1897 Iowa Senate election

1897 Iowa Senate election

←  1895 November 2, 1897 1899  →
21 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 43 7 Seats after 39 11 Seat change 4 4

In the 1897 Iowa State Senate elections Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the twenty-seventh Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 21 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1897 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The 1897 elections occurred before primary elections were established in Iowa by the Primary Election Law in 1907. ^[1] The general election took place on November 2, 1897. ^[2]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 43 seats to Democrats' 7 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 19 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1897 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 39 seats and Democrats having 11 seats (a net gain of 4 seats for Democrats).

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
1st	John Downey		Dem	David Arthur Young		Dem	Dem Hold
7th	William Eaton		Rep	William Eaton		Rep	Rep Hold
9th	Thomas G. Harper		Dem	William Corse McArthur		Rep	Rep Gain
10th	David James Palmer		Rep	David James Palmer		Rep	Rep Hold
12th	John A. Riggen		Rep	William Robinson Lewis		Rep	Rep Hold
13th	Harrison Lyman Waterman		Rep	William Anderson McIntire		Dem	Dem Gain
18th	Julian Phelps		Rep	Joseph Martin Emmert		Dem	Dem Gain
20th	Charles Albert Carpenter		Rep	George Marion Titus		Rep	Rep Hold
21st	Charles G. Hipwell		Dem	William C. Hayward		Rep	Rep Gain
22nd	Lyman A. Ellis		Rep	John Lowry Wilson		Dem	Dem Gain
29th	Joseph R. Gorrell		Rep	Joseph R. Gorrell [lower-alpha 1]		Dem	Dem Gain
30th	Thomas Abbott Cheshire		Rep	Thomas Abbott Cheshire		Rep	Rep Hold
34th	Rudolph C. H. Lehfeldt		Rep	Lemuel Rose Bolter		Dem	Dem Gain
35th	Robert Bonson		Dem	Francis Edward Malloy [lower-alpha 2]		Dem	Dem Hold
37th	John English Rowen		Rep	Joseph Wallace		Rep	Rep Hold
38th	Elbert Marion Sargent		Rep	Charles W. Mullan		Rep	Rep Hold
42nd	Clark C. Upton		Rep	Dennis Aloysius Lyons		Dem	Dem Gain
44th	William Burton Perrin		Rep	William Burton Perrin		Rep	Rep Hold
45th	Emlen G. Penrose		Rep	Emlen G. Penrose		Rep	Rep Hold
48th	Warren Garst		Rep	Warren Garst		Rep	Rep Hold
50th	George W. Henderson		Rep	Parley Finch		Rep	Rep Hold

1. Senator Gorrell was elected to the senate from the twenty-ninth district in 1893 as a Republican. He was then re-elected in 1897 on the Democratic ticket. ^[3]
2. On January 31, 1899, Malloy died during his term. ^[4]

Source: ^[5]

Detailed Results

• NOTE: The Iowa Official Register does not contain detailed vote totals for state senate elections in 1897.

See also

• Elections in Iowa

References

1. "Primary Election Law" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly . Retrieved June 19, 2021.
2. "General Election 1897 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 25, 2021.
3. "Senator Joseph R. Gorrell: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 25, 2021.
4. "Senator Francis Edward Malloy: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 25, 2021.
5. "Legislators". Iowa State Senate . Retrieved June 20, 2021.