1838-1841 Robert Lucas
1841-1845 John Chambers
1845-1846 James Clar
State Governors
1846-1850 Ansel Briggs
1850-1854 Stephen P. Hempstead
1854-1858 James W. Grimes
1858-1860 Ralph P. Lowe
1860-1864 Samuel J. Kirkwood
1864-1868 William M. Stone
1868-1872 Sammuel Merril
1872-1876 Cyrus C. Carpenter
1876-1877 Samuel J. Kirkwood
1877-1878 Joshua G. Newbold
1878-1882 John H. Gear
1882-1886 Buren R. Sherman
1886-1890 William Larrabee
1890-1894 Horace Boies
1894-1896 Frank D. Jackson
1896-1898 Francis M. Drake
1898-1902 Leslie M. Shaw
1902-1908 Albert B. Cummins
1908-1909 Warren Garst
1909-1913 Beryl F. Carrol
1913-1917 George W. Clarke
1917-1921 William L. Harding
1921-1925 Nathan E. Kendall
1925-1931 John Hammill
1931-1933 Daniel W. Turner
1933-1937 Clyde L. Herring
1937-1939 Nelson G. Kraschel
1939-1943 George A.Wilson
1943-1945 Bourke B. Hickenlooper
1945-1949 Robert D. Blue
1949-1954 William S. Beardsley
1954-1955 Leo Elthon
1955-1957 Leo A. Hoegh
1957-1961 Hershel C. Loveless
1961-1963 Norman A. Erbe
1963-1969 Harold E. Hughes
1969-1969 Robert D. Fulton
1969-1983 Robert D. Ray
1983-1999 Terry E. Branstad
1999-2007 Tom Vilsack
2007-2011 Chet Culver
2011 now Terry E. Branstad
Reference
Secretary of State, Territorial Officials and Governors of Iowa
