Iowa's 4th Senate district

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The 4th district of the Iowa Senate is located in Northwestern Iowa. It is currently composed of Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac, and Webster counties.[1]

Iowa's 4th
State Senate district

Map of the district
Senator
  Tim Kraayenbrink
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Current elected officials

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Tim Kraayenbrink is the senator currently representing the 4th District.[2]

The area of the 4th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[3]

The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.[4]

List of representatives

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[5]

Representative Party Dates Residence Notes
James Davis Whig 1846-1847 Wapello County
Barney Royston Democrat 1848-1849 Ottumwa
Henry Benham Hendershott Democrat 1850-1851 Ottumwa
William Greyer Coop Democrat 1852-1855 Jefferson County
John Park Whig 1852-1855 Jefferson County
William F. Coolbaugh Democrat 1856-1859 Burlington
Lyman Cook Republican 1856-1859 Burlington
Nathan Udell Democrat 1860-1867 Appanoose County
Madison M. Walden Republican 1868-1869 Centerville Term ended early due to election as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.
William F. Vermillion Republican 1870-1871 Centerville
Edward J. Gault Democrat 1872-1875 Appanoose
Joshua Miller Republican 1876-1877 Centerville
Henry Laurens Dashiell Republican 1878-1879 Monroe County
David M. Clark Greenback 1880-1883 Wayne County
Lewis Miles Republican 1884-1887 Wayne County
Warren S. Dungan Republican 1888-1891 Chariton
Lester W. Lewis Republican 1892-1895 Wayne County
Harvey L. Byers Republican 1896-1899 Lucas County
Alexander Mardis Republican 1900-1903 Wayne County
Richard A. Hasselquist Republican 1904-1906 Chariton
John Alexander McKlvenn Republican 1907-1908 Chariton
George McCullouch Republican 1909-1912 Humeston
John H. Darrah Republican 1913-1916 Chariton
Karl Miles Le Compte Republican 1917-1920 Corydon
James F. Johnston Republican 1921-1924 Chariton
Allen G. Dotts Republican 1925-1928 Corydon
John W. Kent Republican 1929-1932 Lucas County
John H. Judd Democrat 1933 Chariton Died in office on January 14, 1933.
Joseph E. Doze Democrat 1933-1936 Humeston
Harold V. Levis Republican 1937-1940 Lucas County
Clarence L. Clark Republican 1941-1944 Corydon
James Alonzo Newsome Republican 1945-1948 Lucas County
Pearl W. McMurry Republican 1949-1950 Corydon
Ray Fletcher Republican 1951-1952 Corydon
William Corwin Stuart Republican 1953-1962 Chariton Term ended early due to selection to the Iowa Supreme Court
Howard Vincent Republican 1963-1964 Chariton
Franklin S. Main Democrat 1965-1968 Decatur County
Quentin V. Anderson Republican 1969-1970 Elision
Herbert Luther Ollenburg Republican 1971-1972 Garner
Berl E. Priebe Democrat 1973-1982 Kossuth County
Richard P. Vande Hoef Republican 1983-1992 Osceola County
John P. Kibbie Democrat 1993-2012 Palo Alto County
Dennis Guth Republican 2013-2022 Hancock County
Tim Kraayenbrink Republican 2023–Present Webster County

Historical District Boundaries

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Source:[6]

Map Description Years Effective Notes
Monroe County

Wapello County

1846-1849 From 1846 to 1857, District numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.[7]
Lucas County
Monroe County

Wapello County

1850-1851
Jefferson County 1852-1855
Des Moines County 1856-1859
Appanoose County 1860-1877
Monroe County
Wayne County
1878-1883
Lucas County
Wayne County
1884-1962
Decatur County

Ringgold County
Union County

1963-1966
Clarke County
Decatur County

Ringgold County
Wayne County

1967-1970
Cerro Gordo (partial)

Hancock County
Winnebago County
Wright County (partial)
Worth County

1971-1972 In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court Case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed Unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 Election.[8]
Emmet County (partial)

Hancock County (partial)
Humboldt County (partial)
Kossuth County, Iowa
Palo Alto County (partial)
Pocahontas County (partial)
Winnebago County

1973-1982
Cherokee County

Clay County (partial)
Lyon County
O'Brien County
Osceola County
Sioux County (partial)

1983-1992
Clay County (partial)

Dickinson County
Emmet County
Kossuth County (partial)
Palo Alto County

1993-2002
  Emmet County

Humboldt County
Kossuth County
Palo Alto County
Pocahontas County
Webster County (partial)

2003-2012 [9]
  Emmet County

Hancock County
Kossuth County
Winnebago County
Wright County

2013-2022
  Calhoun County

Pocahontas County
Sac County
Webster County

2023–Present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2023 Iowa Senate District 4" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Tim Kraayenbrink Iowa Legis Bio".
  3. ^ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/HouseStatewide8x11_color.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/CongressStatewide8x11_color.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "Table of Iowa Senate District 4 Historic Senators".
  6. ^ "Iowa State Senate District 2 Historic Legislators".
  7. ^ "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Reapportionment in Iowa".
  9. ^ "Iowa Senate District 4" (PDF).