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…

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,…

HORACE BOIES, Iowa's fourteenth governor, was born in Aurora, New York on December 7, 1827. His early education was limited and attained in New York's public school system. However, four…

FRANK D. JACKSON, Iowa's fifteenth governor, was born in Arcade, New York on January 26, 1854. After attending Iowa Agricultural College, Jackson studied law at Iowa University Law School, was…

FRANCIS M. DRAKE, Iowa's sixteenth governor, was born in Rushville, Illinois on December 30, 1830. In 1837, his family moved to Fort Madison, Iowa, where Drake was educated in the…

LESLIE M. SHAW, Iowa's seventeenth governor, was born in Morristown, Vermont on November 2, 1848. He attended the People's Academy in Morristown, graduated from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa…

ALBERT BAIRD CUMMINS, Iowa's eighteenth governor, was born near Carmichaels, Pennsylvania on February 15, 1850. He graduated from Waynesburg College in 1869, studied law in Chicago, was admitted to the…

WARREN GARST, Iowa's nineteenth governor, was born in Dayton, Ohio on December 4, 1850. He moved to Iowa, and settled in Coon Rapids, where he and his brother owned and…

BERYL FRANKLIN CARROLL, Iowa's twentieth governor, was born in Davis County, Iowa on March 15, 1860. In 1884, he graduated from the State Normal School in Kirksville, Missouri. After college,…

GEORGE WASHINGTON CLARKE, Iowa's twenty-first governor, was born in Shelby County, Indiana on October 24, 1852. After graduating from Oskaloosa College in 1877, Clarke earned his law degree from the…

WILLIAM LLOYD HARDING, Iowa's twenty-second governor, was born in Sibley, Iowa on October 3, 1877. From 1897 to 1901, he attended Morningside College, and then went on to earn his…

NATHAN EDWARD KENDALL, Iowa's twenty-third governor, was born in Greenville, Iowa on March 17, 1868. His early education was limited and attained in rural schools, however, he later went on…