In 1838 the western parts of the Territory of Wisconsin - covering present-day Iowa,
most of present-day Minnesota and part of the Dakotas - were detached and organized
as the Iowa Territory.
In 1846 the southern most populated part was created a State of the Union. (1)
(1) The remaining northern lands formed an "Unorganized Territory" and became
part of the new Territory of Minnesota in 1849
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STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1846 - 1850 Ansel Briggs 1806 - 1881
1850 - 1854 Stephen P. Hempstead 1812 - 1883
1854 - 1858 James Wilson Grimes 1816 - 1872
1858 - 1860 Ralph Philips Lowe 1805 - 1883
1860 - 1864 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood 1813 - 1894
1864 - 1868 William Milo Stone 1827 - 1893
1868 - 1872 Samuel Merrill 1822 - 1899
1872 - 1876 Cyrus Clay Carpenter 1829 - 1898
1876 - 1877 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (2x)
1877 - 1878 Joshua G. Newbold 1830 - 1903
1878 - 1882 John Henry Gear 1825 - 1900
1882 - 1886 Buren Robinson Sherman 1836 - 1904
1886 - 1890 William Larrabee 1832 - 1912
1890 - 1894 Horace Boies 1827 - 1923
1894 - 1896 Frank Darr Jackson 1854 - 1938
1896 - 1898 Francis Marion Drake 1830 - 1903
1898 - 1902 Leslie Mortier Shaw 1848 - 1932
1902 - 1908 Albert Baird Cummins 1850 - 1926
1908 - 1909 Warren Garst 1850 - 1924
1909 - 1913 Beryl Franklin Carroll 1860 - 1939
1913 - 1917 George W. Clarke 1852 - 1936
1917 - 1921 William Lloyd Harding 1877 - 1934
1921 - 1925 Nathan Edward Kendall 1868 - 1936
1925 - 1931 John Hammill 1875 - 1936
1931 - 1933 Daniel Webster Turner 1877 - 1969
1933 - 1937 Clyde La Verne Herring 1879 - 1945
1937 - 1939 Nelson George Kraschel 1889 - 1957
1939 - 1943 George Alison Wilson 1884 - 1953
1943 - 1945 Bourke Blackmore Hickenlooper 1896 - 1971
1945 - 1949 Robert Donald Blue 1898 - 1989
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