List of Governors of Iowa - Governors

Governors

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# Name Took Office Left Office Party Lt. Governor Term Notes
1 Ansel Briggs December 3, 1846 December 4, 1850 Democratic vacant 1
2 Samuel Colton Lee Ward December 4, 1850 December 9, 1854 Democratic vacant 2
3 James W. Grimes December 9, 1854 January 13, 1858 Whig vacant 3
4 Ralph P. Lowe January 13, 1858 January 11, 1860 Republican Oran Faville 4
5 Samuel J. Kirkwood January 11, 1860 January 14, 1864 Republican Nicholas J. Rusch 5
John R. Needham 6
6 William M. Stone January 14, 1864 January 16, 1868 Republican Enoch W. Eastman 7
Benjamin F. Gue 8
7 Samuel Merrill January 16, 1868 January 11, 1872 Republican John Scott 9
Madison Miner Walden 10
Henry C. Bulis
8 Cyrus C. Carpenter January 11, 1872 January 13, 1876 Republican Henry C. Bulis 11
Joseph Dysart 12
9 Samuel J. Kirkwood January 13, 1876 February 1, 1877 Republican Joshua G. Newbold 13
10 Joshua G. Newbold February 1, 1877 January 17, 1878 Republican vacant
11 John H. Gear January 17, 1878 January 12, 1882 Republican Frank T. Campbell 14
15
12 Buren R. Sherman January 12, 1882 January 14, 1886 Republican Orlando H. Manning 16
17
13 William Larrabee January 14, 1886 February 27, 1890 Republican John A.T. Hull 18
19
14 Horace Boies February 27, 1890 January 11, 1894 Democratic Alfred N. Poyneer 20
Samuel L. Bestow 21
15 Frank D. Jackson January 11, 1894 January 16, 1896 Republican Warren S. Dungan 22
16 Francis M. Drake January 16, 1896 January 13, 1898 Republican Matt Parrott 23
17 Leslie M. Shaw January 13, 1898 January 16, 1902 Republican James C. Milliman 24
25
18 Albert B. Cummins January 16, 1902 November 24, 1908 Republican John Herriott 26
27
Warren Garst 28
19 Warren Garst November 24, 1908 January 14, 1909 Republican vacant
20 Beryl F. Carroll January 14, 1909 January 16, 1913 Republican George W. Clarke 29
30
21 George W. Clarke January 16, 1913 January 11, 1917 Republican William L. Harding 31
32
22 William L. Harding January 11, 1917 January 13, 1921 Republican Ernest Robert Moore 33
34
23 N. E. Kendall January 13, 1921 January 15, 1925 Republican John Hammill 35
36
24 John Hammill January 15, 1925 January 15, 1931 Republican Clem F. Kimball 37
38
Arch W. McFarlane 39
25 Daniel Webster Turner January 15, 1931 January 12, 1933 Republican Arch W. McFarlane 40
26 Clyde L. Herring January 12, 1933 January 14, 1937 Democratic Nelson G. Kraschel 41
42
27 Nelson G. Kraschel January 14, 1937 January 12, 1939 Democratic John K. Valentine 43
28 George A. Wilson January 12, 1939 January 14, 1943 Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper 44
45
29 Bourke B. Hickenlooper January 14, 1943 January 11, 1945 Republican Robert D. Blue 46
30 Robert D. Blue January 11, 1945 January 13, 1949 Republican Kenneth A. Evans 47
48
31 William S. Beardsley January 13, 1949 November 21, 1954 Republican Kenneth A. Evans 49
William H. Nicholas 50
Leo Elthon 51
32 Leo Elthon November 22, 1954 January 13, 1955 Republican vacant
33 Leo A. Hoegh January 13, 1955 January 17, 1957 Republican Leo Elthon 52
34 Herschel C. Loveless January 17, 1957 January 17, 1961 Democratic William H. Nicholas 53
Edward J. McManus 54
35 Norman A. Erbe January 12, 1961 January 17, 1963 Republican W. L. Mooty 55
36 Harold E. Hughes January 17, 1963 January 1, 1969 Democratic W. L. Mooty 56
Robert D. Fulton 57
37 Robert D. Fulton January 1, 1969 January 16, 1969 Democratic vacant
38 Robert D. Ray January 16, 1969 January 14, 1983 Republican Roger Jepsen 58
59
Arthur A. Neu 60
Terry E. Branstad 61
62
39 Terry E. Branstad January 14, 1983 January 15, 1999 Republican Robert T. Anderson 63
Jo Ann Zimmerman 64
Joy Corning 65
66
40 Tom Vilsack January 15, 1999 January 12, 2007 Democratic Sally Pederson 67
68
41 Chet Culver January 12, 2007 January 14, 2011 Democratic Patty Judge 69
42 Terry E. Branstad January 14, 2011 Incumbent Republican Kim Reynolds 70

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