Governor Kim Reynolds is the 43rd governor of Iowa and has the distinction of being the first woman elected to the state’s highest office. Governor Reynolds has a long-standing record…

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.…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…