Historical place archive

Iowa in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Iowa in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels4 people1874–2008

Historical events in Iowa

1874

1874
Birth of Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clerk Hoover · Republican Party

Birth of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa, son of Quakers

2008

3 January 2008
2008 Campaign Withdrawal
Joseph Robinette Biden · Democratic Party

Withdraws after the Iowa caucuses.

3 January 2008
Iowa Caucus
Barack Hussein Obama · Democratic Party

Wins the Iowa Democratic caucus and becomes a leading presidential contender

3 January 2008
Iowa Caucus
Mike Huckabee · Republican Party

Wins the Republican Iowa caucus at the start of the presidential race

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Iowa. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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