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1912 Iowa Senate election

The 1912 Iowa Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1912 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 29 of the senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa Senate.

1912 Iowa Senate election
← 1910 November 5, 1912 1914 →
29 out of 50 seats in the Iowa Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 34 16
Seats after 32 18
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Results
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1912 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 3, 1912, determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1912 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 1912 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 32 seats and Democrats having 18 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).

Summary of Results

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  • Note: 21 districts with holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
Senate District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
2nd William Sylvester Allen Rep John H. Taylor Rep
3rd Lewis Leroy Taylor Dem James M. Wilson Rep
4th George McCulloch Rep John H. Darrah Rep
5th John Dana Brown Rep Charles H. Thomas Rep
6th Theophilus W. Bennett Rep Albert D. Nye Rep
8th Shirley Gillilland Rep Frank F. Jones Rep
11th Aaron VanScoy Proudfoot Rep LeMerton Edson Crist Rep
14th John Fletcher Ream Dem John Fletcher Ream Dem
15th John Thomas Clarkson Dem John Thomas Clarkson Dem
16th Arthur Craig Savage Rep Arthur Craig Savage Rep
17th Anthony Milroy McColl Rep Anthony Milroy McColl Rep
19th[a] Charles George Saunders Rep Mack C. Goodwin[b] Dem
Clement F. Kimball[c] Rep
23rd Lyman Bradley Parshall Dem George Earl Hilsinger Rep
24th Horace Ray Chapman Rep William David Sheean Dem
25th James A. White Dem James A. White Dem
26th Willard Coldren Stuckslager Rep Francis A. Heald Rep
27th Frederic Larrabee Rep Frederic Larrabee Rep
28th Comfort Harvey Van Law Rep Wallace H. Arney Rep
31st Joseph Andrew Fitchpatrick Rep Justin R. Doran Rep
32nd Robert Hunter Rep Edgar P. Farr Dem
33rd Edwin Hiram Hoyt Rep Eli Cushman Perkins Rep
36th Robert Pollok Quigley Dem Robert Pollok Quigley Dem
39th Charles Gates Rep Charles Gates Rep
40th Henry L. Adams Rep Albert M. Fellows Rep
41st James Albert Smith Rep Lars W. Boe Rep
43rd John Hammill Rep Thomas J. B. Robinson Rep
46th James Uriah Sammis Rep Guy Mark Gillette Dem
47th Leslie E. Francis Rep Leslie E. Francis Rep
49th Nicholas Balkema Rep Nicholas Balkema Rep

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Detailed Results

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  • NOTE: The 21 districts that did not hold elections in 1912 are not listed here.

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

  • 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).[5][6]

District 2

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Iowa Senate, District 2 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. H. Taylor 1,546 54.76%
Republican Charles J. Fulton 1,277 45.24%
Total votes 2,823 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 2 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Taylor 3,248 49.35%
Democratic A. E. Labaugh 3,187 48.42%
Prohibition J. W. Wolf 147 2.23%
Total votes 6,582 100.00%
Republican hold

District 3

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Iowa Senate, District 3 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James M. Wilson 1,843 56.33%
Republican George D. Lynch 750 22.92%
Republican George W. Swan 679 20.75%
Total votes 3,272 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 3 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James M. Wilson 4,148 53.58%
Democratic R. W. Anderson 3,593 46.42%
Total votes 7,741 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 4

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Iowa Senate, District 4 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Darrah 1,500 54.90%
Republican E. A. Anderson 1,232 45.10%
Total votes 2,732 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Darrah 2,951 49.60%
Democratic H. L. Exley 2,838 47.70%
Progressive U. S. Cooper 161 2.71%
Total votes 5,950 100.00%
Republican hold

District 5

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Iowa Senate, District 5 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican C. H. Thomas 3,045 63.96%
Republican J. W. Lauder 1,716 36.04%
Total votes 4,761 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 5 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican C. H. Thomas 5,269 55.54%
Democratic Henry C. Beard 4,061 42.81%
Progressive C. E. Harvey 157 1.65%
Total votes 9,487 100.00%
Republican hold

District 6

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Iowa Senate, District 6 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican A. D. Nye 2,132 65.46%
Republican H. E. Tomlinson 1,125 34.54%
Total votes 3,257 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican A. D. Nye 3,381 55.28%
Democratic Carl Stanley 2,735 44.72%
Total votes 6,116 100.00%
Republican hold

District 8

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Iowa Senate, District 8 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican F. F. Jones 3,160 49.31%
Democratic W. S. Reiley 2,716 42.38%
Progressive A. C. Gustafson 401 6.26%
Socialist James P. Christie 132 2.06%
Total votes 6,409 100.00%
Republican hold

District 11

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Iowa Senate, District 11 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican L. E. Crist 1,602 48.86%
Republican John Gardiner 1,182 36.05%
Republican Carl Dare 495 15.10%
Total votes 3,279 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 11 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican L. E. Crist 3,052 53.58%
Democratic Theodore Wall 2,208 38.76%
Progressive A. U. Lang 436 7.65%
Total votes 5,696 100.00%
Republican hold

District 14

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Iowa Senate, District 14 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter I. Beans 1,257 51.41%
Republican Elmer Mitchell 1,188 48.59%
Total votes 2,445 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 14 Progressive Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive G. W. Boyce 47 64.38%
Progressive James Picken 26 35.62%
Total votes 73 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 14 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Ream (incumbent) 2,911 51.77%
Republican W. I. Beans 2,502 44.50%
Prohibition G. W. Boyce 210 3.73%
Total votes 5,623 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 15

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Iowa Senate, District 15 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John T. Clarkson (incumbent) 4,132 45.38%
Republican R. L. Welch 4,008 44.02%
Socialist Charles Bruce 965 10.60%
Total votes 9,105 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 16

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Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Arthur C. Savage (incumbent) 2,875 44.12%
Democratic John Schoenenberger 2,816 43.22%
Progressive Harry W. Hill 660 10.13%
Socialist B. N. Clark 88 1.35%
Prohibition T. C. Dugan 77 1.18%
Total votes 6,516 100.00%
Republican hold

District 17

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Iowa Senate, District 17 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anthony M. McColl (incumbent) 6,060 60.80%
Democratic H. H. Crenshaw 3,720 37.32%
Progressive A. J. Hadley 187 1.88%
Total votes 9,967 100.00%
Republican hold

District 19

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Iowa Senate, District 19 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clement F. Kimball 2,367 70.76%
Republican Owen J. McManus 978 29.24%
Total votes 3,345 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 19 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mack C. Goodwin 5,071 48.27%
Republican Clement F. Kimball 5,026 47.84%
Socialist S. S. Beem 328 3.12%
Prohibition A. J. Matthews 80 0.76%
Total votes 10,505 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican
  • Originally the 1912 general election in the nineteenth senatorial district was deemed a victory for Democrat Mack C. Goodwin.[a] Goodwin would serve for a month in 1913.[b] However, the senators would remove Goodwin and replace him with Republican Clem F. Kimball following Kimball's contestation of the results.[c]

District 23

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Iowa Senate, District 23 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Hilsinger 998 59.23%
Republican S. D. Helde 687 40.77%
Total votes 1,685 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 23 Democratic Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Owen McCaffrey 443 29.95%
Democratic W. P. Dunlap 393 26.57%
Democratic James W. Ellis 349 23.60%
Democratic Lyman B. Parshall (incumbent) 294 19.88%
Total votes 1,479 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 23 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George E. Hilsinger 2,265 49.65%
Democratic Owen McCaffrey 2,218 48.62%
Socialist Z. M. Holcomb 79 1.73%
Total votes 4,562 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 24

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Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William D. Sheean 4,369 53.73%
Republican H. R. Chapman (incumbent) 3,763 46.27%
Total votes 8,132 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 25

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Iowa Senate, District 25 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican E. D. Murphy 123 89.78%
Republican Thomas Williams 14 10.22%
Total votes 137 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 25 Democratic Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James A. White (incumbent) 1,355 55.46%
Democratic Thomas Stapleton 1,088 44.54%
Total votes 2,443 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 25 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James A. White (incumbent) 5,330 59.12%
Republican E. D. Murphy 3,685 40.88%
Total votes 9,015 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 26

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Iowa Senate, District 26 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Francis A. Heald 3,327 72.83%
Republican John McAllister 1,241 27.17%
Total votes 4,568 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 26 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Francis A. Heald 6,743 55.32%
Democratic M. G. Bryan 4,172 34.23%
Progressive James M. Sword 702 5.76%
Socialist P. W. Hynes 384 3.15%
Prohibition Hugh Boyd 188 1.54%
Total votes 12,189 100.00%
Republican hold

District 27

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Iowa Senate, District 27 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frederic Larrabee (incumbent) 5,434 63.16%
Democratic Thomas Tolen 3,169 36.84%
Total votes 8,603 100.00%
Republican hold

District 28

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Iowa Senate, District 28 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wallace H. Arney 2,723 48.28%
Democratic William Shipton 2,511 44.52%
Socialist Myron F. Wiltse 253 4.49%
Prohibition E. H. Brown 153 2.71%
Total votes 5,640 100.00%
Republican hold

District 31

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Iowa Senate, District 31 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Justin R. Doran 2,926 52.37%
Republican William W. Goodykoontz 2,661 47.63%
Total votes 5,587 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 31 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Justin R. Doran 5,611 63.19%
Democratic Edward C. Jordan 2,513 28.30%
Socialist A. F. Schrader 508 5.72%
Prohibition Fred T. Stevenson 247 2.78%
Total votes 8,879 100.00%
Republican hold

District 32

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Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic E. P. Farr 4,251 36.81%
Republican Robert Hunter (incumbent) 4,020 34.81%
Progressive Charles J. Holman 2,921 25.29%
Socialist Mort. M. Curtis 356 3.08%
Total votes 11,548 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 33

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Iowa Senate, District 33 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eli C. Perkins 3,745 70.41%
Progressive Daniel H. Young 1,492 28.05%
Socialist Charles Root 82 1.54%
Total votes 5,319 100.00%
Republican hold

District 36

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Iowa Senate, District 36 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Quigley (incumbent) 3,054 57.72%
Republican L. S. Fisher 2,237 42.28%
Total votes 5,291 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 39

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Iowa Senate, District 39 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Gates (incumbent) 3,226 53.22%
Democratic O. H. Mitchell 2,836 46.78%
Total votes 6,062 100.00%
Republican hold

District 40

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Iowa Senate, District 40 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Albert M. Fellows 2,431 67.19%
Republican Edwin H. Fourt 1,187 32.81%
Total votes 3,618 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 40 Democratic Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic W. C. Earle 169 92.35%
Democratic C. J. Haas 14 7.65%
Total votes 183 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 40 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Albert M. Fellows 5,185 57.12%
Democratic W. C. Earle 3,893 42.88%
Total votes 9,078 100.00%
Republican hold

District 41

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Iowa Senate, District 41 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lars W. Boe 4,265 96.93%
Prohibition E. T. Clark 135 3.07%
Total votes 4,400 100.00%
Republican hold

District 43

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Iowa Senate, District 43 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican T. J. B. Robinson 5,595 61.99%
Democratic D. C. Wolf 2,591 28.71%
Progressive James E. Stinehart 839 9.30%
Total votes 9,025 100.00%
Republican hold

District 46

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Iowa Senate, District 46 Republican Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George F. Coburn[d] 2,119 53.47%
Republican J. U. Sammis (incumbent) 1,844 46.53%
Total votes 3,963 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 46 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Guy M. Gillette 4,505 50.01%
Socialist George F. Coburn[d] 4,504 49.99%
Total votes 9,009 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 47

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Iowa Senate, District 47 Democratic Primary Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Carpenter 672 61.26%
Democratic Ira L. Breffle 425 38.74%
Total votes 1,097 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 47 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Leslie E. Francis (incumbent) 6,914 60.62%
Democratic Frank Carpenter 4,492 39.38%
Total votes 11,406 100.00%
Republican hold

District 49

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Iowa Senate, District 49 General Election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nicholas Balkema (incumbent) 5,846 94.78%
Socialist B. E. Hunter 322 5.22%
Total votes 6,168 100.00%
Republican hold
  1. ^ a b Originally, Democrat Mack C. Goodwin was declared the victor of the general election in the 19th senatorial district. Goodwin would serve in the Iowa Senate from January 13 to February 14, 1913. However, Republican Clem F. Kimball contested the election results. The state senators decided in Kimball's favor, removed Goodwin, and installed Kimball in the seat.[3]
  2. ^ a b Democrat Mack C. Goodwin was removed by the members of the senate after Republican Clem F. Kimball contested the results.
  3. ^ a b Republican Clem F. Kimball was installed in the 19th district senate seat after Democrat Mack C. Goodwin was removed by the members of the senate. The senators agreed with Republican Clem F. Kimball, who contested the election's results.
  4. ^ a b Coburn won the Republican primary, but he ran as a Socialist in the general election.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Primary Election 1912 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "General Election 1912 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "NOTE.: In compiling the list of the members of the senate in the thirty-fifth general assembly (pages 143, 144) the name of Mack C. Goodwin appears as the member from the nineteenth senatorial district. The election of Mr. Goodwin was contested by Clement F. Kimball of Council Bluffs and was subsequently decided by the senate in favor of the latter" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Legislators". Iowa Senate. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Primary Election 1912 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "General Election 1912 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
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