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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the
U.S. state of
Iowa :
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a
presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1846–1920
Year
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
Electoral votes
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney Gen.
Auditor
Treasurer
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
1846
Ansel Briggs (D)
no such office
Elisha Cutler Jr. (D)
no such office
Joseph T. Fales (D)
Morgan Reno (D)
12D, 6W
23W, 17D
2D
1847
George Wallace Jones (D)
Augustus C. Dodge (D)
1848
Josiah H. Bonney (D)
Lewis Cass /
William Orlando Butler (D) N
1849
11D, 8W
28D, 11W
1D, 1W
1850
George W. McCleary (D)
William Pattee (D)
Israel Kister (D)
1851
Stephen P. Hempstead (D)
13D, 5W
34D, 5W
2D
1852
Martin L. Morris (D)
Franklin Pierce /
William R. King (D) Y
1853
David C. Cloud (D)
20D, 11W
40D, 23W
1D, 1W
1854
Andrew J. Stevens (W)
1855
James W. Grimes (W)
John Pattee (R)
17D, 14W
40W, 31D
James Harlan (FS)
1856
Elijah Sells (R)
Samuel Allen Rice (R)
John C. Frémont /
William L. Dayton (R) N
1857
23R, 12D
44R, 26D
James Harlan (R)
2R
1858
Ralph P. Lowe (R)
Oran Faville (R)
22R, 14D
[a]
42R, 30D
[a]
1859
Jonathan W. Battel (R)
John W. Jones (R)
James W. Grimes (R)
1860
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
Nicholas J. Rusch (R)
23R, 20D
49R, 37D
Abraham Lincoln /
Hannibal Hamlin (R) Y
1861
Charles C. Nourse (R)
1862
John R. Needham (R)
32R, 14D
60R, 34D
1863
James Wright (R)
William H. Holmes (R)
6R
1864
William M. Stone (R)
Enoch W. Eastman (R)
42R, 4D
87R, 5D
Abraham Lincoln /
Andrew Johnson (NU) Y
1865
Isaac L. Allen (R)
John A. Elliott (R)
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
1866
Benjamin F. Gue (R)
Frederick E. Bissell (R)
42R, 5D
83R, 15D
1867
Ed Wright (R)
Henry O'Connor (R)
Samuel E. Rankin (R)
James Harlan (R)
1868
Samuel Merrill (R)
John Scott (R)
42R, 7D
86R, 14D
Ulysses S. Grant /
Schuyler Colfax (R) Y
1869
1870
Madison Miner Walden (R)
43R, 7D
James B. Howell (R)
1871
Henry C. Bulis (R)
John Russell (R)
George G. Wright (R)
1872
Cyrus C. Carpenter (R)
Marsena E. Cutts (R)
42R, 8D
78R, 22D
Ulysses S. Grant /
Henry Wilson (R) Y
1873
Josiah T. Young (R)
William Christy (R)
William B. Allison (R)
9R
1874
Joseph Dysart (R)
34R, 10I, 6D
50R, 44I, 6D
[b]
1875
Buren R. Sherman (R)
8R, 1D
1876
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
[c]
Joshua G. Newbold (R)
41R, 9D
70R, 30D
Rutherford B. Hayes /
William A. Wheeler (R) Y
1877
John F. McJunkin (R)
George W. Bemis (R)
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
9R
Joshua G. Newbold (R)
[d]
vacant
1878
John H. Gear (R)
Frank T. Campbell (R)
38R, 12D
73R, 25D, 2GB
1879
John A. T. Hull (R)
7R, 2GB
1880
41R, 7D, 2GB
82R, 14D, 4GB
James A. Garfield /
Chester A. Arthur (R) Y
1881
Smith McPherson (R)
William V. Lucas (R)
Edwin H. Conger (R)
James W. McDill (R)
9R
1882
Buren R. Sherman (R)
Orlando H. Manning (R)
46R, 2D, 2GB
71R, 22D, 7GB
1883
John L. Brown (R)
James F. Wilson (R)
8R, 2D, 1GB
1884
39R, 11D
52R, 42D, 6GB
6R, 4D, 1GB
James G. Blaine /
John A. Logan (R) N
1885
Frank D. Jackson (R)
Andrew J. Baker (R)
Jonathan W. Battell (R)
Voltaire P. Twombly (R)
7R, 2D, 1G
1886
William Larrabee (R)
John A. T. Hull (R)
Charles Beardsley (R)
31R, 19D
60R, 39D, 1I
1887
John L. Brown (R)
8R, 1D, 1GB, 1IR
1888
Hames A. Lyons (R)
35R, 15D
64R, 33D, 3I
Benjamin Harrison /
Levi P. Morton (R) Y
1889
John Young Stone (R)
10R, 1D
1890
Horace Boies (D)
Alfred N. Poyneer (R)
28R, 20D, 1
UL , 1I
50D, 45R, 4I, 1
UL
[e]
1891
William M. McFarland (R)
Byron A. Beeson (R)
6D, 5R
1892
Samuel L. Bestow (D)
25D, 24R, 1Pop
[f]
54R, 45D, 1I
Benjamin Harrison /
Whitelaw Reid (R) N
1893
Cornelius G. McCarthy (R)
10R, 1D
1894
Frank D. Jackson (R)
Warren S. Dungan (R)
34R, 16D
79R, 21D
1895
Milton Remley (R)
John Herriott (R)
John H. Gear (R)
11R
1896
Francis M. Drake (R)
Matt Parrott (R)
43R, 7D
80R, 20D
William McKinley /
Garret Hobart (R) Y
1897
George L. Dobson (R)
1898
L. M. Shaw (R)
James C. Milliman (R)
39R, 11D
62R, 38D
1899
Frank Merriam (R)
1900
42R, 8D
81R, 19D
William McKinley /
Theodore Roosevelt (R) Y
1901
William B. Martin (R)
Charles W. Mullan (R)
Gilbert S. Gilbertson (R)
Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
1902
Albert B. Cummins (R)
[c]
John Herriott (R)
39R, 11D
84R, 16D
1903
Beryl F. Carroll (R)
10R, 1D
1904
42R, 8D
78R, 22D
Theodore Roosevelt /
Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Y
1905
11R
1906
40R, 10D
[g]
82R, 18D
[g]
1907
Warren Garst (R)
William C. Hayward (R)
John F. Riggs
Willison W. Morrow (R)
36R, 14D
75R, 33D
10R, 1D
1908
William Howard Taft /
James S. Sherman (R) Y
Warren Garst (R)
[d]
vacant
1909
Beryl F. Carroll (R)
George W. Clarke (R)
Howard Webster Byers (R)
John L. Bleakly (R)
34R, 16D
80R, 28D
Albert B. Cummins (R)
1910
Lafayette Young (R)
1911
George Cosson (R)
70R, 38D
1912
William S. Kenyon (R)
Woodrow Wilson /
Thomas R. Marshall (D) Y
1913
George W. Clarke (R)
William L. Harding (R)
William S. Allen (R)
William C. Brown (R)
33R, 17D
66R, 42D
8R, 3D
1914
1915
Frank S. Shaw (R)
35R, 15D
76R, 32D
10R, 1D
1916
Charles Evans Hughes /
Charles W. Fairbanks (R) N
1917
William L. Harding (R)
Ernest Robert Moore (R)
H. M. Havner (R)
Edwin H. Hoyt (R)
40R, 10D
94R, 14D
11R
1918
1919
W. C. Ramsay (R)
45R, 5D
93R, 15D
1920
Warren G. Harding /
Calvin Coolidge (R) Y
Year
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney Gen.
Auditor
Treasurer
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
Electoral votes
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
1921–present
Year
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
Electoral votes
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney Gen.
Auditor
Treasurer
Sec. of Ag.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
1921
Nathan E. Kendall (R)
John Hammill (R)
W. C. Ramsay (R)
Ben Gibson (R)
Glenn C. Haynes (R)
William J. Burbank (R)
no such office
48R, 2D
101R, 6D, 1I
William S. Kenyon (R)
Albert B. Cummins (R)
11R
1922
Smith W. Brookhart (R)
1923
Raymond W. Cassidy (R)
46R, 4D
91R, 16D, 1I
1924
James E. Thomas (R)
R. G. Clark (R)
Calvin Coolidge /
Charles G. Dawes (R) Y
1925
John Hammill (R)
Clem F. Kimball (R)
J. C. McClune (R)
Raymond E. Johnson (R)
Mark G. Thornburg (R)
45R, 4D, 1I
101R, 7D
1926
Daniel F. Steck (D)
1927
John Fletcher (R)
J. W. Long (R)
48R, 1D, 1ID
95R, 13D
Smith W. Brookhart (R)
1928
Arch W. McFarlane (R)
Ed M. Smith (R)
Herbert Hoover /
Charles Curtis (R) Y
1929
48R, 2D
96R, 12D
1930
1931
Dan W. Turner (R)
G. C. Greenwalt (R)
44R, 6D
71R, 37D
L. J. Dickinson (R)
10R, 1D
1932
C. Fred Porter (R)
Franklin D. Roosevelt /
John Nance Garner (D) Y
1933
Clyde L. Herring (D)
Nelson G. Kraschel (D)
Ola Babcock Miller (D)
Edward L. O'Connor (D)
Charles W. Storms (D)
Leo J. Wegman (D)
Ray Murray (D)
25D, 25R
[h]
76D, 32R
Louis Murphy (D)
6D, 3R
1934
1935
28D, 22R
58D, 50R
1936
1937
Nelson G. Kraschel (D)
John K. Valentine (D)
Robert E. O'Brien (D)
John H. Mitchell (D)
Thomas L. Curran (D)
54D, 54R
[i]
Clyde L. Herring (D)
Guy Gillette (D)
5D, 4R
1938
1939
George A. Wilson (R)
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)
Earl G. Miller (R)
Fred D. Everett (R)
C. B. (Chet) Akers (R)
Willis Bagley (R)
Mark G. Thornburg (R)
38R, 12D
89R, 19D
7R, 2D
1940
Wendell Willkie /
Charles L. McNary (R) N
1941
John M. Rankin (R)
45R, 5D
87R, 21D
1942
8R, 1D
1943
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)
Robert D. Blue (R)
Wayne M. Ropes (R)
John M. Grimes (R)
Harry D. Linn (R)
98R, 10D
George A. Wilson (R)
8R
1944
Thomas E. Dewey /
John W. Bricker (R) N
1945
Robert D. Blue (R)
Kenneth A. Evans (R)
91R, 17D
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)
1946
1947
Rolo H. Bergeson (R)
Robert L. Larson (R)
44R, 6D
98R, 10D
1948
Harry S. Truman /
Alben W. Barkley (D) Y
1949
William S. Beardsley (R)
[j]
Melvin D. Synhorst (R)
43R, 7D
79R, 29D
Guy Gillette (D)
1950
Clyde Spry (R)
1951
William H. Nicholas (R)
M. L. Abrahamson (R)
41R, 9D
93R, 15D
1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower /
Richard Nixon (R) Y
1953
Leo Elthon (R)
[d]
Leo Hoegh (R)
46R, 4D
105R, 3D
1954
1955
Leo Hoegh (R)
Dayton Countryman (R)
44R, 6D
90R, 18D
Thomas E. Martin (R)
1956
1957
Herschel C. Loveless (D)
William H. Nicholas (R)
Norman A. Erbe (R)
40R, 10D
71R, 37D
7R, 1D
1958
1959
Edward Joseph McManus (D)
33R, 17D
58R, 50D
4D, 4R
1960
5R, 3D
Richard Nixon /
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) N
1961
Norman A. Erbe (R)
W. L. Mooty (R)
Evan Hultman (R)
L. B. Liddy (R)
35R, 15D
78R, 30D
Jack Miller (R)
6R, 2D
1962
1963
Harold Hughes (D)
[c]
38R, 12D
6R, 1D
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson /
Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
1965
Robert D. Fulton (D)
Gary L. Cameron (D)
Lawrence F. Scalise (D)
Lorne R. Worthington (D)
Paul Franzenburg (D)
Kenneth E. Owen (D)
34D, 25R
101D, 23R
6D, 1R
1966
1967
Melvin D. Synhorst (R)
[k]
Richard C. Turner (R)
Lloyd R. Smith (R)
L. B. Liddy (R)
32D, 29R
89R, 35D
5R, 2D
1968
Richard Nixon /
Spiro Agnew (R) Y
1969
Robert D. Ray (R)
Roger Jepsen (R)
Maurice E. Baringer (R)
44R, 17D
86R, 38D
Harold Hughes (D)
1970
1971
38R, 12D
63R, 37D
1972
1973
Arthur Neu (R)
Robert H. Lounsberry (R)
28R, 22D
57R, 43D
Dick Clark (D)
3D, 3R
1974
1975
26D, 24R
61D, 39R
John Culver (D)
5D, 1R
1976
Gerald Ford /
Bob Dole (R) N
1977
59D, 41R
4D, 2R
1978
1979
Terry Branstad (R)
Tom Miller (D)
Richard D. Johnson (R)
28R, 22D
57R, 43D
Roger Jepsen (R)
3D, 3R
1980
Ronald Reagan /
George H. W. Bush (R) Y
1981
Mary Jane Odell (R)
29R, 21D
58R, 42D
Chuck Grassley (R)
1982
1983
Terry Branstad (R)
Robert T. Anderson (D)
Michael Fitzgerald (D)
28D, 22R
60D, 40R
1984
1985
29D, 21R
Tom Harkin (D)
4R, 2D
1986
1987
Jo Ann Zimmerman (D)
Elaine Baxter (D)
Dale M. Cochran (D)
30D, 20R
58D, 42R
1988
Michael Dukakis /
Lloyd Bentsen (D) N
1989
61D, 39R
1990
1991
Joy Corning (R)
Bonnie Campbell (D)
28D, 22R
53D, 47R
1992
Bill Clinton /
Al Gore (D) Y
1993
26D, 24R
51R, 49D
4R, 1D
1994
1995
Paul Pate (R)
Tom Miller (D)
27D, 23R
64R, 36D
5R
1996
1997
29R, 21D
54R, 46D
4R, 1D
1998
1999
Tom Vilsack (D)
Sally Pederson (D)
Chet Culver (D)
Patty Judge (D)
30R, 20D
56R, 44D
2000
Al Gore /
Joe Lieberman (D) N
2001
2002
2003
David A. Vaudt (R)
29R, 21D
54R, 46D
2004
George W. Bush /
Dick Cheney (R) Y
2005
25D, 25R
51R, 49D
2006
2007
Chet Culver (D)
Patty Judge (D)
Michael Mauro (D)
Bill Northey (R)
[l]
30D, 20R
54D, 46R
3D, 2R
2008
Barack Obama /
Joe Biden (D) Y
2009
32D, 18R
57D, 43R
2010
2011
Terry Branstad (R)
[m]
Kim Reynolds (R)
Matt Schultz (R)
26D, 24R
60R, 40D
2012
2013
53R, 46D, 1 vac.
2D, 2R
Mary Mosiman (R)
2014
53R, 47D
2015
Paul Pate (R)
57R, 43D
Joni Ernst (R)
3R, 1D
2016
Donald Trump /
Mike Pence (R) Y
2017
29R, 20D, 1I
59R, 41D
Kim Reynolds (R)
[d]
Adam Gregg (R)
2018
Mike Naig (R)
2019
Rob Sand (D)
32R, 18D
53R, 47D
3D, 1R
2020
Donald Trump /
Mike Pence (R) N
2021
59R, 41D
3R, 1D
2022
60R, 40D
[n]
2023
Brenna Bird (R)
Roby Smith (R)
34R, 16D
64R, 36D
4R
2024
[
to be determined ]
Year
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney Gen.
Auditor
Treasurer
Sec. of Ag.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
Electoral votes
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
^
a
b The Iowa Constitution of 1857 moved the elections for state legislators from even years to odd years, making the 6th General Assembly only last one year in 1857 and the 7th last for two starting in 1858. Thus the terms of newly elected or current senators last only three years, and the terms of past or current representatives correspond to the duration of both.
^ After 137 ballots, the Republicans and the Independent Anti-Monopolists with the Democrats, struck a deal on the evening of the 22nd of January, 1874. The Republicans controlled the Speakership under
John H. Gear , but the Anti-Monopolists and Democrats controlled most of the minor offices, all standing committees' membership were split 50-50 including dual chairmen, and the investigation committees were run and led by the Anti-Monopolist coalition.
[1]
[2]
^
a
b
c Resigned to take an elected seat in the
United States Senate .
^
a
b
c
d As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
^ After 137 ballots, the Republicans and Democrats came to an agreement where the Democrats got the Speakership under
John T. Hamilton , while the Republicans got the seat of Speaker pro Tempore, and the committees and minor offices were split.
[3]
[4]
^ With a Democratic Lt. Governor in
Samuel L. Bestow who was also President of the Senate, the Democrats had the tie breaking vote, chose M.J. Kelly as President Pro Tempore, and organized the chamber.
[5]
^
a
b A constitutional amendment in 1905 moved the elections for state legislators from odd years to even years, making the 31st General Assembly only last one year. Thus, the terms of newly elected or current senators lasted only three years, and the terms of newly elected representatives lasted only one year (except for those elected in 1906, whose terms lasted two years.
^ The Republicans acquiesced to a Democratic President Pro Tempore, Irving H. Knudson, by unanimous consent. The Senate itself was organized on mostly bipartisan lines.
[6]
^ A Republican voted with the Democrats to elect a Democratic Speaker, LaMar Foster. Democrats were thus able to organize and control the House.
[7]
^ Died in office.
^ Resigned.
^ Resigned after U.S. Senate confirmation as United States Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
^ Resigned upon U.S. Senate confirmation to be the
ambassador to China .
^
Jon Dunwell won a special election in the
29th district on October 12, 2021, flipping it from Democratic to Republican.
References
Further reading
Meyer, Theodoric. "Two Iowa counties an hour apart show America’s growing political divide: Rural Decatur County has moved sharply red, while suburban Dallas County has shifted the other direction" Washington Post Jan 12, 2024,
online
See also