Indiana Adjutant General

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.^[1] The Adjutant General must hold a rank of Brigadier General (BG) or higher.

Adjutant General of Indiana
Incumbent Lawrence M. Muennich since January 13, 2025 5 months and 28 days
Term length	4 years

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.^[2]

List of Adjutants General of Indiana

The following have served as Adjutants General in Indiana:

#	Name	From Date	Appointed by (Governor)	Served until
60	BG Lawrence M. Muennich[3]	13 January 2025	Mike Braun (2025)	Present
59	MG R. Dale Lyles[4][5]	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[6]	11 March 2004 [7]	Joe Kernan (2004) Mitch Daniels (2004) Mike Pence (2012)	31 May 2015
56	MG George A. Buskirk	5 November 2002[8]	Frank O'Bannon (2001)	11 March 2004 [7]
55	MG Robert J. Mitchell [9]	1997	Frank O'Bannon (1997)[10]	5 November 2002[8]
54	MG Charles W. Whitaker	21 April 1990[11]	Evan Bayh	1997
53	MG Jack K. Elrod[2]	1989	Evan Bayh[12]	1990
52	MG Carl G. Farrell[2]	1986	Robert D. Orr	1989
51	MG Alfred F. Ahner[2]	1972	Edgar Whitcomb Otis Bowen Robert D. Orr	1986
50	John M. Owens[2]	1969		1972
49	John S. Anderson[2]	1961		1969
48	Alfred F. Ahner[2]	1960	Harold W. Handley[13]	1961
47	John W. McConnell[2]	1957		1960
46	Harold H. Doherty[2]	1953		1957
45	Robinson Hitchcock[2]	1949	Henry F. Schricker	1953
44	Howard H. Maxwell[2]	1947		1949
43	Ben H. Watt[2]	1945		1947
42	Elmer W. Sherwood[2]	1945	Ralph F. Gates	1945
41	William P. Weimer[2]	1942	Henry F. Schricker	1945
40	Elmer F. Straub[2]	1941	Henry F. Schricker	1942
39	James D. Friday[2]	1941	Henry F. Schricker	1941
38	Elmer F. Straub[2]	1933	Paul V. McNutt, M. Clifford Townsend	1941
37	Paul E. Tombaugh[2]	1931	Harry G. Leslie	1933
36	Manford G. Henley[2]	1929		1931
35	BG William G. Everson	1929	Harry G. Leslie (1929) [14]
34	William H. Kershner[2]	1925		1929
33	Harry B. Smith[2]	1917		1925
32	Franklin L. Bridges[2]	1914		1917
31	George W. McCoy	1909		1913
30	Oran Perry[15]	1905 [2]		1909
29	John R. Ward [16]	1901	Winfield T. Durbin	1905
28	James K. Gore[2]	1897	James A. Mount	1901
27	Irwin Robbins[2]	1893		1897
26	Nicholas R. Ruckle[2]	1889		1893
25	George W. Koontz[2]	1885	Isaac P. Gray	1889
24	James R. Carnahan[17]	17 January 1881	Albert G. Porter	1885
23	George W. Russ[18]	13 February 1877	James D. Williams	1881
22	William W. Conner [2]	1873	Thomas A. Hendricks	1877
21	John G. Greenwalt [2]	1 April 1870[19]	Conrad Baker	1873
20	MG James C. Veatch	1869[20]	Conrad Baker	1870
19	BG William Henry Harrison Terrell [21]	1864	Oliver P. Morton (1864)[22]	1869
18	Lazarus Noble [2]	1861	Oliver P. Morton	1864
17	John M. Wallace [2]	1861	Oliver P. Morton[23]	1861
16	Lew Wallace [2]	1861	Oliver P. Morton	1861
15	William A. Morrison [2]	1857	Ashbel P. Willard	1861
14	Stephen Tomlinson [2]	1854	Joseph A. Wright	1857
13	GEN David Reynolds	6 January 1844[24]	James Whitcomb	1854
12	Douglas Maguire [2]	1838	David Wallace	1843
11	Jacob Landis [2]	1832	Noah Noble	1838[Note 1]
10	Thomas Posey [2][Note 2]	1823	William Hendricks	1831
9	Stephen Ranney [2]	1822		1823
8	Henry Coburn [2]	1819	Jonathan Jennings	1822
7	Stephen Ranney[25]	1817	Jonathan Jennings	1819

The following Adjutants General served in Indiana Territory:

#	Name	From Date	Appointed by (Governor)	Served until
6	COL Allen B. Thorn[26]	17 September 1814	Thomas Posey	1817 Statehood
5	COL Walter Taylor[26]	24 February 1814	Thomas Posey	17 September 1814
4	COL W. Johnson[26]	10 September 1813	Thomas Posey	24 February 1814
2 [2]	COL Daniel Sullivan[26]	14 January 1813	John Gibson	10 September 1813[26]
3	COL Charles Smith[26]	21 October 1812	William Henry Harrison	1813
2	COL Daniel Sullivan[27]	12 July 1812	William Henry Harrison	1812
1	John Small [2]	1801[28]	William Henry Harrison[29]	1812