Iowa Auditor of State

State Auditor of Iowa
Incumbent
Rob Sand
since 2019
TypeState Auditor
AppointerElected
Term length4 years
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Iowa
Formation1846
First holderJoseph T. Fales

The Iowa auditor of state is the state auditor of the government of Iowa, United States. The office's mission is to "serve as the taxpayers' watchdog" by "ensuring that government officials use taxpayer dollars for the intended purposes to benefit the public".[1]

The office is provided for by the Constitution of Iowa, which requires that the auditor be elected every four years, simultaneously with the rest of the state's executive branch, in midterm elections. The auditor is required to make a complete audit of the financial accounts of every department of the government of Iowa annually.[2] The office supervised by the auditor of state includes three divisions: Administration, Financial Audit, and Performance Investigation.[3]

The powers of the auditor to request information and file lawsuits were restricted by Senate File 478, a bill signed into law in June 2023.[4][5]

List of auditors

No. Name Took office Left office Party
1 Joseph T. Fales 1846 1849 Democratic
2 William Pattee 1850 1854 Democratic
3 Andrew J. Stevens 1854 1855 Whig
4 John Pattee 1855 1859 Republican
5 Jonathan W. Battell 1859 1865 Republican
6 John A. Elliott 1865 1871 Republican
7 John Russell 1871 1875 Republican
8 Buren R. Sherman 1875 1881 Republican
9 William V. Lucas 1881 1883 Republican
10 John L. Brown 1883 1885 Republican
11 Jonathan W. Battell 1885 1886 Republican
12 John L. Brown 1886 1886 Republican
13 Charles Beardsley 1886 1886 Republican
14 John L. Brown 1886 1887 Republican
15 Hames A. Lyons 1887 1893 Republican
16 Cornelius G. McCarthy 1893 1899 Republican
17 Frank F. Merriam 1899 1903 Republican
18 Beryl F. Carroll 1903 1909 Republican
19 John L. Bleakly 1909 1915 Republican
20 Frank S. Shaw 1915 1921 Republican
21 Glenn C. Haynes 1921 1924 Republican
22 James E. Thomas 1924 1925 Republican
23 J. C. McClune 1925 1927 Republican
24 J. W. Long 1927 1932 Republican
25 C. Fred Porter 1932 1933 Republican
26 Charles W. Storms 1933 1939 Democratic
27 C. B. Akers 1939 1965 Republican
28 Lorne R. Worthington 1965 1966 Democratic
29 Lloyd R. Smith 1967 1978 Republican
30 Richard D. Johnson 1979 2002 Republican
31 David Vaudt 2003 2013 Republican
32 Mary Mosiman 2013 2019 Republican
33 Rob Sand 2019 Incumbent Democratic

References

  1. ^ "State of Iowa - Auditor of State". auditor.iowa.gov. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  2. ^ "Iowa Auditor of State - Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  3. ^ "1999-2000 – Iowa Official Register". contentdm.legis.state.ia.us. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  4. ^ "Gov. Kim Reynolds approves final bills from the 2023 legislative session". 2 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Iowa Senate gives final approval to bill limiting state Auditor Rob Sand's powers". The Des Moines Register.