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Permanent LinkIowa Legislators Past and Present
Terms Used: Senate PresidentTotal Records Found: 103
The Lieutenant Governor performed the duties of President of the Senate from January 11, 1858 through January 14, 1991. Prior to 1991, Article IV, section 18, of the Constitution of Iowa provided that the Lieutenant Governor shall perform the duties of the President of the Senate. In 1988, a constitutional amendment significantly changed the duties and responsibilities of the Lieutenant Governor for the term beginning in 1991. As of 1991, duties of Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor no longer include presiding over the state Senate.
| GA (Years) | Chamber | Name | District | Party | County | Video |
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| LA1 (1838-1839) | Councilor | Jesse B. Browne | 2 | Whig | Lee |  |
| LA2 (1839-1840) | Councilor | Stephen Hempstead | 8 | Democrat | Dubuque | |
| LA3 (1840-1841) | Councilor | Mortimer Phillips Bainbridge | 10 | Whig | Dubuque | |
| LA4 (1841-1842) | Councilor | Jonathan Wetherbee Parker | 9 | Democrat | Scott | |
| LA5 (1842-1843) | Councilor | John D. Elbert | 2 | Whig | Van Buren | |
| LA6 (1843-1845) | Councilor | Thomas Cox | 10 | Democrat | Jackson | |
| LA7 (1845-1845) | Councilor | Serranus Clinton Hastings | 7 | Democrat | Muscatine | |
| LA8 (1845-1846) | Councilor | Stephen Hempstead | 10 | Democrat | Dubuque | |
| 1 (1846-1848) | Senate | Thomas Baker | 5 | Democrat | Polk | |
| 1 (1846-1848) | Senate | Thomas Hughes | 11 | Democrat | Johnson | |
| 2 (1848-1850) | Senate | John Jackson Selman | 3 | Democrat | Davis | |
| 3 (1850-1852) | Senate | Enos Lowe | 6 | Democrat | Des Moines | |
| 4 (1852-1854) | Senate | William E. Leffingwell | 18 | Democrat | Clinton | |
| 5 (1854-1856) | Senate | Maturin L. Fisher | 24 | Democrat | Clayton | |
| 6 (1856-1858) | Senate | William W. Hamilton | 31 | Republican | Dubuque | |
| 7 (1858-1860) | Senate | Oran Faville | Republican | Mitchell | |
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| 8 (1860-1862) | Senate | Nicholas John Rusch | Republican | Scott | |
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| 9 (1862-1864) | Senate | John R. Needham | Republican | Mahaska | |
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| 10 (1864-1866) | Senate | Enoch W. Eastman | Republican | Hardin | |
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| 11 (1866-1868) | Senate | Benjamin F. Gue | Republican | Webster | |
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| 12 (1868-1870) | Senate | John Scott | Republican | Story | |
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| 13 (1870-1872) | Senate | Henry Clay Bulis | Republican | Winneshiek | |
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| 13 (1870-1872) | Senate | Madison Miner Walden | Republican | Appanoose | |
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| 14 (1872-1874) | Senate | Henry Clay Bulis | Republican | Winneshiek | |
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| 15 (1874-1876) | Senate | Joseph Dysart | Republican | Tama | |
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| 16 (1876-1878) | Senate | Joshua G. Newbold | Republican | Henry | |
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| 17 (1878-1880) | Senate | Frank T. Campbell | Republican | Jasper | |
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| 18 (1880-1882) | Senate | Frank T. Campbell | Republican | Jasper | |
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| 19 (1882-1884) | Senate | Orlando Harrison Manning | Republican | Carroll | |
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| 20 (1884-1886) | Senate | Orlando Harrison Manning | Republican | Carroll | |
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| 21 (1886-1888) | Senate | John A. T. Hull | Republican | Polk | |
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| 22 (1888-1890) | Senate | John A. T. Hull | Republican | Polk | |
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| 23 (1890-1892) | Senate | Alfred Nelson Poyneer | Republican | Tama | |
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| 24 (1892-1894) | Senate | Samuel L. Bestow | Democrat | Lucas | |
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| 25 (1894-1896) | Senate | Warren S. Dungan | Republican | Lucas | |
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| 26 (1896-1898) | Senate | Mathies Parrott | Republican | Black Hawk | |
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| 27 (1898-1900) | Senate | James C. Milliman | Republican | Harrison | |
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| 28 (1900-1902) | Senate | James C. Milliman | Republican | Harrison | |
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| 29 (1902-1904) | Senate | John Herriott | Republican | Guthrie | |
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| 30 (1904-1906) | Senate | John Herriott | Republican | Guthrie | |
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| 31 (1906-1907) | Senate | John Herriott | Republican | Guthrie | |
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| 32 (1907-1909) | Senate | Warren Garst | Republican | Carroll | |
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| 33 (1909-1911) | Senate | George W. Clarke | Republican | Dallas | |
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| 34 (1911-1913) | Senate | George W. Clarke | Republican | Dallas | |
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| 35 (1913-1915) | Senate | William Lloyd Harding | Republican | Woodbury | |
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| 36 (1915-1917) | Senate | William Lloyd Harding | Republican | Woodbury | |
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| 37 (1917-1919) | Senate | Ernest R. Moore | Republican | Linn | |
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| 38 (1919-1921) | Senate | Ernest R. Moore | Republican | Linn | |
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| 39 (1921-1923) | Senate | John Hammill | Republican | Hancock | |
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| 40 (1923-1925) | Senate | John Hammill | Republican | Hancock | |
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| 41 (1925-1927) | Senate | Clement F. Kimball | Republican | Pottawattamie | |
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| 42 (1927-1929) | Senate | Clement F. Kimball | Republican | Pottawattamie | |
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| 43 (1929-1931) | Senate | Arch Wallace McFarlane | Republican | Black Hawk | |
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| 44 (1931-1933) | Senate | Arch Wallace McFarlane | Republican | Black Hawk | |
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| 45 (1933-1935) | Senate | Nelson G. Kraschel | Democrat | Shelby | |
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| 46 (1935-1937) | Senate | Nelson G. Kraschel | Democrat | Shelby | |
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| 47 (1937-1939) | Senate | John Kalbach Valentine | Democrat | Appanoose | |
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| 48 (1939-1941) | Senate | Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper | Republican | Linn | |
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| 49 (1941-1943) | Senate | Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper | Republican | Linn | |
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| 50 (1943-1945) | Senate | Robert D. Blue | Republican | Wright | |
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| 51 (1945-1947) | Senate | Kenneth A. Evans | Republican | Mills | |
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| 52 (1947-1949) | Senate | Kenneth A. Evans | Republican | Mills | |
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| 53 (1949-1951) | Senate | Kenneth A. Evans | Republican | Mills | |
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| 54 (1951-1953) | Senate | William H. Nicholas | Republican | Cerro Gordo | |
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| 55 (1953-1955) | Senate | Leo Elthon | Republican | Worth | |
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| 56 (1955-1957) | Senate | Leo Elthon | Republican | Worth | |
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| 57 (1957-1959) | Senate | William H. Nicholas | Republican | Cerro Gordo | |
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| 58 (1959-1961) | Senate | Edward Joseph McManus | Republican | Lee | |
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| 59 (1961-1963) | Senate | W. L. Mooty | Republican | Grundy | |
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| 60 (1963-1965) | Senate | W. L. Mooty | Republican | Grundy | |
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| 61 (1965-1967) | Senate | Robert D. Fulton | Democrat | Black Hawk | |
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| 62 (1967-1969) | Senate | Robert D. Fulton | Democrat | Black Hawk | |
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| 63 (1969-1971) | Senate | Roger W. Jepsen | Republican | Scott | |
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| 64 (1971-1973) | Senate | Roger W. Jepsen | Republican | Scott | |
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| 65 (1973-1975) | Senate | Arthur A. Neu | Republican | Carroll | |
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| 66 (1975-1977) | Senate | Arthur A. Neu | Republican | Carroll | |
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| 67 (1977-1979) | Senate | Arthur A. Neu | Republican | Carroll | |
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| 68 (1979-1981) | Senate | Terry E. Branstad | Republican | Winnebago | |
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| 69 (1981-1983) | Senate | Terry E. Branstad | Republican | Winnebago | |
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| 70 (1983-1985) | Senate | Robert T. Anderson | Democrat | Jasper | |
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| 71 (1985-1987) | Senate | Robert T. Anderson | Democrat | Jasper | |
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| 72 (1987-1989) | Senate | Jo Ann Zimmerman | Democrat | Dallas | |
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| 73 (1989-1991) | Senate | Jo Ann Zimmerman | Democrat | Dallas | |
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| 74 (1991-1993) | Senate | Joseph J. Welsh | 17 | Democrat | Dubuque | |
| 74 (1991-1993) | Senate | Michael E. Gronstal | 50 | Democrat | Pottawattamie | |
| 75 (1993-1995) | Senate | Leonard L. Boswell | 44 | Democrat | Decatur | |
| 76 (1995-1997) | Senate | Leonard L. Boswell | 44 | Democrat | Decatur | |
| 77 (1997-1999) | Senate | Mary E. Kramer | 37 | Republican | Polk | |
| 78 (1999-2001) | Senate | Mary E. Kramer | 37 | Republican | Polk | |
| 79 (2001-2003) | Senate | Mary E. Kramer | 37 | Republican | Polk | |
| 80 (2003-2005) | Senate | Mary E. Kramer | 30 | Republican | Polk | |
| 80 (2003-2005) | Senate | Jeffrey M. Lamberti | 35 | Republican | Polk | |
| 81 (2005-2007) | Senate | John (Jack) P. Kibbie | 4 | Democrat | Palo Alto | |
| 81 (2005-2007) | Senate | Jeffrey M. Lamberti | 35 | Republican | Polk | |
| 82 (2007-2009) | Senate | John (Jack) P. Kibbie | 4 | Democrat | Palo Alto | |
| 83 (2009-2011) | Senate | John (Jack) P. Kibbie | 4 | Democrat | Palo Alto | |
| 84 (2011-2013) | Senate | John (Jack) P. Kibbie | 4 | Democrat | Palo Alto | |
| 85 (2013-2015) | Senate | Pam Jochum | 50 | Democrat | Dubuque | |
| 86 (2015-2017) | Senate | Pam Jochum | 50 | Democrat | Dubuque | |
| 87 (2017-2019) | Senate | Jack Whitver | 19 | Republican | Polk | |
| 87 (2017-2019) | Senate | Charles Schneider | 22 | Republican | Dallas | |
| 88 (2019-2021) | Senate | Charles Schneider | 22 | Republican | Dallas | |
| 89 (2021-2023) | Senate | Jake Chapman | 10 | Republican | Dallas |
More than one legislator may have held a leadership position in a General Assembly.
The bulk of the database from approximately 1900 forward is from the Iowa Official Register. Additional information is compiled from various sources, including legislative manuals, directories, newspapers, books, family-supplied data, and obituaries. The Legislative Services Agency (LSA) does not guarantee the accuracy of the information in the database; errors are possible. We welcome additional information or corrections from our readers. You can contact the LSA at: webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.