Governors of Iowa

This is a list of governors from the state of Iowa.

Territorial Governors of Iowa

Name	Years
Robert Lucas	1838–1841
John Chambers	1841–1845
James Clarke	1845–1846

State Governors of Iowa

Name	Party	Years
Ansel Briggs	Democrat	1846–1850
Stephen P. Hempstead	Democrat	1850–1854
James W. Grimes	Whig	1854–1858
Ralph P. Lowe	Republican	1858–1860
Samuel J. Kirkwood	Republican	1860–1864, 1876–1877
William M. Stone	Republican	1864–1868
Samuel Merrill	Republican	1868–1872
Cyrus C. Carpenter	Republican	1872–1876
Joshua G. Neubold	Republican	1877–1878
John H. Gear	Republican	1878–1882
Buren R. Sherman	Republican	1882–1886
William Larrabee	Republican	1886–1890
Horace Boies	Democrat	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 Webster Turner	Republican	1931–1933
Clyde L. Herring	Democrat	1933–1937
Nelson G. Kraschel	Democrat	1937–1939
George A. Wilson	Republican	1939–1943
Bourke B. Hickenlooper	Republican	1943–1945
Robert D. Blue	Republican	1945–1949
William D. Beardsley	Republican	1949–1954
Leo Elthon	Republican	1954–1955
Leo A. Heogh	Republican	1955–1957
Herschel C. Loveless	Democrat	1957–1961
Norman A. Erbe	Republican	1961–1963
Harold E. Hughes	Democrat	1963–1969
Robert D. Fulton	Democrat	1969
Robert D. Ray	Republican	1969–1983
Terry Branstad	Republican	1983–1999
Tom Vilsack	Democrat	1999–2007
Chet Culver	Democrat	2007–2011
Terry Branstad	Republican	2011–2017
Kim Reynolds	Republican	2017 – present