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."^[1]^[2]

History

Prior to 1990, the governor and lieutenant governor were elected in separate elections; since then they have run together on the same ticket.^[3]

List

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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		Samuel J. Kirkwood
Enoch W. Eastman	1864	1866		William M. Stone
Benjamin F. Gue	1866	1868		William M. Stone
John Scott	1868	1870		Samuel Merrill
Madison Miner Walden	1870	1871
Henry C. Bulis	1871	1874
Henry C. Bulis	1871	1874		Cyrus C. Carpenter
Joseph Dysart	1874	1876		Cyrus C. Carpenter
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	Horace Boies
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		Albert B. Cummins
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		John Hammill
Arch W. McFarlane	1928	1933		Daniel Webster Turner
Nelson G. Kraschel	1933	1937	Democratic	Clyde L. Herring
John K. Valentine	1937	1939	Democratic	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
Kenneth A. Evans	1945	1951		William S. Beardsley
William H. Nicholas	1951	1953
Leo Elthon	1953	1957
Leo Elthon	1953	1957		Leo A. Hoegh
William H. Nicholas	1957	January 15, 1959		Herschel C. Loveless
Edward J. McManus	January 15, 1959	January 12, 1961	Democratic	Herschel C. Loveless
W. L. Mooty	January 12, 1961	January 17, 1965	Republican	Norman A. Erbe
W. L. Mooty	January 12, 1961	January 17, 1965	Republican	Harold E. Hughes
Robert D. Fulton	January 17, 1965	January 1, 1969	Democratic	Harold E. Hughes
Roger Jepsen	January 16, 1969	January 18, 1973	Republican	Robert D. Ray
Arthur A. Neu	January 18, 1973	January 12, 1979
Terry Branstad	January 12, 1979	January 14, 1983
Robert T. Anderson	January 14, 1983	January 16, 1987	Democratic	Terry Branstad
Jo Ann Zimmerman	January 16, 1987	January 18, 1991	Democratic
Joy Corning	January 18, 1991	January 15, 1999	Republican
Sally Pederson	January 15, 1999	January 12, 2007	Democratic	Tom Vilsack
Patty Judge	January 12, 2007	January 14, 2011	Democratic	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 (Acting)	September 3, 2024^[b]	December 16, 2024
Chris Cournoyer	December 16, 2024	Incumbent