Political party strength in Iowa
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Iowa:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Auditor
- State Treasurer
- Secretary of Agriculture
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1846–1920
[edit]| Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
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U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1846 | Ansel Briggs (D) | no such office | Elisha Cutler Jr. (D) | no such office | Joseph T. Fales (D) | Morgan Reno (D) | 12D, 6W | 23W, 17D | 2D | |||
| 1847 | George Wallace Jones (D) | Augustus C. Dodge (D) | ||||||||||
| 1848 | Josiah H. Bonney (D) | Lewis Cass/ William O. Butler (D) 
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| 1849 | 11D, 8W | 28D, 11W | 1D, 1W | |||||||||
| 1850 | George W. McCleary (D) | William Pattee (D) | Israel Kister (D) | |||||||||
| 1851 | Stephen P. Hempstead (D) | 13D, 5W | 34D, 5W | 2D | ||||||||
| 1852 | Martin L. Morris (D) | Franklin Pierce/ William R. King (D) 
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| 1853 | David C. Cloud (D) | 20D, 11W | 40D, 23W | 1D, 1W | ||||||||
| 1854 | Andrew J. Stevens (W) | |||||||||||
| 1855 | James W. Grimes (W) | John Pattee (R) | 17D, 14W | 40W, 31D | James Harlan (FS) | |||||||
| 1856 | Elijah Sells (R) | Samuel Allen Rice (R) | John C. Frémont/ William L. Dayton (R)
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| 1857 | 23R, 12D | 44R, 26D | James Harlan (R) | 2R | ||||||||
| 1858 | Ralph P. Lowe (R) | Oran Faville (R) | 22R, 14D[a] | 42R, 30D[a] | ||||||||
| 1859 | Jonathan W. Battel (R) | John W. Jones (R) | James W. Grimes (R) | |||||||||
| 1860 | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) | Nicholas J. Rusch (R) | 23R, 20D | 49R, 37D | Abraham Lincoln/ Hannibal Hamlin (R)
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| 1861 | Charles C. Nourse (R) | |||||||||||
| 1862 | John R. Needham (R) | 32R, 14D | 60R, 34D | |||||||||
| 1863 | James Wright (R) | William H. Holmes (R) | 6R | |||||||||
| 1864 | William M. Stone (R) | Enoch W. Eastman (R) | 42R, 4D | 87R, 5D | Abraham Lincoln/ Andrew Johnson (NU)
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| 1865 | Isaac L. Allen (R) | John A. Elliott (R) | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) | |||||||||
| 1866 | Benjamin F. Gue (R) | Frederick E. Bissell (R) | 42R, 5D | 83R, 15D | ||||||||
| 1867 | Ed Wright (R) | Henry O'Connor (R) | Samuel E. Rankin (R) | James Harlan (R) | ||||||||
| 1868 | Samuel Merrill (R) | John Scott (R) | 42R, 7D | 86R, 14D | Ulysses S. Grant/ Schuyler Colfax (R)
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| 1870 | Madison Miner Walden (R) | 43R, 7D | James B. Howell (R) | |||||||||
| 1871 | Henry C. Bulis (R) | John Russell (R) | George G. Wright (R) | |||||||||
| 1872 | Cyrus C. Carpenter (R) | Marsena E. Cutts (R) | 42R, 8D | 78R, 22D | Ulysses S. Grant/ Henry Wilson (R)
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| 1873 | Josiah T. Young (R) | William Christy (R) | William B. Allison (R) | 9R | ||||||||
| 1874 | Joseph Dysart (R) | 34R, 10I, 6D | 50R, 44I, 6D[b] | |||||||||
| 1875 | Buren R. Sherman (R) | 8R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1876 | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)[c] | Joshua G. Newbold (R) | 41R, 9D | 70R, 30D | Rutherford B. Hayes/ William A. Wheeler (R)
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| 1877 | John F. McJunkin (R) | George W. Bemis (R) | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) | 9R | ||||||||
| Joshua G. Newbold (R)[d] | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1878 | John H. Gear (R) | Frank T. Campbell (R) | 38R, 12D | 73R, 25D, 2GB | ||||||||
| 1879 | John A. T. Hull (R) | 7R, 2GB | ||||||||||
| 1880 | 41R, 7D, 2GB | 82R, 14D, 4GB | James A. Garfield/ Chester A. Arthur (R)
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| 1881 | Smith McPherson (R) | William V. Lucas (R) | Edwin H. Conger (R) | James W. McDill (R) | 9R | |||||||
| 1882 | Buren R. Sherman (R) | Orlando H. Manning (R) | 46R, 2D, 2GB | 71R, 22D, 7GB | ||||||||
| 1883 | John L. Brown (R) | James F. Wilson (R) | 8R, 2D, 1GB | |||||||||
| 1884 | 39R, 11D | 52R, 42D, 6GB | 6R, 4D, 1GB | James G. Blaine/ John A. Logan (R)
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| 1885 | Frank D. Jackson (R) | Andrew J. Baker (R) | Jonathan W. Battell (R) | Voltaire P. Twombly (R) | 7R, 2D, 1G | |||||||
| 1886 | William Larrabee (R) | John A. T. Hull (R) | Charles Beardsley (R) | 31R, 19D | 60R, 39D, 1I | |||||||
| 1887 | John L. Brown (R) | 8R, 1D, 1GB, 1IR | ||||||||||
| 1888 | Hames A. Lyons (R) | 35R, 15D | 64R, 33D, 3I | Benjamin Harrison/ Levi P. Morton (R)
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| 1889 | John Young Stone (R) | 10R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1890 | Horace Boies (D) | Alfred N. Poyneer (R) | 28R, 20D, 1UL, 1I | 50D, 45R, 4I, 1UL[e] | ||||||||
| 1891 | William M. McFarland (R) | Byron A. Beeson (R) | 6D, 5R | |||||||||
| 1892 | Samuel L. Bestow (D) | 25D, 24R, 1Pop[f] | 54R, 45D, 1I | Benjamin Harrison/ Whitelaw Reid (R)
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| 1893 | Cornelius G. McCarthy (R) | 10R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1894 | Frank D. Jackson (R) | Warren S. Dungan (R) | 34R, 16D | 79R, 21D | ||||||||
| 1895 | Milton Remley (R) | John Herriott (R) | John H. Gear (R) | 11R | ||||||||
| 1896 | Francis M. Drake (R) | Matt Parrott (R) | 43R, 7D | 80R, 20D | William McKinley/ Garret Hobart (R)
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| 1897 | George L. Dobson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1898 | L. M. Shaw (R) | James C. Milliman (R) | 39R, 11D | 62R, 38D | ||||||||
| 1899 | Frank Merriam (R) | |||||||||||
| 1900 | 42R, 8D | 81R, 19D | William McKinley/ Theodore Roosevelt (R)
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| 1901 | William B. Martin (R) | Charles W. Mullan (R) | Gilbert S. Gilbertson (R) | Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) | ||||||||
| 1902 | Albert B. Cummins (R)[c] | John Herriott (R) | 39R, 11D | 84R, 16D | ||||||||
| 1903 | Beryl F. Carroll (R) | 10R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1904 | 42R, 8D | 78R, 22D | Theodore Roosevelt/ Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
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| 1905 | 11R | |||||||||||
| 1906 | 40R, 10D[g] | 82R, 18D[g] | ||||||||||
| 1907 | Warren Garst (R) | William C. Hayward (R) | John F. Riggs | Willison W. Morrow (R) | 36R, 14D | 75R, 33D | 10R, 1D | |||||
| 1908 | William Howard Taft/ James S. Sherman (R)
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| Warren Garst (R)[d] | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1909 | Beryl F. Carroll (R) | George W. Clarke (R) | Howard Webster Byers (R) | John L. Bleakly (R) | 34R, 16D | 80R, 28D | Albert B. Cummins (R) | |||||
| 1910 | Lafayette Young (R) | |||||||||||
| 1911 | George Cosson (R) | 70R, 38D | ||||||||||
| 1912 | William S. Kenyon (R) | Woodrow Wilson/ Thomas R. Marshall (D)
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| 1913 | George W. Clarke (R) | William L. Harding (R) | William S. Allen (R) | William C. Brown (R) | 33R, 17D | 66R, 42D | 8R, 3D | |||||
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| 1915 | Frank S. Shaw (R) | 35R, 15D | 76R, 32D | 10R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes/ Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
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| 1917 | William L. Harding (R) | Ernest Robert Moore (R) | H. M. Havner (R) | Edwin H. Hoyt (R) | 40R, 10D | 94R, 14D | 11R | |||||
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| 1919 | Walter C. Ramsay (R) | 45R, 5D | 93R, 15D | |||||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding/ Calvin Coolidge (R)
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1921–present
[edit]| Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||
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| Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Attorney Gen. | Auditor | Treasurer | Sec. of Ag. | State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1921 | Nathan E. Kendall (R) | John Hammill (R) | Walter C. Ramsay (R) | Ben Gibson (R) | Glenn C. Haynes (R) | William J. Burbank (R) | no such office | 48R, 2D | 101R, 6D, 1I | William S. Kenyon (R) | Albert B. Cummins (R) | 11R | |
| 1922 | Smith W. Brookhart (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | Raymond W. Cassidy (R) | 46R, 4D | 91R, 16D, 1I | ||||||||||
| 1924 | James E. Thomas (R) | R. G. Clark (R) | Calvin Coolidge/ Charles G. Dawes (R)
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| 1925 | John Hammill (R) | Clem F. Kimball (R) | J. C. McClune (R) | Raymond E. Johnson (R) | Mark G. Thornburg (R) | 45R, 4D, 1I | 101R, 7D | ||||||
| 1926 | Daniel F. Steck (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | John Fletcher (R) | J. W. Long (R) | 48R, 1D, 1ID | 95R, 13D | Smith W. Brookhart (R) | ||||||||
| 1928 | Arch W. McFarlane (R) | Edward McMurray Smith (R) | Herbert Hoover/ Charles Curtis (R)
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| 1929 | 48R, 2D | 96R, 12D | |||||||||||
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| 1931 | Dan W. Turner (R) | G. C. Greenwalt (R) | 44R, 6D | 71R, 37D | L. J. Dickinson (R) | 10R, 1D | |||||||
| 1932 | C. Fred Porter (R) | Franklin D. Roosevelt/ John Nance Garner (D)
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| 1933 | Clyde L. Herring (D) | Nelson G. Kraschel (D) | Ola Babcock Miller (D) | Edward L. O'Connor (D) | Charles W. Storms (D) | Leo J. Wegman (D) | Ray Murray (D) | 25D, 25R[h] | 76D, 32R | Louis Murphy (D) | 6D, 3R | ||
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| 1935 | 28D, 22R | 58D, 50R | |||||||||||
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| 1937 | Nelson G. Kraschel (D) | John K. Valentine (D) | Robert E. O'Brien (D) | John H. Mitchell (D) | Thomas L. Curran (D) | 54D, 54R[i] | Clyde L. Herring (D) | Guy Gillette (D) | 5D, 4R | ||||
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| 1939 | George A. Wilson (R) | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) | Earl G. Miller (R) | Fred D. Everett (R) | C. B. (Chet) Akers (R) | Willis Bagley (R) | Mark G. Thornburg (R) | 38R, 12D | 89R, 19D | 7R, 2D | |||
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie/ Charles L. McNary (R)
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| 1941 | John M. Rankin (R) | 45R, 5D | 87R, 21D | ||||||||||
| 1942 | 8R, 1D | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) | Robert D. Blue (R) | Wayne M. Ropes (R) | John M. Grimes (R) | Harry D. Linn (R) | 98R, 10D | George A. Wilson (R) | 8R | |||||
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey/ John W. Bricker (R)
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| 1945 | Robert D. Blue (R) | Kenneth A. Evans (R) | 91R, 17D | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) | |||||||||
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| 1947 | Rolo H. Bergeson (R) | Robert L. Larson (R) | 44R, 6D | 98R, 10D | |||||||||
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman/ Alben W. Barkley (D)
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| 1949 | William S. Beardsley (R)[j] | Melvin D. Synhorst (R) | 43R, 7D | 79R, 29D | Guy Gillette (D) | ||||||||
| 1950 | Clyde Spry (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | William H. Nicholas (R) | M. L. Abrahamson (R) | 41R, 9D | 93R, 15D | |||||||||
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower/ Richard Nixon (R)
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| 1953 | Leo Elthon (R)[d] | Leo Hoegh (R) | 46R, 4D | 105R, 3D | |||||||||
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| 1955 | Leo Hoegh (R) | Dayton Countryman (R) | 44R, 6D | 90R, 18D | Thomas E. Martin (R) | ||||||||
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| 1957 | Herschel C. Loveless (D) | William H. Nicholas (R) | Norman A. Erbe (R) | 40R, 10D | 71R, 37D | 7R, 1D | |||||||
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| 1959 | Edward J. McManus (D) | 33R, 17D | 58R, 50D | 4D, 4R | |||||||||
| 1960 | 5R, 3D | Richard Nixon/ Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)
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| 1961 | Norman A. Erbe (R) | W. L. Mooty (R) | Evan Hultman (R) | L. B. Liddy (R) | 35R, 15D | 78R, 30D | Jack Miller (R) | 6R, 2D | |||||
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| 1963 | Harold Hughes (D)[c] | 38R, 12D | 6R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson/ Hubert Humphrey (D)
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| 1965 | Robert D. Fulton (D) | Gary L. Cameron (D) | Lawrence F. Scalise (D) | Lorne R. Worthington (D) | Paul Franzenburg (D) | Kenneth E. Owen (D) | 34D, 25R | 101D, 23R | 6D, 1R | ||||
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| 1967 | Melvin D. Synhorst (R)[k] | Richard C. Turner (R) | Lloyd R. Smith (R) | L. B. Liddy (R) | 32D, 29R | 89R, 35D | 5R, 2D | ||||||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon/ Spiro Agnew (R)
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| 1969 | Robert D. Ray (R) | Roger Jepsen (R) | Maurice E. Baringer (R) | 44R, 17D | 86R, 38D | Harold Hughes (D) | |||||||
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| 1971 | 38R, 12D | 63R, 37D | |||||||||||
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| 1973 | Arthur Neu (R) | Robert H. Lounsberry (R) | 28R, 22D | 57R, 43D | Dick Clark (D) | 3D, 3R | |||||||
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| 1975 | 26D, 24R | 61D, 39R | John Culver (D) | 5D, 1R | |||||||||
| 1976 | Gerald Ford/ Bob Dole (R)
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| 1977 | 59D, 41R | 4D, 2R | |||||||||||
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| 1979 | Terry Branstad (R) | Tom Miller (D) | Richard D. Johnson (R) | 28R, 22D | 57R, 43D | Roger Jepsen (R) | 3D, 3R | ||||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan/ George H. W. Bush (R)
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| 1981 | Mary Jane Odell (R) | 29R, 21D | 58R, 42D | Chuck Grassley (R) | |||||||||
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| 1983 | Terry Branstad (R) | Robert T. Anderson (D) | Michael Fitzgerald (D) | 28D, 22R | 60D, 40R | ||||||||
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| 1985 | 29D, 21R | Tom Harkin (D) | 4R, 2D | ||||||||||
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| 1987 | Jo Ann Zimmerman (D) | Elaine Baxter (D) | Dale M. Cochran (D) | 30D, 20R | 58D, 42R | ||||||||
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis/ Lloyd Bentsen (D)
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| 1989 | 61D, 39R | ||||||||||||
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| 1991 | Joy Corning (R) | Bonnie Campbell (D) | 28D, 22R | 53D, 47R | |||||||||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton/ Al Gore (D)
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| 1993 | 26D, 24R | 51R, 49D | 4R, 1D | ||||||||||
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| 1995 | Paul Pate (R) | Tom Miller (D) | 27D, 23R | 64R, 36D | 5R | ||||||||
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| 1997 | 29R, 21D | 54R, 46D | 4R, 1D | ||||||||||
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| 1999 | Tom Vilsack (D) | Sally Pederson (D) | Chet Culver (D) | Patty Judge (D) | 30R, 20D | 56R, 44D | |||||||
| 2000 | Al Gore/ Joe Lieberman (D)
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| 2003 | David A. Vaudt (R) | 29R, 21D | 54R, 46D | ||||||||||
| 2004 | George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (R)
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| 2005 | 25D, 25R | 51R, 49D | |||||||||||
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| 2007 | Chet Culver (D) | Patty Judge (D) | Michael Mauro (D) | Bill Northey (R)[l] | 30D, 20R | 54D, 46R | 3D, 2R | ||||||
| 2008 | Barack Obama/ Joe Biden (D)
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| 2009 | 32D, 18R | 57D, 43R | |||||||||||
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| 2011 | Terry Branstad (R)[m] | Kim Reynolds (R) | Matt Schultz (R) | 26D, 24R | 60R, 40D | ||||||||
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| 2013 | 53R, 46D, 1 vac. | 2D, 2R | |||||||||||
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| 2014 | 53R, 47D | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Paul Pate (R) | 57R, 43D | Joni Ernst (R) | 3R, 1D | |||||||||
| 2016 | Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R)
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| 2017 | 29R, 20D, 1I | 59R, 41D | |||||||||||
| Kim Reynolds (R)[d] | Adam Gregg (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Mike Naig (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Rob Sand (D) | 32R, 18D | 53R, 47D | 3D, 1R | |||||||||
| 2020 | Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R)
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| 2021 | 59R, 41D | 3R, 1D | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 60R, 40D[n] | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Brenna Bird (R) | Roby Smith (R) | 34R, 16D | 64R, 36D | 4R | ||||||||
| 2024 | [to be determined] | ||||||||||||
- ^ a b The Iowa Constitution of 1857 moved the elections for state legislators from even years to odd years, making the 6th General Assembly only last one year in 1857 and the 7th last for two starting in 1858. Thus the terms of newly elected or current senators last only three years, and the terms of past or current representatives correspond to the duration of both.
- ^ After 137 ballots, the Republicans and the Independent Anti-Monopolists with the Democrats, struck a deal on the evening of the 22nd of January, 1874. The Republicans controlled the Speakership under John H. Gear, but the Anti-Monopolists and Democrats controlled most of the minor offices, all standing committees' membership were split 50-50 including dual chairmen, and the investigation committees were run and led by the Anti-Monopolist coalition.[1][2]
- ^ a b c Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ After 137 ballots, the Republicans and Democrats came to an agreement where the Democrats got the Speakership under John T. Hamilton, while the Republicans got the seat of Speaker pro Tempore, and the committees and minor offices were split.[3][4]
- ^ With a Democratic Lt. Governor in Samuel L. Bestow who was also President of the Senate, the Democrats had the tie breaking vote, chose M.J. Kelly as President Pro Tempore, and organized the chamber.[5]
- ^ a b A constitutional amendment in 1905 moved the elections for state legislators from odd years to even years, making the 31st General Assembly only last one year. Thus, the terms of newly elected or current senators lasted only three years, and the terms of newly elected representatives lasted only one year (except for those elected in 1906, whose terms lasted two years.
- ^ The Republicans acquiesced to a Democratic President Pro Tempore, Irving H. Knudson, by unanimous consent. The Senate itself was organized on mostly bipartisan lines.[6]
- ^ A Republican voted with the Democrats to elect a Democratic Speaker, LaMar Foster. Democrats were thus able to organize and control the House.[7]
- ^ Died in office.
- ^ Resigned.
- ^ Resigned after U.S. Senate confirmation as United States Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
- ^ Resigned upon U.S. Senate confirmation to be the ambassador to China.
- ^ Jon Dunwell won a special election in the 29th district on October 12, 2021, flipping it from Democratic to Republican.
References
[edit]- ^ Upham, Cyril B. (1919). The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Iowa. University of Iowa. pp. 42–43.
- ^ p. 47-53
- ^ p. 82-88
- ^ Upham, Cyril B. (1919). The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Iowa. University of Iowa. p. 43.
- ^ p. 59
- ^ p. 4-5, 74-77
- ^ Journal of the House of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa. Iowa General Assembly. 1937. pp. 24–25.
Further reading
[edit]- Meyer, Theodoric. "Two Iowa counties an hour apart show America’s growing political divide: Rural Decatur County has moved sharply red, while suburban Dallas County has shifted the other direction" Washington Post Jan 12, 2024, online
See also
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