The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
  Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
  This is a List of Lieutenant Governors of the U.S. state of Iowa, 1858 to present. In Iowa, the Lieutenant Governor and the governor run together on the same ticket. Before the 1998 Election, the law was changed from the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor running separately....
  
  
• Secretary of State
  Iowa Secretary of State
  The Iowa Secretary of State is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Iowa and is elected every four years. The Office of the Secretary of State is divided into four divisions: Elections and Voter Registration, Business Services, Administrative Services, and Communications and Publications...
  
  
• Attorney General
• State Auditor
• State Treasurer
• Secretary of Agriculture

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
  Iowa Senate
  The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 members of the Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 59,500 per constituency. Each Senate district is composed of two House districts...
  
  
• State House of Representatives
  Iowa House of Representatives
  The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 100 members of the House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 29,750 for each constituency...
  
  
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election

United States presidential election

Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

 was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (D), (R), (FS), and (W).

Year	|Executive offices	|General Assembly Iowa General Assembly The Iowa General Assembly is the legislative branch of the state government of Iowa. Like the federal United States Congress, the General Assembly is a bicameral body, composed of the upper house Iowa Senate and the lower Iowa House of Representatives respectively...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Iowa These are tables of congressional delegations from Iowa to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:...	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor	Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Iowa This is a List of Lieutenant Governors of the U.S. state of Iowa, 1858 to present. In Iowa, the Lieutenant Governor and the governor run together on the same ticket. Before the 1998 Election, the law was changed from the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor running separately....	Sec. of State Iowa Secretary of State The Iowa Secretary of State is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Iowa and is elected every four years. The Office of the Secretary of State is divided into four divisions: Elections and Voter Registration, Business Services, Administrative Services, and Communications and Publications...	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	Sec. of Ag.	State Senate Iowa Senate The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 members of the Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 59,500 per constituency. Each Senate district is composed of two House districts...	State House Iowa House of Representatives The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 100 members of the House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 29,750 for each constituency...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1846	Ansel Briggs Ansel Briggs Ansel Briggs was the first Governor of Iowa, from 1846 to 1850. Briggs was a business entrepreneur, sheriff and a member of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives before being Governor...  (D)		Elisha Cutler Jr.
1847
1848			Josiah H. Bonney (D)							George W. Jones George W. Jones George Wallace Jones , a frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846...  (D)	Augustus C. Dodge Augustus C. Dodge Augustus Caesar Dodge was one of the first set of United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Dodge, a Democrat, had also represented Iowa Territory in Congress as its delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1840 to...  (D)
1849
1850			George W. McClearly (D)
1851	Stephen P. Hempstead Stephen P. Hempstead Stephen P. Hempstead was the second Governor of Iowa. A Democrat, he served from 1850 to 1854.-Biography:...  (D)
1852
1853				David C. Cloud
1854
1855	James W. Grimes James W. Grimes James Wilson Grimes was an American politician, serving as the third Governor of Iowa and a United States Senator from Iowa.-Biography:...  (W)										James Harlan James Harlan (senator) James Harlan was a member of the United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary.-Biography:Harlan represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate as a member of the Free Soil Party in 1855. In 1857 the Senate declared the seat vacant because of irregularities in the legislative...  (FS)
1856			Elijah Sells (R)	Samuel Allen Rice Samuel Allen Rice Samuel Allen Rice was born in Cattaraugus, New York. He lived in Mahaska County, Iowa where he practiced law, was county attorney, and state attorney general . In the American Civil War, he was a colonel in the 33rd regiment of Iowa...
1857											James Harlan James Harlan (senator) James Harlan was a member of the United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary.-Biography:Harlan represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate as a member of the Free Soil Party in 1855. In 1857 the Senate declared the seat vacant because of irregularities in the legislative...  (R)
1858	Ralph P. Lowe Ralph P. Lowe Ralph Phillips Lowe was the fourth Governor of Iowa.-Biography:Lowe was born in Warren County, Ohio. He settled in the town of Muscatine, and was selected as a representative to the Iowa state constitutional convention in 1844. He moved to Lee County at the end of the 1840s, and became the...  (R)	Oran Faville Oran Faville -Biography:Faville, a Republican, served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1858 to 1860 under fellow Republican, Governor Ralph P. Lowe. He was also later an Iowa superintendent of public instruction...  (R)
1859										James W. Grimes James W. Grimes James Wilson Grimes was an American politician, serving as the third Governor of Iowa and a United States Senator from Iowa.-Biography:...  (R)
1860	Samuel J. Kirkwood Samuel J. Kirkwood Samuel Jordan Kirkwood , was an American politician best known as Iowa's American Civil War Governor. He also served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.-Early life and career:...  (R)	Nicholas J. Rusch (R)
1861				Charles C. Nourse
1862		John R. Needham (R)
1863			James Wright (R)
1864	William M. Stone William M. Stone William Milo Stone was the sixth Governor of Iowa .- Biography :...  (R)	Enoch W. Eastman (R)
1865				Isaac L. Allen							Samuel J. Kirkwood Samuel J. Kirkwood Samuel Jordan Kirkwood , was an American politician best known as Iowa's American Civil War Governor. He also served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.-Early life and career:...  (R)
1866		Benjamin F. Gue Benjamin F. Gue Benjamin F. Gue was a newspaper editor, member of Iowa House of Representatives ; member of Iowa Senate , and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Iowa ....  (R)		Frederick E. Bissell
1867			Ed Wright (R)	Henry O'Connor Henry O'Connor -References:* Role of Honour:The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001, William Henry, Galway 2001.-External links:* http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/YourCouncil/HistoryofTheCityCouncil/PreviousMayors/...							James Harlan James Harlan (senator) James Harlan was a member of the United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary.-Biography:Harlan represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate as a member of the Free Soil Party in 1855. In 1857 the Senate declared the seat vacant because of irregularities in the legislative...  (R)
1868	Samuel Merrill Samuel Merrill (Iowa) Samuel Merrill was the seventh Governor of Iowa from 1868–1872, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...  (R)	John Scott (R)
1869
1870		Madison Miner Walden Madison Miner Walden Madison Miner Walden was a Civil War officer, teacher, publisher, farmer, the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, and a one-term Republican U.S...  (R)								James B. Howell James B. Howell James Bruen Howell was a United States Senator from Iowa for slightly over one year.Born near Morristown, New Jersey, he moved with his parents to Newark, Ohio, in 1819, and attended the public schools. He graduated from Miami University in 1839, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1839,...  (R)
1871		Henry C. Bulis (R)								George G. Wright George G. Wright George Grover Wright was a pioneer lawyer, Iowa Supreme Court justice, law professor, and Republican United States Senator from Iowa....  (R)
1872	Cyrus C. Carpenter Cyrus C. Carpenter Cyrus Clay Carpenter was a Civil War officer, the eighth Governor of Iowa and U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district.-Early life:...  (R)			Marsena E. Cutts Marsena E. Cutts Marsena Edgar Cutts was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and teacher from Iowa.Born in Orwell, Vermont, Cutts attended common schools in his native village and later attended St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York. He moved to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin in 1853 where he taught school for...  (R)
1873			Josiah T. Young (R)								William B. Allison William B. Allison William Boyd Allison was an early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, who represented northeastern Iowa for four consecutive terms in the U.S. House before representing his state for six consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate...  (R)
1874		Joseph Dysart (R)
1875
1876	Samuel J. Kirkwood Samuel J. Kirkwood Samuel Jordan Kirkwood , was an American politician best known as Iowa's American Civil War Governor. He also served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.-Early life and career:...  (R)	Joshua G. Newbold Joshua G. Newbold Joshua G. Newbold was the tenth Governor of Iowa.-Early life:Newbold grew up in a Quaker family in Pennsylvania. Later he became a Baptist...  (R)
1877
	Joshua G. Newbold Joshua G. Newbold Joshua G. Newbold was the tenth Governor of Iowa.-Early life:Newbold grew up in a Quaker family in Pennsylvania. Later he became a Baptist...  (R)	vacant		John F. McJunkin						Samuel J. Kirkwood Samuel J. Kirkwood Samuel Jordan Kirkwood , was an American politician best known as Iowa's American Civil War Governor. He also served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.-Early life and career:...  (R)
1878	John H. Gear John H. Gear John Henry Gear was the 11th Governor of Iowa, United States Representative, and Senator.-Biography:Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Galena, Illinois in 1836, to Fort Snelling, Iowa, in 1838, and to Burlington in 1843, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits...  (R)	Frank T. Campbell (R)
1879			John A. T. Hull John A. T. Hull John Albert Tiffin Hull was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district...  (R)
1880
1881				Smith McPherson Smith McPherson Smith McPherson was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's now-obsolete 9th congressional district for one year, and a federal district court judge for over fourteen years....  (R)						James W. McDill James W. McDill James Wilson McDill was a lawyer, state-court judge, Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa, state railroad commissioner, and member of the Interstate Commerce Commission....  (R)
1882	Buren R. Sherman Buren R. Sherman Buren Robinson Sherman was the 12th Governor of Iowa, serving from 1882 to 1886.-Biography:Sherman was born in Phelps, Ontario County, New York on May 28, 1836....  (R)	Orlando H. Manning (R)
1883										James F. Wilson (R)
1884
1885			Frank D. Jackson Frank D. Jackson Frank Darr Jackson was the 15th Governor of Iowa, serving one term from 1894-96. -Biography:...  (R)	Andrew J. Baker
1886	William Larrabee William Larrabee (Iowa) William Larrabee was a Republican politician from Iowa. He served as the 13th Governor of Iowa from 1886 until 1890.-Early life:Larrabee was born in Ledyard, Connecticut, into a family of French Huguenot extraction...  (R)	John A.T. Hull (R)
1887
1888
1889				John Y. Stone
1890	Horace Boies Horace Boies Horace Boies served as the 14th Governor of Iowa from 1890 to 1894 as a member of the United States Democratic Party. Boies was the only Democrat to serve in that position from 1855-1933.- Life before Iowa :...  (D)	Alfred N. Poyneer (R)
1891			William M. McFarland (R)
1892		Samuel L. Bestow Samuel L. Bestow Samuel L. Bestow was an American politician from Iowa. He was the first Democrat to serve as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1892 to 1894 .- External links :...  (D)
1893
1894	Frank D. Jackson Frank D. Jackson Frank Darr Jackson was the 15th Governor of Iowa, serving one term from 1894-96. -Biography:...  (R)	Warren S. Dungan (R)
1895				Milton Remley						John H. Gear John H. Gear John Henry Gear was the 11th Governor of Iowa, United States Representative, and Senator.-Biography:Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Galena, Illinois in 1836, to Fort Snelling, Iowa, in 1838, and to Burlington in 1843, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits...  (R)
1896	Francis M. Drake Francis M. Drake Francis Marion Drake was an American politician who became the 16th Governor of Iowa.-Biography:Drake was born in Rushville, Illinois, the son of John Adams Drake and Harriet Jane O'Neal. He later moved to Centerville, Iowa...  (R)	Matt Parrott (R)
1897			George L. Dobson (R)
1898	Leslie M. Shaw (R)	James C. Milliman (R)
1899
1900
1901			William B. Martin (R)	Charles W. Mullan						Jonathan P. Dolliver Jonathan P. Dolliver Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century...  (R)
1902	Albert B. Cummins Albert B. Cummins Albert Baird Cummins was the 18th Governor of Iowa, U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate. Cummins was perhaps the most influential leader in Iowa politics in the first quarter of the 20th century...  (R)	John Herriott (R)
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907		Warren Garst Warren Garst Warren Garst was an American politician, Iowa State Senator, a member of the Republican Party, the 21st Lieutenant Governor, and the 19th Governor of Iowa.-Biography:...  (R)	William C. Hayward (R)	John F. Riggs
1908
	Warren Garst Warren Garst Warren Garst was an American politician, Iowa State Senator, a member of the Republican Party, the 21st Lieutenant Governor, and the 19th Governor of Iowa.-Biography:...  (R)	vacant
1909	Beryl F. Carroll Beryl F. Carroll Beryl Franklin Carroll was the 20th Governor of Iowa from 1909 to 1913.-Biography:Carroll was born in Davis County, Iowa; he graduated from the Missouri State Normal School in 1884. He worked as a livestock dealer, teacher, and newspaper publisher...  (R)	George W. Clarke George W. Clarke George Washington Clarke served two terms as the 21st Governor of Iowa from 1913-17.-Biography:...  (R)		Howard Webster Byers							Albert B. Cummins Albert B. Cummins Albert Baird Cummins was the 18th Governor of Iowa, U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate. Cummins was perhaps the most influential leader in Iowa politics in the first quarter of the 20th century...  (R)
1910										Lafayette Young Lafayette Young Lafayette Young was a newspaper reporter and editor, and a Republican Senator from Iowa.Young was born in Monroe County, Iowa. His early education was acquired in the public schools and in printing offices at Albia, Iowa and Des Moines, Iowa...  (R)
1911				George Cosson
1912										William S. Kenyon (R)
1913	George W. Clarke George W. Clarke George Washington Clarke served two terms as the 21st Governor of Iowa from 1913-17.-Biography:...  (R)	William L. Harding William L. Harding William Lloyd Harding was from Sioux City, Iowa and the 22nd Governor of Iowa from 1917 to 1921.-Biography:Born in 1877 in Sibley, Iowa, Harding opposed extending voting rights for women and road improvements...  (R)	William S. Allen William S. Allen William S. Allen was the Iowa Secretary of State from 1913 until 1918....  (R)
1914
1915
1916
1917	William L. Harding William L. Harding William Lloyd Harding was from Sioux City, Iowa and the 22nd Governor of Iowa from 1917 to 1921.-Biography:Born in 1877 in Sibley, Iowa, Harding opposed extending voting rights for women and road improvements...  (R)	Ernest Robert Moore (R)		H. M. Havner
1918
1919			W. C. Ramsay (R)
1920
1921	N. E. Kendall (R)	John Hammill John Hammill John Hammill served three terms as the 24th Governor of Iowa from 1925 to 1931.-Biography:Hammill was born in Linden, Wisconsin. He earned a law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1897, and practiced law in Britt, Iowa. After serving as a county attorney from 1902 to 1908, he was...  (R)		Ben J. Gibson
1922										Smith W. Brookhart Smith W. Brookhart Smith Wildman Brookhart , was twice elected as a Republican to represent Iowa in the United States Senate. He was considered an "insurgent" within the Republican Party; his criticisms of the Harding and Coolidge Administrations and of business interests alienated others within the Republican...  (R)
1923
1924
1925	John Hammill John Hammill John Hammill served three terms as the 24th Governor of Iowa from 1925 to 1931.-Biography:Hammill was born in Linden, Wisconsin. He earned a law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1897, and practiced law in Britt, Iowa. After serving as a county attorney from 1902 to 1908, he was...  (R)	Clem F. Kimball (R)
1926										Daniel F. Steck Daniel F. Steck Daniel Frederic Steck , was the only Iowa Democrat in the United States Senate between the American Civil War and the Great Depression. He was sworn in as Senator only after an extraordinary election challenge, in which his apparent defeat at the polls by a Progressive Party ally running as a...  (D)
1927				John Fletcher							Smith W. Brookhart Smith W. Brookhart Smith Wildman Brookhart , was twice elected as a Republican to represent Iowa in the United States Senate. He was considered an "insurgent" within the Republican Party; his criticisms of the Harding and Coolidge Administrations and of business interests alienated others within the Republican...  (R)
1928		Arch W. McFarlane (R)	Ed M. Smith (R)
1929
1930
1931	Daniel Webster Turner Daniel Webster Turner Daniel Webster 'Dan' Turner , a lifelong Republican, was elected the 25th Governor of Iowa, and served only one term from 1931 to 1933.-Biography:...  (R)		G. C. Greenwalt (R)							Lester J. Dickinson Lester J. Dickinson Lester Jesse Dickinson was a Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. He was, in the words of Time magazine, "a big, friendly, white-thatched Iowa lawyer." In early 1936 he dreamed of winning the presidency...  (R)
1932
1933	Clyde L. Herring Clyde L. Herring Clyde LaVerne Herring , an American politician and Democrat, served as the 26th Governor of Iowa, and then one of its U.S. Senators, during the last part of the Great Depression and the first part of World War II....  (D)	Nelson G. Kraschel Nelson G. Kraschel Nelson George Kraschel was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He was born on a farm near Macon, Illinois in 1889 and died in Harlan, Iowa in 1957....  (D)	Ola Babcock Miller (D)	Edward L. O'Connor							Richard L. Murphy Richard L. Murphy Richard Louis Murphy of Dubuque, Iowa was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Iowa. Elected with President Franklin D...  (D)
1934
1935
1936
1937	Nelson G. Kraschel Nelson G. Kraschel Nelson George Kraschel was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He was born on a farm near Macon, Illinois in 1889 and died in Harlan, Iowa in 1957....  (D)	John K. Valentine (D)	Robert E. O'Brien (D)	John H. Mitchell						Clyde L. Herring Clyde L. Herring Clyde LaVerne Herring , an American politician and Democrat, served as the 26th Governor of Iowa, and then one of its U.S. Senators, during the last part of the Great Depression and the first part of World War II....  (D)	Guy Mark Gillette Guy Mark Gillette Guy Mark Gillette was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again.-Personal background:...  (D)
1938
1939	George A. Wilson George A. Wilson George Allison Wilson was a United States Senator and 28th Governor of Iowa.-Personal background:Born on a farm near Menlo, Iowa, Wilson attended rural schools, and Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law at Iowa City in 1907, and was admitted to...  (R)	Bourke B. Hickenlooper Bourke B. Hickenlooper Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper , was a Republican politician from the US state of Iowa. He was lieutenant governor from 1939 to 1943 and then the 29th Governor of Iowa from 1943 to 1945...  (R)	Earl G. Miller (R)	Fred D. Everett (R)
1940
1941				John M. Rankin (R)
1942
1943	Bourke B. Hickenlooper Bourke B. Hickenlooper Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper , was a Republican politician from the US state of Iowa. He was lieutenant governor from 1939 to 1943 and then the 29th Governor of Iowa from 1943 to 1945...  (R)	Robert D. Blue Robert D. Blue Robert Donald Blue was the 30th Governor of Iowa from 1945-49.-Biography:...  (R)	Wayne N. Ropes (R)							George A. Wilson George A. Wilson George Allison Wilson was a United States Senator and 28th Governor of Iowa.-Personal background:Born on a farm near Menlo, Iowa, Wilson attended rural schools, and Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law at Iowa City in 1907, and was admitted to...  (R)
1944
1945	Robert D. Blue Robert D. Blue Robert Donald Blue was the 30th Governor of Iowa from 1945-49.-Biography:...  (R)	Kenneth A. Evans (R)									Bourke B. Hickenlooper Bourke B. Hickenlooper Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper , was a Republican politician from the US state of Iowa. He was lieutenant governor from 1939 to 1943 and then the 29th Governor of Iowa from 1943 to 1945...  (R)
1946
1947			Rolo H. Bergeson (R)	Robert L. Larson (R)
1948
1949	William S. Beardsley William S. Beardsley William Shane "Bill" Beardsley was the 31st Governor of Iowa from 1949 to 1954.-Biography:Beardsley was born in Beacon, Iowa and grew up in Birmingham, Iowa. The son of a pharmacist, he attended pharmacy school himself, and established a drugstore in New Virginia, Iowa in 1922. He was elected to...  (R)		Melvin D. Synhorst Melvin D. Synhorst Melvin D. Synhorst was the Iowa Secretary of State from 1949 to 1965 and from 1967 to 1980. Appointed on November 2, 1948 and on November 8, 1966, he was a native of Sioux County. Serving for the two years between his terms was Gary L. Cameron. Synhorst's second term ended at his resignation;...  (R)							Guy Gillette (D)
1950
1951		William H. Nicholas (R)
1952
1953		Leo Elthon Leo Elthon Leo Elthon was the 32nd Governor of Iowa from November 21, 1954 to January 13, 1955. Elthon had been elected the 34th Lieutenant Governor in November 1952, and filled the unexpired term of Governor William S...  (R)		Leo Hoegh Leo Hoegh Leo Arthur Hoegh was a decorated U.S. Army officer, lawyer and politician who was the 33rd Governor of Iowa from 1955 to 1957.His record of public service included important contributions to his home state and to his country...  (R)
1954
	Leo Elthon Leo Elthon Leo Elthon was the 32nd Governor of Iowa from November 21, 1954 to January 13, 1955. Elthon had been elected the 34th Lieutenant Governor in November 1952, and filled the unexpired term of Governor William S...  (R)	vacant
1955	Leo Hoegh Leo Hoegh Leo Arthur Hoegh was a decorated U.S. Army officer, lawyer and politician who was the 33rd Governor of Iowa from 1955 to 1957.His record of public service included important contributions to his home state and to his country...  (R)	Leo Elthon Leo Elthon Leo Elthon was the 32nd Governor of Iowa from November 21, 1954 to January 13, 1955. Elthon had been elected the 34th Lieutenant Governor in November 1952, and filled the unexpired term of Governor William S...  (R)		Dayton Countryman (R)						Thomas E. Martin Thomas E. Martin Thomas Ellsworth Martin was a United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. Martin, a Republican, served in Congress for 22 consecutive years, from January 1939 to January 1961....  (R)
1956
1957	Herschel C. Loveless Herschel C. Loveless Herschel Cellel Loveless was the 34th Governor of Iowa, from 1957 to 1961. He was also mayor of Ottumwa, Iowa. He was born in 1911 in Hedrick, Iowa and died in 1989 in Winchester, Virginia....  (D)	William H. Nicholas (R)		Norman A. Erbe Norman A. Erbe Norman Arthur Erbe was the 35th Governor of Iowa from 1961 to 1963.-Biography:He was born in Boone, Iowa. He served as an infantry officer in the United States Army from 1941 to 1943. He then transferred to the United States Army Air Corps as a pilot, spending the rest of World War II as a pilot...  (R)
1958
1959		Edward J. McManus (D)
1960
1961	Norman A. Erbe Norman A. Erbe Norman Arthur Erbe was the 35th Governor of Iowa from 1961 to 1963.-Biography:He was born in Boone, Iowa. He served as an infantry officer in the United States Army from 1941 to 1943. He then transferred to the United States Army Air Corps as a pilot, spending the rest of World War II as a pilot...  (R)	W. L. Moody (D)		Evan Hultman						Jack Miller Jack Miller Jack Richard Miller was a Republican United States Senator from Iowa who served two terms from 1961 to 1973, and then a federal appellate judge....  (R)
1962
1963	Harold E. Hughes (D)
1964
1965		Robert D. Fulton Robert D. Fulton Robert David Fulton briefly served as the 37th Governor of Iowa during the first 16 days of 1969.-Biography:Fulton was born in Waterloo, Iowa. A Democrat, he served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1958 to 1960, followed by a term as a member of the Iowa Senate from 1962 to...  (D)	Gary L. Cameron (D)	Lawrence F. Scalise
1966
1967			Melvin D. Synhorst Melvin D. Synhorst Melvin D. Synhorst was the Iowa Secretary of State from 1949 to 1965 and from 1967 to 1980. Appointed on November 2, 1948 and on November 8, 1966, he was a native of Sioux County. Serving for the two years between his terms was Gary L. Cameron. Synhorst's second term ended at his resignation;...  (R)	Richard C. Turner
1968
1969	Robert D. Fulton Robert D. Fulton Robert David Fulton briefly served as the 37th Governor of Iowa during the first 16 days of 1969.-Biography:Fulton was born in Waterloo, Iowa. A Democrat, he served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1958 to 1960, followed by a term as a member of the Iowa Senate from 1962 to...  (D)	vacant									Harold E. Hughes (D)		Richard M. Nixon and Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...  (R)
	Robert D. Ray Robert D. Ray Robert Dolph Ray served as the 38th Governor of Iowa from January 16, 1969 to January 14, 1983. He served in the United States Army. He received his B.A. in Business from Drake University in 1952 and his Law Degree in 1954...  (R)	Roger Jepsen Roger Jepsen Roger William Jepsen is an American politician from the state of Iowa. A Republican, he served in the United States Senate.-Biography :...  (R)
1970
1971
1972
1973		Arthur A. Neu (R)								Dick Clark (D)
1974
1975											John Culver John Culver John Chester Culver is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Iowa in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate....  (D)
1976													Gerald R. Ford and Bob Dole Bob Dole Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...  (R)
1977
1978
1979		Terry E. Branstad Terry E. Branstad Terry Edward Branstad is an American politician who is the 42nd and current Governor of Iowa since January 2011. Branstad was the 39th Governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999 and President of Des Moines University from 2003 to 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is the youngest and...  (R)		Thomas John Miller Thomas John Miller Thomas John Miller is an attorney and the current Attorney General of the state of Iowa. He first served as the state's Attorney General from 1979 until 1991, when he ran for governor; however, he failed to obtain the Democratic Party's nomination.Miller was again elected Attorney General in...  (D)						Roger Jepsen Roger Jepsen Roger William Jepsen is an American politician from the state of Iowa. A Republican, he served in the United States Senate.-Biography :...  (R)
1980			Mary Jane Odell (R)										Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....  and George H.W. Bush (R)
1981											Chuck Grassley Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley is the senior United States Senator from Iowa . A member of Republican Party, he previously served in the served in the United States House of Representatives and the Iowa state legislature...  (R)
1982
1983	Terry E. Branstad Terry E. Branstad Terry Edward Branstad is an American politician who is the 42nd and current Governor of Iowa since January 2011. Branstad was the 39th Governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999 and President of Des Moines University from 2003 to 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is the youngest and...  (R)	Robert T. Anderson Robert T. Anderson Robert T. Anderson was the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1987. He is a Democrat. To date he is the last male Lt. Governor of Iowa....  (D)
1984
1985										Tom Harkin Tom Harkin Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives ....  (D)
1986
1987		Jo Ann Zimmerman Jo Ann Zimmerman Jo Ann McIntosh Zimmerman was the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and president of the Iowa Senate.-External links:*...  (D)	Elaine Baxter Elaine Baxter Elaine Bland Baxter is a politician and school teacher from Iowa. She currently resides in Burlington, Iowa.-Family:She is the daughter of Clarence Arthur Bland and Margaret Clark Bland....  (D)
1988													Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis Michael Stanley Dukakis served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving...  and Lloyd Bentsen Lloyd Bentsen Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. was a four-term United States senator from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1955. In his later political life, he was Chairman of the Senate...  (D)
1989
1990
1991		Joy Corning Joy Corning Joy Corning was the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. A Republican, she is a native of Des Moines, Iowa...  (R)		Bonnie J. Campbell (D)	Richard D. Johnson (R)	Michael L. Fitzgerald (D)
1992													Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...  and Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....  (D)
1993
1994
1995			Paul Pate Paul Pate Paul Pate is an American politician from Iowa.Pate is a former mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and former Iowa Secretary of State. Pate also served in the Iowa State Senate for six years...  (R)	Thomas John Miller Thomas John Miller Thomas John Miller is an attorney and the current Attorney General of the state of Iowa. He first served as the state's Attorney General from 1979 until 1991, when he ran for governor; however, he failed to obtain the Democratic Party's nomination.Miller was again elected Attorney General in...  (D)
1996
1997												4R, 1D
1998							Dale Cochran
1999	Tom Vilsack Tom Vilsack Thomas James "Tom" Vilsack is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and presently the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He served as the 40th Governor of the state of Iowa. He was first elected in 1998 and re-elected to a second four-year term in 2002...  (D)	Sally Pederson Sally Pederson Sally Pederson was the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. A Democrat, she is a native of Vinton, Iowa. She graduated from Iowa State University in Ames....  (D)	Chet Culver Chet Culver Chester John "Chet" Culver was the 41st Governor of Iowa, from 2007 to 2011. He was also elected as the Federal Liaison for the Democratic Governors Association for 2008-2009. He founded the Chet Culver Group, an energy sector consulting firm, in 2011.-Early life and education:Culver was born in...  (D)				Patty Judge Patty Judge Patty Jean Judge was the 46th Lieutenant Governor and previously, the Secretary of Agriculture for the U.S. State of Iowa. She was elected to the office in 2006 with Chet Culver as Governor, and unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 2010.-Early life, education and career:Secretary Judge graduated...  (D)
2000													Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....  and Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,...  (D)
2001
2002
2003					Dave Vaudt Dave Vaudt David A. Vaudt is the current auditor of state of the U.S. state of Iowa. A Republican, he was first elected to the office in November 2002 and took office in January 2003. He was re-elected in November 2006.-External links:**...  (R)
2004													George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....  and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
2005
2006
2007	Chet Culver Chet Culver Chester John "Chet" Culver was the 41st Governor of Iowa, from 2007 to 2011. He was also elected as the Federal Liaison for the Democratic Governors Association for 2008-2009. He founded the Chet Culver Group, an energy sector consulting firm, in 2011.-Early life and education:Culver was born in...  (D)	Patty Judge Patty Judge Patty Jean Judge was the 46th Lieutenant Governor and previously, the Secretary of Agriculture for the U.S. State of Iowa. She was elected to the office in 2006 with Chet Culver as Governor, and unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 2010.-Early life, education and career:Secretary Judge graduated...  (D)	Michael Mauro Michael Mauro Michael Anthony Mauro was the Iowa Secretary of State. Previously he served as County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections for Polk County, Iowa for nearly a decade...  (D)				Bill Northey Bill Northey William Howard "Bill" Northey is an Iowan politician, a member of the Republican Party, and the current Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. He was elected on November 7, 2006 and was sworn in on January 2, 2007...  (R)	30D, 20R	53D, 47R			3D, 2R
2008													Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...  and Joe Biden Joe Biden Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...  (D)
2009								32D, 18R	57D, 43R
2010
2011	Terry Branstad (R)	Kim Reynolds Kim Reynolds Kim Reynolds is the 47th and current Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and a former state senator from Osceola. Republican nominee for Governor Terry Branstad publicly proposed Reynolds for lieutenant governor on June 25, 2010 and she received the Republican nomination from the 2010 Republican State...  (R)	Matt Schultz Matt Schultz Matt Schultz is an attorney and the current Iowa Secretary of State. He was a member of the Council Bluffs City Council, a position he has held from 2005 to 2011. On October 31, 2009, he announced his candidacy for the office of secretary of state and challenge incumbent Democrat Michael Mauro for...  (R)					26D, 24R	60R, 40D
Year	Governor	Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Iowa This is a List of Lieutenant Governors of the U.S. state of Iowa, 1858 to present. In Iowa, the Lieutenant Governor and the governor run together on the same ticket. Before the 1998 Election, the law was changed from the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor running separately....	Sec. of State Iowa Secretary of State The Iowa Secretary of State is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Iowa and is elected every four years. The Office of the Secretary of State is divided into four divisions: Elections and Voter Registration, Business Services, Administrative Services, and Communications and Publications...	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	Sec. of Ag.	State Senate Iowa Senate The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 members of the Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 59,500 per constituency. Each Senate district is composed of two House districts...	State House Iowa House of Representatives The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 100 members of the House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 29,750 for each constituency...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices							|General Assembly Iowa General Assembly The Iowa General Assembly is the legislative branch of the state government of Iowa. Like the federal United States Congress, the General Assembly is a bicameral body, composed of the upper house Iowa Senate and the lower Iowa House of Representatives respectively...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Iowa These are tables of congressional delegations from Iowa to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:...

See also

• Law and government in Iowa
• Elections in Iowa
  Elections in Iowa
  The number of elections in Iowa varies from year to year. Presidential elections are held every four years. Since 1972, Iowa has been the first state to vote in presidential primaries, with their caucuses...