Capital: Des Moines

State Nickname: Hawkeye State

State Bird: Eastern Goldflinch

State Flower: Wild Rose

Admitted to the Union: December 28, 1846

December 3, 1846 to December 4, 1850:

Ansel Briggs

December 4, 1850 to December 9, 1854:

Stephen P. Hempstead

December 9, 1854 to January 11, 1860:

Ralph P. Lowe

January 11, 1860 to January 14, 1864:

Samuel J. Kirkwood

January 14, 1864 to January 16, 1868:

William M. Stone

January 16, 1868 to January 11, 1872:

Samuel Merrill

January 11, 1872 to January 13, 1876:

Cyrus C. Carpenter

January 13, 1876 to February 1, 1877:

Samuel J. Kirkwood

February 1, 1877 to January 17, 1878:

Joshua G. Newbold

January 17, 1878 to January 12, 1882:

John H. Gear

January 12, 1882 to January 14, 1886:

Buren R. Sherman

January 14, 1886 to February 26, 1890:

William Larrabee

February 27, 1890 to January 11, 1894:

Harace Boies

January 11, 1894 to January 16, 1896:

Frank D. Jackson

January 16, 1896 to January 13, 1898:

Franics M. Drake

January 13, 1898 to January 16, 1902:

Leslie M. Shaw

January 16, 1902 to November 24, 1908:

Albert B. Cummins

November 24, 1908 to January 14, 1909:

Warren Garst

January 14, 1909 to January 16, 1913:

Beryl F. Carroll

January 13, 1913 to January 11, 1917:

George W. Clarke

January 11, 1917 to January 13, 1921:

William L. Harding

January 13, 1921 to January 16, 1925:

Nathan E. Kendall

January 15, 1925 to January 15, 1931:

John Hammill

January 15, 1931 to January 12, 1933:

Daniel W. Turner

January 12, 1933 to January 14, 1937:

Clyde L. Herring

January 14, 1937 to January 12, 1939:

Nelson G. Kraschel

January 12, 1939 to January 14, 1943:

George A. Wilson

January 14, 1943 to January 11, 1945:

Bourke B. Hickenlooper

January 11, 1945 to January 13, 1949:

Robert D. Blue

January 13, 1949 to November 21, 1954:

William S. Beardsley

Novebmer 22, 1954 to January 13, 1955:

Leo Elthon

January 13, 1955 to January 17, 1957:

Leo Arthur Hoegh

January 17, 1957 to January 12, 1961:

Herschel C. Loveless

January 12, 1961 to January 17, 1963:

Norman A. Erbe

January 17, 1963 to January 1, 1969:

Harold E. Hughes

January 1, 1969 to January 16, 1969:

Robert D. Fulton

January 16, 1969 to January 14, 1983:

Robert D. Ray

January 14, 1983 to 1999:

Terry E. Branstad

1999 --

Tom Vilsack

Written by S.H.M. Byers
To the music of Oh Christmas Tree

1840: 43,112

1850: 192,214

1860: 674,904

1870: 1,194,020

1880: 1,624,615

1890: 1,911,896

1900: 2,231,853

1910: 2,224,771

1920: 2,404,021

1930: 2,470,939

1940: 2,538,268

1950: 2,621,073

1960: 2,755,537

1970: 2,825,368

1980: 2,913,808

1990: 2,776,755

2000: 2,926,382