Iowa's 45th Senate district

Senate District 45

Type	District of the Upper House
Location	Eastern Iowa
Senator	Janice Weiner (D)
Parent organization	Iowa General Assembly

The 45th District of the Iowa Senate is located in eastern Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Johnson County. ^[1]

Current elected officials

Janice Weiner is the senator currently representing the 45th District. ^[2]

The area of the 45th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: ^[3]

• The 89th District (represented by Elinor A. Levin)
• The 90th District (represented by Adam Zabner)

The district is also located in Iowa's 1st congressional district, which is represented by Mariannette Miller-Meeks. ^[4]

Past senators

The district has previously been represented by: ^{[5] [6] [7]}

• Addison Oliver, 1866-1868
• Theodore Hawley, 1868-1870
• Isaac J. Mitchell, 1870-1872
• George M. Maxwell, 1872-1876
• William Harrison Gallup, 1876-1878
• Robert M. Haines, 1878-1882
• Alfred Nelson Poyneer, 1882-1890
• Jacob J. Mosnat, 1890-1894
• Emlen G. Penrose, 1894-1902
• William Perry Whipple, 1902-1910
• Asa L. Ames, 1911-1915
• Henry Cook White, 1915-1927, 1931-1933
• Samuel Albert Brush, 1927-1931
• Richard V. Leo, 1933-1935, 1939-1951
• Henry Julius Grunewald, 1935-1939
• Henry E. Weichman, 1951-1955
• Lawrence Putney, 1955-1963
• Leo Elthon, 1963-1967
• John P. Kibbie, 1967-1969
• Walter B. Hammer, 1969
• S. J. Brownlee, 1969-1971
• Richard Lytle Stephens, 1971-1973
• Gene W. Glenn, 1973-1979
• Sue Yenger, 1979-1983
• Norman George Rodgers, 1983–1985
• James R. Riordan, 1985–1992
• William Fink, 1993–2003
• David P. Miller, 2003–2007
• Becky Schmitz, 2007–2011
• Sandy Greiner, 2011–2013
• Joe M. Seng, 2013–2016
• Jim Lykam, 2017–2023
• Janice Weiner, 2023-Present

References

1. "SENATE DISTRICT 45" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
2. Agency, Iowa Legislative Services. "Iowa Legislature - Legislator List" . Retrieved April 12, 2025.
3. "Iowa House Districts" (PDF). Iowa Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
4. "Iowa Congressional Districts" (PDF). Iowa Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
5. "Members of Iowa General Assemblies" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
6. Frank J. Stork and Cynthia A. Clingan (1980). "The Iowa General Assembly: Our Legislative Heritage 1846-1980" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
7. "Members of the Senate by Assembly 1838-2024" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved April 12, 2025.