This is a list of governors from the state of Iowa.[1]
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
|
Notes
- ↑ http://www.theus50.com/iowa/governors.php