List of lieutenant governors of Iowa, US
This is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of Iowa . The state constitution describes the responsibilities of the position: "The lieutenant governor shall have the duties provided by law and those duties of the governor assigned to the lieutenant governor by the governor."[ 1] [ 2]
Prior to 1990, the governor and lieutenant governor were elected in separate elections; since then they have run together on the same ticket.[ 3]
Image Lt. Governor Took office Left office Party Governor(s) served under Oran Faville 1858 1860 Republican Ralph P. Lowe Nicholas J. Rusch 1860 1862 Samuel J. Kirkwood John R. Needham 1862 1864 Enoch W. Eastman 1864 1866 William M. Stone Benjamin F. Gue 1866 1868 John Scott 1868 1870 Samuel Merrill Madison Miner Walden 1870 1871 Henry C. Bulis 1871 1874 Cyrus C. Carpenter Joseph Dysart 1874 1876 Joshua G. Newbold 1876 1877 Samuel Kirkwood Frank T. Campbell 1878 1882 John H. Gear Orlando H. Manning 1882 1886 Buren R. Sherman John A. T. Hull 1886 1890 William Larrabee Alfred N. Poyneer 1890 1892 Horace Boies Samuel L. Bestow 1892 1894 Democratic Warren S. Dungan 1894 1896 Republican Frank D. Jackson Matt Parrott 1896 1898 Francis M. Drake James C. Milliman 1898 1902 Leslie M. Shaw John Herriott 1902 1907 Albert B. Cummins Warren Garst 1907 1908 George W. Clarke 1909 1913 Beryl F. Carroll William L. Harding 1913 1917 George W. Clarke Ernest Robert Moore 1917 1921 William L. Harding John Hammill 1921 1925 N. E. Kendall Clem F. Kimball 1925 1928 John Hammill Arch W. McFarlane 1928 1933 Daniel Webster Turner Nelson G. Kraschel 1933 1937 Democratic Clyde L. Herring John K. Valentine 1937 1939 Nelson G. Kraschel Bourke B. Hickenlooper 1939 1943 Republican George A. Wilson Robert D. Blue 1943 1945 Bourke B. Hickenlooper Kenneth A. Evans 1945 1951 Robert D. Blue William S. Beardsley William H. Nicholas 1951 1953 Leo Elthon 1953 1957 Leo A. Hoegh William H. Nicholas 1957 1959 Herschel C. Loveless Edward J. McManus 1959 January 12, 1961 Democratic W. L. Mooty January 12, 1961 January 17, 1965 Republican Norman A. Erbe Harold E. Hughes Robert D. Fulton January 17, 1965 January 1, 1969 Democratic Roger Jepsen January 16, 1969 January 1973 Republican Robert D. Ray Arthur A. Neu January 1973 January 12, 1979 Terry Branstad January 12, 1979 January 14, 1983 Robert T. Anderson January 14, 1983 January 1987 Democratic Terry Branstad Jo Ann Zimmerman January 1987 January 1991 Joy Corning January 1991 January 15, 1999 Republican Sally Pederson January 15, 1999 January 12, 2007 Democratic Tom Vilsack Patty Judge January 12, 2007 January 14, 2011 Chet Culver Kim Reynolds January 14, 2011 May 24, 2017 Republican Terry Branstad Adam Gregg January 18, 2019[ a] September 3, 2024 Kim Reynolds Amy Sinclair September 3, 2024[ b] December 16, 2024 Chris Cournoyer December 16, 2024 Incumbent
^ Acting Lieutenant Governor; May 25, 2017 – January 18, 2019 ^ Acting Lieutenant Governor; September 3rd, 2024 – Present
An asterisk indicates an Acting Lt. Governor
Italics indicate next-in-line of succession for states and territories without a directly elected lieutenant governor or whose lieutenant governor office is vacant:
Political party affiliation
States Insular areas Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon, Wyoming, and Puerto Rico do not have lieutenant governors.