Terry Edward Branstad is an American politician and former diplomat. A member of the Republican Party,he served three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979 before serving as governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017. He is the longest-serving governor in United States history. Branstad served as the United States Ambassador to China from 2017 to 2020 under President Donald Trump.
Richard Andrew Gephardt is an American attorney,lobbyist,and politician who represented Missouri's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party,he was House majority leader from 1989 to 1995 and minority leader from 1995 to 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988,1992,2000,2004,and 2008.
Frank Lewis O'Bannon was an American politician who served as the 47th governor of Indiana from 1997 until his death in 2003. He is the most recent U.S. Governor to have died in office.
Richard Clarence "Dick" Clark was an American politician from Iowa who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1973 to 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party. After he left the United States Senate,Clark was known for a major role in helping refugees of the Vietnam War.
Paul Martin Simon was an American author and politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and in the United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party,he unsuccessfully ran for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.
Paul R. Leonard is an American politician who is a member of the Ohio Democratic Party. He served as the mayor of Dayton from 1982 to 1986 and as the 58th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1987 to 1991.
Patrick Joseph Lucey was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 38th Governor of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977. He was also independent presidential candidate John B. Anderson's running mate in the 1980 presidential election.
John Shelton Wilder was an American politician who was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee for 36 years from January 1971 to January 2007,possibly the longest time anyone has served as Lieutenant Governor or a similar position in the history of the United States. He was a Tennessee state senator from 1959 to 1961 and again from 1967 to 2009. Tennesseans do not elect their lieutenant governor;rather,the Speaker of the Senate,who is first in the line of succession to the governor,is granted the title by statute.
Robert Douglas Bullock was an American Democratic politician from Texas,whose career spanned four decades. His service culminated in his term as the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Texas from January 15,1991,to January 19,1999,during the term of Governor Ann Richards and the first term of Governor George W. Bush. Bullock is the last Democrat to win and/or hold statewide office in Texas.
John Chester Culver was an American politician,writer,and lawyer who was elected to both the United States House of Representatives (1965–1975) and United States Senate (1975–1981) from Iowa. He was a member of the Democratic Party. His son Chet Culver served as the 41st governor of Iowa (2007–2011).
Robert Dolph Ray was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served as the 38th governor of Iowa from January 16,1969 to January 14,1983.
Chester John Culver is an American politician who served from 2007 through 2011 as the 41st governor of Iowa. A member of the Democratic Party,he had previously served as the 29th Secretary of State of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. He was elected governor in the 2006 Iowa gubernatorial election and ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 2010,losing to former governor Terry Branstad.
John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne,Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who served as commissioner of administration for Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. A Republican,Dardenne previously served as the 53rd lieutenant governor of his state from 2010 to 2016. Running as a Republican,he won a special election for lieutenant governor held in conjunction with the regular November 2,2010 general election. At the time,Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state. Formerly,Dardenne was a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the Baton Rouge suburbs,a position he filled from 1992 until his election as secretary of state on September 30,2006.
Glenn Malcolm Anderson was an American politician. He was the 37th Lieutenant Governor of California and later represented Southern Los Angeles County in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Leo Arthur Hoegh was a decorated U.S. Army officer,lawyer,and politician who served as the 33rd governor of Iowa from 1955 to 1957.
Paul Danny Pate Jr. is an American businessman and politician serving as the 32nd Secretary of State of Iowa since 2015,previously holding the office from 1995 to 1999. Pate is the past president of the National Association of Secretaries of State. A member of the Republican Party,he was also in the Iowa Senate from 1989 to 1995 and Mayor of Cedar Rapids from 2002 to 2006. He was an unsuccessful candidate for his party's nomination for Governor of Iowa in 1998.
John Robert Hansen served one term,from January 3,1965 to January 3,1967,as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa. Until the election of Cindy Axne in 2018,he and Tom Harkin were the only two Democrats to have represented southwestern Iowa in the U.S. House since the end of the Great Depression.
Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock,an American conservative Democrat from Franklin in St. Mary Parish,was the only three-term lieutenant governor in 20th century Louisiana history. He served from 1960 to 1972. Aycock failed in his only bid for governor in the 1971 Democratic primary. Few lieutenant governors in Louisiana have been elected directly to the governorship;former Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette,is a prominent exception.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Iowa:
Edward Joseph McManus served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa for over 50 years.
