Governors of Iowa

Governor

Party

Term of Office

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