| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Terry E. Branstad | Iowa |
1983 - 1999 2011 - 2017 |
Republican |
| Gov. Chet Culver | Iowa |
2007 - 2011 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas J. Vilsack | Iowa |
1999 - 2007 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Robert D. Ray | Iowa |
1969 - 1983 |
Republican |
| Gov. Robert David Fulton | Iowa |
1969 - 1969 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Harold Everett Hughes | Iowa |
1963 - 1969 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Norman Arthur Erbe | Iowa |
1961 - 1963 |
Republican |
| Gov. Herschel C. Loveless | Iowa |
1957 - 1961 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Leo Arthur Hoegh | Iowa |
1955 - 1957 |
Republican |
| Gov. Leo Elthon | Iowa |
1954 - 1955 |
Republican |
| Gov. William S. Beardsley | Iowa |
1949 - 1954 |
Republican |
| Gov. Robert Donald Blue | Iowa |
1945 - 1949 |
Republican |
| Gov. Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper | Iowa |
1943 - 1945 |
Republican |
| Gov. George Allison Wilson | Iowa |
1939 - 1943 |
Republican |
| Gov. Nelson George Kraschel | Iowa |
1937 - 1939 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Clyde Laverne Herring | Iowa |
1933 - 1937 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Daniel Webster Turner | Iowa |
1931 - 1933 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Hammill | Iowa |
1925 - 1931 |
Republican |
| Gov. Nathan Edward Kendall | Iowa |
1921 - 1925 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Lloyd Harding | Iowa |
1917 - 1921 |
Republican |
| Gov. George Washington Clarke | Iowa |
1913 - 1917 |
Republican |
| Gov. Beryl Franklin Carroll | Iowa |
1909 - 1913 |
Republican |
| Gov. Warren Garst | Iowa |
1908 - 1909 |
Republican |
| Gov. Albert Baird Cummins | Iowa |
1902 - 1908 |
Republican |
| Gov. Leslie Mortier Shaw | Iowa |
1898 - 1902 |
Republican |
| Gov. Francis Marion Drake | Iowa |
1896 - 1898 |
Republican |
| Gov. Frank Darr Jackson | Iowa |
1894 - 1896 |
Republican |
| Gov. Horace Boies | Iowa |
1890 - 1894 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Larrabee | Iowa |
1886 - 1890 |
Republican |
| Gov. Buren Robinson Sherman | Iowa |
1882 - 1886 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Henry Gear | Iowa |
1878 - 1882 |
Republican |
| Gov. Joshua G. Newbold | Iowa |
1877 - 1878 |
Republican |
| Gov. Samuel Jordan Kirkwood | Iowa |
1876 - 1877 1860 - 1864 |
Republican |
| Gov. Cyrus Clay Carpenter | Iowa |
1872 - 1876 |
Republican |
| Gov. Samuel Merrill | Iowa |
1868 - 1872 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Milo Stone | Iowa |
1864 - 1868 |
Republican |
| Gov. Ralph Phillips Lowe | Iowa |
1858 - 1860 |
Republican |
| Gov. James Wilson Grimes | Iowa |
1854 - 1858 |
Whig |
| Gov. Stephen Hempstead | Iowa |
1850 - 1854 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Ansel Briggs | Iowa |
1846 - 1850 |
Democratic |
