Other individuals, whose specific services are mostly lost in oblivion. Should be briefly mentioned. Jesse B. Thomas, Speaker of the first Territorial Legislature, was a Marylander, who came to Lawrenceburg in 1803 and was a lawyer there. He became a professional politician and is ranked in history as one of the kind that is not overburdened with scruples. John Rice Jones, a Welshman, member of the first Legislative Council and first Attorney General, was an early citizen of Vincennes. He is credited with being a lawyer of unusual ability, a man of fine education, a brilliant speaker and a "perfect master of satire and invective," which latter talent he was not slow to exercise in the political mudslinging of the day. Others prominent in politics were: Thomas Randolph, third Attorney General, a member of the celebrated Randolph family of Virginia; John Johnson, a Virginian, of Vincennes; Samuel Gwathmey, a Virginian, who held several Territorial offices; General Washington Johnston, a Virginian, and also repeatedly an officeholder; James John and Charles Beggs, three brothers, Virginians, and residents of Clark's Grant; Luke Decker, a Virginian, farmer and slaveholder; and James Dill, an Irishman, and a party leader of Dearborn County. Not least in this roll would be the name of Elihu Stout, who, as owner and editor of the only newspaper that flourished during most of the Territorial period, wielded a political influence that was, perhaps, second to none.

The list, by no means, pretends to include all those who were active in public matters and who could be regarded as contributing to formative influences. A political interest that was lively to the point of activity, indeed, was characteristic of the period, though of the names that crop out in connection with public functions, the great majority are unattended with any biographical data. Many of these names are mentioned in the Executive Journal of Indiana Territory.