Governors
of Iowa
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Governor |
Party |
Term of Office |
Ansel Briggs | Democrat |
1846-1850
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Stephen Hempstead | Democrat |
1850-1854
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James W. Grimes | Whig |
1854-1858
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Ralph Lowe | Republican |
1858-1860
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Samuel Kirkwood | Republican |
1860-1864
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William Stone | Republican |
1864-1868
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Samuel Merrill | Republican |
1868-1872
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Cyrus Carpenter | Republican |
1872-1876
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Samuel Kirkwood | Republican |
1876-1877
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Joshua Newbold | Republican |
1877-1878
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John Gear | Republican |
1878-1882
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Buren Sherman | Republican |
1882-1886
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William Larrabee | Republican |
1886-1890
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Horace Boles | Democrat |
1890-1894
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Frank D. Jackson | Republican |
1894-1896
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Francis Drake | Republican |
1896-1898
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Leslie Shaw | Republican |
1898-1902
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Albert Cummins | Republican |
1902-1908
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Warren Garst | Republican |
1908-1909
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Beryl Carroll | Republican |
1909-1913
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George W. Clarke | Republican |
1913-1917
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William L. Harding | Republican |
1917-1921
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N. E. Kendell | Republican |
1921-1925
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John Hammill | Republican |
1925-1931
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Daniel Turner | Republican |
1931-1933
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Clyde Herring | Democrat |
1933-1937
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Nelson Kraschel | Democrat |
1937-1939
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George A. Wilson | Republican |
1939-1943
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Bourke Hickenlooper | Republican |
1943-1945
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Robert D. Blue | Republican |
1945-1949
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William S. Beardsley | Republican |
1949-1954
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Leo Elthon | Republican |
1954-1955
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Leo Hoegh | Republican |
1955-1957
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Herschel Loveless | Democrat |
1957-1961
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Norman Erbe | Republican |
1961-1963
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Harold Hughes | Democrat |
1963-1969
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Robert Fulton | Democrat |
1969
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Robert Ray | Republican |
1969-1983
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Terry Branstad | Republican |
1983-1999
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Tom Vilsack | Democrat |
1999-Present
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