The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Iowa:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Republican (R), Free Soil (FS), and Whig (W).
| Year |
Executive offices |
General Assembly |
United States Congress |
Electoral College votes |
| Governor |
Lt. Governor |
Sec. of State |
Attorney General |
Auditor |
Treasurer |
Sec. of Ag. |
State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House |
| 1846 |
Ansel Briggs (D) |
|
Elisha Cutler Jr. |
|
| 1847 |
|
|
|
|
|
George W. Jones (D) |
Augustus C. Dodge (D) |
| 1848 |
Josiah H. Bonney (D) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1849 |
| 1850 |
George W. McClearly (D) |
| 1851 |
Stephen P. Hempstead (D) |
| 1852 |
| 1853 |
David C. Cloud |
| 1854 |
| 1855 |
James W. Grimes (W) |
|
|
|
|
|
James Harlan (FS) |
| 1856 |
Elijah Sells (R) |
Samuel Allen Rice |
| 1857 |
|
|
|
|
|
James Harlan (R) |
| 1858 |
Ralph P. Lowe (R) |
Oran Faville (R) |
| 1859 |
|
|
|
|
|
James W. Grimes (R) |
| 1860 |
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) |
Nicholas J. Rusch (R) |
| 1861 |
Charles C. Nourse |
| 1862 |
John R. Needham (R) |
| 1863 |
James Wright (R) |
| 1864 |
William M. Stone (R) |
Enoch W. Eastman (R) |
| 1865 |
Isaac L. Allen |
|
|
|
|
|
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) |
| 1866 |
Benjamin F. Gue (R) |
Frederick E. Bissell |
| 1867 |
Ed Wright (R) |
Henry O'Connor |
|
|
|
|
|
James Harlan (R) |
| 1868 |
Samuel Merrill (R) |
John Scott (R) |
| 1869 |
| 1870 |
Madison Miner Walden (R) |
|
|
|
|
|
James B. Howell (R) |
| 1871 |
Henry C. Bulis (R) |
|
|
|
|
|
George G. Wright (R) |
| 1872 |
Cyrus C. Carpenter (R) |
Marsena E. Cutts (R) |
| 1873 |
Josiah T. Young (R) |
|
|
|
|
|
William B. Allison (R) |
| 1874 |
Joseph Dysart (R) |
| 1875 |
| 1876 |
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)[1] |
Joshua G. Newbold (R) |
| 1877 |
John F. McJunkin |
|
|
|
|
|
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) |
| Joshua G. Newbold (R)[2] |
vacant |
| 1878 |
John H. Gear (R) |
Frank T. Campbell (R) |
| 1879 |
John A. T. Hull (R) |
| 1880 |
| 1881 |
Smith McPherson (R) |
|
|
|
|
|
James W. McDill (R) |
| 1882 |
Buren R. Sherman (R) |
Orlando H. Manning (R) |
| 1883 |
|
|
|
|
|
James F. Wilson (R) |
| 1884 |
| 1885 |
Frank D. Jackson (R) |
Andrew J. Baker |
| 1886 |
William Larrabee (R) |
John A.T. Hull (R) |
| 1887 |
| 1888 |
| 1889 |
John Y. Stone |
| 1890 |
Horace Boies (D) |
Alfred N. Poyneer (R) |
| 1891 |
William M. McFarland (R) |
| 1892 |
Samuel L. Bestow (D) |
| 1893 |
| 1894 |
Frank D. Jackson (R) |
Warren S. Dungan (R) |
| 1895 |
Milton Remley |
|
|
|
|
|
John H. Gear (R) |
| 1896 |
Francis M. Drake (R) |
Matt Parrott (R) |
| 1897 |
George L. Dobson (R) |
| 1898 |
Leslie M. Shaw (R) |
James C. Milliman (R) |
| 1899 |
| 1900 |
| 1901 |
William B. Martin (R) |
Charles W. Mullan |
|
|
|
|
|
Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) |
| 1902 |
Albert B. Cummins (R)[1] |
John Herriott (R) |
| 1903 |
| 1904 |
| 1905 |
| 1906 |
| 1907 |
Warren Garst (R) |
William C. Hayward (R) |
John F. Riggs |
| 1908 |
| Warren Garst (R)[2] |
vacant |
| 1909 |
Beryl F. Carroll (R) |
George W. Clarke (R) |
Howard Webster Byers |
|
|
|
|
|
Albert B. Cummins (R) |
| 1910 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lafayette Young (R) |
| 1911 |
George Cosson |
| 1912 |
|
|
|
|
|
William S. Kenyon (R) |
| 1913 |
George W. Clarke (R) |
William L. Harding (R) |
William S. Allen (R) |
| 1914 |
| 1915 |
| 1916 |
| 1917 |
William L. Harding (R) |
Ernest Robert Moore (R) |
H. M. Havner |
| 1918 |
| 1919 |
W. C. Ramsay (R) |
| 1920 |
| 1921 |
N. E. Kendall (R) |
John Hammill (R) |
Ben J. Gibson |
| 1922 |
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|
|
|
|
Smith W. Brookhart (R) |
| 1923 |
| 1924 |
| 1925 |
John Hammill (R) |
Clem F. Kimball (R) |
| 1926 |
|
|
|
|
|
Daniel F. Steck (D) |
| 1927 |
John Fletcher |
|
|
|
|
|
Smith W. Brookhart (R) |
| 1928 |
Arch W. McFarlane (R) |
Ed M. Smith (R) |
| 1929 |
| 1930 |
| 1931 |
Daniel Webster Turner (R) |
G. C. Greenwalt (R) |
|
|
|
|
|
Lester J. Dickinson (R) |
| 1932 |
| 1933 |
Clyde L. Herring (D) |
Nelson G. Kraschel (D) |
Ola Babcock Miller (D) |
Edward L. O'Connor |
|
|
|
|
|
Richard L. Murphy (D) |
| 1934 |
| 1935 |
| 1936 |
| 1937 |
Nelson G. Kraschel (D) |
John K. Valentine (D) |
Robert E. O'Brien (D) |
John H. Mitchell |
|
|
|
|
|
Clyde L. Herring (D) |
Guy Mark Gillette (D) |
| 1938 |
| 1939 |
George A. Wilson (R) |
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) |
Earl G. Miller (R) |
Fred D. Everett (R) |
C. B. (Chet) Akers (R) |
| 1940 |
| 1941 |
John M. Rankin (R) |
| 1942 |
| 1943 |
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) |
Robert D. Blue (R) |
Wayne N. Ropes (R) |
|
|
|
|
George A. Wilson (R) |
| 1944 |
| 1945 |
Robert D. Blue (R) |
Kenneth A. Evans (R) |
|
|
|
|
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) |
| 1946 |
| 1947 |
Rolo H. Bergeson (R) |
Robert L. Larson (R) |
| 1948 |
| 1949 |
William S. Beardsley (R)[3] |
Melvin D. Synhorst (R) |
|
|
|
|
Guy Gillette (D) |
| 1950 |
|
Clyde Spry (R) |
| 1951 |
William H. Nicholas (R) |
M. L. Abrahamson (R) |
| 1952 |
| 1953 |
Leo Elthon (R) |
Leo Hoegh (R) |
| 1954 |
| Leo Elthon (R)[2] |
vacant |
| 1955 |
Leo Hoegh (R) |
Leo Elthon (R) |
Dayton Countryman (R) |
|
|
Thomas E. Martin (R) |
| 1956 |
| 1957 |
Herschel C. Loveless (D) |
William H. Nicholas (R) |
Norman A. Erbe (R) |
| 1958 |
| 1959 |
Edward J. McManus (D) |
| 1960 |
| 1961 |
Norman A. Erbe (R) |
W. L. Mooty (D) |
Evan Hultman (R) |
|
|
Jack Miller (R) |
| L. B. Liddy (R) |
| 1962 |
| 1963 |
Harold E. Hughes (D)[1] |
| 1964 |
| 1965 |
Robert D. Fulton (D) |
Gary L. Cameron (D) |
Lawrence F. Scalise (D) |
Lorne R Worthington (D) |
Paul Franzenburg (D) |
Kenneth E Owen (D) |
| 1966 |
| 1967 |
Melvin D. Synhorst (R)[4] |
Richard C. Turner |
Lloyd R. Smith |
L. B. Liddy (R) |
| 1968 |
| 1969 |
Robert D. Fulton (D)[2] |
vacant |
Maurice E. Baringer |
|
|
Harold E. Hughes (D) |
|
Richard M. Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) |
| Robert D. Ray (R) |
Roger Jepsen (R) |
| 1970 |
| 1971 |
| 1972 |
| 1973 |
Arthur A. Neu (R) |
Robert H. Lounsberry (R) |
|
|
Dick Clark (D) |
| 1974 |
| 1975 |
|
|
John Culver (D) |
| 1976 |
|
|
|
Gerald R. Ford and Bob Dole (R) |
| 1977 |
| 1978 |
| 1979 |
Terry E. Branstad (R) |
Thomas John Miller (D) |
Richard D. Johnson (R) |
|
|
Roger Jepsen (R) |
| 1980 |
Mary Jane Odell (R) |
|
|
|
Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) |
| 1981 |
|
|
Chuck Grassley (R) |
| 1982 |
| 1983 |
Terry E. Branstad (R) |
Robert T. Anderson (D) |
Michael L. Fitzgerald (D) |
28D, 22D |
60D, 40R |
| 1984 |
| 1985 |
29D, 21D |
60D, 40R |
Tom Harkin (D) |
| 1986 |
| 1987 |
Jo Ann Zimmerman (D) |
Elaine Baxter (D) |
Dale M Cochran (D) |
30D, 20D |
58D, 42R |
| 1988 |
|
Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen (D) |
| 1989 |
30D, 20D |
61D, 39R |
| 1990 |
| 1991 |
Joy Corning (R) |
Bonnie J. Campbell (D) |
29D, 21D |
55D, 45R |
| 1992 |
|
Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) |
| 1993 |
27D, 23D |
51R, 49D |
| 1994 |
| 1995 |
Paul Pate (R) |
Thomas John Miller (D) |
27D, 23D |
63R, 37D |
| 1996 |
| 1997 |
28R, 22D |
55R, 45D |
4R, 1D |
| 1998 |
| 1999 |
Thomas J. Vilsack (D) |
Sally Pederson (D) |
Chet Culver (D) |
Patty Judge (D) |
30R, 20D |
57R, 43D |
| 2000 |
Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) |
| 2001 |
29R, 21D |
56R, 44D |
| 2002 |
| 2003 |
Dave Vaudt (R) |
29R, 21D |
53R, 47D |
| 2004 |
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) |
| 2005 |
25D, 25R |
51R, 49D |
| 2006 |
| 2007 |
Chester J. Culver (D) |
Patty Judge (D) |
Michael Mauro (D) |
Bill Northey (R) |
30D, 20R |
53D, 47R |
3D, 2R |
| 2008 |
Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) |
| 2009 |
32D, 18R |
57D, 43R |
| 2010 |
| 2011 |
Terry E. Branstad (R) |
Kim Reynolds (R) |
Matt Schultz (R) |
26D, 24R |
60R, 40D |
| 2012 |
| 2013 |
26D, 24R |
53R, 46D, 1 vacancy |
2D, 2R |
| Year |
Governor |
Lt. Governor |
Sec. of State |
Attorney General |
Auditor |
Treasurer |
Sec. of Ag. |
State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House |
Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices |
General Assembly |
United States Congress |
- ^ a b c Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Died in office.
- ^ Resigned.
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