Governors of Iowa, 1846-2014 (May be incomplete!)
Ansel
Briggs 1846-50
Stephen
P. Hempstead 1850-54
James
W. Grimes 1854-58
Ralph
P. Lowe 1858-60
Samuel
J. Kirkwood 1860-64
William
M. Stone 1864-68
Samuel
Merrill 1868-72
Cyrus
C. Carpenter 1872-76
Samuel
J. Kirkwood 1876-77
Joshua
G. Newbold 1877-78
John
H. Gear 1878-82
Buren
R. Sherman 1882-86
William
Larrabee 1886-90
Horace
Boies 1890-94
Frank
D. Jackson 1894-96
Francis
Marion Drake 1896-98
Leslie
M. Shaw 1898-1902
Albert
B. Cummins 1902-08
Warren
Garst 1908-09
Beryl
F. Carroll 1909-13
George
W. Clarke 1913-17
William
L. Harding 1917-21
Nathan
E. Kendall 1921-25
John
Hammill 1925-31
Dan
W. Turner 1931-33
Clyde
L. Herring 1933-37
Nelson
G. Kraschel 1937-39
George
A. Wilson 1939-43
Bourke
B. Hickenlooper 1943-45
Robert
Donald Blue 1945-49
William
S. Beardsley 1949-54
Leo
Elthon 1954-55
Leo
Hoegh 1955-57
Herschel
C. Loveless 1957-61
Norman
Erbe 1961-63
Harold
E. Hughes 1963-69
Robert
D. Fulton 1969
Robert
D. Ray 1969-83
Terry
E. Branstad 1983-99
Tom
Vilsack 1999-2007
Chet
Culver 2007-11
Terry
E. Branstad 2011-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1846 Oct 26:
Ansel
Briggs (Dem), elected;
Thomas
McKnight (Whig), defeated.
1850 Aug 5:
Stephen
P. Hempstead (Opposition), elected;
James
L. Thompson (Whig), defeated;
William
Penn Clark (Free Soil), defeated.
1854 Aug 3:
James
W. Grimes (Whig & Free Soil), elected;
Curtis
Bates (Dem), defeated.
1857 Oct 13:
Ralph
P. Lowe (Rep), elected;
Benjamin
M. Samuels (Dem), defeated;
T.
F. Henry (American), defeated.
1859 Oct 11:
Samuel
J. Kirkwood (Rep), elected;
Augustus
C. Dodge (Dem), defeated.
1861 Oct 8:
Samuel
J. Kirkwood (Rep), elected;
William
H. Merritt (Union Democratic), defeated;
Benjamin
M. Samuels, defeated;
Henry
Clay Dean, defeated;
Charles
Mason, defeated;
Lincoln
Clark, defeated.
1863 Oct 13:
William
M. Stone (Rep), elected;
James
M. Tuttle (Dem), defeated.
1865 Oct 10:
William
M. Stone (Union Republican), elected;
Thomas
H. Benton (Dem), defeated.
1867 Oct 8:
Samuel
Merrill (Rep), elected;
Charles
Mason (Dem), defeated.
1869 Oct 12:
Samuel
Merrill (Rep), elected;
George
Gillaspy (Dem), defeated.
1871 Oct 10:
Cyrus
C. Carpenter (Rep), elected;
Joseph
C. Knapp (Dem), defeated.
1873 Oct 14:
Cyrus
C. Carpenter (Rep), elected;
Joseph
G. Vale (Anti-Monopoly), defeated.
1875 Oct 12:
Samuel
J. Kirkwood (Rep), elected;
Shepherd
Leffler (Dem & Anti-Monopoly), defeated;
John
H. Lozier (Prohibition), defeated.
1877 Feb 1:
Samuel
J. Kirkwood, resigned.
1877 Oct 9:
John
H. Gear (Rep), elected;
John
P. Irish (Dem), defeated;
Daniel
P. Stubbs (Greenback), defeated;
Elias
Jessup (Prohibition), defeated.
1879 Oct 14:
John
H. Gear (Rep), elected;
Henry
H. Trimble (Dem), defeated;
Daniel
Campbell (Greenback), defeated;
David
P. Dungan (Prohibition), defeated.
1881 Oct 11:
Buren
R. Sherman (Rep), elected;
La
Vega G. Kinne (Dem), defeated;
D.
M. Clark (Greenback), defeated;
William
Johnson (Anti-Secret-Society), defeated.
1883 Oct 9:
Buren
R. Sherman (Rep), elected;
La
Vega G. Kinne (Dem), defeated;
James
B. Weaver (Greenback), defeated.
1885 Nov 3:
William
Larrabee (Rep), elected;
Charles
Edwin Whiting (Dem), defeated;
James
Mickelwait (Prohibition), defeated;
Elias
Doty (Straight Greenback), defeated.
1887 Nov 8:
William
Larrabee (Rep), elected;
T.
J. Anderson (Dem), defeated;
M.
J. Cain (Labor), defeated;
V.
C. Farnham (Prohibition), defeated.
1889 Nov 5:
Horace
Boies (Dem), elected;
Joseph
G. Hutchinson (Rep), defeated;
F.
B. Downing (Union Labor), defeated;
Malcolm
Smith (Prohibition), defeated;
Elias
Doty (Greenback), defeated.
1891:
Herman
C. Wheeler, defeated.
1893:
Horace
Boies, defeated.
1895:
W.
I. Babb (Dem), defeated.
1897:
Frederick
E. White, defeated.
1899:
Frederick
E. White, defeated;
Jonah
Fitz Randolph Leonard (United Christian), defeated.
1901:
T.
J. Phillips, defeated;
Alexis
U. Coates (Prohibition), defeated.
1903:
Jerry
B. Sullivan, defeated.
1906:
Claude
R. Porter, defeated;
Lorenzo
S. Coffin (Prohibition), defeated.
1908:
Frederick
E. White, defeated.
1910:
John
M. Work (Socialist), defeated;
Claude
R. Porter, defeated.
1912 Nov 5:
George
W. Clarke (Rep), elected;
Edward
G. Dunn (Dem), defeated;
John
L. Stevens (Progressive), defeated;
I.
S. McCrillis (Socialist), defeated;
C.
Durant Jones (Prohibition), defeated.
1914 Nov 3:
George
W. Clarke (Rep), elected;
John
T. Hamilton (Dem), defeated;
George
C. White (Progressive), defeated;
Oliver
C. Wilson (Socialist), defeated;
Malcolm
Smith (Prohibition), defeated.
1916:
George
Cosson (Rep), defeated in primary.
1916 Nov 7:
William
L. Harding (Rep), elected;
Edwin
T. Meredith (Dem), defeated;
J.
W. Bennett (Socialist), defeated;
Oren
D. Eilett (Prohibition), defeated;
F.
H. Bashor (Progressive), defeated;
Arthur
S. Dowler (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1918:
Edwin
T. Meredith (Dem), defeated in primary.
1918 Nov 5:
William
L. Harding (Rep), elected;
Claude
R. Porter (Dem), defeated;
Andrew
Engle (Socialist), defeated;
Madison
L. Christian (Prohibition), defeated.
1920 Nov 2:
Nathan
E. Kendall (Rep), elected;
Clyde
L. Herring (Dem), defeated;
George
J. Peck (Socialist), defeated;
Mathias
Faber (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
J.
Jay Hisel (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Nathan
E. Kendall (Rep), elected;
J.
Ray Files (Dem), defeated.
1924 Nov 4:
John
Hammill (Rep), elected;
J.
C. Murtagh (Dem), defeated.
1926 Nov 2:
John
Hammill (Rep), elected;
Alex
R. Miller (Dem), defeated;
Thomas
J. Kelly (Commonwealth Land), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
John
Hammill (Rep), elected;
L.
W. Housel (Dem), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
Dan
W. Turner (Rep), elected;
Fred
P. Hageman (Dem), defeated;
John
M. Smith (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
William
Patten (Communist), defeated.
1934:
Robert
W. Colflesh (Rep), defeated in primary.
1940:
John
K. Valentine (Dem), defeated.
1948:
William
S. Beardsley (Rep), elected.
1950:
William
S. Beardsley (Rep), elected.
1952:
Otha
D. Wearin (Dem), defeated in primary.
1952:
Herschel
C. Loveless, defeated.
1954:
Ernest
Palmer, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1954 Nov 21:
William
S. Beardsley, died in office.
1956:
Leo
Hoegh (Rep), defeated.
1962:
Norman
Erbe (Rep), defeated.
1968:
Donald
Johnson (Rep), defeated in primary.
1968:
Paul
Franzenburg, defeated.
1970 Jun 2:
Fulton
(Dem), nominated;
Gannon
(Dem), defeated in primary;
Nereim
(Dem), defeated in primary.
1970 Nov 3:
Robert
D. Ray (Rep), elected;
Fulton
(Dem), defeated;
Dilley
(American Independent), defeated.
1972:
Paul
Franzenburg, defeated.
1974:
James
F. Schaben, defeated.
1990 Jun 5:
John
Chrystal (Dem), defeated in primary.
1994:
Fred
Grandy (Rep), defeated in primary.
1998 Jun 2:
Paul
Pate (Rep), defeated in primary.
1998 Nov 3:
Tom
Vilsack (Dem), elected;
Jim
Lightfoot (Rep), defeated.
2006:
Chet
Culver (Dem), elected.
2014 Jun 3:
Tom
Hoefling (Rep), defeated in primary.
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