1891 Iowa Senate election
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In the 1891 Iowa State Senate elections
Iowa State Senate
.
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1891 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The general election took place on November 3, 1891.[1]
Following the previous election,
Independent
.
To claim control of the chamber from
Democrats
needed to net 5 Senate seats.
(a net gain of 5 seats for Democrats and 1 seat for the People's Party).
Summary of Results
- Note: The holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
- ^ Union Labor to People's Partyafter the election.
- ^ a b c Election was held to fill a vacancy.
- ^ Senator Woolson resigned, causing a vacancy.[2]
- ^ On March 7, 1891, Peter G. Ballingall died causing a vacancy.[3]
- Alva Lysander Hager resigned his seat in the Iowa Senate to go to the United States House of Representatives, causing a vacancy.[4]
- ^ Senator Wolfe resigned, causing a vacancy.[5]
- ^ There was not an election in the twenty-ninth senatorial district in 1891. Instead, incumbent Senator Perry Engle switched parties.
- ^ On August 11, 1892, Senator T. C. McCall died during the term.[6]
- ^ Senator Seeds resigned on November 3, 1890, causing a vacancy.[7]
- ^ On August 27, 1893, Robert S. Smith died during his term.[8]
Source:[9]
Detailed Results
- NOTE: The Iowa Official Register does not contain detailed vote totals for state senate elections in 1891.
See also
References
- ^ "The Twenty-Fourth General Assembly. SENATE" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator John Simpson Woolson: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Peter G. Ballingall: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Alva Lysander Hager: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Patrick Bernard Wolfe: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Thomas Clifton McCall: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Edward Paxson Seeds: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Robert S. Smith: Compiled Historical Information". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 26, 2021.