Noah Noble

Noah Noble
Sheriff
In office
1820–1824
ConstituencyFranklin County
Indiana House of Representatives
In office
December 5, 1823 – December 4, 1824
ConstituencyFranklin County
5th Governor of Indiana
In office
December 7, 1831 – December 6, 1837
LieutenantDavid Wallace
Preceded byJames B. Ray
Succeeded byDavid Wallace
Personal details
Born(1794-01-15)January 15, 1794
Berryville, Virginia, US
DiedFebruary 8, 1844(1844-02-08) (aged 50)
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Political partyWhig
SpouseCatherin Stull van Swearingen Noble
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceIndiana Militia
Years of service1811–1820
RankColonel
Commands7th Regiment

Noah Noble (January 15, 1794 – February 8, 1844) was the fifth governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1831 to 1837. His two terms focused largely on internal improvements, culminating in the passage of the Mammoth Internal Improvement Act, which was viewed at the time as his crowning achievement. His taxing recommendations to pay for the improvements were not fully enacted, and the project ultimately led the state to negotiate a partial bankruptcy only a few years later. The debacle led to a gradual collapse of the state Whig party, which never regained control of the government, and led to a period of Democratic control that lasted until the middle of the American Civil War. After his term as governor he was appointed to the Board of Internal Improvement where he unsuccessfully advocated a reorganization of the projects in an attempt to gain some benefit from them.