The Political Graveyard: Iowa: Secretaries of State

Iowa: Secretaries of State

Iowa Secretaries of State, 1846-2001 (May be incomplete!)
Elisa Cutler, Jr. 1846-48 Josiah H. Bonney 1848-50 George W. McCleary 1850-56 Elijah Sells 1856-63 James Wright 1863-67 Ed Wright 1867-73 Josiah T. Young 1873-79 John A. T. Hull 1879-85 Frank Darr Jackson 1885-91 William M. McFarland 1891-97 George L. Dobson 1897-1901 William B. Dobson 1901-07 William C. Hayward 1907-13 William S. Allen 1913-19 W. C. Ramsey 1919-28 Ed M. Smith 1928-31 Gilbert C. Greenwalt 1931-33 Mrs. Alex Miller 1933-37 Robert E. O'Brian 1937-39 Earl G. Miller 1939-43 Wayne N. Ropes 1943-47 Rollo H. Bergeson 1947-49 Melvin D. Synhorst 1949-65 Gary L. Cameron 1965-66 Melvin D. Synhorst 1967- Elaine Baxter 1987-92 Chet Culver 1999-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1880: Timothy O. Walker (Dem), defeated.

1898: Claude R. Porter (Dem), defeated.

1930: Flora Cotton Etter (Dem), defeated.

1970 Nov 3: Melvin D. Synhorst (Rep), elected; Robinson (Dem), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Chet Culver (Dem), elected.

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