List of Iowa Governors

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Kim Reynolds, the current Governor of Iowa

This list includes all of the governors of the US state of Iowa and the pre-existing Iowa Territory .

Iowa Territory

Surname Term of office Political party
Robert Lucas 1838-1841 democrat
John Chambers 1841-1845 Whig
James Clarke 1845-1846

State of Iowa

Surname Term of office Political party
Ansel Briggs 1846-1850 democrat
Stephen P. Hempstead 1850-1854 democrat
James Wilson Grimes 1854-1858 Whig
Ralph Phillips Lowe 1858-1860 republican
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood 1860-1864 republican
William Milo Stone 1864-1868 republican
Samuel Merrill 1868-1872 republican
Cyrus Clay Carpenter 1872-1876 republican
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood 1876-1877 republican
Joshua G. Newbold 1877-1878 republican
John Henry Gear 1878-1882 republican
Boers Robinson Sherman 1882-1886 republican
William Larrabee 1886-1890 republican
Horace Boies 1890-1894 democrat
Frank Darr Jackson 1894-1896 republican
Francis Marion Drake 1896-1898 republican
Leslie Mortier Shaw 1898-1902 republican
Albert Baird Cummins 1902-1908 republican
Warren Garst 1908-1909 republican
Beryl Franklin Carroll 1909-1913 republican
George Washington Clarke 1913-1917 republican
William Lloyd Harding 1917-1921 republican
Nathan Edward Kendall 1921-1925 republican
John Hammill 1925-1931 republican
Daniel Webster Turner 1931-1933 republican
Clyde Laverne Herring 1933-1937 democrat
Nelson George Kraschel 1937-1939 democrat
George Allison Wilson 1939-1943 republican
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper 1943-1945 republican
Robert Donald Blue 1945-1949 republican
William Shane Beardsley 1949-1954 republican
Leo Elthon 1954-1955 republican
Leo Arthur Hoegh 1955-1957 republican
Herschel Celiel Loveless 1957-1961 democrat
Norman Arthur heir 1961-1963 republican
Harold Everett Hughes 1963-1969 democrat
Robert David Fulton 1969-1969 democrat
Robert Dolph Ray 1969-1983 republican
Terry Edward Branstad 1983-1999 republican
Thomas James Vilsack 1999-2007 democrat
Chester John Culver 2007-2011 democrat
Terry Edward Branstad 2011-2017 republican
Kim Kay Reynolds since 2017 republican

See also