This list contains information about the governors of Iowa, including details such as their term of office, party affiliation, and the election they won. The list is available in multiple file formats, including MS Excel, CSV, PDF, and a zipped file containing all the formats.
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S.No.,Governor,Term of Office,Party,Election1,"Ansel Briggs(1806–1881)","December 3, 1846–December 4, 1850(did not run)",Democratic,18462,"Stephen P. Hempstead(1812–1883)","December 4, 1850–December 9, 1854(did not run)",Democratic,18503,"James W. Grimes(1816–1872)","December 9, 1854–January 13, 1858(did not run)",Whig,18544,"Ralph P. Lowe(1805–1883)","January 13, 1858–January 11, 1860(did not run)",Republican,18575,"Samuel J. Kirkwood(1813–1894)","January 11, 1860–January 14, 1864(did not run)",Republican,"1859 1861"6,"William M. Stone(1827–1893)","January 14, 1864–January 16, 1868(did not run)",Republican,"1863 1865"7,"Samuel Merrill(1822–1899)","January 16, 1868–January 11, 1872(did not run)",Republican,"1867 1869"8,"Cyrus C. Carpenter(1829–1898)","January 11, 1872–January 13, 1876(did not run)",Republican,"1871 1873"9,"Samuel J. Kirkwood(1813–1894)","January 13, 1876–February 1, 1877(resigned)",Republican,187510,"Joshua G. Newbold(1830–1903)","February 1, 1877–January 17, 1878(did not run)",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"11,"John H. Gear(1825–1900)","January 17, 1878–January 12, 1882(did not run)",Republican,"1877 1879"12,"Buren R. Sherman(1836–1904)","January 12, 1882–January 14, 1886(did not run)",Republican,"1881 1883"13,"William Larrabee(1832–1912)","January 14, 1886–February 27, 1890(did not run)",Republican,"1885 1887"14,"Horace Boies(1827–1923)","February 27, 1890–January 11, 1894(lost election)",Democratic,"1889 1891"15,"Frank D. Jackson(1854–1938)","January 11, 1894–January 16, 1896(did not run)",Republican,189316,"Francis M. Drake(1830–1903)","January 16, 1896–January 13, 1898(did not run)",Republican,189517,"L. M. Shaw(1848–1932)","January 13, 1898–January 16, 1902(did not run)",Republican,"1897 1899"18,"Albert B. Cummins(1850–1926)","January 16, 1902–November 24, 1908(resigned)",Republican,"1901 19031906"19,"Warren Garst(1850–1924)","November 24, 1908–January 14, 1909(successor took office)",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"20,"Beryl F. Carroll(1860–1939)","January 14, 1909–January 16, 1913(did not run)",Republican,"1908 1910"21,"George W. Clarke(1852–1936)","January 16, 1913–January 11, 1917(did not run)",Republican,"1912 1914"22,"William L. Harding(1877–1934)","January 11, 1917–January 13, 1921(did not run)",Republican,"1916 1918"23,"Nathan E. Kendall(1868–1936)","January 13, 1921–January 15, 1925(did not run)",Republican,"1920 1922"24,"John Hammill(1875–1936)","January 15, 1925–January 15, 1931(did not run)",Republican,"1924 19261928"25,"Dan W. Turner(1877–1969)","January 15, 1931–January 12, 1933(lost election)",Republican,193026,"Clyde L. Herring(1879–1945)","January 12, 1933–January 14, 1937(did not run)",Democratic,"1932 1934"27,"Nelson G. Kraschel(1889–1957)","January 14, 1937–January 12, 1939(lost election)",Democratic,193628,"George A. Wilson(1884–1953)","January 12, 1939–January 14, 1943(did not run)",Republican,"19381940"29,"Bourke B. Hickenlooper(1896–1971)","January 14, 1943–January 11, 1945(did not run)",Republican,194230,"Robert D. Blue(1898–1989)","January 11, 1945–January 13, 1949(did not run)",Republican,"1944 1946"31,"William S. Beardsley(1901–1954)","January 13, 1949–November 21, 1954(died in office)",Republican,"1948 19501952"32,"Leo Elthon(1898–1967)","November 21, 1954–January 13, 1955(successor took office)",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"33,"Leo Hoegh(1908–2000)","January 13, 1955–January 17, 1957(lost election)",Republican,195434,"Herschel C. Loveless(1911–1989)","January 17, 1957–January 12, 1961(did not run)",Democratic,"1956 1958"35,"Norman A. Erbe(1919–2000)","January 12, 1961–January 17, 1963(lost election)",Republican,196036,"Harold Hughes(1922–1996)","January 17, 1963–January 1, 1969(resigned)",Democratic,"1962 1964 1966"37,"Robert D. Fulton(b. 1929)","January 1, 1969–January 16, 1969(successor took office)",Democratic,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"38,"Robert D. Ray(1928–2018)","January 16, 1969–January 14, 1983(did not run)",Republican,"1968 1970197219741978"39,"Terry Branstad(b. 1946)","January 14, 1983–January 15, 1999(did not run)",Republican,"1982 198619901994"40,"Tom Vilsack(b. 1950)","January 15, 1999–January 12, 2007(did not run)",Democratic,"1998 2002"41,"Chet Culver(b. 1966)","January 12, 2007–January 14, 2011(lost election)",Democratic,200642,"Terry Branstad(b. 1946)","January 14, 2011–May 24, 2017(resigned)",Republican,"2010 2014"43,"Kim Reynolds(b. 1959)","May 24, 2017–Incumbent",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor 20182022",,,,https://www.downloadexcelfiles.com/,,,,
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