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===Other high officials=== In addition to the territorial governor and three judges, the office of secretary was established in 1800. Governor Harrison appointed a treasurer and attorney general in 1801 as the only additional government officials during the territory's non-representative phase of government.<ref>{{cite journal| author=Donald Carmony | volume =39 | issue =3 | pages =242 |date=September 1943| title =Indiana Territorial Expenditures, 1800β1816 |journal=Indiana Magazine of History |url=https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/7438|format=PDF|access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref> During the second phase, the office of territorial auditor was combined with the office of territorial treasurer. The territory also had a chancellor during most of this period.<ref>Carmony, pp. 255β56, 259.</ref> '''Secretary''' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !#!!Name!!Took office!!Left office!!Party!!Hometown!!Notes |- |1 |[[John Gibson (Indiana)|John Gibson]] |July 4, 1800 |November 7, 1816 |Democratic-Republican |[[Knox County, Indiana]] | Gibson also served as acting governor of the Indiana Territory (July 4, 1800 β January 10, 1801, and June 1812βMay 1813) and officially as territorial governor (December 28, 1812 β March 3, 1813)<ref>Barnhart and Riker, pp. 405β06; Gugin and St. Clair, eds., pp. 28β31.</ref> |} '''Auditor''' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !#!!Name!!Took office!!Left office!!Hometown!!Notes |- |1 |[[William Prince (Indiana)|William Prince]] |1810 |1813 |[[Vincennes, Indiana]] |<ref>The office of auditor was created by Congress in 1809 and filled in the next general election</ref> |- |2 |[[Davis Floyd]] |1813 |1814 |[[Corydon, Indiana]] | |} '''Treasurer''' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !#!!Name!!Took office!!Left office!!Hometown!!Notes |- |1 |[[General Washington Johnston]] |1813 |1814 |[[Vincennes, Indiana]] | |- |2 |[[Davis Floyd]] |1814 |1816 |[[Corydon, Indiana]] | |} '''Attorney General''' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !#!!Name!!Took office!!Left office!!Hometown!!Notes |- |1 |[[Benjamin Parke]] |1804 |1808 |[[Knox County, Indiana]] | |- |2 |[[John Rice Jones]] |1808 |1816 |[[Clark County, Indiana]] | |}
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