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{{Short description|Commissioner of elections of the U.S. state of Iowa}}
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[[File:Lucas State Office Building, Des Moines, IA.jpg|thumb|The Lucas State Office Building, in Des Moines, housing the Attorney General offices, Auditor of State offices, Department of Human Rights, Department of Inspections and Appeals, Department of Management, Department of Public Health, Iowa Communications Network, Iowa State Patrol, and Secretary of State offices]]
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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://das.iowa.gov/press_releases/004_release_08-24-07.html |title=Press Release August 24, 2007 &#124; DAS |publisher=Das.iowa.gov |date=2007-08-24 |access-date=2012-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312215714/http://das.iowa.gov/press_releases/004_release_08-24-07.html |archive-date=March 12, 2012 }}</ref>

==List of secretaries of state of Iowa==
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!# !!Image !!Name !!Took office !!Left office !!Political party
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|1
|
|[[Elisha Cutler Jr.]]
|1846
|1848
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|-
|2
|
|[[Josiah H. Bonney]]
|1848
|1850
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|-
|3
|
|[[George W. McCleary]]
|1850
|1856
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|-
|4
|[[File:Elijah Sells.png|60px]]
|[[Elijah Sells]]
|1856
|1863
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|5
|
|James Wright
|1863
|1867
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|6
|
|[[Ed Wright (politician)|Ed Wright]]
|1867
|1873
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|7
|
|[[Josiah T. Young]]
|1873
|1879
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|8
|[[File:JohnATHull.jpg|60px]]
|[[John A. T. Hull]]
|1879
|1885
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|9
|[[File:Frankjackson.gif|60px]]
|[[Frank D. Jackson]]
|1885
|1891
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|10
|
|[[William M. McFarland]]
|1891
|1897
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|11
|
|[[George L. Dobson]]
|1897
|1901
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|12
|
|[[William B. Martin]]
|1901
|1907
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|13
|[[File:William C. Hayward.png|60px]]
|[[William C. Hayward]]
|1907
|1913
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|14
|[[File:William S. Allen.jpg|60px]]
|[[William S. Allen]]
|1913
|1919
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|15
|
|[[Walter C. Ramsay]]
|1919
|1928
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|16
|
|[[Edward McMurray Smith|Edward M. Smith]]
|1929
|1931
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|17
|
|[[G. C. Greenwalt]]
|1931
|1933
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|18
|[[File:Ola Babcock Miller.jpg|60px]]
|[[Ola Babcock Miller]]
|1933
|1937
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|-
|19
|
|Robert E. O'Brien
|1937
|1939
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|-
|20
|
|Earl G. Miller
|1939
|1943
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|21
|[[File:Wayne M. Ropes.jpg|60px]]
|[[Wayne M. Ropes]]
|1943
|1947
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|22
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|[[Rollo H. Bergeson]]
|1947
|1949
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|23
|[[FIle:Melvin D. Synhorst.png|60px]]
|[[Melvin D. Synhorst]]
|1949
|1965
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|24
|
|Gary L. Cameron
|1965
|1966
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|-
|25
|[[FIle:Melvin D. Synhorst.png|60px]]
|[[Melvin D. Synhorst]]
|1967
|1980
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|26
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|[[Mary Jane Odell]]
|1980
|1987
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|27
|[[File:Elaine Baxter.jpg|60px]]
|[[Elaine Baxter]]
|1987
|1995
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|-
|28
|[[File:Paul Pate.jpeg|60px]]
|[[Paul Pate]]
|1995
|1999
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|29
|[[File:Culver (5103113142) (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Chet Culver]]
|1999
|2007
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|-
|30
|
|[[Michael Mauro]]
|2007
|2011
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|-
|31
|[[File:Matt Schultz by Gage Skidmore.jpg|60px]]
|[[Matt Schultz]]
|2011
|2015
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|-
|32
|[[File:Paul Pate.jpeg|60px]]
|[[Paul Pate]]
|2015
|Incumbent
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://publications.iowa.gov/archive/00000135/01/executive/1-4.html Office of the Secretary of State]
* [http://publications.iowa.gov/archive/00004074/04/Chapter_2_Legislative_Branch.pdf Iowa Official Register 2005-2006]
* [http://www.sos.state.ia.us/office/history.html History of the Office]

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