Indiana Adjutant General

{{Infobox official post | post = Adjutant General | body = Indiana | incumbent = Lawrence M. Muennich | incumbentsince = January 13, 2025<br />{{Age in years, months and days|2025|01|13}} | termlength = 4 years }}

The '''Adjutant General of Indiana''' is the commander of the Indiana National Guard, the Indiana Guard Reserve, and, when active, the Indiana Naval Militia. The Adjutant General (or 'TAG') is responsible for all state, non-federalized military and reports directly to the Governor of Indiana. Indiana's TAG is appointed by the governor and serves a term concurrent with the governor.<ref name=NCSL>{{cite web |title=Adjutants General Terms and Qualifications Statutes |publisher=National Conference of State Legislatures |date=8 February 2013 |url=http://www.ncsl.org/research/military-and-veterans-affairs/adjutants-general-qualification-statutes.aspx |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> The Adjutant General must hold a rank of Brigadier General (BG) or higher.

There have been 56 men who served as Adjutant General in Indiana; 3 have served nonconsecutive terms, bringing the total number of terms to 59.{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}}

==List of Adjutants General of Indiana==

The following have served as Adjutants General in Indiana:

{| class=wikitable ! # ! Name ! From Date ! Appointed by (Governor) ! Served until |- | 60 | BG Lawrence M. Muennich<ref>{{cite web |title=The Adjutant General of Indiana |website=Government of Indiana |accessdate=25 January 2025 |url=https://www.in.gov/indiana-national-guard/about/leaders/adjutant-general/}}</ref> | 13 January 2025 | Mike Braun (2025) | Present |- | 59 | MG R. Dale Lyles<ref>{{cite news |title=Governor names new Indiana National Guard leader |publisher=WRTV |website=TheIndyChannel.com |agency=Scripts Media |date= 24 September 2019 |accessdate=26 September 2019 |url=https://www.theindychannel.com/news/call-6-investigators/governor-names-new-indiana-national-guard-leader}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=17 Dec 2021 |title=Indiana National Guard adjutant general promoted to major general |website=Indiana National Guard |url=https://www.in.ng.mil/News-Article-View/Article/2879870/indiana-national-guard-adjutant-general-promoted-to-major-general/ |accessdate=13 June 2022}}</ref> | 1 October 2019 | Eric Holcomb (2019) | 13 January 2025 |- | | BG Timothy Winslow (Interim) | 9 August 2019 | Eric Holcomb (2019) | 1 October 2019 |- | 58 | BG Courtney P. Carr | 1 June 2015 | Mike Pence (2015) | 9 August 2019

|- | 57 | MG Roy Martin Umbarger<ref>{{cite web |title=Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger |publisher=Indiana National Guard |url=http://www.in.ng.mil/AboutUs/Leaders/AdjutantGeneral.aspx |accessdate=31 May 2015}}</ref> | 11 March 2004 <ref name=RMU>{{cite news |title=Indiana's new adjutant general installed in ceremony |date=21 March 2004 |publisher=NWI Times |url=http://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regional/indiana-s-new-adjutant-general-installed-in-ceremony/article_6b8315aa-bcf8-5c7f-a84d-dc4743e392ad.html |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> | Joe Kernan (2004)<br> Mitch Daniels (2004)<br> Mike Pence (2012) | 31 May 2015

|- | 56 | MG George A. Buskirk | 5 November 2002<ref name=GAB>{{cite news |title=New leader of Indiana National Guard is named |date=14 October 2001 |publisher=Toledo Blade |page=A5 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=20011014&id=bmJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AQQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2569,4159824&hl=en |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> | Frank O'Bannon (2001) | 11 March 2004 <ref name=RMU/>

|- | 55 | MG Robert J. Mitchell <ref>{{cite news |title=Former Indiana National Guard adjutant general passes away |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/129060/former-indiana-national-guard-adjutant-general-passes-away#.VWumps9VhBc |date=7 May 2014 |accessdate=31 May 2015}}</ref> | 1997 | Frank O'Bannon (1997)<ref>{{cite news |title=Major General (Retired) Robert J. Mitchell, 77 |date=5 May 2014 |publisher=DuBois County Free Press |url=http://www.duboiscountyfreepress.com/major-general-retired-robert-j-mitchell-77/ |accessdate=31 May 2015}}</ref> | 5 November 2002<ref name=GAB/>

|- | 54 | MG Charles W. Whitaker | 21 April 1990<ref>{{cite web |title=Major General Charles W. Whitaker |url=http://www.memorialobituaries.com/memorials/memorials_print.cgi?memid=92061 |publisher=Memorial Obituaries |accessdate=1 June 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | Evan Bayh | 1997

|- | 53 | MG Jack K. Elrod{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1989 | Evan Bayh<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Kendall Elrod |website=elrod.com |url=https://www.elrod.com/hall-of-fame-details/halloffame-for-jack-kendall-elrod/1502211/ |accessdate=13 June 2022}}</ref> | 1990

|- | 52 | MG Carl G. Farrell{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1986 | Robert D. Orr | 1989

|- | 51 | MG Alfred F. Ahner{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1972 | Edgar Whitcomb <br /> Otis Bowen <br />Robert D. Orr | 1986

|- | 50 | John M. Owens{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1969 | | 1972

|- | 49 | John S. Anderson{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1961 | | 1969

|- | 48 | Alfred F. Ahner{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1960 | Harold W. Handley<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shirleybrothers.com/obituary.aspx?cd=2809 |title=Obituary: Major General Alfred F. Ahner |publisher=Shirley Brothers Mortuary |accessdate=September 23, 2010 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055819/http://www.shirleybrothers.com/obituary.aspx?cd=2809 |archivedate=July 16, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> | 1961

|- | 47 | John W. McConnell{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1957 | | 1960

|- | 46 | Harold H. Doherty{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1953 | | 1957

|- | 45 | Robinson Hitchcock{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1949 | Henry F. Schricker | 1953

|- | 44 | Howard H. Maxwell{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1947 | | 1949

|- | 43 | Ben H. Watt{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1945 | | 1947

|- | 42 | Elmer W. Sherwood{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1945 | Ralph F. Gates | 1945

|- | 41 | William P. Weimer{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1942 | Henry F. Schricker | 1945

|- | 40 | Elmer F. Straub{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1941 | Henry F. Schricker | 1942

|- | 39 | James D. Friday{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1941 | Henry F. Schricker | 1941

|- | 38 | Elmer F. Straub{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1933 | Paul V. McNutt, M. Clifford Townsend | 1941

|- | 37 | Paul E. Tombaugh{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1931 | Harry G. Leslie | 1933

|- | 36 | Manford G. Henley{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1929 | | 1931

|- | 35 | BG William G. Everson | 1929 | Harry G. Leslie (1929) <ref>{{cite news |title=Everson of Indiana to be U.S.M.B. Chief |publisher=New York National Guardsman |page=2 |date=October 1929 |url=https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/research/NY_National_Guardsman/NYNG1929_10.pdf |accessdate=31 May 2015}}</ref> | |- | 34 | William H. Kershner{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1925 | | 1929

|- | 33 | Harry B. Smith{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1917 | | 1925

|- | 32 | Franklin L. Bridges{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1914 | | 1917

|- | 31 | George W. McCoy | 1909 | | 1913

|- | 30 | Oran D. Perry<ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana in the Mexican War |publisher=Indiana University Department of History |journal=Indiana Magazine of History |url=http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/5676/5074 |accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> | 1905 {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | | 1909

|- | 29 | John R. Ward {{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=404}} | 1901 | Winfield T. Durbin | 1905

|- | 28 | James K. Gore{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1897 | James A. Mount | 1901

|- | 27 | Irwin Robbins{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1893 | | 1897

|- | 26 | Nicholas R. Ruckle{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1889 | | 1893

|- | 25 | George W. Koontz{{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1885 | Isaac P. Gray | 1889

|- | 24 | James R. Carnahan{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=99}} | 17 January 1881 | Albert G. Porter | 1885

|- | 23 | George W. Russ{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=93}} | 13 February 1877 | James D. Williams | 1881

|- | 22 | William W. Conner {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1873 | Thomas A. Hendricks | 1877

|- | 21 | John G. Greenwalt {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1 April 1870{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=90}} | Conrad Baker | 1873

|- | 20 | MG James C. Veatch | 1869<ref>{{cite web |title=General James C. Veatch, Letter 1892 |date=1892 |editor=Scott, Kate |page=3 |publisher=Indiana Historical Society |url=http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/collection-guides/general-james-c-veatch-letter.pdf |accessdate=1 June 2015 |archive-date=8 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608200418/http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/collection-guides/general-james-c-veatch-letter.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Conrad Baker | 1870

|- | 19 | BG William Henry Harrison Terrell <ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana Adjutant General's Office correspondence, 1865 January 26 |url=http://digital-collections.library.utc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16877coll1/id/97 |publisher=The University of Tennessee Chattanooga |accessdate=31 May 2015}}</ref> | 1864 | Oliver P. Morton (1864)<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Bodenhamer |editor-first1=David |editor-last2=Barrows |editor-first2=Robert |title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |page=1329 |publisher=Indiana University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8C&pg=PA1329 |accessdate=31 May 2015}}</ref> | 1869

|- | 18 | Lazarus Noble {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1861 | Oliver P. Morton | 1864

|- | 17 | John M. Wallace {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1861 | Oliver P. Morton<ref>{{cite web |title=A Chronology of Indiana in the Civil War |url=http://bl-libg-doghill.ads.iu.edu/gpd-web/historical/Civilwar/1861.pdf |accessdate=14 June 2022}}</ref> | 1861

|- | 16 | Lew Wallace {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1861 | Oliver P. Morton | 1861

|- | 15 | William A. Morrison {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1857 | Ashbel P. Willard | 1861

|- | 14 | Stephen Tomlinson {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1854 | Joseph A. Wright | 1857

|- | 13 | GEN David Reynolds | 6 January 1844{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=80}} | James Whitcomb | 1854

|- | 12 | Douglas Maguire {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1838 | David Wallace | 1843

|- | 11 | Jacob Landis {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1832 | Noah Noble | 1838<ref group=Note>Dates in source appear to be errors. Need new reference to verify dates.</ref>

|- | 10 | Thomas Posey {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}}<ref group=Note>This is not the Indiana Territory Governor Thomas Posey, who died in 1818.</ref> | 1823 | William Hendricks | 1831

|- | 9 | Stephen Ranney {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1822 | | 1823

|- | 8 | Henry Coburn {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1819 | Jonathan Jennings | 1822

|- | 7 | Stephen Ranney{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=69}} | 1817 | Jonathan Jennings | 1819 |}

The following Adjutants General served in Indiana Territory:

{| class=wikitable ! # ! Name ! From Date ! Appointed by (Governor) ! Served until

|- | 6 | COL Allen B. Thorn{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=40}} | 17 September 1814 | Thomas Posey | 1817 Statehood

|- | 5 | COL Walter Taylor{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=40}} | 24 February 1814 | Thomas Posey | 17 September 1814

|- | 4 | COL W. Johnson{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=40}} | 10 September 1813 | Thomas Posey | 24 February 1814

|- | 2 {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | COL Daniel Sullivan{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=40}} | 14 January 1813 | John Gibson | 10 September 1813{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=40}}

|- | 3 | COL Charles Smith{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=40}} | 21 October 1812 | William Henry Harrison | 1813

|- | 2 | COL Daniel Sullivan{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=39}} | 12 July 1812 | William Henry Harrison | 1812

|- | 1 | John Small {{sfnp|Lowry|2015|p=14}} | 1801{{sfnp|Pratt|1901|p=12}} | William Henry Harrison<ref>{{cite web |date=7 March 2012 |title=Grouseland Rifle Crafted by First Indiana Sheriff Designated Official State Rifle |url=https://grouseland.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/grouseland-rifle-crafted-by-first-indiana-sheriff-designated-official-state-rifle/ |publisher=Whig Rose Journal Weblog of William Henry Harrison's Grouseland |accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref> | 1812

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;References {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Pratt |first=William D. |title=A History of the National Guard of Indiana |year=1901 |publisher=William D. Pratt |location=Indianapolis, IN |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiYaAAAAYAAJ }} * {{cite news |last=Lowry |first=Jeff |title=Hoosier Adjutants General |journal=Indiana Guardsman |date=Summer 2015 |page=14 |publisher=Indiana National Guard |url=https://in.ng.mil/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=mjAPdpymZnQ%3d&tabid=446&portalid=0&mid=2915 |accessdate=12 September 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{refend}}

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