Iowa

Iowa is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. It was admitted to the U.S. on December 27, 1846 as the twenty-ninth state. Iowa is the twenty-sixth largest state by area and the thirty-first largest by population.
==State Facts==
State Name 	Iowa
Capital City 	Des Moines
Population 	3, 155, 070  (31/50)
Area 	58, 295 square miles  (26/50)
Counties 	99
Largest Cities	Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Iowa City
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party	Term 	Spouse
1 	
Ansel Briggs
(1806-81)	Dem. 	1846-50 	
1. Nancy Briggs
2. Nancy Briggs
2 	
Stephen P. Hempstead
(1812-83)	Dem. 	1850-54 	Lavinia Hempstead
3 	
James W. Grimes
(1816-72)	Whig 	1854-58 	Elizabeth Grimes
4 	
Ralph P. Lowe
(1805-83)	Rep. 	1858-60 	Phoebe Lowe
5 	
Samuel J. Kirkwood
(1813-94)	Rep. 	1860-64 	Jane Kirkwood
6 	
William M. Stone
(1827-93)	Rep. 	1864-68 	Caroline Stone
7 	
Samuel Merrill
(1822-99)	Rep. 	1868-72 	Elizabeth Merrill
8 	
Cyrus C. Carpenter
(1829-98)	Rep. 	1872-76 	Susan Carpenter
9 	
Samuel J. Kirkwood
(1813-94)	Rep. 	1876-77 	Jane Kirkwood
10 	
Joshua G. Newbold
(1830-1903)	Rep. 	1877-78 	Rachel Newbold
11 	
John H. Gear
(1825-1900)	Rep. 	1878-82 	Harriet Gear
12 	
Buren R. Sherman
(1836-1904)	Rep. 	1882-86 	Lena Sherman
13 	
William Larrabee
(1832-1912)	Rep. 	1886-90 	Anna Larrabee
14 	
Horace Boies
(1827-1923)	Dem. 	1890-94 	N/A
15 	
Frank D. Jackson
(1854-1938)	Rep. 	1894-96 	Anna Jackson
16 	
Francis M. Drake
(1830-1903)	Rep. 	1896-98 	N/A
17 	
L.M. Shaw
(1848-1932)	Rep. 	1898-1902	Alice Shaw
18 	
Albert B. Cummins
(1850-1926)	Rep. 	1902-08 	Ida Cummins
19 	
Warrent Garst
(1850-1924)	Rep. 	1908-09 	Clara Garst
20 	
Beryl F. Carroll
(1860-1939)	Rep. 	1909-13 	Jennie Carroll
21 	
George W. Clarke
(1852-1936)	Rep. 	1913-17 	Arletta Clarke
22 	
William L. Harding
(1877-1934)	Rep. 	1917-21 	Carrie Harding
23 	
Nathan E. Kendall
(1868-1936)	Rep. 	1921-25 	America Kendall
24 	
John Hammill
(1875-1936)	Rep. 	1925-31 	Fannie Hammill
25 	
Dan W. Turner
(1877-1969)	Rep. 	1931-33 	Alice Turner
26 	
Clyde L. Herring
(1879-1945)	Dem. 	1933-37 	Pearl Herring
27 	
Nelson G. Kraschel
(1889-1957)	Dem. 	1937-39 	Agnes Kraschel
28 	
George A. Wilson
(1884-1953)	Rep. 	1939-43 	N/A
29 	
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
(1896-1971)	Rep. 	1943-45 	Verna Hickenlooper
30 	
Robert D. Blue
(1898-1989)	Rep. 	1945-49 	Cathlene Blue
31 	
William S. Beardsley
(1901-54)	Rep. 	1949-54 	Charlotte Beardsley
32 	
Leo Elthon
(1898-1967)	Rep. 	1954-55 	Synneva Elthon
33 	
Leo Hoegh
(1908-2000)	Rep. 	1955-57 	Mary Hoegh
34 	
Herschel C. Loveless
(1911-89)	Dem. 	1957-61 	Amelia Loveless
35 	
Norman A. Erbe
(1919-2000)	Rep. 	1961-63 	Jaqueline Erbe
36 	
Harold Hughes
(1922-96)	Dem. 	1963-69 	Eva Hughes
37 	
Robert D. Fulton
(1929-)	Dem. 	1969 	Rachel Fulton
38 	
Robert D. Ray
(1928-2018)	Rep. 	1969-83 	Billie Ray
39 	
Terry Branstad
(1946-)	Rep. 	1983-99 	Christine Branstad
40 	
Tom Vilsack
(1950-)	Dem. 	1999-2007	Christie Vilsack
41 	
Chet Culver
(1966-)	Dem. 	2007-11 	Mariclare Culver
42 	
Terry Branstad
(1946-)	Rep. 	2011-17 	Christine Branstad
43 	
Kim Reynolds
(1959-)	Rep. 	2017-Pr. 	Kevin Reynolds
==U.S. Senators (Class 2 and Class 3)==
Class 2 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	George Wallace Jones
(1804-96)	Democratic 	1848-59
(11 years)
2. 	James W. Grimes
(1816-72)	Republican 	1859-69
(10 years)
3. 	James B. Howell
(1816-80)	Republican 	1870-71
(1 year)
4. 	George G. Wright
(1820-96)	Republican 	1871-77
(6 years)
5. 	Samuel J. Kirkwood
(1813-94)	Republican 	1877-81
(4 years)
6. 	James W. McDill
(1834-94)	Republican 	1881-83
(2 years)
7. 	James F. Wilson
(1828-95)	Republican 	1883-95
(12 years)
8. 	John H. Gear
(1825-1900)	Republican 	1895-1900
(5 years)
9. 	Jonathan P. Dolliver
(1858-1910)	Republican 	1900-10
(10 years)
10. 	Lafayette Young
(1848-1926)	Republican 	1910-11
(1 year)
11. 	William S. Kenyon
(1869-1933)	Republican 	1911-22
(11 years)
12. 	Charles A. Rawson
(1867-1936)	Republican 	1922
(9 months)
13. 	Smith W. Brookhart
(1869-1944)	Republican 	1922-26
(4 years)
14. 	Daniel F. Steck
(1881-1950)	Democratic 	1926-31
(5 years)
15. 	Lester J. Dickinson
(1873-1968)	Republican 	1931-37
(6 years)
16. 	Clyde L. Herring
(1879-1945)	Democratic 	1937-43
(6 years)
17. 	George A. Wilson
(1884-1953)	Republican 	1943-49
(6 years)
18. 	Guy Gillette
(1879-1973)	Democratic 	1949-55
(6 years)
19. 	Thomas E. Martin
(1893-1971)	Republican 	1955-61
(6 years)
20. 	Jack Miller
(1916-94)	Republican 	1961-73
(12 years)
21. 	Dick Clark
(1928-)	Democratic 	1973-79
(6 years)
22. 	Roger Jepsen
(1928-2020)	Republican 	1979-85
(6 years)
23. 	Tom Harkin
(1939-)	Democratic 	1985-2015
(30 years)
24. 	Joni Ernst
(1970-)	Republican 	2015-Present
(6 years)
Class 3 (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	Augustus C. Dodge
(1812-83)	Democratic 	1848-55
(7 years)
2. 	James Harlan
(1820-99)	Free Soil 	1855-57
(2 years)
3. 	James Harlan
(1820-99)	Republican 	1857-65
(8 years)
4. 	Samuel J. Kirkwood
(1813-94)	Republican 	1866-67
(1 year)
5. 	James Harlan
(1820-99)	Republican 	1867-73
(6 years)
6. 	William B. Allison
(1829-1908)	Republican 	1873-1908
(35 years)
7. 	Albert B. Cummins
(1850-1926)	Republican 	1908-26
(18 years)
8. 	David W. Stewart
(1887-1974)	Republican 	1926-27
(1 year)
9. 	Smith W. Brookhart
(1869-1944)	Republican 	1927-33
(6 years)
10. 	Richard L. Murphy
(1875-1936)	Democratic 	1933-36
(3 years)
11. 	Guy Gillette
(1879-1973)	Democratic 	1936-45
(9 years)
12. 	Bourke B. Hickenlooper
(1896-1971)	Republican 	1945-69
(24 years)
13. 	Harold Hughes
(1922-96)	Democratic 	1969-75
(6 years)
14. 	John Culver
(1932-2018)	Democratic 	1975-81
(6 years)
15. 	Chuck Grassley
(1933-)	Republican 	1981-Present
(40 years)