04 Nov 2018 Ansel Briggs ANSEL BRIGGS, Iowa's first governor, was born in Vermont on February 3, 1806. His education was attained in the common schools of Vermont and at the Norwich Academy in Connecticut.… angiepopluna
04 Nov 2018 Stephen Hempstead STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD, Iowa's second governor, was born in New London, Connecticut, on October 1, 1812. He was educated in the New London common schools and attended Illinois College at Jacksonville… angiepopluna
04 Nov 2018 James Wilson Grimes JAMES WILSON GRIMES, Iowa's third governor, was born in Deering, New Hampshire, on October 20, 1816. He was educated at the Hampton Academy and at Dartmouth College. He studied law,… angiepopluna
04 Nov 2018 Ralph Phillips Lowe RALPH PHILLIPS LOWE, Iowa's fourth governor, was born in Warren County, Ohio on November 27, 1805. After graduating from Miami University in 1829, he studied law in Alabama, and then… angiepopluna
04 Nov 2018 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD, Iowa's fifth and ninth governor, was born in Harford County, Maryland on December 20, 1813. His education was attained at the John McLeod Academy in Washington, D.C.… angiepopluna
04 Nov 2018 William Milo Stone WILLIAM M. STONE, Iowa's sixth governor, was born in Jefferson County, New York on October 14, 1827. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of Ohio. After… angiepopluna
04 Nov 2018 Samuel Merrill SAMUEL MERRILL, Iowa's seventh governor, was born in Turner, Maine on August 7, 1822. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of Maine. In 1847, Merrill and… angiepopluna
04 Nov 2018 Cyrus Clay Carpenter CYRUS C. CARPENTER, Iowa's eighth governor, was born near Harford, Pennsylvania on November 24, 1829. His education was attained in the common schools in Pennsylvania and at the Harford Academy.… angiepopluna
04 Nov 2018 Joshua G. Newbold JOSHUA G. NEWBOLD, Iowa's tenth governor, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania on May 12, 1830. His education was attained in the common schools of Pennsylvania and at an academy… angiepopluna
04 Nov 2018 John Henry Gear JOHN H. GEAR, Iowa's eleventh governor, was born in Ithaca, New York on April 7, 1825. His education was attained at a military post at Fort Snelling on the Mississippi… angiepopluna
03 Nov 2018 Buren Robinson Sherman BUREN R. SHERMAN, Iowa's twelfth governor, was born in Phelps, New York on May 28, 1836. His education was attained in the public school system of New York. Sherman worked… angiepopluna
03 Nov 2018 William Larrabee WILLIAM LARRABEE, Iowa's thirteenth governor, was born in Ledyard, Connecticut on January 20, 1832. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of his native state. In 1853,… angiepopluna
