1910 Iowa Senate election

1910 Iowa Senate election

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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
Results      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold

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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.

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.

• 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

Source:^[3]

• 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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