DemocratGovernor · Indiana
Joe Kernan
2003 first electedLeft office 20052 years served
Biography
Joseph Eugene Kernan III was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 48th governor of Indiana from 2003 to 2005. He previously served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Indiana from 1997 to 2003 under Frank O'Bannon and assumed the governorship after O'Bannon's death. Kernan had also served nearly a year as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.