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Capital: Des Moines
State Nickname: Hawkeye State
State Bird: Eastern Goldflinch
State Flower: Wild Rose
Admitted to the Union: December 28, 1846
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| Governors |
December 3, 1846 to December 4, 1850:
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Ansel Briggs
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December 4, 1850 to December 9, 1854:
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Stephen P. Hempstead
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December 9, 1854 to January 11, 1860:
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Ralph P. Lowe
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January 11, 1860 to January 14, 1864:
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Samuel J. Kirkwood
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January 14, 1864 to January 16, 1868:
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William M. Stone
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January 16, 1868 to January 11, 1872:
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Samuel Merrill
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January 11, 1872 to January 13, 1876:
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Cyrus C. Carpenter
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January 13, 1876 to February 1, 1877:
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Samuel J. Kirkwood
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February 1, 1877 to January 17, 1878:
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Joshua G. Newbold
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January 17, 1878 to January 12, 1882:
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John H. Gear
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January 12, 1882 to January 14, 1886:
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Buren R. Sherman
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January 14, 1886 to February 26, 1890:
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William Larrabee
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February 27, 1890 to January 11, 1894:
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Harace Boies
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January 11, 1894 to January 16, 1896:
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Frank D. Jackson
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January 16, 1896 to January 13, 1898:
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Franics M. Drake
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January 13, 1898 to January 16, 1902:
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Leslie M. Shaw
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January 16, 1902 to November 24, 1908:
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Albert B. Cummins
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November 24, 1908 to January 14, 1909:
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Warren Garst
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January 14, 1909 to January 16, 1913:
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Beryl F. Carroll
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January 13, 1913 to January 11, 1917:
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George W. Clarke
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January 11, 1917 to January 13, 1921:
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William L. Harding
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January 13, 1921 to January 16, 1925:
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Nathan E. Kendall
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January 15, 1925 to January 15, 1931:
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John Hammill
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January 15, 1931 to January 12, 1933:
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Daniel W. Turner
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January 12, 1933 to January 14, 1937:
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Clyde L. Herring
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January 14, 1937 to January 12, 1939:
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Nelson G. Kraschel
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January 12, 1939 to January 14, 1943:
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George A. Wilson
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January 14, 1943 to January 11, 1945:
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
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January 11, 1945 to January 13, 1949:
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Robert D. Blue
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January 13, 1949 to November 21, 1954:
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William S. Beardsley
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Novebmer 22, 1954 to January 13, 1955:
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Leo Elthon
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January 13, 1955 to January 17, 1957:
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Leo Arthur Hoegh
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January 17, 1957 to January 12, 1961:
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Herschel C. Loveless
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January 12, 1961 to January 17, 1963:
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Norman A. Erbe
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January 17, 1963 to January 1, 1969:
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Harold E. Hughes
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January 1, 1969 to January 16, 1969:
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Robert D. Fulton
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January 16, 1969 to January 14, 1983:
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Robert D. Ray
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January 14, 1983 to 1999:
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Terry E. Branstad
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1999 --
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Tom Vilsack
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| Senators - Class II |
December 7, 1848 – March 4, 1859
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George W. Jones
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March 4, 1859 – December 6, 1869
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James W. Grimes
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January 18, 1870 – March 4, 1871
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James B. Howell
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January 18, 1870 – March 4, 1871
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George G. Wright
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March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1877
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Samuel J. Kirkwood
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March 8, 1881 – March 4, 1883
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James W. McDill
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March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1895
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James F. Wilson
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March 4, 1895 – July 14, 1900
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John H. Gear
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August 22, 1900 – October 15, 1910
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Jonathan P. Dolliver * Died in office
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November 12, 1910 – April 11, 1911
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Lafayette Young
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April 12, 1911 – February 24, 1922
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William S. Kenyon * Resigned office
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February 24, 1922 – December 1, 1922
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Charles A. Rawson
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November 7, 1922 – April 12, 1926
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Smith W. Brookhart
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April 12, 1926 – March 4, 1931
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Daniel F. Steck
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March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937
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Lester J. Dickinson
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January 15, 1937 – January 3, 1943
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Clyde L. Herring
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January 14, 1943 – January 3, 1949
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George A. Wilson
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January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1955
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Guy Gillette
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January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961
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Thomas E. Martin
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January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973
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Jack Miller
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January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979
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Richard C. Clark
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January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985
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Roger Jepsen
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January 3, 1985 –
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Tom Harkin
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| Senators - Class III |
December 7, 1848 – February 22, 1855
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Augustus C. Dodge * Resigned office
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March 4, 1855 – May 15, 1865
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James Harlan * Resigned office
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January 13, 1866 – March 4, 1867
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Samuel J. Kirkwood
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March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908
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James Harlan
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March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908
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William B. Allison * Died in office
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November 24, 1908 – July 30, 1926
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William B. Allison
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November 24, 1908 – July 30, 1926
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Albert B. Cummins
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August 7, 1926 – March 4, 1927
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David W. Stewart
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March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1933
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Smith W. Brookhart
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March 4, 1933 – July 16, 1936
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Richard L. Murphy
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November 3, 1936 – January 3, 1945
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Guy Gillette
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January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1969
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
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January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975
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Harold Hughes
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January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981
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John Culver
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January 3, 1981 –
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Chuck Grassley
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| State Song |
Iowa
Written by S.H.M. Byers
To the music of Oh Christmas Tree |
You asked what land I love the best, Iowa, tis Iowa,
The fairest State of all the west, Iowa, O! Iowa,
From yonder Misissippi's stream
To where Missouri's waters gleam
O! fair it is as poet's dream, Iowa, in Iowa.
See yonders fields of tasseled corn, Iowa in Iowa,
Where plenty fills her golden horn, Iowa in Iowa,
See how her wonderous praries shine.
To yonder sunset's purpling line,
O! happy land, O! land of mine, Iowa, O! Iowa.
And she has maids whose laughing eyes, Iowa, O! Iowa.
To him whose loves were Paradise, Iowa, O! Iowa
O! happiest fate that e'er was known.
Such eyes to shine for one alone,
To call such beauty all his own. Iowa, O! Iowa
Go read the story of thy past. Iowa, O! Iowa
What glorious deeds, what fame thou hast! Iowa, O! Iowa
So long as time's great cycle runs,
Or nations weep their fallen ones,
Thou'lt not forget thy patriot sons, Iowa, O! Iowa |
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State Population
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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 |
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State Capitol Building 1907
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