Secretary of State of Iowa

File:Lucas State Office Building, Des Moines, IA.jpg

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.

List of secretaries of state of Iowa

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

References

• Office of the Secretary of State
• Iowa Official Register 2005-2006
• History of the Office