Governors of Iowa

This is a list of governors from the state of Iowa.[1]

## Territorial Governors of Iowa[edit]

Name  |  Years

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Robert Lucas  |  1838–1841
John Chambers  |  1841–1845
James Clarke  |  1845–1846

## State Governors of Iowa[edit]

Name |  Party  |  Years

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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 Branstad |  Republican  |  1983–1999
Tom Vilsack |  Democrat  |  1999–2007
Chet Culver  |  Democrat  |  2007–2011
Terry Branstad |  Republican  |  2011–2017
Kim Reynolds  |  Republican  |  2017 – present

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ List of Iowa State Governors. theus50.com.

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