In the 1871 Iowa State Senate elections, Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the fourteenth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 34 of the state senate's 49 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.

The general election took place on October 10, 1871.

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 43 seats to Democrats' seven seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 19 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1871 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 42 seats and Democrats having eight seats (a net gain of 1 seat for Democrats).

Summary of Results Note: The holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.

Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator PartyOutcome 3rd Henry Clay Traverse Rep Horatio A. Wonn DemDem Gain 4th William Fields Vermillion Rep Edward J. Gault DemDem Gain 5th Edward M. Bill Rep Martin Read Rep Rep Hold 6th James D. Wright Rep Robert A. Dague Rep Rep Hold 7th Isaac W. Keller Rep Elisha Todd Smith Rep Rep Hold 8th Napoleon Bonaparte Moore Rep James Stormant McIntyre Rep Rep Hold 9th Jefferson P. Casady Dem John Young Stone RepRep Gain 12th Abial Richmond Pierce Rep Moses Ayres McCoid Rep Rep Hold 13th Augustus Harvey Hamilton Rep Joseph Henry Merrill Rep Rep Hold 15th Granville Gaylord Bennett Rep Joseph Decker Miles Rep Rep Hold 18th John Nicholas Dixon Rep James Addison Young Rep Rep Hold 19th John M. Cathcart Rep John L. McCormack DemDem Gain 20th George E. Griffith Rep Mark Antony Dashiell Rep Rep Hold 24th William Penn Wolf Rep John C. Chambers Rep Rep Hold 25th Samuel Husband Fairall Dem Samuel Husband Fairall Dem Dem Hold 26th Matthew Long Rep James P. Ketcham Rep Rep Hold 30th Lewis Brigham Dunham Dem Lewis W. Stuart Dem Dem Hold 32nd Robert Smyth Rep Ezekiel Boring Kephart Rep Rep Hold 33rd James Chapin Rep John Shane Rep Rep Hold 34th Wells Sylvanus Rice Rep Robert Howe Taylor Rep Rep Hold35th Frederick M. Knoll DemBenjamin Billings RichardsDemDem Hold Michael B. Mulkern Dem 36th Joseph Grimes Rep Albert Boomer Rep Rep Hold 37th William G. Donnan Rep George Washington Bemis Rep Rep Hold 38th George William Couch Rep John Hooker Leavitt Rep Rep Hold 39th Homer E. Newell Rep Oliver Wolcott Crary Rep Rep Hold 40th William Larrabee Rep William Larrabee Rep Rep Hold 41st Liberty E. Fellows Dem Samuel Horace Kinne Dem Dem Hold 42nd Henry Clay Bulis Rep George R. Willett Rep Rep Hold 43rd John G. Patterson Rep Alonzo Converse Rep Rep Hold 44th Emmons Johnson Rep John E. Burke Rep Rep Hold 45th Isaac J. Mitchell Rep George M. Maxwell Rep Rep Hold 46th Marcus Tuttle Rep Elisha A. Howland Rep Rep Hold 47th Theodore Hawley Rep William H. Fitch Rep Rep Hold 49thNewly created district John J. Russell RepRep Gain Source:

Detailed Results NOTE: The Iowa Official Register does not contain detailed vote totals for state senate elections in 1871.

See also Elections in Iowa

External links District boundaries in the Iowa Senate were redrawn before the 1871 general election. Iowa Senate Districts 1870-1871 map Iowa Senate Districts 1872-1873 map

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