1879 Iowa Senate election

1879 Iowa Senate election
October 14, 1879
29 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party RepublicanDemocraticGreenback
Last election 3812 0
Seats after 417 2
Seat change Increase3Decrease5 Increase2

In the 1879 Iowa State Senate electionsIowa voters elected state senators to serve in the eighteenth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 29 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.

The general election took place on October 14, 1879.[1]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 38 seats to Democrats' 12 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 14 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1879 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 41 seats, Democrats having 7 seats, and 2 Greenbackers (a net gain of 3 seats for Republicans and 2 for Greenbackers).

Summary of Results

  • Note: The holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
Senate District IncumbentParty Elected Senator Party Outcome
2ndHoratio A. WonnDemHenry Clay Traverse[a]RepRep Gain
3rdJoshua MillerRepJesse J. WallGreenbackerGreenback Gain
4thHenry Laurens DashiellRepDavid M. ClarkGreenbackerGreenback Gain
5thSamuel L. BestowRepWilliam M. WilsonRepRep Hold
6thFrederick Joseph TealeRepIsaac W. KellerRepRep Hold
8thAlfred HebardRepAlfred HebardRepRep Hold
11thMoses Ayres McCoid[b]RepSanford M. BolingRepRep Hold
14thWilliam WilsonDemJohn Wesley PrizerRepRep Gain
15thThomas R. GilmoreRepJohn Kelly JohnsonRepRep Hold
16thJohn L. McCormackDemJames F. GreenleeRepRep Gain
17thWilliam GrahamRepMark Antony DashiellRepRep Hold
19thGeorge Franklin WrightRepGeorge Franklin WrightRepRep Hold
23rdHenry C. CarrRepJohn RussellRepRep Hold
24thWilliam A. MaginnisDemPierce MitchellDemDem Hold
25thEzekiel ClarkRepJohn Clinton ShraderRepRep Hold
26thJohn Nicholas William RumpleRepChristian Hedges[c]RepRep Hold
27thStephen Leland DowsRepJohn Wimberly Henderson[d]DemDem Gain
28thJohn David NicholsRepJohn David NicholsRepRep Hold
31stSamuel D. NicholsRepSamuel D. NicholsRepRep Hold
32ndDelos ArnoldRepDelos ArnoldRepRep Hold
33rdWilliam Harrison GallupRepJohn Dudley GillettRepRep Hold
36thCharles E. BronsonDemRodney W. TirrillRepRep Gain
39thMerritt W. HarmonRepMerritt W. HarmonRepRep Hold
40thJohn Thompson StonemanDemMartin GarberRepRep Gain
41stSamuel Horace KinneDemHenry NielanderRepRep Gain
43rdWilliam LarrabeeRepWilliam LarrabeeRepRep Hold
46thWilliam Wallace BlackmanRepWilberforce P. Gaylord[e]RepRep Hold
47thLemuel DwelleRepFrank M. Goodykoontz[f]RepRep Hold
49thElden J. HartshornRepElden J. HartshornRepRep Hold
  1. ^Senator Traverse resigned during the next term, causing a vacancy.[2]
  2. ^Senator McCoid resigned his seat in the Iowa Senate after being elected to the United States House of Representatives, causing a vacancy.[3]
  3. ^Senator Hedges resigned during the next term, causing a vacancy.[4]
  4. ^Senator Henderson was elected Senator in 1879 running on the Democratic ticket. He switched parties from Democratic to Independent in the next term, however.
  5. ^Senator Gaylord died on April 27, 1880 during the next term, causing a vacancy.[5]
  6. ^Senator Goodykoontz resigned during the next term, causing a vacancy.[6]

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Detailed Results

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