1877 Iowa Senate election

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1877 Iowa Senate election
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24 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
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In the 1877 Iowa State Senate elections, Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the seventeenth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 24 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.

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The general election took place on October 9, 1877. [1]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 40 seats to Democrats' 10 seats.

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 1877 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 38 seats and Democrats having 12 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).

Summary of Results

Senate District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorPartyOutcome
1st Henry W. Rothert Rep James Madison Shelley Dem Dem Gain
2nd [lower-alpha 1] James Blakeny Pease Dem Horatio A. Wonn [lower-alpha 2] Dem Dem Hold
3rd [lower-alpha 1] Horatio A. Wonn [lower-alpha 2] Dem Joshua Miller [lower-alpha 3] Rep Rep Gain
4th [lower-alpha 1] Joshua Miller [lower-alpha 3] Rep Henry Laurens Dashiell [lower-alpha 4] Rep Rep Hold
5th [lower-alpha 1] Henry Laurens Dashiell [lower-alpha 4] Rep Samuel L. Bestow [lower-alpha 5] Rep Rep Hold
6th [lower-alpha 1] Samuel L. Bestow [lower-alpha 5] Rep Frederick Joseph Teale [lower-alpha 6] Rep Rep Hold
7th Frederick Joseph Teale [lower-alpha 6] Rep Philip W. Lewellen Rep Rep Hold
9th George Franklin Wright [lower-alpha 7] Rep John Patterson Rep Rep Hold
10th John Wilson Williams Rep John Simson Woolson [lower-alpha 8] Rep Rep Hold
11th [lower-alpha 1] John Simson Woolson [lower-alpha 8] Rep Moses Ayres McCoid [lower-alpha 9] Rep Rep Hold
12th Moses Ayres McCoid [lower-alpha 9] Rep Sanford S. Harned Dem Dem Gain
13th Joseph Henry Merrill Rep Gregg A. Madison Dem Dem Gain
14th [lower-alpha 1] Hosea N. Newton [lower-alpha 10] Rep William Wilson [lower-alpha 11] Dem Dem Gain
15th [lower-alpha 1] William Wilson [lower-alpha 11] Dem Thomas R. Gilmore [lower-alpha 12] Rep Rep Gain
16th [lower-alpha 1] Henry Thornburgh [lower-alpha 13] Rep John L. McCormack [lower-alpha 14] Dem Dem Gain
17th [lower-alpha 1] Lafayette Young [lower-alpha 15] Rep William Graham [lower-alpha 16] Rep Rep Hold
18th Thomas R. Gilmore [lower-alpha 12] Rep Lafayette Young [lower-alpha 15] Rep Rep Hold
19th [lower-alpha 1] John L. McCormack [lower-alpha 14] Dem George Franklin Wright [lower-alpha 7] Rep Rep Gain
20th William Graham [lower-alpha 16] Rep Thomas Hanna Rep Rep Hold
21st Gilbert H. Wood Rep William A. Foster Rep Rep Hold
22nd Jeremiah Henry Murphy [lower-alpha 17] Dem Nathaniel Anson Merrell [lower-alpha 18] Dem Dem Hold
23rd [lower-alpha 1] Nathaniel Anson Merrell [lower-alpha 18] Dem Henry C. Carr [lower-alpha 19] Rep Rep Gain
24th [lower-alpha 1] Henry C. Carr [lower-alpha 19] Rep William A. Maginnis [lower-alpha 20] Dem Dem Gain
27th [lower-alpha 1] Frank T. Campbell [lower-alpha 21] Rep Stephen Leland Dows [lower-alpha 22] Rep Rep Hold
28th [lower-alpha 23] Thomas Mitchell [lower-alpha 24] Rep John David Nichols Rep Rep Hold
29th Elias Jessup [lower-alpha 25] Rep John Meyer Rep Rep Hold
30th William A. Maginnis [lower-alpha 20] Dem Robert C. Webb Rep Rep Gain
31st [lower-alpha 1] George W. Lovell [lower-alpha 26] Dem Samuel D. Nichols [lower-alpha 27] Rep Rep Gain
32nd [lower-alpha 1] Stephen Leland Dows [lower-alpha 22] Rep Delos Arnold [lower-alpha 28] Rep Rep Hold
33rd [lower-alpha 1] John Shane [lower-alpha 29] Rep William Harrison Gallup [lower-alpha 30] Rep Rep Hold
34th Delos Arnold [lower-alpha 28] Rep Augustin W. Ford Rep Rep Hold
35th Dennis Nelson Cooley Rep Moses M. Ham Dem Dem Gain
36th [lower-alpha 23] Lewis Greenleaf Hersey [lower-alpha 31] Rep Charles E. Bronson Dem Dem Gain
37th Merritt W. Harmon [lower-alpha 32] Rep Daniel Darrow Chase Rep Rep Hold
38th John Conaway [lower-alpha 33] Rep Herman C. Hemenway Rep Rep Hold
39th [lower-alpha 1] John Thompson Stoneman [lower-alpha 34] Dem Merritt W. Harmon [lower-alpha 32] Rep Rep Gain
40th [lower-alpha 1] William Larrabee [lower-alpha 35] Rep John Thompson Stoneman [lower-alpha 34] Dem Dem Gain
42nd George R. Willett Rep Martin Nelson Johnson Rep Rep Hold
43rd [lower-alpha 1] Arad Hitchcock [lower-alpha 36] Rep William Larrabee [lower-alpha 35] Rep Rep Hold
44th Edward Gee Miller [lower-alpha 37] Rep Aaron Kimball Rep Rep Hold
45th William Harrison Gallup [lower-alpha 30] Rep Robert M. Haines Rep Rep Hold
46th [lower-alpha 23] [lower-alpha 36] Lemuel Dwelle [lower-alpha 38] Rep William Wallace Blackman Rep Rep Hold
47th [lower-alpha 1] Elden J. Hartshorn [lower-alpha 39] Rep Lemuel Dwelle [lower-alpha 38] Rep Rep Hold
48th Hiram Bailey [lower-alpha 40] Rep John J. Russell Rep Rep Hold
49th [lower-alpha 1] Samuel D. Nichols [lower-alpha 27] Rep Elden J. Hartshorn [lower-alpha 39] Rep Rep Hold
50th George Douglas Perkins Rep Albert Henry Lawrence Rep Rep Hold

Source: [4]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 There was not an election in this senatorial district in 1877. Instead, the incumbent holdover senator was redistricted into a new district number.
  2. 1 2 Senator Wonn was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 3 to 2.
  3. 1 2 Senator Miller was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 4 to 3.
  4. 1 2 Senator Dashiell was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 5 to 4.
  5. 1 2 Senator Bestow was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 6 to 5.
  6. 1 2 Senator Teale was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 7 to 6.
  7. 1 2 Senator Wright was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 9 to 19.
  8. 1 2 Senator Woolson was an incumbent Senator; however, he was up for re-election. He was redistricted from district 11 to 10.
  9. 1 2 Senator McCoid was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 12 to 11.
  10. ↑ Senator Newton was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 14 to 12.
  11. 1 2 Senator Wilson was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 15 to 14.
  12. 1 2 Senator Gilmore was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 18 to 15.
  13. ↑ Senator Thornburgh was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 16 to 31.
  14. 1 2 Senator McCormack was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 19 to 16.
  15. 1 2 Senator Young was an incumbent Senator; however, he was up for re-election. He was redistricted from district 17 to 18.
  16. 1 2 Senator Graham was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 20 to 17.
  17. ↑ Senator Murphy was an incumbent Senator; however, he was up for re-election. He was redistricted from district 22 to 21.
  18. 1 2 Senator Merrell was an incumbent Senator; however, he was up for re-election. He was redistricted from district 23 to 22.
  19. 1 2 Senator Carr was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 24 to 23.
  20. 1 2 Senator Maginnis was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 30 to 24.
  21. ↑ Instead of running for re-election, Senator Campbell was elected Lieutenant Governor of Iowa in 1877.
  22. 1 2 Senator Dows was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 32 to 27.
  23. 1 2 3 Election was held to fill a vacancy.
  24. ↑ Senator Mitchell was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 28 to 30.
  25. ↑ Senator Jessup was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 29 to 37.
  26. ↑ Senator Lovell was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 31 to 23.
  27. 1 2 Senator Nichols was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 49 to 31.
  28. 1 2 Senator Arnold was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 34 to 32.
  29. ↑ Senator Shane was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 33 to 28.
  30. 1 2 Senator Gallup was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 45 to 33.
  31. ↑ Senator Hersey resigned, causing a vacancy. [2]
  32. 1 2 Senator Harmon was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 37 to 39.
  33. ↑ Senator Conaway was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 38 to 45.
  34. 1 2 Senator Stoneman was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 39 to 40.
  35. 1 2 Senator Larrabee was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 40 to 43.
  36. 1 2 Senator Hitchcock was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 43 to 46. On March 16, 1876, Senator Hitchcock died, causing a vacancy in his new 46th district. [3]
  37. ↑ Senator Miller was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 44 to 38.
  38. 1 2 Senator Dwelle was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 46 to 47.
  39. 1 2 Senator Hartshorn was an incumbent holdover Senator. He was redistricted from district 47 to 49.
  40. ↑ Senator Bailey was an incumbent Senator. He was redistricted from district 48 to 44.

Detailed Results

See also

District boundaries in the Iowa Senate were redrawn before the 1877 general election.

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References

  1. ↑ "General Assembly: 17 (01/14/1878 - 01/11/1880)". Iowa Legislature . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Senator Lewis Greenleaf Hersey: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Senator Arad Hitchcock: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
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