In the 1893 Iowa State Senate elections Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the twenty-fifth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 24 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 1893 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The general election took place on November 7, 1893.
Following the previous election, Democrats had control of the Iowa Senate with 25 seats to Republicans' 24 seats and one seat held by the People's Party.
To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 2 Senate seats.
Republicans claimed control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1893 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 34 seats, Democrats having 16 seats, and the People's Party losing its lone seat (a net gain of 10 seats for Republicans).
Summary of Results Note: The holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator PartyOutcome 1st William Gustavus Kent Dem John Downey Dem Dem Hold 7th George Willard Perkins Rep William Eaton Rep Rep Hold 9th William W. Dodge Dem Thomas G. Harper Dem Dem Hold 10th David James Palmer Rep David James Palmer Rep Rep Hold 12th Joel Stewart Dem John A. Riggen RepRep Gain 13th James Joseph Smith Dem Harrison Lyman Waterman RepRep Gain 16th Alva Lysander Hager Rep Lucien Moody Kilburn Rep Rep Hold 18th William Fiske Cleveland Dem Julian Phelps RepRep Gain 20th John M. Gobble Dem Charles Albert Carpenter RepRep Gain 21st William O. Schmidt Dem Charles G. Hipwell Dem Dem Hold 22nd Silas Wright Gardiner Dem Lyman A. Ellis RepRep Gain 29th Perry Engle People's Joseph R. Gorrell RepRep Gain 30th Conduce H. Gatch Rep Thomas Abbott Cheshire Rep Rep Hold 31st Thomas Clifton McCall Rep H. C. Boardman Rep Rep Hold 34th Lemuel Rose Bolter Dem Rudolph C. H. Lehfeldt RepRep Gain 35th James Hannibal Shields Dem Isaac W. Baldwin Dem Dem Hold 37th William Callum Smith Rep John English Rowen Rep Rep Hold 38th Mathies Parrott Rep John Morris Rea Rep Rep Hold 39th Robert S. Smith Dem George M. Craig RepRep Gain 42nd Ansel Kinne Bailey Rep Clark C. Upton Rep Rep Hold 44th Robert George Reiniger Rep William Burton Perrin Rep Rep Hold 45th Jacob J. Mosnat Dem Emlen G. Penrose RepRep Gain 48th Thomas Rich Dem Warren Garst RepRep Gain 50th Edgar Eugene Mack Rep George W. Henderson Rep Rep Hold
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Detailed Results NOTE: The Iowa Official Register does not contain detailed vote totals for state senate elections in 1893.
See also Elections in Iowa
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