# 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

| Lt. Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Governor(s) served under |
| Oran Faville | 1858 | 1860 | Republican | Ralph P. Lowe |
| Nicholas J. Rusch | 1860 | 1862 | Republican | Samuel J. Kirkwood |
| John R. Needham | 1862 | 1864 | Republican | Samuel J. Kirkwood |
| Enoch W. Eastman | 1864 | 1866 | Republican | William M. Stone |
| Benjamin F. Gue | 1866 | 1868 | Republican | William M. Stone |
| John Scott | 1868 | 1870 | Republican | Samuel Merrill |
| Madison Miner Walden | 1870 | 1871 | Republican | Samuel Merrill |
| Henry C. Bulis | 1871 | 1874 | Republican | Samuel Merrill |
| Henry C. Bulis | 1871 | 1874 | Republican | Cyrus C. Carpenter |
| Joseph Dysart | 1874 | 1876 | Republican | Cyrus C. Carpenter |
| Joshua G. Newbold | 1876 | 1877 | Republican | Samuel Kirkwood |
| Frank T. Campbell | 1878 | 1882 | Republican | John H. Gear |
| Orlando H. Manning | 1882 | 1886 | Republican | Buren R. Sherman |
| John A. T. Hull | 1886 | 1890 | Republican | William Larrabee |
| Alfred N. Poyneer | 1890 | 1892 | Republican | Horace Boies |
| Samuel L. Bestow | 1892 | 1894 | Democratic | Horace Boies |
| Warren S. Dungan | 1894 | 1896 | Republican | Frank D. Jackson |
| Matt Parrott | 1896 | 1898 | Republican | Francis M. Drake |
| James C. Milliman | 1898 | 1902 | Republican | Leslie M. Shaw |
| John Herriott | 1902 | 1907 | Republican | Albert B. Cummins |
| Warren Garst | 1907 | 1908 | Republican | Albert B. Cummins |
| George W. Clarke | 1909 | 1913 | Republican | Beryl F. Carroll |
| William L. Harding | 1913 | 1917 | Republican | George W. Clarke |
| Ernest Robert Moore | 1917 | 1921 | Republican | William L. Harding |
| John Hammill | 1921 | 1925 | Republican | N. E. Kendall |
| Clem F. Kimball | 1925 | 1928 | Republican | John Hammill |
| Arch W. McFarlane | 1928 | 1933 | Republican | John Hammill |
| Arch W. McFarlane | 1928 | 1933 | Republican | 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 | Republican | Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
| Kenneth A. Evans | 1945 | 1951 | Republican | Robert D. Blue |
| Kenneth A. Evans | 1945 | 1951 | Republican | William S. Beardsley |
| William H. Nicholas | 1951 | 1953 | Republican | William S. Beardsley |
| Leo Elthon | 1953 | 1957 | Republican | William S. Beardsley |
| Leo Elthon | 1953 | 1957 | Republican | Leo A. Hoegh |
| William H. Nicholas | 1957 | 1959 | Republican | Herschel C. Loveless |
| Edward J. McManus | 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 1973 | Republican | Robert D. Ray |
| Arthur A. Neu | January 1973 | January 12, 1979 | Republican | Robert D. Ray |
| Terry Branstad | January 12, 1979 | January 14, 1983 | Republican | Robert D. Ray |
| Robert T. Anderson | January 14, 1983 | January 1987 | Democratic | Terry Branstad |
| Jo Ann Zimmerman | January 1987 | January 1991 | Democratic | Terry Branstad |
| Joy Corning | January 1991 | January 15, 1999 | Republican | Terry Branstad |
| 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 | September 3, 2024 | Republican | Kim Reynolds |
| Amy Sinclair | September 3, 2024 | December 16, 2024 | Republican | Kim Reynolds |
| Chris Cournoyer | December 16, 2024 | Incumbent | Republican | Kim Reynolds |