Iowa's 6th congressional district

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Iowa's 6th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1860
Eliminated1990
Years active1863–1993

Iowa's 6th congressional district is a former U.S. congressional district in the State of Iowa. It existed in elections from 1862 to 1992, when it was lost due to Iowa's population growth rate being lower than that of the country as a whole.

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The district was created during the Civil War; it was first filled in the 1862 general election. Its original representative, Asahel W. Hubbard, was from Sioux City in Northwestern Iowa, but redistricting caused the district to be relocated, first to central Iowa (from 1869 to 1874), then to south-central Iowa (from 1875 to 1932), then the Des Moines area (from 1933 to 1942) and then north-central Iowa (from 1943 to 1962). From 1963 to 1992, the district was made up of counties in the northwestern part of the state. Fred Grandy, the 6th district's last representative, was, like its first, a Sioux City native.

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyTermCong
ress
District Residence (County)Electoral history
District created March 4, 1863
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Asahel W. Hubbard
Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869
38th
39th
40th
Woodbury Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Retired.
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Charles Pomeroy
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41st Webster Elected in 1868.
Lost renomination.
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Jackson Orr
Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Boone Elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 9th district .
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William Loughridge
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Mahaska Elected in 1872.
Lost renomination.
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Ezekiel S. Sampson
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
44th
45th
Keokuk Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Lost re-election.
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James Weaver
Greenback March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46th Davis Elected in 1878.
Retired to run for president.
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Marsena E. Cutts
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Mahaska Elected in 1880.
Lost contested election.
John C. Cook Democratic March 3, 1883 –
March 3, 1883
Jasper Won contested election but only served one day.
Lost re-election.
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Marsena E. Cutts
Republican March 4, 1883 –
September 1, 1883
48th Mahaska Elected in 1882.
Died.
VacantSeptember 1, 1883 –
October 9, 1883
John C. Cook Democratic October 9, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
Jasper Elected to finish Cutts's term.
Lost re-election.
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James Weaver
Greenback March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889
49th
50th
Davis Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Lost re-election.
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John F. Lacey
Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
51st Mahaska Elected in 1888.
Lost re-election.
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Frederick E. White
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Keokuk Elected in 1890.
Lost re-election.
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John F. Lacey
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1907
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
Mahaska Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Lost re-election.
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Daniel W. Hamilton
Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1909
60th Keokuk Elected in 1906.
Lost re-election.
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Nathan E. Kendall
Republican March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1913
61st
62nd
Monroe Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Renominated but withdrew prior to election.
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Sanford Kirkpatrick
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915
63rd Wapello Elected in 1912.
Lost renomination.
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C. William Ramseyer
Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1933
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Davis Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the 5th district and lost renomination there.
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Cassius C. Dowell
Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
73rd Polk Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1932.
Lost re-election.
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Hubert Utterback
Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937
74th Polk Elected in 1934.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Cassius C. Dowell
Republican January 3, 1937 –
February 4, 1940
75th
76th
Polk Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Died.
VacantFebruary 4, 1940 –
March 5, 1940
76th
Robert K. Goodwin Republican March 5, 1940 –
January 3, 1941
76th Dallas Elected to finish Dowell's term.
Retired.
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Paul Cunningham
Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
77th Polk Elected in 1940.
Redistricted to the 5th district .
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Fred C. Gilchrist
Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
78th Pocahontas Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1942.
Lost renomination.
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James I. Dolliver
Republican January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1957
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
Webster Elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Lost re-election.
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Merwin Coad
Democratic January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1963
85th
86th
87th
Boone Elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Retired.
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Charles B. Hoeven
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
88th Sioux Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1962.
Retired.
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Stanley L. Greigg
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
89th Woodbury Elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.
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Wiley Mayne
Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1975
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
Woodbury Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Lost re-election.
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Berkley Bedell
Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1987
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
Dickinson Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Retired.
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Fred Grandy
Republican January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1993
100th
101st
102nd
Woodbury Elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 5th district .
District eliminated January 3, 1993

The district was eliminated as a result of the 1990 census. All of the district was put in the fifth district except for Cerro Gordo county which was put in the 2nd district.

General election history (from 1920)

Year [1] Party affiliationWinnerNumber of votesParty affiliationLoserNumber of votesPercentage of votes
1920 Republican C. William Ramseyer 41,644 Democratic O.P. Meyers 21,53866% - 34%
1922 Republican C. William Ramseyer 28,702 Democratic James E. Craven 17,48962% - 38%
1924 Republican C. William Ramseyer 42,843 Democratic James V. Curran 19,02869% - 31%
1926 Republican C. William Ramseyer 27,967 Democratic W.L. Etter 14,19366% - 34%
1928 Republican C. William Ramseyer 43,259 Democratic C. Ver Ploeg 23,06565% - 35%
1930 Republican C. William Ramseyer 25,875 Democratic S.F. McConnell 16,81161% - 39%
1932 Republican Cassius C. Dowell 56,962 Democratic Charles S. Cooter 43,89156% - 44%
1934 Democratic Hubert Utterback 50,828 Republican Cassius C. Dowell 46,07452% - 47%
1936 Republican Cassius C. Dowell 63,026 Democratic Harry B. Dunlap 55,97552% - 46%
1938 Republican Cassius C. Dowell 53,505 Democratic Hubert Utterback 37,05658% - 41%
1940 Republican Paul H. Cunningham 70,707 Democratic E. Frank Cox 64,31452% - 48%
1942 Republican Fred C. Gilchrist 46,843 Democratic Edward Breen 30,80260% - 40%
1944 Republican James I. Dolliver 60,153 Democratic Charles Hanna 40,09859% - 39%
1946 Republican James I. Dolliver 40,640 Democratic Oscar E. Johnson 23,42263% - 37%
1948 Republican James I. Dolliver 55,641 Democratic James E. Irwin 44,00256% - 44%
1950 Republican James I. Dolliver 56,982 Democratic Maurice O'Reilly 30,87764% - 35%
1952 Republican James I. Dolliver 86,842 Democratic Francis G. Cutler 39,24569% - 31%
1954 Republican James I. Dolliver 53,457 Democratic Lumund F. Wilcox 35,13760% - 40%
1956 Democratic Merwin Coad 64,625 Republican James I. Dolliver 64,42750.1% - 49.9%
1958 Democratic Merwin Coad 57,491 Republican Robert E. Waggoner 41,20458% - 42%
1960 Democratic Merwin Coad 70,353 Republican Curtis G. Reihm 60,83454% - 46%
1962 Republican Charles B. Hoeven 66,940 Democratic Donaled W. Murray 47,52458% - 42%
1964 Democratic Stanley L. Greigg 86,323 Republican Howard N. Sokol 75,47853% - 46%
1966 Republican Wiley Mayne 73,274 Democratic Stanley L. Greigg 53,91757% - 42%
1968 Republican Wiley Mayne 100,802 Democratic Jerry O. Sullivan 54,17165% - 35%
1970 Republican Wiley Mayne 57,285 Democratic Fred H. Moore43,25757% - 43%
1972 Republican Wiley Mayne 103,284 Democratic Berkley Bedell 93,57452% - 48%
1974 Democratic Berkley Bedell 86,315 Republican Wiley Mayne 71,69555% - 45%
1976 Democratic Berkley Bedell 133,507 Republican Joanne D. Soper 62,29267% - 31%
1978 Democratic Berkley Bedell 87,139 Republican Willis Edgar Junker 44,32066% - 34%
1980 Democratic Berkley Bedell 129,460 Republican Clarence S. Carney 71,86664% - 36%
1982 Democratic Berkley Bedell 101,690 Republican Al Bremer 56,48764% - 36%
1984 Democratic Berkley Bedell 127,706 Republican Darrel Rensink 78,18262% - 38%
1986 Republican Fred Grandy 81,861 Democratic Clayton Hodgson 78,80751% - 49%
1988 Republican Fred Grandy 125,859 Democratic Dave O'Brien 69,61464% - 36%
1990 Republican Fred Grandy 112,333 Democratic Mike D. Earll 44,06372% - 28%

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