Lieutenant Governor of Iowa

The Lieutenant Governor of Iowa is a assistant governor. If the governor quits or dies, then the lieutenant governor will become governor of the state. The current Lieutenant Governor is Republican Chris Cournoyer since 2024.

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

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ImageLt. GovernorTook officeLeft officePartyGovernor(s) served under75pxOran Faville18581860RepublicanRalph P. Lowe75pxNicholas J. Rusch18601862Samuel J. Kirkwood75pxJohn R. Needham1862186475pxEnoch W. Eastman18641866William M. Stone75pxBenjamin F. Gue1866186875pxJohn Scott18681870Samuel Merrill75pxMadison Miner Walden1870187175pxHenry C. Bulis18711874Cyrus C. Carpenter75pxJoseph Dysart1874187675pxJoshua G. Newbold18761877Samuel Kirkwood75pxFrank T. Campbell18781882John H. Gear75pxOrlando H. Manning18821886Buren R. Sherman75pxJohn A. T. Hull18861890William Larrabee75pxAlfred N. Poyneer18901892Horace Boies75pxSamuel L. Bestow18921894Democratic75pxWarren S. Dungan18941896RepublicanFrank D. Jackson75pxMatt Parrott18961898Francis M. Drake75pxJames C. Milliman18981902Leslie M. Shaw75pxJohn Herriott19021907Albert B. Cummins75pxWarren Garst1907190875pxGeorge W. Clarke19091913Beryl F. Carroll75pxWilliam L. Harding19131917George W. Clarke75pxErnest Robert Moore19171921William L. Harding75pxJohn Hammill19211925N. E. Kendall75pxClem F. Kimball19251928John Hammill75pxArch W. McFarlane19281933Daniel Webster Turner75pxNelson G. Kraschel19331937DemocraticClyde L. Herring75pxJohn K. Valentine19371939Nelson G. Kraschel75pxBourke B. Hickenlooper19391943RepublicanGeorge A. Wilson75pxRobert D. Blue19431945Bourke B. Hickenlooper75pxKenneth A. Evans19451951Robert D. BlueWilliam S. Beardsley75pxWilliam H. Nicholas1951195375pxLeo Elthon19531957Leo A. Hoegh75pxWilliam H. Nicholas19571959Herschel C. Loveless75pxEdward J. McManus1959January 12, 1961Democratic75pxW. L. MootyJanuary 12, 1961January 17, 1965RepublicanNorman A. ErbeHarold E. Hughes75pxRobert D. FultonJanuary 17, 1965January 1, 1969Democratic75pxRoger JepsenJanuary 16, 1969January 1973RepublicanRobert D. Ray75pxArthur A. NeuJanuary 1973January 12, 197975pxTerry BranstadJanuary 12, 1979January 14, 198375pxRobert T. AndersonJanuary 14, 1983January 1987DemocraticTerry Branstad75pxJo Ann ZimmermanJanuary 1987January 199175pxJoy CorningJanuary 1991January 15, 1999Republican75pxSally PedersonJanuary 15, 1999January 12, 2007DemocraticTom Vilsack75pxPatty JudgeJanuary 12, 2007January 14, 2011Chet Culver75pxKim ReynoldsJanuary 14, 2011May 24, 2017RepublicanTerry Branstad75pxAdam GreggJanuary 18, 2019September 3, 2024 Kim Reynolds75pxAmy SinclairSeptember 3, 2024December 16, 202475pxChris CournoyerDecember 16, 2024 Incumbent

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