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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Iowa:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Attorney General
State Auditor
State Treasurer
Secretary of Agriculture

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
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
1846	Ansel Briggs (D)		Elisha Cutler Jr.
1847			Elisha Cutler Jr.							George W. Jones (D)	Augustus C. Dodge (D)
1848			Josiah H. Bonney (D)
1849			Josiah H. Bonney (D)
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							James Harlan (FS)
1857											James Harlan (R)
1858	Ralph P. Lowe (R)	Oran Faville (R)
1859	Ralph P. Lowe (R)	Oran Faville (R)								James W. Grimes (R)
1860	Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)	Nicholas J. Rusch (R)
1861		Nicholas J. Rusch (R)		Charles C. Nourse
1862		John R. Needham (R)
1863		John R. Needham (R)	James Wright (R)
1864	William M. Stone (R)	Enoch W. Eastman (R)
1865		Enoch W. Eastman (R)		Isaac L. Allen							Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
1866		Benjamin F. Gue (R)		Frederick E. Bissell							Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
1867		Benjamin F. Gue (R)	Ed Wright (R)	Henry O'Connor							James Harlan (R)
1868	Samuel Merrill (R)	John Scott (R)
1869		John Scott (R)
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		Joseph Dysart (R)
1876	Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)^[1]	Joshua G. Newbold (R)
1877	Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)^[1]	Joshua G. Newbold (R)		John F. McJunkin						Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
1877	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)								James W. McDill (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		Alfred N. Poyneer (R)	William M. McFarland (R)
1892		Samuel L. Bestow (D)
1893		Samuel L. Bestow (D)
1894	Frank D. Jackson (R)	Warren S. Dungan (R)
1895	Frank D. Jackson (R)	Warren S. Dungan (R)		Milton Remley						John H. Gear (R)
1896	Francis M. Drake (R)	Matt Parrott (R)
1897	Francis M. Drake (R)	Matt Parrott (R)	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)
1908	Warren Garst (R)^[2]	vacant
1909	Beryl F. Carroll (R)	George W. Clarke (R)		Howard Webster Byers							Albert B. Cummins (R)
1910				Howard Webster Byers						Lafayette Young (R)
1911				George Cosson						Lafayette Young (R)
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										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	Daniel Webster Turner (R)		G. C. Greenwalt (R)
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	Nelson G. Kraschel (D)	John K. Valentine (D)	Robert E. O'Brien (D)	John H. Mitchell
1939	George A. Wilson (R)	Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)	Earl G. Miller (R)	Fred D. Everett (R)	C. B. (Chet) Akers (R)
1940				Fred D. Everett (R)
1941				John M. Rankin (R)
1942
1943	Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)	Robert D. Blue (R)	Wayne N. Ropes (R)							George A. Wilson (R)
1944	Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)	Robert D. Blue (R)
1945	Robert D. Blue (R)	Kenneth A. Evans (R)									Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)
1946
1947			Rolo H. Bergeson (R)	Robert L. Larson (R)
1948			Rolo H. Bergeson (R)
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		William H. Nicholas (R)
1953		Leo Elthon (R)		Leo Hoegh (R)
1954		Leo Elthon (R)
1954	Leo Elthon (R)^[2]	vacant
1955	Leo Hoegh (R)	Leo Elthon (R)		Dayton Countryman (R)						Thomas E. Martin (R)
1956	Leo Hoegh (R)	Leo Elthon (R)		Dayton Countryman (R)
1957	Herschel C. Loveless (D)	William H. Nicholas (R)		Norman A. Erbe (R)
1958		William H. Nicholas (R)
1959		Edward J. McManus (D)
1960		Edward J. McManus (D)											Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
1961	Norman A. Erbe (R)	W. L. Mooty (D)		Evan Hultman (R)						Jack Miller (R)
1961							L. B. Liddy (R)
1962
1963	Harold E. Hughes (D)^[1]
1964													Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D)
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			Gary L. Cameron (D)	Lawrence F. Scalise (D)	Lorne R Worthington (D)		Kenneth E Owen (D)
1967			Melvin D. Synhorst (R)^[4]	Richard C. Turner	Lloyd R. Smith		L. B. Liddy (R)
1968													Richard M. Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R)
1969	Robert D. Fulton (D)^[2]	vacant				Maurice E. Baringer					Harold E. Hughes (D)
1969	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 Branstad (R)		Tom 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 Branstad (R)	Robert T. Anderson (D)				Michael Fitzgerald (D)		28D, 22D	60D, 40R
1984								28D, 22D	60D, 40R
1985								29D, 21D	60D, 40R	Tom Harkin (D)
1986								29D, 21D	60D, 40R
1987		Jo Ann Zimmerman (D)	Elaine Baxter (D)				Dale M Cochran (D)	30D, 20D	58D, 42R
1988								30D, 20D	58D, 42R				Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen (D)
1989								30D, 20D	61D, 39R
1990								30D, 20D	61D, 39R
1991		Joy Corning (R)		Bonnie J. Campbell (D)				29D, 21D	55D, 45R
1992								29D, 21D	55D, 45R				Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D)
1993								27D, 23D	51R, 49D
1994								27D, 23D	51R, 49D
1995			Paul Pate (R)	Tom Miller (D)				27D, 23D	63R, 37D
1996								27D, 23D	63R, 37D
1997								28R, 22D	55R, 45D			4R, 1D
1998								28R, 22D	55R, 45D
1999	Tom Vilsack (D)	Sally Pederson (D)	Chet Culver (D)				Patty Judge (D)	30R, 20D	57R, 43D
2000								30R, 20D	57R, 43D				Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D)
2001								29R, 21D	56R, 44D
2002								29R, 21D	56R, 44D
2003					David A. Vaudt (R)			29R, 21D	53R, 47D
2004								29R, 21D	53R, 47D				George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R)
2005								25D, 25R	51R, 49D
2006								25D, 25R	51R, 49D
2007	Chet Culver (D)	Patty Judge (D)	Michael Mauro (D)				Bill Northey (R)	30D, 20R	53D, 47R			3D, 2R
2008								30D, 20R	53D, 47R				Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D)
2009								32D, 18R	57D, 43R
2010								32D, 18R	57D, 43R
2011	Terry Branstad (R)	Kim Reynolds (R)	Matt Schultz (R)					26D, 24R	60R, 40D
2012									60R, 40D
2013									53R, 46D, 1 vacancy			2D, 2R
2013					Mary Mosiman (R)
2014									53R, 47D
2015			Paul Pate (R)						57R, 43D	Joni Ernst		3R, 1D
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
Year	Executive offices							General Assembly		United States Congress			Electoral College votes

Notes

^ ^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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