1910 Iowa Senate election
The 1910 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1910 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 22 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.
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22 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||
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Results Democratic gain Republican gain Democratic hold Republican hold |
Elections in Iowa |
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A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1910 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 7, 1910, determined which candidates appeared on the November 8, 1910 general election ballot.[1][2]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 34 seats to Democrats' 16 seats.
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 1910 general election with the balance of power remaining unchanged with Republicans holding 34 seats and Democrats having 16 seats.
Summary of Results
- Note: The 28 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
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1st | Edward Patrick McManus | Dem | Edward Patrick McManus | Dem | ||
7th | William Darius Jamieson | Dem | John J. Dunnegan | Dem | ||
9th | Frederick Norton Smith | Dem | LaMonte Cowles | Rep | ||
10th | William Beeler Seeley | Rep | Samuel Wakefield Neal | Rep | ||
12th | Elbert Warren Clark | Rep | Henry W. Spaulding | Rep | ||
13th | Edwin G. Moon | Dem | John Francis Webber | Dem | ||
17th | George Cosson | Rep | Anthony Milroy McColl | Rep | ||
18th | James E. Bruce | Rep | Thomas Henry Smith | Rep | ||
20th | Jay Ira Nichols | Rep | Alexander Middleton Garrett | Dem | ||
21st | John A. DeArmand | Dem | August A. Balluff | Dem | ||
22nd | John Lowry Wilson | Dem | John Lowry Wilson | Dem | ||
29th | Frederick Louis Maytag | Rep | Edward Phillip Malmberg | Rep | ||
30th | Cassius Clay Dowell | Rep | John Benedict Sullivan | Rep | ||
34th | William Criner Whiting | Dem | Edward L. Crow | Dem | ||
35th | Arfst F. Frudden | Dem | Nicholas John Schrup | Dem | ||
37th | Charles Fremont Peterson | Rep | Daniel Cady Chase | Rep | ||
38th | Sherman W. DeWolf | Dem | Sherman W. DeWolf | Dem | ||
42nd | Henry Clay Burgess | Rep | Philo Milton Jewell | Rep | ||
44th | John Foley | Dem | John G. Legel | Dem | ||
45th | William Perry Whipple | Rep | Asa Lee Ames | Rep | ||
48th | Joseph Mattes | Rep | Joseph Mattes | Rep | ||
50th | Joseph Holmes Allen | Rep | Joseph Holmes Allen | Rep | ||
Source:[3]
Detailed Results
- NOTE: The 28 districts that did not hold elections in 1910 are not listed here.
District 1 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 17 • District 18 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 29 • District 30 • District 34 • District 35 • District 37 • District 38 • District 42 • District 44 • District 45 • District 48 • District 50 |
- Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).[4][5]
District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | E. P. McManus (incumbent) | 4,115 | 57.65% | |
Republican | Joseph Carver | 3,023 | 42.35% | |
Total votes | 7,138 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | J. J. Dunnegan | 4,065 | 55.67% | |
Republican | Levi Baker | 3,129 | 42.85% | |
Prohibition | James Davison | 108 | 1.48% | |
Total votes | 7,302 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | La Monte Cowles | 3,348 | 47.17% | |
Democratic | Fred N. Smith (incumbent) | 2,901 | 40.88% | |
Socialist | John Wemming | 848 | 11.95% | |
Total votes | 7,097 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | S. W. Neal | 4,045 | 55.61% | |
Democratic | Owen A. Garretson | 3,119 | 42.88% | |
Prohibition | Harvey Robinson | 110 | 1.51% | |
Total votes | 7,274 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Henry W. Spaulding | 1,986 | 61.51% | |
Republican | J. J. Terrell | 1,243 | 38.49% | |
Total votes | 3,229 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Henry W. Spaulding | 4,825 | 55.65% | |
Democratic | J. P. Talley | 3,693 | 42.59% | |
Prohibition | J. J. Mullen | 153 | 1.76% | |
Total votes | 8,671 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chester W. Whitmore | 1,145 | 56.15% | |
Republican | L. H. Young | 894 | 43.85% | |
Total votes | 2,039 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John F. Webber | 990 | 64.79% | |
Democratic | C. A. Henry | 538 | 35.21% | |
Total votes | 1,528 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John F. Webber | 3,397 | 47.85% | |
Republican | Chester W. Whitmore | 3,260 | 45.92% | |
Socialist | James McGahey | 443 | 6.24% | |
Total votes | 7,100 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | A. M. McColl | 6,240 | 67.02% | |
Democratic | H. H. Crenshaw | 3,071 | 32.98% | |
Total votes | 9,311 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thomas H. Smith | 1,919 | 58.12% | |
Republican | C. R. Benedict | 1,383 | 41.88% | |
Total votes | 3,302 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thomas H. Smith | 3,699 | 50.96% | |
Democratic | C. F. Swift | 3,560 | 49.04% | |
Total votes | 7,259 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | A. M. Garrett | 4,182 | 47.37% | |
Republican | R. S. Johnston | 4,083 | 46.25% | |
Socialist | Frank J. Coleman | 564 | 6.39% | |
Total votes | 8,829 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | August A. Balluff | 5,516 | 53.13% | |
Republican | F. D. Letts | 4,186 | 40.32% | |
Socialist | Michael T. Kennedy | 680 | 6.55% | |
Total votes | 10,382 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John L. Wilson (incumbent) | 4,214 | 55.54% | |
Republican | Charles W. Beeby | 3,374 | 44.46% | |
Total votes | 7,588 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed. P. Malmberg | 1,168 | 52.49% | |
Republican | W. R. Cooper | 1,057 | 47.51% | |
Total votes | 2,225 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed. P. Malmberg | 2,507 | 50.40% | |
Democratic | D. K. Mobberly | 2,467 | 49.60% | |
Total votes | 4,974 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 30
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John B. Sullivan | 5,825 | 50.90% | |
Republican | L. J. Kasson | 2,361 | 20.63% | |
Republican | Charles L. Powell | 1,807 | 15.79% | |
Republican | Edward A. Lingenfelter | 1,451 | 12.68% | |
Total votes | 11,444 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John B. Sullivan | 7,915 | 52.53% | |
Democratic | Hubert Utterback | 5,698 | 37.82% | |
Socialist | G. R. Jones | 779 | 5.17% | |
Prohibition | D. J. Bunce | 676 | 4.49% | |
Total votes | 15,068 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 34
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carl F. Kuehnle | 2,078 | 56.42% | |
Republican | George A. Kellogg | 1,605 | 43.58% | |
Total votes | 3,683 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | E. L. Crow | 6,184 | 53.84% | |
Republican | Carl F. Kuehnle | 5,302 | 46.16% | |
Total votes | 11,486 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 35
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | N. J. Schrup | 2,188 | 63.26% | |
Democratic | A. F. Frudden (incumbent) | 1,271 | 36.74% | |
Total votes | 3,459 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | N. J. Schrup | 5,485 | 63.76% | |
Republican | Joseph H. Trieb | 2,682 | 31.18% | |
Socialist | L. A. Miller | 435 | 5.06% | |
Total votes | 8,602 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 37
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | D. C. Chase | 3,657 | 57.36% | |
Republican | Charles F. Peterson (incumbent) | 2,719 | 42.64% | |
Total votes | 6,376 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | D. C. Chase | 5,491 | 95.48% | |
Prohibition | S. D. Kennedy | 260 | 4.52% | |
Total votes | 5,751 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 38
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Jacob Pfeiffer | 1,462 | 56.58% | |
Republican | William H. Merner | 1,122 | 43.42% | |
Total votes | 2,584 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | S. W. DeWolf (incumbent) | 4,767 | 50.35% | |
Republican | H. J. Pfeiffer | 4,700 | 49.65% | |
Total votes | 9,467 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 42
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | P. M. Jewell | 3,552 | 51.48% | |
Democratic | Ben. E. Jewell | 3,348 | 48.52% | |
Total votes | 6,900 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 44
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frederick Schaub | 872 | 36.30% | |
Republican | W. G. Shaffer | 831 | 34.60% | |
Republican | Loren W. Inman | 699 | 29.10% | |
Total votes | 2,402 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John G. Legel | 2,937 | 51.52% | |
Republican | Frederick Schaub | 2,764 | 48.48% | |
Total votes | 5,701 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 45
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Asa Lee Ames | 4,578 | 49.98% | |
Democratic | W. J. Guinn | 4,441 | 48.48% | |
Socialist | A. A. Miner | 141 | 1.54% | |
Total votes | 9,160 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 48
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph Mattes (incumbent) | 4,575 | 54.57% | |
Democratic | Peter Stephany | 3,808 | 45.43% | |
Total votes | 8,383 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 50
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph H. Allen (incumbent) | 4,549 | 71.29% | |
Democratic | F. K. Hawley | 1,832 | 28.71% | |
Total votes | 6,381 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
See also
References
- "Primary Election 1910 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- "General Election 1910 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- "Primary Election 1910 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- "General Election 1910 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 16, 2021.