Until 1873, a constitutional convention held control of the Plains Republic. Term limits are unlimited, and end every 5 years
# | Image | President | Took Office | Left Office | Home State | Party | Vice President(s) |
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1 | Thomas Carney | 1873 | 1883 | Kansas | No Party | Horace Austin | |
2 | Horace Austin | 1883 | 1888 | Minnesota | Freedom | Joshua G. Newbold | |
3 | James B. Weaver | 1888 | 1898 | Iowa | Farmer's Coalition | Richard F. Pettigrew | |
4 | Richard F. Pettigrew | 1898 | 1903 | South Dakota | Farmer's Coalition | William J. Bryan | |
5 | Knute Nelson | 1903 | 1908 | Minnesota | Freedom | Charles Henry Dietrich | |
6 | William J. Bryan | 1908 | 1918 | Nebraska | Farmer's Coalition | Samuel Rinnah Van Sant | |
7 | Herbert Hoover | 1918 | 1928 | Iowa | Freedom | Adam McMullen | |
8 | Charles Bryan | 1928 | 1933 | Nebraska | Farmer's Coalition | John A. O. Preus | |
9 | Alfred Landon | 1933 | 1948 | Kansas | Freedom | L. B. Hanna | |
10 | William Lemke | 1948 | 1950 (died) | North Dakota | Farmer's Coalition | William J. Bulow | |
11 | William J. Bulow | 1950 | 1953 | South Dakota | Farmer's Coalition | Vacant | |
12 | Harold Stassen | 1953 | 1963 | Minnesota | Freedom | Alfred Gruenther | |
13 | Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. | 1963 | 1973 | Minnesota | Farmer's Coalition | George McGovern | |
14 | George McGovern | 1973 | 1978 | South Dakota | Farmer's Coalition | Walter Mondale | |
15 | Bob Dole | 1978 | 1988 | Kansas | Freedom | Larry L. Pressler | |
16 | Larry Pressler | 1988 | 1993 | South Dakota | Freedom | Mark Andrews | |
17 | Bob Kerrey | 1993 | 2003 | Nebraska | Farmer's Coalition | Tom Harkin | |
18 | Terry Branstad | 2003 | 2008 | Iowa | Freedom | Sam Brownback | |
19 | Tom Harkin | 2008 | 2013 | Iowa | Farmer's Coalition | Mark Parkinson | |
20 | John Thune | 2013 | 2023 | South Dakota | Freedom | Dave Heineman |