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List of Iowa State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| Ansel Briggs | Dec 3, 1846
Dec 4, 1850 | Democratic |
| Stephen P. Hempstead | Dec 4, 1850
Dec 9, 1854 | Democratic |
| James W. Grimes | Dec 9, 1854
Jan 13, 1858 | Whig |
| Ralph P. Lowe | Jan 13, 1858
Jan 11, 1860 | Republican |
| Samuel J. Kirkwood | Jan 13, 1876
Feb 1, 1877 | Republican |
| William M. Stone | Jan 14, 1864
Jan 16, 1868 | Republican |
| Samuel Merrill | Jan 16, 1868
Jan 11, 1872 | Republican |
| Cyrus C. Carpenter | Jan 11, 1872
Jan 13, 1876 | Republican |
| Joshua G. Newbold | Feb 1, 1877
Jan 17, 1878 | Republican |
| John H. Gear | Jan 17, 1878
Jan 12, 1882 | Republican |
| Buren R. Sherman | Jan 12, 1882
Jan 14, 1886 | Republican |
| William Larrabee | Jan 14, 1886
Feb 27, 1890 | Republican |
| Horace Boies | Feb 27, 1890
Jan 11, 1894 | Democratic |
| Frank D. Jackson | Jan 11, 1894
Jan 16, 1896 | Republican |
| Francis M. Drake | Jan 16, 1896
Jan 13, 1898 | Republican |
| Leslie M. Shaw | Jan 13, 1898
Jan 16, 1902 | Republican |
| Albert B. Cummins | Jan 16, 1902
Nov 24, 1908 | Republican |
| Warren Garst | Nov 24, 1908
Jan 14, 1909 | Republican |
| Beryl F. Carroll | Jan 14, 1909
Jan 16, 1913 | Republican |
| George W. Clarke | Jan 16, 1913
Jan 11, 1917 | Republican |
| William L. Harding | Jan 11, 1917
Jan 13, 1921 | Republican |
| N. E. Kendall | Jan 13, 1921
Jan 15, 1925 | Republican |
| John Hammill | Jan 15, 1925
Jan 15, 1931 | Republican |
| Daniel Webster Turner | Jan 15, 1931
Jan 12, 1933 | Republican |
| Clyde L. Herring | Jan 12, 1933
Jan 14, 1937 | Democratic |
| Nelson G. Kraschel | Jan 14, 1937
Jan 12, 1939 | Democratic |
| George A. Wilson | Jan 12, 1939
Jan 14, 1943 | Republican |
| Bourke B. Hickenlooper | Jan 14, 1943
Jan 11, 1945 | Republican |
| Robert D. Blue | Jan 11, 1945
Jan 13, 1949 | Republican |
| William S. Beardsley | Jan 13, 1949
Nov 21, 1954 | Republican |
| Leo Elthon | Nov 22, 1954
Jan 13, 1955 | Republican |
| Leo A. Hoegh | Jan 13, 1955
Jan 17, 1957 | Republican |
| Herschel C. Loveless | Jan 17, 1957
Jan 17, 1961 | Democratic |
| Norman A. Erbe | Jan 12, 1961
Jan 17, 1963 | Republican |
| Harold E. Hughes | Jan 17, 1963
Jan 1, 1969 | Democratic |
| Robert D. Fulton | Jan 1, 1969
Jan 16, 1969 | Democratic |
| Robert D. Ray | Jan 16, 1969
Jan 14, 1983 | Republican |
| Terry E. Branstad | Jan 14, 2011
Incumbent | Republican |
| Tom Vilsack | Jan 15, 1999
Jan 12, 2007 | Democratic |
| Chet Culver | Jan 12, 2007
Jan 14, 2011 | Democratic |
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