1903 Iowa Senate election

The 1903 Iowa State Senate elections were the last state legislative general elections held on an odd-numbered year. Iowa voters elected state senators in 29 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators traditionally serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate. However, under the Biennial Elections law enacted in 1904 by the Iowa General Assembly, the senators elected in 1903 served an additional fifth year (until the 1908 elections) to accommodate the transition to holding elections on even-numbered years.[a]

1903 Iowa Senate election

← 1901 November 3, 1903 1906[a] →

29 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 39 11
Seats before 40[b] 10[b]
Seats after 42 8
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1903 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The 1903 elections occurred before primary elections were established in Iowa by the Primary Election Law in 1907.[3] The general election took place on November 3, 1903.[4]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 39 seats to Democrats' 11 seats. However, during the twenty-ninth session of the Iowa General Assembly, the senators decided in March 1902 to decertify Democrat Joseph Martin Emmert of district eighteen and replace Emmert with Republican James E. Bruce, thus flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican control.[b] Therefore, going into Election Day in 1903, Republicans held an advantage of 40 seats to Democrats' 10 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 16 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1903 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 42 seats and Democrats having 8 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Republicans).

Summary of Results

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  • Note: The 21 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
Senate District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
2nd Henry H. Brighton Rep James Elerick Rep
3rd Claude R. Porter Dem Lewis Leroy Taylor Dem
4th Alexander Mardis Rep Richard Albert Hasselquist Rep
5th George S. Allyn Rep Marion Floyd Stookey Rep
6th Franklin L. Arthaud Rep Daniel Webster Turner Rep
8th Joseph McKenna Junkin Rep Shirley Gillilland Rep
11th William Bell Tallman Dem James Harvey Jamison Rep
14th Lucian C. Blanchard Rep William G. Jones Rep
15th Frederick Townsend Dem James L. Warren Rep
16th James Judson Crossley Rep James Judson Crossley Rep
17th Francis M. "Frank" Hopkins Rep Francis M. "Frank" Hopkins Rep
19th Arthur Sargent Hazelton Rep Charles George Saunders Rep
23rd Thomas Lambert Dem Thomas Lambert Dem
24th John T. Moffit Rep Robert C. Stirton Dem
25th George W. Ball Dem John Hughes Rep
26th Jeremiah Smyth Alexander Rep Willard Coldren Stuckslager Rep
27th Thomas D. Healy Rep Henry Young Rep
28th John B. Classen Rep Charles Eckles Rep
31st Joseph Andrew Fitchpatrick Rep Charles John Alfred Ericson Rep
32nd Elbert Hamilton Hubbard Rep John H. Jackson Rep
33rd Henry Joseph Griswold Rep George W. Dunham Rep
36th Hiram Crusan Bishop Dem Byron W. Newberry Rep
39th George M. Craig Rep John F. Wade Dem
40th James Henry Trewin Rep Archibald C. Wilson Rep
41st James Albert Smith Rep James Albert Smith Rep
43rd William F. Harriman Rep Abner H. Gale Rep
46th Alva C. Hobart Rep John L. Bleakly Rep
47th Edsil Walter Bachman Rep George Kinne Rep
49th George William Lister Rep William C. Kimmel Rep

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Detailed Results

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  • NOTE: The 21 districts that did not hold elections in 1903 are not listed here.

District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 8District 11District 14District 15District 16District 17District 19District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 31District 32District 33District 36District 39District 40District 41District 43District 46District 47District 49

District 2

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Iowa Senate, District 2 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Elerick 3,951 54.59%
Democratic John Peter Manatrey, Jr. 3,001 41.46%
Prohibition W. B. Murray 286 3.95%
Total votes 7,238 100.00%
Republican hold

District 3

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Iowa Senate, District 3 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lewis Leroy Taylor 4,528 53.41%
Republican James H. Swanson 3,770 44.47%
Socialist H. G. Street 180 2.12%
Total votes 8,478 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 4

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Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Albert Hasselquist 3,623 51.47%
Democratic Alexander L. Rockhold 3,416 48.53%
Total votes 7,039 100.00%
Republican hold

District 5

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Iowa Senate, District 5 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marion Floyd Stookey 5,810 56.56%
Democratic S. A. Bowers 4,462 43.44%
Total votes 10,272 100.00%
Republican hold

District 6

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Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel W. Turner 4,038 100.00%
Total votes 4,038 100.00%
Republican hold

District 8

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Iowa Senate, District 8 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shirley Gillilland 3,911 90.39%
Prohibition S. J. Waldron 416 9.61%
Total votes 4,327 100.00%
Republican hold

District 11

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Iowa Senate, District 11 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Harvey Jamison 4,061 100.00%
Total votes 4,061 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

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Iowa Senate, District 14 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William G. Jones 3,526 52.72%
Democratic Daniel Davis 2,858 42.73%
Prohibition George Bowles 304 4.55%
Total votes 6,688 100.00%
Republican hold

District 15

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Iowa Senate, District 15 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James L. Warren 5,031 55.46%
Democratic Thomas J. Price 4,003 44.13%
Prohibition F. Marion Barnes 37 0.41%
Total votes 9,071 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 16

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Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Judson Crossley (incumbent) 4,373 100.00%
Total votes 4,373 100.00%
Republican hold

District 17

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Iowa Senate, District 17 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Francis M. "Frank" Hopkins (incumbent) 6,709 100.00%
Total votes 6,709 100.00%
Republican hold

District 19

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Iowa Senate, District 19 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles George Saunders 5,122 56.21%
Democratic William H. Ware 3,868 42.44%
Prohibition K. D. Clark 123 1.40%
Total votes 9,113 100.00%
Republican hold

District 23

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Iowa Senate, District 23 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas Lambert (incumbent) 2,683 52.39%
Republican A. B. Bowen 2,438 47.61%
Total votes 5,121 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 24

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Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert C. Stirton 4,505 52.76%
Republican Thomas B. Hanley 4,034 47.24%
Total votes 8,539 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 25

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Iowa Senate, District 25 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Hughes, Jr. 4,981 51.66%
Democratic Thomas Stapleton 4,661 48.34%
Total votes 9,642 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 26

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Iowa Senate, District 26 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Willard Coldren Stuckslager 5,271 57.11%
Democratic John M. Hughes 3,540 38.35%
Prohibition B. D. Alden 419 4.54%
Total votes 9,230 100.00%
Republican hold

District 27

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Iowa Senate, District 27 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry Young 4,362 51.32%
Democratic J. B. Butler 3,859 45.41%
Prohibition Charles H. Payne 278 3.27%
Total votes 8,499 100.00%
Republican hold

District 28

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Iowa Senate, District 28 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Eckles 2,957 67.40%
Democratic William Shipton 1,430 32.60%
Total votes 4,387 100.00%
Republican hold

District 31

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Iowa Senate, District 31 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles John Alfred Ericson 5,310 69.21%
Democratic Edward C. Jordan 2,111 27.52%
Socialist George F. Brechtel 251 3.27%
Total votes 7,672 100.00%
Republican hold

District 32

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Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Jackson 4,097 48.61%
Democratic Arthur Samuel Garretson 4,063 48.21%
Prohibition Bennett Mitchell 268 3.18%
Total votes 8,428 100.00%
Republican hold

District 33

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Iowa Senate, District 33 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George W. Dunham 4,506 56.31%
Democratic G. B. Thompson 3,253 40.65%
Prohibition D. C. McFarland 243 3.04%
Total votes 8,002 100.00%
Republican hold

District 36

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Iowa Senate, District 36 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Byron W. Newberry 3,133 54.63%
Democratic Hiram Crusan Bishop (incumbent) 2,602 45.37%
Total votes 5,735 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

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Iowa Senate, District 39 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Wade 3,958 60.12%
Republican E. W. Soesbe 2,626 39.88%
Total votes 6,584 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 40

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Iowa Senate, District 40 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Archibald C. Wilson 4,974 50.52%
Democratic C. R. Brown 4,700 47.74%
Prohibition S. B. Finney 171 1.74%
Total votes 9,845 100.00%
Republican hold

District 41

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Iowa Senate, District 41 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Albert Smith (incumbent) 5,041 100.00%
Total votes 5,041 100.00%
Republican hold

District 43

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Iowa Senate, District 43 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Abner H. Gale 5,338 100.00%
Total votes 5,338 100.00%
Republican hold

District 46

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Iowa Senate, District 46 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John L. Bleakly 5,084 53.93%
Democratic James Dalton 4,343 46.07%
Total votes 9,427 100.00%
Republican hold

District 47

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Iowa Senate, District 47 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Kinne 7,793 67.52%
Democratic Lewis Stuehmer 3,748 32.48%
Total votes 11,541 100.00%
Republican hold

District 49

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Iowa Senate, District 49 General Election, 1903
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William C. Kimmel 5,880 61.05%
Democratic Luther H. Bishop 3,634 37.73%
Socialist J. E. Quinlan 117 1.21%
Total votes 9,631 100.00%
Republican hold
  1. ^ a b The twenty-ninth Iowa General Assembly enacted the Joint Resolution No. 5: Biennial Elections law in 1904 moving general elections to even-numbered years. Prior to this amendment to the Iowa constitution, elections to the state senate were held in odd-numbered years. The law stipulates: "Add as section 16, to article 12 of the constitution (of the state of Iowa), the following: The first general election after the adoption of this amendment shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the year one thousand nine hundred and six, and general elections shall be held biennially thereafter...members of the general assembly whose successors would otherwise be chosen at the general election in the year one thousand nine hundred and five, are hereby extended one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. The terms of office of senators whose successors would otherwise be chosen in the year one thousand nine hundred and seven are hereby extended one year and until their successors are elected and qualified..."[1]
  2. ^ a b c Democrat J. M. Emmert was originally declared the winner of the 1901 general election in the eighteenth senatorial district. Emmert received certificate of election and served until March 1902. However, Republican James E. Bruce contested the election of Mr. Emmert and the Senate, on March 14, 1902, decided the contest in favor of Mr. Bruce. The senators thereby removed Mr. Emmert and replaced him with Mr. Bruce, flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican control.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Jount Resolution No. 5: Biennial Elections" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Vote for State Senators" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Primary Election Law" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "General Election 1903 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 20, 2021.