1889 Iowa Senate election
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In the 1889 Iowa State Senate elections Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the twenty-third Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 22 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 1889 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The general election took place on November 5, 1889.[1]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 32 seats to Democrats' 16 seats and two Independents.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 10 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1889 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 28 seats, Democrats having 20 seats, one Independent, and one member of the Union Labor Party (a net gain of 4 seats for Democrats and 1 seat for the Union Labor Party).
Summary of Results
[edit]- Note: The holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
- ^ Senator Woolson resigned during the next term, causing a vacancy.[2]
- ^ On March 7, 1891, Peter G. Ballingall died during the next term, causing a vacancy.[3]
- ^ Senator Wolfe resigned during the next term, causing a vacancy.[4]
- ^ Senator Perry Engle switched parties from Union Labor to People's Party after the election.[5]
- ^ There was not an election in the thirty-ninth senatorial district in 1889. Instead, incumbent Senator Lewis S. Hanchett switched parties.
- ^ a b Senator Lewis S. Hanchett switched parties from Independent to Republican.[6]
- ^ Election was held to fill a vacancy.
- ^ Senator Sweeney resigned his seat in the Iowa Senate after being elected to the United States House of Representatives, causing a vacancy.[7]
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Detailed Results
[edit]- NOTE: The Iowa Official Register does not contain detailed vote totals for state senate elections in 1889.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Roll of Members of the Twenty-Third General Assembly. SENATE" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator John Simpson Woolson: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Peter G. Ballingall: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Patrick Bernard Wolfe: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Perry Engle: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Lewis S. Hanchett: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Joseph Henry Sweney: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 26, 2021.