Historical Record
Previous Governors of Iowa
Governors who previously held office in Iowa, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesKim ReynoldsRepublican2017–2027
Tom VilsackDemocrat1983–2023
Chet CulverDemocrat1983–2023
Terry BranstadRepublican2011–2017
Chet CulverDemocrat2007–2011
Tom VilsackDemocrat1999–2007
Terry BranstadDemocrat1983–1999
Robert D. RayRepublican1969–1983
Robert D. FultonDemocrat1969–1969
Harold HughesDemocrat1963–1969
Norman A. ErbeDemocrat1961–1963
Herschel C. LovelessDemocrat1957–1961
Leo HoeghRepublican1955–1957
Leo ElthonRepublican1954–1955
William S. BeardsleyRepublican1949–1954
Robert D. BlueRepublican1945–1949
Bourke B. HickenlooperRepublican1943–1945
George A. WilsonRepublican1939–1943
Nelson G. KraschelDemocrat1937–1939
Clyde L. HerringDemocrat1933–1937
Dan W. TurnerRepublican1931–1933
John HammillRepublican1925–1931
Nathan E. KendallRepublican1921–1925
William L. HardingRepublican1917–1921
George W. ClarkeRepublican1913–1917
Beryl F. CarrollRepublican1909–1913
Warren GarstRepublican1908–1909
Albert B. CumminsRepublican1902–1908
L. M. ShawRepublican1898–1902
Francis M. DrakeRepublican1896–1898
Frank D. JacksonRepublican1894–1896
Horace BoiesDemocrat1890–1894
William LarrabeeRepublican1886–1890
Buren R. ShermanRepublican1882–1886
John H. GearRepublican1878–1882
Joshua G. NewboldRepublican1877–1878
Samuel J. KirkwoodRepublican1876–1877
Cyrus C. CarpenterRepublican1872–1876
Samuel MerrillRepublican1868–1872
William M. StoneRepublican1864–1868
Samuel J. KirkwoodRepublican1860–1864
Ralph P. LoweRepublican1858–1860
James W. GrimesIndependent1854–1858
Stephen P. HempsteadDemocrat1850–1854
Ansel BriggsDemocrat1846–1850
James ClarkeIndependent1845–1846
John ChambersIndependent1841–1845
Robert LucasIndependent1838–1841
Henry AtkinsonIndependent1838–1838