List of Iowa Governors
Redirected from Governors of Iowa Governors of Iowa Ansel Briggs[?] Democratic 1846-1850 Stephen P. Hempstead[?] Democratic 1850-1854 James W. Grimes[?] Whig 1854-1858 Ralph P. Lowe[?] Republican 1858-1860 Samuel J. Kirkwood[?] Republican 1860-1864 William M. Stone[?] Republican 1864-1868 Samuel Merrill[?] Republican 1868-1872 Cyrus C. Carpenter[?] Republican 1872-1876 Samuel J. Kirkwood[?] Republican 1876-1877 Joshua G. Newbold[?] Republican 1877-1878 John H. Gear[?] Republican 1878-1882 Buren R. Sherman[?] Republican 1882-1886 William Larrabee[?] Republican 1886-1890 Horace Boies[?] Democratic 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 W. Turner[?] Republican 1931-1933 Clyde L. Herring[?] Democratic 1933-1937 Nelson G. Kraschel[?] Democratic 1937-1939 George A. Wilson[?] Republican 1939-1943 Bourke B. Hickenlooper[?] Republican 1943-1945 Robert D. Blue[?] Republican 1945-1949 William S. Beardsley[?] Republican 1949-1954 Leo Elthon[?] Republican 1954-1955 Leo A. Hoegh[?] Republican 1955-1957 Herschel C. Loveless[?] Democratic 1957-1961 Norman A. Erbe[?] Republican 1961-1963 Harold E. Hughes[?] Democratic 1963-1969 Robert D. Fulton[?] Democratic 1969-1969 Robert D. Ray[?] Republican 1969-1983 Terry E. Branstad Republican 1983-1999 Tom Vilsack Democratic 1999-