The 9th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southwestern Iowa, and is currently composed of Adams, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, and part of Union counties.
Current elected officials Tom Shipley is the senator currently representing the 9th District.
The area of the 9th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: The 17th District (represented by Devon Wood) The 18th District (represented by Tom Moore)
The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Zach Nunn.
List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Residence Notes Whig1846-1849Columbus Junction, Iowa Whig1850-1851Washington, Iowa Democrat1852-1853Centerville, Iowa Democrat1854-1855Appanoose County Republican1856-1859Albia, Iowa Republican1860-1861Mount Pleasant, IowaSaunders was appointed to be the governor of the Nebraska Territory in 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln. Republican1861Mount Pleasant, Iowa Republican1862-1863Henry County Republican1864-1865Burlington, Iowa Republican1866-1867Des Moines County Democrat1868-1871Council Bluffs, Iowa Republican1872-1875Glenwood, Iowa Republican1876-1877Council Bluffs, IowaNot to be confused with George G. Wright, though George F. Wright did work for and with George G. Wright in Keosauqua, Iowa. Republican1878-1881Des Moines County Democrat1882-1884Des Moines CountyHall was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1884. Democrat1886-1893Des Moines County Democrat1894-1897Burlington, Iowa Republican1898-1901Burlington, Iowa Democrat1902-1910Des Moines County Republican1911-1914Burlington, Iowa Republican1915-1922Burlington, Iowa Republican1923-1926Burlington, Iowa Republican1927-1934Burlington, Iowa Democrat1935-1938Burlington, Iowa Republican1939-1946Burlington, Iowa Republican1947-1950Burlington, Iowa Democrat1951-1958Burlington, Iowa Democrat1959-1962Burlington, Iowa Democrat1963-1966Wapello County Democrat1967-1970Ottumwa, Iowa Republican1971-1972Mason City, Iowa Republican1973-1982Elkader, Iowa Republican1983-1994Steamboat Rock, Iowa Republican1995-2002Wright County Republican2003-2006Waverly, Iowa Democrat2007-2010Waverly, Iowa Republican2011-2012Shell Rock, Iowa Republican2013-2014Harlan, Iowa Republican2015-2022Schleswig, Iowa Republican2023-presentAdams County
Historical district boundaries
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Map Description Years effective NotesLouisa County Washington County 1846-1851From 1846 to 1857, district numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.Appanoose County Davis County (partial) Decatur County Wayne County1852-1855Clarke County Lucas County Monroe County1856-1859Henry County1860-1863Des Moines County1864-1867Cass County Fremont County Mills County Pottawattamie1868-1869Cass County Mills County Montgomery County Pottawattamie County1870-1871Mills County Montgomery County Pottawattamie County1872-1873Mills County Pottawattamie County1874-1877Des Moines County1878-1962Wapello County1963-1970Cerro Gordo County (partial) Franklin County (partial)1971-1972In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 election.Allamakee County Clayton County Delaware County (partial) Dubuque County (partial) Fayette County (partial) Winneshiek County1973-1982Franklin County Hamilton County (partial) Hancock County (partial) Hardin County Wright County1983-1992Franklin County Hamilton County (partial) Hardin County Wright County (partial)1993-2002Bremer County Black Hawk County (partial) Bennington Township Lester Township Mount Vernon Township Washington Township Janesville Butler County Fayette County (partial) Excluding Fairfield Township Illyria Township Pleasant Valley Township Putnam Township Scott Township Smithfield Township Westfield Township Arlington Elgin Fairbank Fayette Wadena2003-2012Crawford County (partial) East Boyer Hayes Township Iowa Township Jackson Township Milford Township Nishnabotny Township Stockholm Township West Side Township Aspinwall Deloit Manilla Vail Westside Harrison County Ida County Monona County Shelby County Woodbury County (partial) Liston Township Little Sioux Township Miller Township Morgan Township Oto Township Rock Township Sloan Township Willow Township Anthon Cushing Danbury Hornick Oto Sloan Smithland2013-2022 Adams CountyCass CountyMontgomery County Page CountyRinggold County Taylor County Union County (partial) Excluding Dodge Township Jones Township Lincoln Township New Hope Township Pleasant Township Lorimor Thayer2023-present
See also Iowa General Assembly Iowa Senate
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