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.

List

Image	Lt. Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Governor(s) served under
File:Oran Faville, First Lieutenant-Governor - History of Iowa.jpg	Oran Faville	1858	1860	Republican	Ralph P. Lowe
	Nicholas J. Rusch	1860	1862		Samuel J. Kirkwood
	John R. Needham	1862	1864		Samuel J. Kirkwood
	Enoch W. Eastman	1864	1866		William M. Stone
File:Benjamin F. Gue - History of Iowa.jpg	Benjamin F. Gue	1866	1868		William M. Stone
75px	John Scott	1868	1870		Samuel Merrill
75px	Madison Miner Walden	1870	1871
	Henry C. Bulis	1871	1874
	Henry C. Bulis	1871	1874		Cyrus C. Carpenter
	Joseph Dysart	1874	1876		Cyrus C. Carpenter
75px	Joshua G. Newbold	1876	1877		Samuel Kirkwood
	Frank T. Campbell	1878	1882		John H. Gear
	Orlando H. Manning	1882	1886		Buren R. Sherman
75px	John A. T. Hull	1886	1890		William Larrabee
	Alfred N. Poyneer	1890	1892		Horace Boies
75px	Samuel L. Bestow	1892	1894	Democratic	Horace Boies
75px	Warren S. Dungan	1894	1896	Republican	Frank D. Jackson
	Matt Parrott	1896	1898		Francis M. Drake
File:James C. Milliman.jpg	James C. Milliman	1898	1902		Leslie M. Shaw
75px	John Herriott	1902	1907		Albert B. Cummins
75px	Warren Garst	1907	1908		Albert B. Cummins
75px	George W. Clarke	1909	1913		Beryl F. Carroll
75px	William L. Harding	1913	1917		George W. Clarke
75px	Ernest Robert Moore	1917	1921		William L. Harding
File:John Hammill.png	John Hammill	1921	1925		N. E. Kendall
75px	Clem F. Kimball	1925	1928		John Hammill
75px	Arch W. McFarlane	1928	1933		John Hammill
75px	Arch W. McFarlane	1928	1933		Daniel Webster Turner
75px	Nelson G. Kraschel	1933	1937	Democratic	Clyde L. Herring
75px	John K. Valentine	1937	1939	Democratic	Nelson G. Kraschel
75px	Bourke B. Hickenlooper	1939	1943	Republican	George A. Wilson
75px	Robert D. Blue	1943	1945		Bourke B. Hickenlooper
	Kenneth A. Evans	1945	1951		Robert D. Blue
	Kenneth A. Evans	1945	1951		William S. Beardsley
75px	William H. Nicholas	1951	1953
File:Leo Elthon.png	Leo Elthon	1953	1957
File:Leo Elthon.png	Leo Elthon	1953	1957		Leo A. Hoegh
75px	William H. Nicholas	1957	1959		Herschel C. Loveless
75px	Edward J. McManus	1959	January 12, 1961	Democratic	Herschel C. Loveless
75px	W. L. Mooty	January 12, 1961	January 17, 1965	Republican	Norman A. Erbe
75px	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
	Terry Branstad	January 12, 1979	January 14, 1983
75px	Robert T. Anderson	January 14, 1983	January 1987	Democratic	Terry Branstad
75px	Jo Ann Zimmerman	January 1987	January 1991	Democratic
75px	Joy Corning	January 1991	January 15, 1999	Republican
75px	Sally Pederson	January 15, 1999	January 12, 2007	Democratic	Tom Vilsack
75px	Patty Judge	January 12, 2007	January 14, 2011	Democratic	Chet Culver
75px	Kim Reynolds	January 14, 2011	May 24, 2017	Republican	Terry Branstad
75px	Adam Gregg	January 18, 2019^[a]	September 3, 2024		Kim Reynolds
File:Amy Sinclair.jpg	Amy Sinclair	September 3, 2024^[b]	December 16, 2024
75px	Chris Cournoyer	December 16, 2024	Incumbent