1875 Iowa Senate election

1875 Iowa Senate election

←  1873 October 12, 1875 1877  →
30 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Anti-Monopoly Last election 36 10 4 Seats after 40 10 0 Seat change 4 4
Democratic hold     Republican hold      Democratic gain     Republican gain

In the 1875 Iowa State Senate elections, Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the sixteenth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 30 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.

The general election took place on October 12, 1875. ^[1]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 36 seats to Democrats' 10 seats and four members of the Anti-Monopoly Party.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 16 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1875 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 40 seats and Democrats having 10 seats (a net gain of 4 seats for Republicans).

Summary of Results

• Note: The holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.

Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party		Outcome
2nd [lower-alpha 1]	James Blakeny Pease		Anti-Monopoly	James Blakeny Pease [lower-alpha 2]		Dem	Dem Gain
3rd	Horatio A. Wonn		Dem	Horatio A. Wonn		Dem	Dem Hold
4th	Edward J. Gault		Dem	Joshua Miller		Rep	Rep Gain
5th	Lloyd Selby		Dem	Henry Laurens Dashiell		Rep	Rep Gain
6th	Robert A. Dague		Rep	Samuel L. Bestow		Rep	Rep Hold
7th	Elisha Todd Smith		Rep	Frederick Joseph Teale		Rep	Rep Hold
8th	James Stormant McIntyre		Rep	Alfred Hebard		Rep	Rep Hold
9th	John Young Stone		Rep	George Franklin Wright		Rep	Rep Hold
11th [lower-alpha 3]	John Patterson West [lower-alpha 4]		Rep	John S. Woolson		Rep	Rep Hold
12th	Moses Ayres McCoid		Rep	Moses Ayres McCoid		Rep	Rep Hold
14th [lower-alpha 1]	Hosea N. Newton		Anti-Monopoly	Hosea N. Newton [lower-alpha 5]		Rep	Rep Gain
15th	Joseph Decker Miles		Rep	William Wilson		Dem	Dem Gain
16th [lower-alpha 1]	Henry Thornburgh		Dem	Henry Thornburgh [lower-alpha 6]		Rep	Rep Gain
18th	James Addison Young [lower-alpha 7]		Rep	Thomas R. Gilmore		Rep	Rep Hold
19th	John L. McCormack		Dem	John L. McCormack		Dem	Dem Hold
20th	Mark Antony Dashiell		Rep	William Graham		Rep	Rep Hold
21st [lower-alpha 1]	Gilbert H. Wood		Anti-Monopoly	Gilbert H. Wood [lower-alpha 8]		Rep	Rep Gain
24th	John C. Chambers		Rep	Henry C. Carr		Rep	Rep Hold
25th	Samuel Husband Fairall		Dem	Ezekiel Clark		Rep	Rep Gain
26th	John Nicholas William Rumple		Rep	John Nicholas William Rumple		Rep	Rep Hold
30th	Lewis W. Stuart		Dem	William A. Maginnis		Dem	Dem Hold
31st [lower-alpha 1]	George W. Lovell		Anti-Monopoly	George W. Lovell [lower-alpha 9]		Dem	Dem Gain
32nd	Ezekiel Boring Kephart		Rep	Stephen Leland Dows		Rep	Rep Hold
33rd	John Shane		Rep	John Shane		Rep	Rep Hold
34th	Robert Howe Taylor		Rep	Delos Arnold		Rep	Rep Hold
36th	Albert Boomer		Rep	Lewis Greenleaf Hersey		Rep	Rep Hold
37th	George Washington Bemis		Rep	Merritt W. Harmon		Rep	Rep Hold
39th	Oliver Wolcott Crary		Rep	John Thompson Stoneman		Dem	Dem Gain
40th	William Larrabee		Rep	William Larrabee		Rep	Rep Hold
41st	Samuel Horace Kinne		Dem	Samuel Horace Kinne		Dem	Dem Hold
43rd	Alonzo Converse		Rep	Arad Hitchcock [lower-alpha 10]		Rep	Rep Hold
45th	George M. Maxwell		Rep	William Harrison Gallup		Rep	Rep Hold
46th	Elisha A. Howland		Rep	Lemuel Dwelle		Rep	Rep Hold
47th	William H. Fitch		Rep	Elden J. Hartshorn		Rep	Rep Hold
49th	John J. Russell		Rep	Samuel D. Nichols		Rep	Rep Hold

Source: ^[10]

1. There was not an election in this senatorial district in 1875. Instead, the incumbent switched parties.
2. Senator Pease switched parties from Anti-Monopoly to Democratic. ^[2]
3. Election was held to fill a vacancy.
4. Senator West resigned, causing a vacancy. ^[3]
5. Senator Newton switched parties from Anti-Monopoly to Republican. ^[4]
6. Senator Thornburgh switched parties from Democratic to Republican. ^[5]
7. On March 9, 1875, Senator Young died, causing a vacancy. ^[6]
8. Senator Wood switched parties from Anti-Monopoly to Republican. ^[7]
9. Senator Lovell switched parties from Anti-Monopoly to Democratic. ^[8]
10. On March 16, 1876, Senator Hitchcock died during the next term, causing a vacancy in his new 46th district. ^[9]

Detailed Results

• NOTE: The Iowa Official Register does not contain detailed vote totals for state senate elections in 1875.

See also

• Elections in Iowa

External links

District boundaries for the Iowa Senate in 1875:

• Iowa Senate Districts 1874-1877 map

References

1. "General Assembly: 16 (01/10/1876 - 01/13/1878)". Iowa Legislature . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
2. "Senator James Blakeny Pease: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
3. "Senator John Patterson West: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 13, 2021.
4. "Senator Hosea N. Newton: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
5. "Senator Henry Thornburgh: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
6. "Senator James Addison Young: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
7. "Senator Gilbert H. Wood: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
8. "Senator George W. Lovell: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
9. "Senator Arad Hitchcock: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
10. "Legislators". Iowa State Senate . Retrieved July 12, 2021.