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1st Indiana General Assembly

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1st Indiana General Assembly
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Seal of the State of Indiana
Overview
Legislative bodyIndiana General Assembly
JurisdictionIndiana
Election1816 general election
Senate
Members10
President pro temporeJohn Paul
House of Representatives
Members29
SpeakerIsaac Blackford
Sessions
1stNovember 4th, 1816 – January 3rd, 1817

The 1st Indiana General Assembly convened in a single session from November 4, 1816, until January 3, 1817.

Officers

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Senate

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The Following individuals were the elected officers of the Indiana Senate during the 1st General Assembly Session:[1]

President pro tempore
John Paul
Lieutenant Governor
Christopher Harrison
Secretary
G. R. C. Sullivan
Doorkeeper
Henry Batman

House of Representatives

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The Following individuals were the elected officers of the Indiana House of Representatives during the 1st General Assembly Session:[2]

Speaker of the House
Isaac Blackford

Members

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Senate

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Members of the Indiana Senate for the 1st Indiana General Assembly:[3]

District Senator
Wayne County Patrick Baird
Clark County James Beggs
Franklin County John Conner
Washington, Orange and Jackson Counties John DePauw
Dearborn County Ezra Ferris
Posey, Perry and Warrick Counties Daniel Grass
Jefferson and Switzerland Counties John Paul
Harrison County Dennis Pennington
Knox County William Polke
Gibson County William Prince

House of Representatives

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Members of the Indiana House of Representatives for the first Indiana General Assembly:[3]

District Representative
Clark County Thomas Carr
Benjamin Ferguson
Dearborn County Amos Lane
Erasmus Powell
Franklin County James Brownlee
David Mount
George L. Murdock
James Noble
Gibson County Edmund Hogan
John Johnson
Harrison County John Boone
Davis Floyd
Jacob Zenor
Jackson County William Graham
Jefferson County Samuel Alexander
Williamson Dunn
Knox County Isaac Blackford
Henry I. Mills
Walter Wilson
Orange County Jonathan Lindley
Perry County Samuel Connor
Posey County Dan Lynn
Switzerland County John Dumont
Warrick County Ratliff Boon
Washington County John K. Graham
Alexander Little
Samuel Milroy
Wayne County Joseph Holman
Ephraim Overman
John Scott

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Journal of the Senate of the State of Indiana at Their First Session at Corydon (Report). 1816. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Leadership". Capitol & Washington. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Richard T. Burrell (May 18, 1903). Complete list of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of Indiana from the first to the sixty-third session inclusive, and the counties represented by them, covering the year 1816 to 1903 (Report). Retrieved November 3, 2026.