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1910 Iowa Senate election

The 1910 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1910 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.

1910 Iowa Senate election
← 1908 November 8, 1910 1912 →
22 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 34 16
Seats after 34 16
Seat change Steady Steady
Results
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1910 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 7, 1910, determined which candidates appeared on the November 8, 1910 general election ballot.[1][2]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 34 seats to Democrats' 16 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 10 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1910 general election with the balance of power remaining unchanged with Republicans holding 34 seats and Democrats having 16 seats.

Summary of Results

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  • Note: The 28 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
1st Edward Patrick McManus Dem Edward Patrick McManus Dem
7th William Darius Jamieson Dem John J. Dunnegan Dem
9th Frederick Norton Smith Dem LaMonte Cowles Rep
10th William Beeler Seeley Rep Samuel Wakefield Neal Rep
12th Elbert Warren Clark Rep Henry W. Spaulding Rep
13th Edwin G. Moon Dem John Francis Webber Dem
17th George Cosson Rep Anthony Milroy McColl Rep
18th James E. Bruce Rep Thomas Henry Smith Rep
20th Jay Ira Nichols Rep Alexander Middleton Garrett Dem
21st John A. DeArmand Dem August A. Balluff Dem
22nd John Lowry Wilson Dem John Lowry Wilson Dem
29th Frederick Louis Maytag Rep Edward Phillip Malmberg Rep
30th Cassius Clay Dowell Rep John Benedict Sullivan Rep
34th William Criner Whiting Dem Edward L. Crow Dem
35th Arfst F. Frudden Dem Nicholas John Schrup Dem
37th Charles Fremont Peterson Rep Daniel Cady Chase Rep
38th Sherman W. DeWolf Dem Sherman W. DeWolf Dem
42nd Henry Clay Burgess Rep Philo Milton Jewell Rep
44th John Foley Dem John G. Legel Dem
45th William Perry Whipple Rep Asa Lee Ames Rep
48th Joseph Mattes Rep Joseph Mattes Rep
50th Joseph Holmes Allen Rep Joseph Holmes Allen Rep

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Detailed Results

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Popular vote share by district
  • NOTE: The 28 districts that did not hold elections in 1910 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

  • 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).[4][5]

District 1

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Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic E. P. McManus (incumbent) 4,115 57.65%
Republican Joseph Carver 3,023 42.35%
Total votes 7,138 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 7

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Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic J. J. Dunnegan 4,065 55.67%
Republican Levi Baker 3,129 42.85%
Prohibition James Davison 108 1.48%
Total votes 7,302 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 9

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Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican La Monte Cowles 3,348 47.17%
Democratic Fred N. Smith (incumbent) 2,901 40.88%
Socialist John Wemming 848 11.95%
Total votes 7,097 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 10

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Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican S. W. Neal 4,045 55.61%
Democratic Owen A. Garretson 3,119 42.88%
Prohibition Harvey Robinson 110 1.51%
Total votes 7,274 100.00%
Republican hold

District 12

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Iowa Senate, District 12 Republican Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry W. Spaulding 1,986 61.51%
Republican J. J. Terrell 1,243 38.49%
Total votes 3,229 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry W. Spaulding 4,825 55.65%
Democratic J. P. Talley 3,693 42.59%
Prohibition J. J. Mullen 153 1.76%
Total votes 8,671 100.00%
Republican hold

District 13

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Iowa Senate, District 13 Republican Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chester W. Whitmore 1,145 56.15%
Republican L. H. Young 894 43.85%
Total votes 2,039 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 13 Democratic Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Webber 990 64.79%
Democratic C. A. Henry 538 35.21%
Total votes 1,528 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Webber 3,397 47.85%
Republican Chester W. Whitmore 3,260 45.92%
Socialist James McGahey 443 6.24%
Total votes 7,100 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 17

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Iowa Senate, District 17 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican A. M. McColl 6,240 67.02%
Democratic H. H. Crenshaw 3,071 32.98%
Total votes 9,311 100.00%
Republican hold

District 18

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Iowa Senate, District 18 Republican Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas H. Smith 1,919 58.12%
Republican C. R. Benedict 1,383 41.88%
Total votes 3,302 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas H. Smith 3,699 50.96%
Democratic C. F. Swift 3,560 49.04%
Total votes 7,259 100.00%
Republican hold

District 20

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Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic A. M. Garrett 4,182 47.37%
Republican R. S. Johnston 4,083 46.25%
Socialist Frank J. Coleman 564 6.39%
Total votes 8,829 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 21

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Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic August A. Balluff 5,516 53.13%
Republican F. D. Letts 4,186 40.32%
Socialist Michael T. Kennedy 680 6.55%
Total votes 10,382 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 22

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Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John L. Wilson (incumbent) 4,214 55.54%
Republican Charles W. Beeby 3,374 44.46%
Total votes 7,588 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 29

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Iowa Senate, District 29 Republican Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed. P. Malmberg 1,168 52.49%
Republican W. R. Cooper 1,057 47.51%
Total votes 2,225 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed. P. Malmberg 2,507 50.40%
Democratic D. K. Mobberly 2,467 49.60%
Total votes 4,974 100.00%
Republican hold

District 30

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Iowa Senate, District 30 Republican Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John B. Sullivan 5,825 50.90%
Republican L. J. Kasson 2,361 20.63%
Republican Charles L. Powell 1,807 15.79%
Republican Edward A. Lingenfelter 1,451 12.68%
Total votes 11,444 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John B. Sullivan 7,915 52.53%
Democratic Hubert Utterback 5,698 37.82%
Socialist G. R. Jones 779 5.17%
Prohibition D. J. Bunce 676 4.49%
Total votes 15,068 100.00%
Republican hold

District 34

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Iowa Senate, District 34 Republican Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl F. Kuehnle 2,078 56.42%
Republican George A. Kellogg 1,605 43.58%
Total votes 3,683 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic E. L. Crow 6,184 53.84%
Republican Carl F. Kuehnle 5,302 46.16%
Total votes 11,486 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 35

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Iowa Senate, District 35 Democratic Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic N. J. Schrup 2,188 63.26%
Democratic A. F. Frudden (incumbent) 1,271 36.74%
Total votes 3,459 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic N. J. Schrup 5,485 63.76%
Republican Joseph H. Trieb 2,682 31.18%
Socialist L. A. Miller 435 5.06%
Total votes 8,602 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 37

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Iowa Senate, District 37 Republican Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican D. C. Chase 3,657 57.36%
Republican Charles F. Peterson (incumbent) 2,719 42.64%
Total votes 6,376 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican D. C. Chase 5,491 95.48%
Prohibition S. D. Kennedy 260 4.52%
Total votes 5,751 100.00%
Republican hold

District 38

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Iowa Senate, District 38 Republican Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican H. Jacob Pfeiffer 1,462 56.58%
Republican William H. Merner 1,122 43.42%
Total votes 2,584 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic S. W. DeWolf (incumbent) 4,767 50.35%
Republican H. J. Pfeiffer 4,700 49.65%
Total votes 9,467 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 42

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Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican P. M. Jewell 3,552 51.48%
Democratic Ben. E. Jewell 3,348 48.52%
Total votes 6,900 100.00%
Republican hold

District 44

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Iowa Senate, District 44 Republican Primary Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frederick Schaub 872 36.30%
Republican W. G. Shaffer 831 34.60%
Republican Loren W. Inman 699 29.10%
Total votes 2,402 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John G. Legel 2,937 51.52%
Republican Frederick Schaub 2,764 48.48%
Total votes 5,701 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 45

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Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Asa Lee Ames 4,578 49.98%
Democratic W. J. Guinn 4,441 48.48%
Socialist A. A. Miner 141 1.54%
Total votes 9,160 100.00%
Republican hold

District 48

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Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph Mattes (incumbent) 4,575 54.57%
Democratic Peter Stephany 3,808 45.43%
Total votes 8,383 100.00%
Republican hold

District 50

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Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1910
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph H. Allen (incumbent) 4,549 71.29%
Democratic F. K. Hawley 1,832 28.71%
Total votes 6,381 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Primary Election 1910 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "General Election 1910 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Primary Election 1910 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "General Election 1910 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
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