Eric Joseph Holcomb (born May 2, 1968) is the 51st and current governor of Indiana, having taken office in 2017. He was the Republican Party’s 51st lieutenant governor of Indiana from 2016 to 2017 under Governor Mike Pence, who departed the government in 2017 to become the United States’ vice president.
Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann resigned on March 2, 2016, to become president of Ivy Tech Community College, and Holcomb was nominated to fill the remainder of her term.
He defeated Democratic nominee John R. Gregg in the 2016 election for governor of Indiana. Holcomb was re-elected in 2020, defeating Democratic candidate Woody Myers and Libertarian candidate Donald Rainwater.
Eric Holcomb children: Does Eric Holcomb have children?
No! The 51st governor of Indiana has no children as of today.
His wife Janet Holcomb manages a family company in Madison County, Indiana. They have no children, but Henry Holcomb, their miniature schnauzer, is known as the “First Dog of Indiana.”
Holcomb was born in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Pike High School in Indianapolis and Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana in 1990. He was a member of the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta at Hanover and served as chapter president.
Holcomb was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy for six years, stationed in Jacksonville, Florida, and Lisbon, Portugal.
On October 5, 2018, he got an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Trine University, and on May 11, 2019, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Anderson University.
