1914 Iowa Senate election

1914 Iowa Senate election

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The 1914 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the

.

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1914 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 1, 1914, determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 1914 general election ballot.^[1][2]

Following the previous election,

18 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from

needed to net 8 Senate seats.

having 15 seats (a net gain of 3 seats for Republicans).

Summary of Results

• 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	Joseph R. Frailey		Rep
7th	John J. Dunnegan		Dem	Herbert Inghram Foskett		Rep
9th	LaMonte Cowles		Rep	Frank E. Thompson		Rep
10th	Samuel Wakefield Neal		Rep	John Milton Lindl(e)y[a]		Dem
12th	Henry W. Spaulding		Rep	Charles C. Laffer		Rep
13th	John Francis Webber		Dem	Chester W. Whitmore		Rep
17th	Anthony Milroy McColl		Rep	John Wasson Foster		Rep
18th	Thomas Henry White		Rep	John Cramer Voorhees		Dem
20th	Alexander Middleton Garrett		Dem	Frederick William Eversmeyer		Rep
21st	August A. Balluff		Dem	Fred G. Henigbaum		Rep
22nd	John Lowry Wilson		Dem	William J. Greene		Dem
29th	Edward Phillip Malmberg		Rep	David S. Fleck		Dem
30th	John Benedict Sullivan		Rep	Addison Melvin Parker		Rep
34th	Edward L. Crow		Dem	Grant L. Caswell		Dem
35th	Nicholas John Schrup		Dem	Nicholas John Schrup		Dem
37th	Daniel Cady Chase		Rep	Daniel Cady Chase		Rep
38th	Sherman W. DeWolf		Dem	Henry W. Grout		Rep
42nd	Philo Milton Jewell		Rep	Lauritz M. Enger		Rep
44th	John G. Legel		Dem	George Harold Jackson		Rep
45th	Asa L. Ames		Rep	Harry Cook White		Dem
48th	Joseph Mattes		Rep	Charles C. Helmer		Rep
50th	Joseph Holmes Allen		Rep	Joseph Holmes Allen		Rep

Source:^[3]

Detailed Results

• NOTE: The 28 districts that did not hold elections in 1914 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]

District 1

Iowa Senate, District 1

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph R. Frailey	1,354	100.00%
Total votes			1,354	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 1

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. P. Cruikshank	1,534	60.56%
	Democratic	B. A. Dolan	999	39.44%
Total votes			2,533	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 1

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	W. H. Grimwood	9	100.00%
Total votes			9	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 1

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph R. Frailey	4,080	57.79%
	Democratic	J. P. Cruikshank	2,744	38.87%
	Progressive	W. B. Roberts	236	3.34%
Total votes			7,060	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 7

Iowa Senate, District 7

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. I. Foskett	1,333	64.15%
	Republican	Remer C. Campbell	745	35.85%
Total votes			2,078	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 7

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	I. G. Scott	863	100.00%
Total votes			863	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 7

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	F. P. Spencer	99	100.00%
Total votes			99	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 7

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. I. Foskett	3,774	54.58%
	Democratic	I. G. Scott	2,674	38.68%
	Progressive	F. P. Spencer	345	4.99%
	Prohibition	James Davison	121	1.75%
Total votes			6,914	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 9

Iowa Senate, District 9

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank E. Thompson	608	50.33%
	Republican	La Monte Cowles (incumbent)	600	49.67%
Total votes			1,208	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 9

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. M. Conrad	1,001	63.76%
	Democratic	S. H. Sater	569	36.24%
Total votes			1,570	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 9

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Roy H. Barrett	143	100.00%
Total votes			143	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 9

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Frank Kubisch	96	100.00%
Total votes			96	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 9

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank E. Thompson	2,806	45.46%
	Democratic	C. M. Conrad	2,457	39.80%
	Progressive	Roy H. Barrett	465	7.53%
	Socialist	Frank Kubisch	308	4.99%
	Prohibition	Lee W. Mix	137	2.22%
Total votes			6,173	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. S. Finley	2,497	100.00%
Total votes			2,497	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 10

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Lindl(e)y[a]	886	66.52%
	Democratic	G. M. Van Ausdall	446	33.48%
Total votes			1,332	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 10

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	S. L. Musselman	174	100.00%
Total votes			174	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 10

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Lindl(e)y[a]	3,642	46.35%
	Republican	F. S. Finley	3,611	45.96%
	Progressive	S. M. Musselman	496	6.31%
	Prohibition	Charles Glattly	108	1.37%
Total votes			7,857	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles C. Laffer	1,602	67.71%
	Republican	William C. Windett	764	32.29%
Total votes			2,366	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 12

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. H. Platt	1,452	100.00%
Total votes			1,452	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 12

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	U. S. Chacey	282	100.00%
Total votes			282	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 12

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	E. Brolliar	4	100.00%
Total votes			4	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 12

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles C. Laffer	4,328	49.04%
	Democratic	J. H. Platt	3,406	38.59%
	Progressive	U. S. Chacey	800	9.06%
	Prohibition	Robert Lincoln	166	1.88%
	Socialist	E. Brolliar	125	1.42%
	Unknown[b]	Frank Pine	1	0.01%
Total votes			8,826	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

Iowa Senate, District 13

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chester W. Whitmore	1,004	56.60%
	Republican	Ed. J. Moore	770	43.40%
Total votes			1,774	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 13

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Webber (incumbent)	1,340	100.00%
Total votes			1,340	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 13

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	D. H. Emery	73	100.00%
Total votes			73	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 13

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Elmer Bull	37	100.00%
Total votes			37	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 13

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chester W. Whitmore	3,297	47.45%
	Democratic	John F. Webber (incumbent)	3,000	43.17%
	Socialist	Elmer Buce	376	5.41%
	Progressive	D. H. Emery	276	3.97%
Total votes			6,949	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 17

Iowa Senate, District 17

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Foster	4,044	70.27%
	Republican	Edward E. Fitsimmons	1,711	29.73%
Total votes			5,755	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 17

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	M. T. Foley	669	51.54%
	Democratic	Charles Hanna	629	48.46%
Total votes			1,298	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 17

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Sam'l Gardner	29	100.00%
Total votes			29	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 17

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Charles McLuen	1	50.00%
	Socialist	E. E. Fitsimmons	1	50.00%
Total votes			2	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 17

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Foster	5,435	57.76%
	Democratic	M. T. Foley	3,394	36.07%
	Progressive	Sam'l Gardner	457	4.86%
	Socialist	Charles McLuen	123	1.31%
Total votes			9,409	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas H. "Tobe" Smith (incumbent)	1,625	100.00%
Total votes			1,625	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 18

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. C. Voorhees	1,306	100.00%
Total votes			1,306	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 18

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	N. Nielson	89	100.00%
Total votes			89	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 18

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. C. Voorhees	4,171	56.51%
	Republican	Thomas H. "Tobe" Smith (incumbent)	2,994	40.56%
	Progressive	N. Nielson	216	2.93%
Total votes			7,381	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. W. Eversmeyer	2,107	100.00%
Total votes			2,107	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 20

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. M. Garrett (incumbent)	1,103	100.00%
Total votes			1,103	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 20

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Frederick D. Steen	46	100.00%
Total votes			46	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 20

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. W. Eversmeyer	4,124	49.56%
	Democratic	A. M. Garrett (incumbent)	3,639	43.73%
	Progressive	Frederick D. Steen	558	6.71%
Total votes			8,321	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 21

Iowa Senate, District 21

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred G. Henigbaum	1,619	100.00%
Total votes			1,619	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 21

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	August A. Balluff (incumbent)	1,216	63.70%
	Democratic	Mathew J. Gorman	693	36.30%
Total votes			1,909	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 21

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	M. H. Calderwood	15	100.00%
Total votes			15	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 21

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	J. D. Selman	62	100.00%
Total votes			62	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 21

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred G. Henigbaum	6,221	53.14%
	Democratic	August A. Balluff (incumbent)	4,897	41.83%
	Socialist	J. D. Selman	588	5.02%
Total votes			11,706	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	C. L. Root	433	100.00%
Total votes			433	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 22

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William J. Greene	1,243	52.20%
	Democratic	J. H. Ingwersen	1,138	47.80%
Total votes			2,381	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 22

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	S. D. Robb	5	100.00%
Total votes			5	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 22

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Thomas Angell	13	100.00%
Total votes			13	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 22

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William J. Greene	4,104	49.67%
	Republican	C. L. Root	3,908	47.30%
	Socialist	Thomas Angell	164	1.98%
	Progressive	S. D. Robb	86	1.04%
Total votes			8,262	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 29

Iowa Senate, District 29

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ross R. Mowry	905	57.57%
	Republican	W. J. Miller	667	42.43%
Total votes			1,572	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 29

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	D. S. Fleck	867	100.00%
Total votes			867	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 29

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	M. A. Carrier	29	100.00%
Total votes			29	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 29

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Perry Engle	2	100.00%
Total votes			2	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 29

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	D. S. Fleck	2,632	49.11%
	Republican	Ross R. Mowry	2,470	46.09%
	Progressive	M. A. Carrier	162	3.02%
	Prohibition	J. M. Woodrow	95	1.77%
Total votes			5,359	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Addison M. Parker	3,543	50.76%
	Republican	Thomas Fairweather	3,437	49.24%
Total votes			6,980	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 30

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. K. Stewart	683	54.25%
	Democratic	A. H. Hoffman	576	45.75%
Total votes			1,259	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 30

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	M. J. Wragg	111	100.00%
Total votes			111	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 30

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	C. A. Danielson	189	100.00%
Total votes			189	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 30

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Addison M. Parker	7,543	60.69%
	Democratic	A. K. Stewart	3,366	27.08%
	Progressive	M. J. Wragg	982	7.90%
	Socialist	C. A. Danielson	538	4.33%
Total votes			12,429	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James S. Dewell	2,399	100.00%
Total votes			2,399	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 34

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	G. L. Caswell	2,623	100.00%
Total votes			2,623	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 34

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	G. S. Waterhouse	30	100.00%
Total votes			30	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 34

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	G. L. Caswell	5,884	50.14%
	Republican	J. S. Dewell	5,267	44.88%
	Progressive	G. S. Waterhouse	584	4.98%
Total votes			11,735	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 35

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	R. P. Roedell	1	100.00%
Total votes			1	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 35

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	N. J. Schrupp (incumbent)	4,736	99.98%
	Democratic	W. C. Leik	1	0.02%
Total votes			4,737	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 35

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	W. C. Leik	100	100.00%
Total votes			100	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 35

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Adam Mueller	13	100.00%
Total votes			13	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 35

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	N. J. Schrup (incumbent)	6,279	83.59%
	Progressive	William C. Leik	991	13.19%
	Socialist	Adam Mueller	242	3.22%
Total votes			7,512	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. C. Chase (incumbent)	3,460	56.01%
	Republican	William Weldon	2,718	43.99%
Total votes			6,178	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 37

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. C. Chase (incumbent)	6,229	71.43%
	Democratic	William Wiemer	2,211	25.35%
	Prohibition	Bruce Riley	281	3.22%
Total votes			8,721	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. W. Grout	2,386	58.91%
	Republican	R. N. Cowin	1,664	41.09%
Total votes			4,050	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 38

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherman W. De Wolf (incumbent)	1,322	93.16%
	Democratic	Harvey J. Hess	97	6.84%
Total votes			1,419	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 38

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Harvey J. Hess	114	99.13%
	Progressive	George E. Boyce	1	0.87%
Total votes			115	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 38

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry W. Grout	5,133	47.25%
	Democratic	Sherman W. De Wolf (incumbent)	5,099	46.94%
	Progressive	Harvey J. Hess	631	5.81%
Total votes			10,863	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lauritz M. Enger	909	57.60%
	Republican	H. L. Spaulding	669	42.40%
Total votes			1,578	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 42

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herman Kull	882	100.00%
Total votes			882	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 42

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	C. J. Torgrimson	2	100.00%
Total votes			2	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 42

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lauritz M. Enger	3,841	52.48%
	Democratic	Hermann Kull	3,329	45.48%
	Socialist	C. J. Torgrimson	85	1.16%
	Prohibition	W. B. Perry	64	0.87%
Total votes			7,319	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George H. Jackson	1,936	100.00%
Total votes			1,936	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 44

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John G. Legel (incumbent)	1,173	100.00%
Total votes			1,173	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 44

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George H. Jackson	3,628	56.34%
	Democratic	John G. Legel (incumbent)	2,812	43.66%
Total votes			6,440	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. L. Ames (incumbent)	1,724	100.00%
Total votes			1,724	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 45

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	H. C. White	966	100.00%
Total votes			966	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 45

Socialist Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	H. S. Von Lacun	1	100.00%
Total votes			1	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 45

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	H. C. White	4,756	49.63%
	Republican	A. L. Ames (incumbent)	4,638	48.40%
	Socialist	H. S. Von Lacun	189	1.97%
Total votes			9,583	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	S. J. Sayers	1,259	32.92%
	Republican	J. A. Henderson	1,225	32.03%
	Republican	Charles C. Helmer[c]	705	18.44%
	Republican	J. B. Hungerford	635	16.61%
Total votes			3,824	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 48

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph J. Meyers	1,982	100.00%
Total votes			1,982	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 48

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	August Lundell	70	100.00%
Total votes			70	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 48

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles C. Helmer	4,452	48.47%
	Democratic	Joseph J. Meyers	4,174	45.44%
	Progressive	August Lundell	559	6.09%
Total votes			9,185	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50

Republican Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph H. Allen (incumbent)	2,137	53.08%
	Republican	Scott C. Bradford	1,889	46.92%
Total votes			4,026	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 50

Democratic Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred J. Kenning	70	100.00%
Total votes			70	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 50

Progressive Primary Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Oscar Olson	13	100.00%
Total votes			13	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 50

General Election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph H. Allen (incumbent)	3,983	52.61%
	Democratic	Fred J. Kenning	2,586	34.16%
	Progressive	Oscar Olson	1,002	13.23%
Total votes			7,571	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• United States elections, 1914
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1914
• Elections in Iowa

References