Governors of Iowa

This is a list of governors from the state of Iowa.

Territorial Governors of Iowa

Name	Years
Robert Lucas	1838-1841
John Chambers	1841-1845
James Clarke	1845-1846

State Governors of Iowa

Name	Party	Years
Ansel Briggs	Democrat	1846-1850
Stephen P. Hempstead	Democrat	1850-1854
James W. Grimes	Whig	1854-1858
Ralph P. Lowe	Republican	1858-1860
Samuel J. Kirkwood	Republican	1860-1864, 1876-1877
William M. Stone	Republican	1864-1868
Samuel Merrill	Republican	1868-1872
Cyrus C. Carpenter	Republican	1872-1876
Joshua G. Neubold	Republican	1877-1878
John H. Gear	Republican	1878-1882
Buren R. Sherman	Republican	1882-1886
William Larrabee	Republican	1886-1890
Horace Boies	Democrat	1890-1894
Frank D. Jackson	Republican	1894-1896
Francis M. Drake	Republican	1896-1898
Leslie M. Shaw	Republican	1898-1902
Albert B. Cummins	Republican	1902-1908
Warren Garst	Republican	1908-1909
Beryl F. Carroll	Republican	1909-1913
George W. Clarke	Republican	1913-1917
William L. Harding	Republican	1917-1921
N. E. Kendall	Republican	1921-1925
John Hammill	Republican	1925-1931
Daniel Webster Turner	Republican	1931-1933
Clyde L. Herring	Democrat	1933-1937
Nelson G. Kraschel	Democrat	1937-1939
George A. Wilson	Republican	1939-1943
Bourke B. Hickenlooper	Republican	1943-1945
Robert D. Blue	Republican	1945-1949
William D. Beardsley	Republican	1949-1954
Leo Elthon	Republican	1954-1955
Leo A. Heogh	Republican	1955-1957
Herschel C. Loveless	Democrat	1957-1961
Norman A. Erbe	Republican	1961-1963
Harold E. Hughes	Democrat	1963-1969
Robert D. Fulton	Democrat	1969
Robert D. Ray	Republican	1969-1983
Terry E. Branstad	Republican	1983-1999
Tom Vilsack	Democrat	1999-2007
Chet Culver	Democrat	2007-2011
Terry Branstad	Republican	2011–present