| S.No. |
Governor |
Term Start |
Term End |
Party |
Birth Place |
| 43 |
Kim Reynolds |
May 24, 2017 |
Incumbent |
Republican |
Truro, Iowa, U.S. |
| 42 |
Terry Branstad |
January 14, 2011 |
May 24, 2017 |
Republican |
Leland, Iowa, U.S. |
| 41 |
Chet Culver |
January 12, 2007 |
January 14, 2011 |
Democratic |
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| 40 |
Tom Vilsack |
January 15, 1999 |
January 12, 2007 |
Democratic |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 39 |
Terry Branstad |
January 14, 1983 |
January 15, 1999 |
Republican |
Leland, Iowa, U.S. |
| 38 |
Robert D. Ray |
January 16, 1969 |
January 14, 1983 |
Republican |
Des Moines, Iowa |
| 37 |
Robert D. Fulton |
January 1, 1969 |
January 16, 1969 |
Democratic |
Waterloo, Iowa |
| 36 |
Harold Hughes |
January 17, 1963 |
January 1, 1969 |
Democratic |
Ida County, Iowa |
| 35 |
Norman A. Erbe |
January 12, 1961 |
January 17, 1963 |
Republican |
Boone, Iowa |
| 34 |
Herschel C. Loveless |
January 17, 1957 |
January 12, 1961 |
Democratic |
near Fremont, Iowa |
| 33 |
Leo Hoegh |
January 13, 1955 |
January 17, 1957 |
Republican |
|
| 32 |
Leo Elthon |
November 22, 1954 |
January 13, 1955 |
Republican |
Fertile, Iowa |
| 31 |
William S. Beardsley |
January 13, 1949 |
November 21, 1954 |
Republican |
Beacon, Iowa |
| 30 |
Robert D. Blue |
January 11, 1945 |
January 13, 1949 |
Republican |
Eagle Grove, Iowa |
| 29 |
Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
January 14, 1943 |
January 11, 1945 |
Republican |
Blockton, Taylor County Iowa, USA |
| 28 |
George A. Wilson |
January 12, 1939 |
January 14, 1943 |
Republican |
Menlo, Iowa |
| 27 |
Nelson G. Kraschel |
January 14, 1937 |
January 12, 1939 |
Democratic |
Macon, Illinois |
| 26 |
Clyde L. Herring |
January 12, 1933 |
January 14, 1937 |
Democratic |
Jackson, Michigan |
| 25 |
Daniel Webster Turner |
January 15, 1931 |
January 12, 1933 |
Republican |
Corning, Iowa |
| 24 |
John Hammill |
January 15, 1925 |
January 15, 1931 |
Republican |
Linden, Wisconsin |
| 23 |
Nathan E. Kendall |
January 13, 1921 |
January 15, 1925 |
Republican |
Greenville, Iowa |
| 22 |
William L. Harding |
January 11, 1917 |
January 13, 1921 |
Republican |
Sibley, Iowa |
| 21 |
George W. Clarke |
January 16, 1913 |
January 11, 1917 |
Republican |
Shelby County, Indiana |
| 20 |
Beryl F. Carroll |
January 14, 1909 |
January 16, 1913 |
Republican |
Davis County, Iowa |
| 19 |
Warren Garst |
November 24, 1908 |
January 14, 1909 |
Republican |
Dayton, Ohio |
| 18 |
Albert B. Cummins |
January 16, 1902 |
November 24, 1908 |
Republican |
Carmichaels, Pennsylvania |
| 17 |
L. M. Shaw |
January 13, 1898 |
January 16, 1902 |
Republican |
Morristown, Vermont |
| 16 |
Francis M. Drake |
January 16, 1896 |
January 13, 1898 |
Republican |
Rushville, Illinois |
| 15 |
Frank D. Jackson |
January 11, 1894 |
January 16, 1896 |
Republican |
Arcade, New York |
| 14 |
Horace Boies |
February 27, 1890 |
January 11, 1894 |
Democratic |
Aurora, New York |
| 13 |
William Larrabee |
January 14, 1886 |
February 27, 1890 |
Republican |
Ledyard, Connecticut |
| 12 |
Buren R. Sherman |
January 12, 1882 |
January 14, 1886 |
Republican |
Phelps, Ontario County, New York |
| 11 |
John H. Gear |
January 17, 1878 |
January 12, 1882 |
Republican |
Ithaca, New York |
| 10 |
Joshua G. Newbold |
February 1, 1877 |
January 17, 1878 |
Republican |
Fayette County, Pennsylvania |
| 9 |
Samuel J. Kirkwood |
January 13, 1876 |
February 1, 1877 |
Republican |
Harford County, Maryland, US |
| 8 |
Cyrus C. Carpenter |
January 11, 1872 |
January 13, 1876 |
Republican |
Harford Township, Pennsylvania |
| 7 |
Samuel Merrill |
January 16, 1868 |
January 11, 1872 |
Republican |
Turner, Maine |
| 6 |
William M. Stone |
January 14, 1864 |
January 16, 1868 |
Republican |
Jefferson County, New York |
| 5 |
Samuel J. Kirkwood |
January 11, 1860 |
January 14, 1864 |
Republican |
Harford County, Maryland, US |
| 4 |
Ralph P. Lowe |
January 13, 1858 |
January 11, 1860 |
Republican |
Warren County, Ohio |
| 3 |
James W. Grimes |
December 9, 1854 |
January 13, 1858 |
Whig |
Deering, New Hampshire |
| 2 |
Stephen P. Hempstead |
December 4, 1850 |
December 9, 1854 |
Democratic |
New London, Connecticut |
| 1 |
Ansel Briggs |
December 3, 1846 |
December 4, 1850 |
Democratic |
Shoreham, Vermont |