Chapter 36
Governors of Iowa
Territorial governors
Robert Lucas, appointed in 1838
John Chambers, appointed in 1841
James Clarke, appointed in 1845
State governors
| Ansel Briggs | 1846-1850 | | Albert B. Cummins | 1902-1908 |
| Stephen Hemstead | 1850-1854 | | Warren Garst | 1908-1909 |
| James W. Grimes | 1854-1858 | | Beryl J. Carroll | 1909-1913 |
| Ralph P. Lowe | 1858-1860 | | George W. Clarke | 1913-1917 |
| Samuel J. Kirkwood | 1860-1864 | | William Harding | 1917-1921 |
| William M. Stone | 1864-1868 | | Nathan E. Kendall | 1921-1925 |
| Samuel Merrill | 1868-1872 | | John Hammill | 1925-1931 |
| Cyrus C. Carpenter | 1872-1875 | | Dan W. Turner | 1931-1933 |
| Samuel J. Kirkwood | 1875-1877 | | Clyde L. Herring | 1933-1937 |
| Joshua G. Newbold | 1877-1878 | | Nelson G. Kraschel | 1937-1939 |
| John H. Gear | 1878-1882 | | George A. Wilson | 1939-1943 |
| Buren R. Sherman | 1882-1886 | | B. B. Hickenlooper | 1943-1945 |
| William Larrabee | 1886-1890 | | Robert D. Blue | 1945-1949 |
| Horace Boies | 1890-1894 | | William S Beardsley | 1949-1954 |
| Frank D. Jackson | 1894-1896 | | Leo Elthon | 1954-1955 |
| Francis M. Drake | 1896-1898 | | Leo Hoegh | 1955- |
| Leslie M. Shaw | 1898-1902 | | | |
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