November 20, 1880 to January 10, 1881:
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Isaac P. Gray
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January 10, 1881 to January 12, 1885:
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Albert G. Porter
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January 12, 1885 to January 14, 1889:
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Issac P. Gray
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January 14, 1889 to November 21, 1891:
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Alvin P. Hovey
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November 21, 1891 to January 8, 1893:
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Ira Joy Chase
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January 8, 1893 to January 11, 1897:
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Claude Matthews
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January 11, 1897 to January 14, 1901:
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James A. Mount
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January 14, 1901 to January 9, 1905:
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Winfield T. Durbin
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January 9, 1905 to January 11, 1909:
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J. Frank Hanly
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January 11, 1909 to January 13, 1913:
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Thomas R. Marshall
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January 13, 1913 to January 8, 1917:
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Samuel M. Ralston
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January 8, 1917 to January 10, 1921:
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James Putnam Goodrich
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January 10, 1921 to April 30, 1924:
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Warren T. McCray
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April 30, 1924 to January 12, 1925:
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emmett F. Branch
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January 12, 1925 to January 14, 1929:
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Edward Jackson
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January 14, 1929 to January 9, 1933:
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Harry G. Leslie
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January 9, 1933 to January 11, 1937:
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Paul V. McNutt
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January 11, 1937 to January 8, 1945:
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Henry F. Schricker
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January 8, 1945 to January 10, 1949:
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Ralph F. Gates
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January 10, 1949 to January 12, 1953:
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Henry F. Schricker
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January 12, 1953 to January 14, 1957:
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George N. Craig
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January 14, 1957 to January 9, 1961:
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Harold W. Handley
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January 9, 1961 to January 11, 1965:
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Matthew E. Welsh
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January 11, 1965 to January 13, 1969:
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Roger D. Branigan
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January 13, 1969 to January 8, 1973:
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Edgar D. Whitcomb
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January 8, 1973 to January 12, 1981:
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Otis R. Bowen
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January 12, 1981 to January 8, 1989:
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Robert D. Orr
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January 9, 1989 to January 13, 1997:
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Evan Byah
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September 13, 2003 to January 10, 2005 :
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Frank L. O'Bannon
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September 13, 2003 to January 10, 2005
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Joe Kernan
Joe Kernan
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January 10, 2005 –
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Joe Kernan
Mitch Daniels
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| Senators - Class I |
December 11, 1816 – February 26, 1831
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James Noble * Died in office
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August 19, 1831 – January 3, 1832
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Robert Hanna
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January 3, 1832 – March 4, 1839
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John Tipton
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March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845
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Albert Smith White
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March 4, 1845 – February 5, 1862
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Jesse D. Bright * Expelled
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February 24, 1862 – January 14, 1863
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Joseph A. Wright
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January 14, 1863 – March 4, 1863
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David Turpie
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March 4, 1863 – November 25, 1869
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Thomas A. Hendricks
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March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875
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Daniel D. Pratt
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March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881
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Joseph E. McDonald
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March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887
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Benjamin Harrison
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March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1899
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David Turpie
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March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1911
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Albert J. Beveridge
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March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1917
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John W. Kern
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March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1923
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Harry Stewart New
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March 4, 1923 – October 14, 1925
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Samuel M. Ralston * Died in office
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October 20, 1925 – January 3, 1935
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Arthur Raymond Robinson
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January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941
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Sherman Minton
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January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947
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Raymond E. Willis
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January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959
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William Ezra Jenner
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January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977
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Vance Hartke
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January 3, 1977 –
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Richard Lugar
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| Senators - Class III |
December 11, 1816 – March 4, 1825
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Waller Taylor
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March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1837
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William Hendricks
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March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843
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Oliver H. Smith
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March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1849
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Edward A. Hannegan
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March 4, 1849 – December 4, 1852
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James Whitcomb
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December 6, 1852 – January 18, 1853
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Charles W. Cathcart
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January 18, 1853 – March 4, 1855
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John Pettit
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February 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
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Graham N. Fitch
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March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1867
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Henry Smith Lane
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March 4, 1867 – November 1, 1877
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Oliver Hazard Perry Morton
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November 6, 1877 – March 4, 1897
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Daniel W. Voorhees
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March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1905
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Charles W. Fairbanks
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March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
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James A. Hemenway
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March 4, 1909 – March 14, 1916
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Benjamin F. Shiveley * Died in office
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March 20, 1916 – November 7, 1916
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Thomas Taggart * Appointed
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November 8, 1916 – March 4, 1933
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James Eli Watson
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March 4, 1933 – January 25, 1944
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Frederick Van Nuys * Died in office
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January 28, 1944 – November 13, 1944
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Samuel D. Jackson * Appointed
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November 14, 1944 – January 3, 1945
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William E. Jenner
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January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1963
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Homer E. Capehart
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January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981
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Birch Bayh
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January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989
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Dan Quayle
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January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1999
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Dan Coats
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January 3, 1999 –
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Evan Bayh
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| State Song |
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away
Written by Paul Dresser
Composed by Paul Dresser |
Round my Indiana homesteads wave the cornfields,
In the distance loom the woodlands clear and cool.
Oftentimes my thoughts revert to scenes of childhood,
Where I first received my lessons, nature's school.
But one thing there is missing in the picture,
Without her face it seems so incomplete.
I long to see my mother in the doorway,
As she stood there years ago, her boy to greet.Chorus
Oh, the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash,
From the fields there comes the breath of newmown hay.
Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming,
On the banks of the Wabash, far away.
Many years have passed since I strolled by the river,
Arm in arm, with sweetheart Mary by my side,
It was there I tried to tell her that I loved her,
It was there I begged of her to be my bride.
Long years have passed since I strolled thro' there churchyard.
She's sleeping there, my angel, Mary dear,
I loved her, but she thought I didn't mean it,
Still I'd give my future were she only here.
Adopted by the 1913 General Assembly |
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State Population
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1820: 147,178 |
1830: 343,031 |
1840: 685,866 |
1850: 988,416 |
1860: 1,350,419 |
1870: 1,680,637 |
1880: 1,978,301 |
1890: 2,192,404 |
1900: 2,516,462 |
1910: 2,700,876 |
1920: 2,930,390 |
1930: 3,238,503 |
1940: 3,427,796 |
1950: 3,934,224 |
1960: 4,662,498 |
1970: 5,195,392 |
1980: 5,490,224 |
1990: 5,544,159 |
2000: 6,080,506 |
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State Capitol Building 1907
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