US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

3-Jul-1838	15-Aug-1838	William B. Conway	(acting, d. 1839, Democrat)
15-Aug-1838	1841	Robert Lucas	(b. 1781, d. 1853, Democrat)
1841	1845	John Chambers	(b. 1780, d. 1852, Whig)
1845	3-Dec-1846	James Clark
3-Dec-1846	4-Dec-1850	Ansel Briggs	(b. 1806, d. 1881, Democrat)
4-Dec-1850	9-Dec-1854	Stephen P. Hempstead	(b. 1812, d. 1883, Democrat)
9-Dec-1854	13-Jan-1858	James Wilson Grimes	(b. 1816, d. 1872, Whig)
13-Jan-1858	11-Jan-1860	Ralph Phillips Lowe	(b. 1805, d. 1883, Republican)
11-Jan-1860	14-Jan-1864	Samuel Jordan Kirkwood	(1st time, b. 1813, d. 1894, Republican)
14-Jan-1864	16-Jan-1868	William Milo Stone	(b. 1827, d. 1893, Republican)
16-Jan-1868	11-Jan-1872	Samuel Merrill	(b. 1822, d. 1899, Republican)
11-Jan-1872	13-Jan-1876	Cyrus Clay Carpenter	(b. 1829, d. 1898, Republican)
13-Jan-1876	1-Feb-1877	Samuel Jordan Kirkwood	(2nd time, Republican)
1-Feb-1877	17-Jan-1878	Joshua Giddings Newbold	(b. 1830, d. 1903, Republican)
17-Jan-1878	12-Jan-1882	John Henry Gear	(b. 1825, d. 1900, Republican)
12-Jan-1882	14-Jan-1886	Buren Robinson Sherman	(b. 1836, d. 1904, Republican)
14-Jan-1886	27-Feb-1890	William Larrabee	(b. 1832, d. 1912, Republican)
27-Feb-1890	11-Jan-1894	Horace Boies	(b. 1827, d. 1923, Democrat)
11-Jan-1894	16-Jan-1896	Frank Darr Jackson	(b. 1854, d. 1938, Republican)
16-Jan-1896	13-Jan-1898	Francis Marion Drake	(b. 1830, d. 1903, Republican)
13-Jan-1898	16-Jan-1902	Leslie M. Shaw	(b. 1848, d. 1932, Republican)
16-Jan-1902	24-Nov-1908	Albert Baird Cummins	(b. 1850, d. 1926, Republican)
24-Nov-1908	14-Jan-1909	Warren Garst	(b. 1850, d. 1924, Republican)
14-Jan-1909	16-Jan-1913	Beryl Franklin Carroll	(b. 1860, d. 1939, Republican)
16-Jan-1913	11-Jan-1917	George W. Clarke	(b. 1852, d. 1936, Republican)
11-Jan-1917	13-Jan-1921	William Lloyd Harding	(b. 1877, d. 1934, Republican)
13-Jan-1921	15-Jan-1925	Nathan Edward Kendall	(b. 1868, d. 1936, Republican)
15-Jan-1925	15-Jan-1931	John Hammill	(b. 1875, d. 1936, Republican)
15-Jan-1931	12-Jan-1933	Daniel Webster Turner	(b. 1877, d. 1969, Republican)
12-Jan-1933	14-Jan-1937	Clyde LaVerne Herring	(b. 1879, d. 1945, Democrat)
14-Jan-1937	12-Jan-1939	Nelson George Kraschel	(b. 1889, d. 1957, Democrat)
12-Jan-1939	14-Jan-1943	George A. Wilson	(b. 1884, d. 1953, Republican)
14-Jan-1943	11-Jan-1945	Bourke B. Hickenlooper	(b. 1896, d. 1971, Republican)
11-Jan-1945	13-Jan-1949	Robert D. Blue	(b. 1898, d. 1989, Republican)
13-Jan-1949	21-Nov-1954	William S. Beardsley	(b. 1901, d. 1954, Republican)
22-Nov-1954	13-Jan-1955	Leo Elthon	(b. 1898, d. 1967, Republican)
13-Jan-1955	17-Jan-1957	Leo A. Hoegh	(b. 1908, d. 2000, Republican)
17-Jan-1957	12-Jan-1961	Herschel C. Loveless	(b. 1911, d. 1989, Democrat)
12-Jan-1961	17-Jan-1963	Norman A. Erbe	(b. 1919, d. 2000, Republican)
17-Jan-1963	1-Jan-1969	Harold Hughes	(b. 1922, d. 1996, Democrat)
1-Jan-1969	16-Jan-1969	Robert D. Fulton	(b. 1929, Democrat)
16-Jan-1969	14-Jan-1983	Robert D. Ray	(b. 1928, Republican)
14-Jan-1983	15-Jan-1999	Terry E. Branstad	(b. 1946, Republican)
15-Jan-1999	12-Jan-2007	Thomas Vilsack	(b. 1950, Democrat)
12-Jan-2007	14-Jan-2011	Chet Culver	(b. 1966, Democrat)
14-Jan-2011	--	Terry E. Branstad	(b. 1946, Republican)

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