The 1914 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1914 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.
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1914 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 1, 1914, determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 1914 general election ballot.
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 32 seats to Democrats' 18 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 8 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1914 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 35 seats and Democrats having 15 seats (a net gain of 3 seats for Republicans).
Summary of Results Note: The 28 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1st Edward Patrick McManus Dem Joseph R. Frailey Rep 7th John J. Dunnegan Dem Herbert Inghram Foskett Rep 9th LaMonte Cowles Rep Frank E. Thompson Rep 10th Samuel Wakefield Neal Rep John Milton Lindl(e)y Dem 12th Henry W. Spaulding Rep Charles C. Laffer Rep 13th John Francis Webber Dem Chester W. Whitmore Rep 17th Anthony Milroy McColl Rep John Wasson Foster Rep 18th Thomas Henry White Rep John Cramer Voorhees Dem 20th Alexander Middleton Garrett Dem Frederick William Eversmeyer Rep 21st August A. Balluff Dem Fred G. Henigbaum Rep 22nd John Lowry Wilson Dem William J. Greene Dem 29th Edward Phillip Malmberg Rep David S. Fleck Dem 30th John Benedict Sullivan Rep Addison Melvin Parker Rep 34th Edward L. Crow Dem Grant L. Caswell Dem 35th Nicholas John Schrup Dem Nicholas John Schrup Dem 37th Daniel Cady Chase Rep Daniel Cady Chase Rep 38th Sherman W. DeWolf Dem Henry W. Grout Rep 42nd Philo Milton Jewell Rep Lauritz M. Enger Rep 44th John G. Legel Dem George Harold Jackson Rep 45th Asa L. Ames Rep Harry Cook White Dem 48th Joseph Mattes Rep Charles C. Helmer Rep 50th Joseph Holmes Allen Rep Joseph Holmes Allen Rep
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Detailed Results
NOTE: The 28 districts that did not hold elections in 1914 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__NOTOC__ 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).
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
See also United States elections, 1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1914 Elections in Iowa
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