List of lieutenant governors of Iowa

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."

History

Prior to 1990, the governor and lieutenant governor were elected in separate elections; since then they have run together on the same ticket.

List

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	September 3, 2024		Kim Reynolds
	Amy Sinclair	September 3, 2024	Incumbent (Acting)

See also

• List of governors of Iowa