 When Harrison resigned his position, effective December 28, 1812, Gibson served as territorial governor until Thomas Posey was appointed on March 3, 1813.Posey left office on November 7, 1816, when Jonathan Jennings was sworn into office as the first governor of the state of Indiana.The first territorial capital was established at Vincennes, where it remained from 1800 to 1813, when territorial officials relocated the seat of government to Corydon.