Secretary of State of Iowa
# Name Took office Left office Political party
1 Elisha Cutler Jr 1846 1848 Democratic
2 Josiah H. Bonney 1848 1850 Democratic
3 George W. McCleary 1850 1856 Democratic
4 Elijah Sells 1856 1863 Republican
5 James Wright 1863 1867 Republican
6 Ed Wright 1867 1873 Republican
7 Josiah T. Young 1873 1879 Republican
8 John A. T. Hull 1879 1885 Republican
9 Frank D. Jackson 1885 1891 Republican
10 William M. McFarland 1891 1897 Republican
11 George L. Dobson 1897 1901 Republican
12 William B. Martin 1901 1907 Republican
13 William C. Hayward 1907 1913 Republican
14 William S. Allen 1913 1919 Republican
15 Walter C. Ramsay 1919 1929 Republican
16 Edward M. Smith 1929 1931 Republican
17 G. C. Greenwalt 1931 1933 Republican
18 Ola Babcock Miller 1933 1937 Democratic
19 Robert E. O'Brien 1937 1939 Democratic
20 Earl G. Miller 1939 1943 Republican
List of Secretaries of State of Iowa
The Secretary of State of Iowa is the commissioner of elections of the U.S. state of Iowa. A constitutional officer, the officeholder is elected every four years. The Office of the Secretary of State is divided into four divisions: Elections and Voter Registration, Business Services, Administrative Services, and Communications and Publications. Elections and Voter Registration deals with supervising the 99 county auditors, elections, and voter registration. The division of the office helps the county auditors in telling them which election practices work best. The division also helps in increasing voter registration. The Business Services Division is a records center for businesses in Iowa. The Administrative Services Division and the Communications and Publications Division is involved in scheduling and providing media information, preservation of documents, recordkeeping, and publishing the Iowa Official Register and the Iowa Official Directory of Federal, State and County Officers. The Secretary of State's office is housed in the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines.