RAY, James Brown, governor of Indiana, born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, 19 February, 1794; died in Cincinnati. Ohio, 4 August, 1848. After studying law in Cincinnati, he was admitted to the bar, and began to practise in Brookville. In 1822 he was elected to the legislature, in which he frequently served as president pro tempore. From 1825 till 1831 he was governor of Indiana, and in 1826 he was appointed United States commissioner, with Lewis Cass and John Tipton, to negotiate a treaty with the Miami and Pottawattamie Indians for the purchase of lands in Indiana. The constitution of the state prevented the governor from holding any office under the United States government, and he was consequently involved in a controversy. Through his exertions the Indians gave land to aid in building a road from Lake Michigan to Ohio river. Governor Ray was active in promoting railroad concentration in Indianapolis. He practised law, was a defeated candidate for congress in 1837, and in his later years became very eccentric.