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1901 Iowa Senate election

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1901 Iowa Senate election

← 1899 November 5, 1901 1903 →

21 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 35 15
Seats after 39 11
Seat change Increase4 Decrease4

In the 1901 Iowa State Senate elections Iowa voters elected state senators in 21 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 1901 served an additional fifth year (until the 1906 elections) to accommodate the transition to holding elections on even-numbered years.[a]

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1901 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly.[2]

The 1901 elections occurred before primary elections were established in Iowa by the Primary Election Law in 1907.[3] The general election took place on November 5, 1901.[4]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 35 seats to Democrats' 15 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 11 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1901 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 39 seats and Democrats having 11 seats (a net gain of 4 seats for Republicans). 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, Republicans held an advantage of 40 seats to Democrats' 10 seats in 1902 following the installation of Mr. Bruce.

Summary of Results

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  • Note: The 29 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
1st David Arthur Young Dem David Arthur Young Dem
7th William Eaton Rep Lester W. Lewis Rep
9th William Corse McArthur Rep Frederick Norton Smith Dem
10th Amos Norris Alberson Dem John Alex Young Rep
12th William Robinson Lewis Rep John Tinley Brooks Rep
13th William Anderson McIntire Dem Samuel Houston Harper Rep
18th[c] Joseph Martin Emmert Dem Joseph Martin Emmert Dem
James E. Bruce[c] Rep
20th George Marion Titus Rep Fred M. Molsberry Rep
21st William C. Hayward Rep William C. Hayward Rep
22nd John Lowry Wilson Dem John Lowry Wilson Dem
29th Joseph R. Gorrell Dem Frederick Louis Maytag Rep
30th Thomas Abbott Cheshire Rep Cassius Clay Dowell Rep
34th Lemuel Rose Bolter Dem Ernest Lincoln Hogue Rep
35th Thomas Francis Nolan Dem Phineas W. Crawford Rep
37th Joseph Wallace Rep Fred Carlton Hartshorn Rep
38th Charles W. Mullan Rep Orlando Billings Courtright Rep
42nd Dennis Aloysius Lyons Dem Dennis Aloysius Lyons Dem
44th William Burton Perrin Rep Edmund Cole Spaulding Rep
45th Emlen G. Penrose Rep William Perry Whipple Rep
48th Warren Garst Rep Warren Garst Rep
50th Parley Finch Rep Edward King Winne Rep

Source:[7]

Detailed Results

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  • NOTE: The 29 districts that did not hold elections in 1901 are not listed here.

District 1District 7District 9District 10District 12District 13District 18District 20District 21District 22District 29District 30District 34District 35District 37District 38District 42District 44District 45District 48District 50

District 1

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Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David A. Young (incumbent) 3,514 50.54%
Republican Joseph Fry 3,355 48.25%
Prohibition E. E. Lowe 84 1.21%
Total votes 6,953 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 7

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Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lester W. Lewis 4,123 56.40%
Democratic B. I Cavender 2,888 39.51%
Prohibition C. H. Barnhill 299 4.09%
Total votes 7,310 100.00%
Republican hold

District 9

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Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fred N. Smith 3,185 50.38%
Republican Wilson B. Williams 2,790 44.13%
Socialist J. O. Beebe 240 3.80%
Prohibition Frank Stocking 107 1.69%
Total votes 6,322 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 10

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Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Alex Young 4,556 56.87%
Democratic Amos Norris Alberson (incumbent) 3,061 38.21%
Prohibition James H. Scull 394 4.92%
Total votes 8,011 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 12

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Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. T. Brooks 4,908 57.02%
Democratic Thomas Geneva 3,699 42.98%
Total votes 8,607 100.00%
Republican hold

District 13

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Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican S. H. Harper 3,703 49.35%
Democratic W. A. McIntire (incumbent) 3,628 48.35%
Socialist James M. Winn 172 2.29%
Total votes 7,503 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 18

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Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic J. M. Emmert (incumbent) 4,041 50.01%
Republican James E. Bruce 4,040 49.99%
Total votes 8,081 100.00%
Democratic hold
  • J. M. Emmert received certificate of election. James E. Bruce contested the election of Mr. Emmert and the Senate, on March 14, 1902, decided the contest in favor of Mr. Bruce. Therefore, Mr. Emmert was unseated and Mr. Bruce was installed.[c]

District 20

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Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican F. M. Molsberry 4,596 57.75%
Democratic E. M. Warner 3,189 40.07%
Prohibition J. S. Tussey 174 2.19%
Total votes 7,959 100.00%
Republican hold

District 21

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Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican W. C. Hayward (incumbent) 4,533 50.38%
Democratic William Theophilus 4,048 44.99%
Socialist Hugo Struck 416 4.62%
Total votes 8,997 100.00%
Republican hold

District 22

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Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John L. Wilson (incumbent) 4,201 52.65%
Republican George D. McDaid 3,465 43.43%
Socialist Karl Rick 313 3.92%
Total votes 7,979 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 29

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Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Fred L. Maytag 3,529 58.98%
Democratic Adam M. Harrah 2,454 41.02%
Total votes 5,983 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 30

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Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican C. C. Dowell 8,752 69.39%
Democratic R. B. Parrott 3,020 23.94%
Prohibition C. H. Gordon 646 5.12%
Socialist A. D. Pugh 195 1.55%
Total votes 12,613 100.00%
Republican hold

District 34

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Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ernest L. Hogue 6,719 53.84%
Democratic John T. Carey 5,761 46.16%
Total votes 12,480 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 35

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Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican P. W. Crawford 4,677 48.56%
Democratic Thomas F. Nolan (incumbent) 4,649 48.27%
Socialist W. D. Wilbur 305 3.17%
Total votes 9,631 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 37

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Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Fred Carlton Hartshorn 5,898 75.30%
Democratic Irvin A. Stroup 1,935 24.70%
Total votes 7,833 100.00%
Republican hold

District 38

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Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Orlando Billings Courtright 4,297 66.63%
Democratic Ransom Bailey 2,152 33.37%
Total votes 6,449 100.00%
Republican hold

District 42

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Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dennis Aloysius Lyons (incumbent) 3,828 50.34%
Republican E. P. Johnson 3,619 47.59%
Prohibition C. H. Graves 158 2.08%
Total votes 7,605 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 44

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Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edmund Cole Spaulding 3,457 51.64%
Democratic W. S. Prouty 3,133 46.80%
Prohibition L. J. Keyes 105 1.57%
Total votes 6,695 100.00%
Republican hold

District 45

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Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican W. P. Whipple 5,821 55.85%
Democratic Albert E. Jackson 4,367 41.90%
Prohibition H. L. Bassett 235 2.25%
Total votes 10,423 100.00%
Republican hold

District 48

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Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Warren Garst (incumbent) 5,418 100.00%
Total votes 5,418 100.00%
Republican hold

District 50

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Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1901
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edward King Winne 4,111 74.14%
Democratic Elwood Price Layman 1,434 25.86%
Total votes 5,545 100.00%
Republican hold
  1. ^ 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. ^ 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.[5]
  3. ^ a b c Originally, incumbent Democrat Joseph Martin Emmert was declared the victor of the general election in the 18th senatorial district. Emmert would continue to serve in the Iowa Senate until March 13, 1902. However, Republican James E. Bruce contested the election results. The state senators decided in Bruce's favor, removed Emmert, and installed Bruce in the seat, thereby flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican control.[6]

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. ^ "Iowa Senate Districts" (PDF). Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "Primary Election Law" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "General Election 1901 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Vote for State Senators" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "J. M. Emmert received certificate of election. James E. Bruce contested the election of Mr. Emmert and the Senate on March 14, 1902, decided the contest in favor of Mr. Bruce" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 19, 2021.