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Governors of Iowa

Governor	Party	Term
Ansel Briggs	Democratic	1846 - 1850
Stephen P. Hempstead	Democratic	1850 - 1854
James W. Grimes	Whig	1854 - 1858
Ralph P. Lowe	Republican	1858 - 1860
Samuel J. Kirkwood	Republican	1860 - 1864
William M. Stone	Republican	1864 - 1868
Samuel Merrill	Republican	1868 - 1872
Cyrus C. Carpenter	Republican	1872 - 1876
Samuel J. Kirkwood	Republican	1876 - 1877
Joshua G. Newbold	Republican	1877 - 1878
John H. Gear	Republican	1878 - 1882
Buren R. Sherman	Republican	1882 - 1886
William Larrabee	Republican	1886 - 1890
Horace Boies	Democratic	1890 - 1894
Frank D. Jackson	Republican	1894 - 1896
Francis M. Drake	Republican	1896 - 1898
L. 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
Nathan E. Kendall	Republican	1921 - 1925
John Hammill	Republican	1925 - 1931
Dan W. Turner	Republican	1931 - 1933
Clyde L. Herring	Democratic	1933 - 1937
Nelson G. Kraschel	Democratic	1937 - 1939
George A. Wilson	Republican	1939 - 1943
Bourke B. Hickenlooper	Republican	1943 - 1945
Robert D. Blue	Republican	1945 - 1949
William S. Beardsley	Republican	1949 - 1954
Leo Elthon	Republican	1954 - 1955
Leo Hoegh	Republican	1955 - 1957
Herschel C. Loveless	Democratic	1957 - 1961
Norman A. Erbe	Republican	1961 - 1963
Harold Hughes	Democratic	1963 - 1969
Robert D. Fulton	Democratic	1969 - 1969
Robert D. Ray	Republican	1969 - 1983
Terry Branstad	Republican	1983 - 1999
Tom Vilsack	Democratic	1999 - 2007
Chet Culver	Democratic	2007 - 2011
Terry Branstad	Republican	2011 - 2017
Kim Reynolds	Republican	2017 -