Iowa Governors

 

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

 

 

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