The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house, the Indiana House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Indiana Senate. The General Assembly meets annually at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.
Image: State Capitol Indiana
Image: Indiana State Senate Chamber, Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Image: Indiana House of Representatives Chamber, Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis, IN
Old Capitol Building in downtown Corydon
Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west. Nicknamed "the Hoosier State", Indiana is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th state on December 11, 1816.
Angel Mounds State Historic Site was one of the northernmost Mississippian culture settlements, occupied from 1100 to 1450.
Native Indians guide French explorers through Indiana, as depicted by Maurice Thompson in Stories of Indiana.
1950 postal issue of Harrison commemorating Indiana's 150th anniversary of statehood
Rolling hills in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area of Hoosier National Forest, in the Indiana Uplands