1857 Iowa Senate election

In the 1857 Iowa State Senate elections, Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the seventh Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held for 15 of the state senate's 36 seats. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.

The general election took place in 1857.

Following the previous election in 1856, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 23 seats to Democrats' 12 seats and one member from the Know Nothing Party.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to garner seven Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 22 seats and Democrats having 14 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).

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

Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator PartyOutcome1st Exum Sumner McCulloch Dem John R. Allen Dem Dem Hold William A. Thurston Dem John Walker Rankin RepRep Gain 3rd Abner Harrison McCrary Rep Gideon Smith Bailey DemDem Gain 4th William Findlay Coolbaugh Dem William Findlay Coolbaugh Dem Dem Hold 7th Alvin Saunders Rep Alvin Saunders Rep Rep Hold 8th James C. Ramsey Dem John A. Johnson Dem Dem Hold 9th Daniel A. Anderson Rep Daniel A. Anderson Rep Rep Hold 12th James D. Test Dem William H.M. Pusey Dem Dem Hold 13th Hiram Thomas Cleaver Rep Samuel Reiner Rep Rep Hold 15th James Latimer Hogin Rep Oliver P. Sherraden Rep Rep Hold 19th George W. Wilkinson Know Nothing Andrew Oliphant Patterson DemDem Gain 23rd Julius J. Matthews Rep George M. Davis Rep Rep Hold 27th James Cunningham Jordan Rep William P. Davis Rep Rep Hold 29th Joseph Birge Dem Joseph Mann Dem Dem Hold 31st William W. Hamilton Rep David S. Wilson DemDem Gain

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Detailed Results NOTE: The Iowa General Assembly does not provide detailed vote totals for Iowa State Senate elections in 1857.

1857 Iowa Senate election

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