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- Governors of the Territory of Iowa
- Governors of the State of Iowa
- Notes
- References External links
The Governor of Iowa is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Iowa. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Iowa's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. There have been 41 people who have served as governor since Iowa became a state, with two of those serving multiple distinct terms. The current governor, Kim Reynolds, is the first woman to hold the position. She replaced Terry Branstad, the longest-serving governor of any state in U.S. history. The shortest-serving Governor of Iowa was Robert D. Fulton, who served 16 days in 1969. Governors of the Territory of IowaIowa Territory was formed on July 4, 1838, from Wisconsin Territory. It had three Governors appointed by the President of the United States. The first Governor of Iowa did not arrive for six weeks after the territory had been created; in the interim, territorial secretary William B. Conway acted as Iowa Governor.[1] Governors of the Territory of Iowa{{abbr|No.|Number | Governor | Term in office | Appointed by | 1 | | Robert Lucas | August 15, 1838}} – May 13, 1841{{efn|name="lucas-chambers"|Chambers was appointed on March 25 to the position of territorial governor, to take office when sworn in. He arrived in the state on May 12 and took office the next day. Lucas was out of the capital at the time and did not formally resign his commission until June 17, per a letter written to U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster.[2]}} | Martin Van Buren |
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2 | | John Chambers | May 13, 1841}}{{efn|name="lucas-chambers"}} – November 18, 1845{{efn|name="chambers-clarke"|Clark was appointed on November 18;[3] it is unknown what specific date he assumed office.}} | William Henry Harrison |
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3 | | James Clarke | November 18, 1845}}{{efn|name="chambers-clarke"}} – December 3, 1846{{efn|name=date-1846}} | Governors of the State of Iowa | {{abbr|No.|Number{{efn|There is no official numbering, and different governors have interpreted it differently, depending on if they give a new number when a governor has multiple distinct terms in office.[13] This article includes numbering for every distinct term in office. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lieutenant Governor{{efn|The office of Lieutenant Governor was created in the 1857 constitution.[9]{{efn|Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted. |
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1 | | | Ansel Briggs | December 3, 1846}}{{efn|Briggs was sworn into office 25 days before the state was formally admitted.[14]|name=date-1846}} – December 4, 1850 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1846 | Office did not exist |
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2 | | Stephen P. Hempstead | December 4, 1850}} – December 9, 1854 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1850 |
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3 | | | James W. Grimes | December 9, 1854}} – January 13, 1858 (not candidate for election) | Whig | The election schedule changed with this term, switching to odd-numbered years and shortening the term by nearly a year.}} |
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4 | | | Ralph P. Lowe | January 13, 1858}} – January 11, 1860 (not candidate for election) | Republican | First term under the 1857 constitution, which shortened terms to two years.}} | | Oran Faville |
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5 | | Samuel J. Kirkwood | {{dts|January 11, 1860}} – January 14, 1864 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1859 | Nicholas J. Rusch |
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1861 | John R. Needham | 6 | | William M. Stone | {{dts|January 14, 1864}} – January 16, 1868 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1863 | | 1865 | Benjamin F. Gue |
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7 | | Samuel Merrill | {{dts|January 16, 1868}} – January 11, 1872 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1867 | John Scott |
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1869 | Madison Miner Walden (resigned 1871){{efn|No source appears to know which date Walden resigned, just that it was to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives for a term beginning March 4.}} | Vacant | | Henry C. Bulis (appointed September 13, 1871) | 8 | | Cyrus C. Carpenter | {{dts|January 11, 1872}} – January 13, 1876 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1871 |
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1873 | Joseph Dysart | 9 | | Samuel J. Kirkwood | January 13, 1876}} – February 1, 1877 (resigned){{efn|Kirkwood resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.}} | Republican | 1875 | Joshua G. Newbold |
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10 | | Joshua G. Newbold | February 1, 1877}} – January 17, 1878 (not candidate for election) | Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant |
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11 | | John H. Gear | {{dts|January 17, 1878}} – January 12, 1882 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1877 | | Frank T. Campbell |
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1879 | 12 | | Buren R. Sherman | {{dts|January 12, 1882}} – January 14, 1886 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1881 | Orlando H. Manning |
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1883 | 13 | | William Larrabee | {{dts|January 14, 1886}} – February 27, 1890{{efn|name="boies"}} (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1885 | John A. T. Hull |
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1887 | 14 | | | Horace Boies | {{dts|February 27, 1890}}{{efn|name="boies"|All sources state Boies was sworn in on February 27, 1890, with no explanation given for the delay; it appears from primary sources that the state legislature was deadlocked, performing over one hundred votes to name the speaker, and the certification of election results was delayed,[15] with Larrabee remaining in office until his successor was certified.}} – January 11, 1894 (lost election) | Democratic | 1889 | Alfred N. Poyneer{{efn|name="lt-rep"|Represented the Republican Party.}} |
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1891 | | Samuel L. Bestow | 15 | | | Frank D. Jackson | January 11, 1894}} – January 16, 1896 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1893 | | Warren S. Dungan |
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16 | | Francis M. Drake | January 16, 1896}} – January 13, 1898 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1895 | Matt Parrott |
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17 | | L. M. Shaw | {{dts|January 13, 1898}} – January 16, 1902 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1897 | James C. Milliman |
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1899 | 18 | | Albert B. Cummins | {{dts|January 16, 1902}} – November 24, 1908 (resigned){{efn|Cummins resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.}} | Republican | 1901 | John Herriott |
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The election schedule changed with this term, switching to odd-numbered years and lengthening the term by nearly a year.}} | 1906 | Warren Garst | 19 | | Warren Garst | November 24, 1908}} – January 14, 1909 (successor took office) | Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant |
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20 | | Beryl F. Carroll | {{dts|January 14, 1909}} – January 16, 1913 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1908 | | George W. Clarke |
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1910 | 21 | | George W. Clarke | {{dts|January 16, 1913}} – January 11, 1917 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1912 | William L. Harding |
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1914 | 22 | | William L. Harding | {{dts|January 11, 1917}} – January 13, 1921 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1916 | Ernest Robert Moore |
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1918 | 23 | | Nathan E. Kendall | {{dts|January 13, 1921}} – January 15, 1925 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1920 | John Hammill |
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1922 | 24 | | John Hammill | {{dts|January 15, 1925}} – January 15, 1931 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1924 | Clem F. Kimball (died September 10, 1928) |
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1926 | Vacant | | Arch W. McFarlane (appointed November 15, 1928) | 1928 | 25 | | Dan W. Turner | January 15, 1931}} – January 12, 1933 (lost election) | Republican | 1930 |
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26 | | | Clyde L. Herring | {{dts|January 12, 1933}} – January 14, 1937 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1932 | | Nelson G. Kraschel |
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1934 | 27 | | Nelson G. Kraschel | January 14, 1937}} – January 12, 1939 (lost election) | Democratic | 1936 | John K. Valentine |
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28 | | | George A. Wilson | {{dts|January 12, 1939}} – January 14, 1943 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1938 | | Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
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1940 | 29 | | Bourke B. Hickenlooper | January 14, 1943}} – January 11, 1945 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1942 | Robert D. Blue |
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30 | | Robert D. Blue | {{dts|January 11, 1945}} – January 13, 1949 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1944 | Kenneth A. Evans |
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1946 | 31 | | William S. Beardsley | {{dts|January 13, 1949}} – November 21, 1954 (died in office) | Republican | 1948 |
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1950 | William H. Nicholas | 1952 | Leo Elthon | 32 | | Leo Elthon | November 21, 1954}} – January 13, 1955 (successor took office) | Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant |
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33 | | Leo Hoegh | January 13, 1955}} – January 17, 1957 (lost election) | Republican | 1954 | | Leo Elthon |
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34 | | | Herschel C. Loveless | {{dts|January 17, 1957}} – January 12, 1961 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1956 | William H. Nicholas{{efn|name="lt-rep"}} |
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1958 | | Edward Joseph McManus | 35 | | | Norman A. Erbe | January 12, 1961}} – January 17, 1963 (lost election) | Republican | 1960 | W. L. Mooty{{efn|name="lt-dem"|Represented the Democratic Party.}} |
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36 | | | Harold Hughes | {{dts|January 17, 1963}} – January 1, 1969 (resigned){{efn|Hughes resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.}} | Democratic | 1962 |
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1964 | Robert D. Fulton | 1966 | 37 | | Robert D. Fulton | January 1, 1969}} – January 16, 1969 (successor took office) | Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant |
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38 | | | Robert D. Ray | {{dts|January 16, 1969}} – January 14, 1983 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1968 | | Roger Jepsen |
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1970 | 1972 | Arthur Neu | First term under a 1972 constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to four years.}} | 1978 | Terry Branstad | 39 | | Terry Branstad | {{dts|January 14, 1983}} – January 15, 1999 (not candidate for election) | Republican | 1982 | | Robert T. Anderson{{efn|name="lt-dem"}} |
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1986 | Jo Ann Zimmerman{{efn|name="lt-dem"}} | 1990 | | Joy Corning | 1994 | 40 | | | Tom Vilsack | {{dts|January 15, 1999}} – January 12, 2007 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1998 | | Sally Pederson |
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2002 | 41 | | Chet Culver | January 12, 2007}} – January 14, 2011 (lost election) | Democratic | 2006 | Patty Judge |
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42 | | | Terry Branstad | {{dts|January 14, 2011}} – May 24, 2017 (resigned){{efn|Branstad resigned to become United States Ambassador to China.}} | Republican | 2010 | | Kim Reynolds |
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2014 | 43 | | Kim Reynolds | {{dts|May 24, 2017}} – present{{efn|Reynolds' first full term began January 18, 2019, and will expire January 10, 2023.}} | Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant |
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| Adam Gregg (appointed May 25, 2017){{efn|Gregg was appointed acting lieutenant governor by Reynolds but, while he had the full powers and salary of the office, he was not in the line of succession; he later won election to the post in the 2018 election.}} | 2018 | Notes{{notelist|30em}}References{{portal|Iowa}}- General
{{refbegin}}- {{cite web |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/FormerGovBios?state=59a265b6-06c0-4773-9271-2b4422c84a50&submit=Search#results |title=Governors of Iowa |publisher=National Governors Association |accessdate=November 8, 2014}}
{{refend}}- Constitutions
{{refbegin}}- {{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Constitution.html |title=Constitution of the State of Iowa |year=1857 |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |accessdate=November 8, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703135226/http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Constitution.html |archivedate=July 3, 2011 |df= }}
- {{cite web |url=http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/history/7-8.html |title=Amendments to the Constitution of Iowa |year=1998 |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |accessdate=November 8, 2014}}
- {{cite web |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=vjlOAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1 |title=Constitution of the State of Iowa |year=1846 |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |accessdate=November 8, 2014}}
{{refend}}- Specific
1. ^{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last = Shambaugh |editor-first = Benjamin F. |encyclopedia = The Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of Iowa |volume = 1 |page=208 |publisher=State Historical Society of Iowa |location=Iowa City, Iowa |year=1903 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=QoE0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208#v=onepage&q&f=false|title = The Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of Iowa }} 2. ^{{cite book|title=Executive Journal of Iowa 1838–1841, Governor Robert Lucas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=609OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA324|year=1906|publisher=State Historical Society of Iowa|pages=277–279}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=Benjamin F. Gue|title=Iowa biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA52|year=1903|publisher=Century History Company|page=52}} 4. ^1846 Const. article V, § 2. 5. ^IA Const. art. IV, § 2 6. ^IA Const. amendment 32. 7. ^IA Const. art. IV, § 15 8. ^IA Const. amendment 42. 9. ^1 IA Const. art. IV, § 3. 10. ^IA Const. amendment 41. 11. ^IA Const. art. IV, § 17. 12. ^1846 Const. art V, § 18. 13. ^{{cite news |url=http://thegazette.com/2010/11/05/no-41st-governor-for-iowa |title=No 41st Governor for Iowa? |date=November 5, 2010 |publisher=The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) |accessdate=November 8, 2014}} 14. ^{{cite book |title=Iowa Official Register – 1951–1952 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=zI8LAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97#v=onepage&f=false |page=97|author1=Secretary Of State |first1=Iowa |year=1951 }} 15. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcklAQAAIAAJ | accessdate=September 6, 2017 | title=Journal of the House of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa | year=1890 | pages=1–95}}
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