artist Four Reno Gang members were lynched in the New Albany Jail by masked vigilantes from Jackson County in 1868 Joseph Ritter – Roman Catholic archbishop and Cardinal David H. Rodgers – Mayor of Spokane, Washington Roscoe Sarles – Indy Car driver Shanda Sharer (1979–1992) – twelve-year-old torture murder victim Thomas Smith – Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Mike Sodrel – former congressman of Indiana's 9th district Evan B. Stotsenburg – President Pro Tempore of the Indiana Senate; Indiana Attorney General (1915-1917) John M. Stotsenburg – U.S. Army colonel killed in Philippine–American War Laura M. Hawley Thurston (1812–1842), poet, teacher Camille Wright Thompson (born in 1955) – silver medalist in swimming at 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, graduate of New Albany High School, University of Hawaii S. C. Thompson – editor Ashbel P. Willard – 11th Governor of Indiana Fuzzy Zoeller – PGA golfer with 20 tour victories, 1979 Masters champion, 1984 U.S. Open champion, 2002 U.S. Senior champion See also List of mayors of New Albany, Indiana List of cities and towns along the Ohio River New Albany High School Indiana University Southeast Footnotes Further reading Lawrence M. Lipin, Producers, Proletarians, and Politicians: Workers and Party Politics in Evansville and New Albany, Indiana, 1850-87. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1994. External links City of New Albany, Indiana website New Albany Glass Works/Star Glass Works, New Albany Cities in Indiana Populated places on the Underground Railroad County seats in Indiana Louisville metropolitan area Cities in Floyd County, Indiana Indiana populated places on the Ohio River 1813 establishments in Indiana Territory Populated places established in 1813