The 1908 Iowa Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1908 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 29 of the senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa Senate.
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1908 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The 1908 elections were the first in Iowa with primary elections due to the enactment of the Primary Election Law by the General Assembly in 1907. The primary election on June 2, 1908, determined which candidates would appear on the general election ballot on November 3, 1908.
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 36 seats to Democrats' 14 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 12 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1908 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 34 seats and Democrats having 16 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).
Results Note: 21 districts with holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
Senate districtIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 2nd James Elerick Rep William Sylvester Allen Rep 3rd Lewis Leroy Taylor Dem Lewis Leroy Taylor Dem 4th John Alexander McKlveen Rep George McCulloch Rep 5th Marion Floyd Stookey Rep John Dana Brown Rep 6th Daniel Webster Turner Rep Theophilus W. Bennett Rep 8th Shirley Gillilland Rep Shirley Gillilland Rep 11th James H. Jamison Rep Aaron VanScoy Proudfoot Rep 14th William G. Jones Rep John Fletcher Ream Dem 15th James L. Warren Rep John Thomas Clarkson Dem 16th James Judson Crossley Rep Arthur Craig Savage Rep 17th Frank M. Hopkins Rep George Cosson Rep 19th Charles George Saunders Rep Charles George Saunders Rep 23rd Thomas Lambert Dem Lyman Bradley Parshall Dem 24th Robert C. Stirton Dem Horace Ray Chapman Rep 25th John Hughes Rep James A. White Dem 26th Willard Coldren Stuckslager Rep Willard Coldren Stuckslager Rep 27th Henry Young Rep Frederic Larrabee Rep 28th Charles Eckles Rep Comfort Harvey Van Law Rep 31st Charles J. A. Ericson Rep Joseph Andrew Fitchpatrick Rep 32nd John H. Jackson Rep Robert Hunter Rep 33rd George W. Dunham Rep Edwin Hiram Hoyt Rep 36th Byron W. Newberry Rep Robert Pollok Quigley Dem 39th John F. Wade Dem Charles Gates Rep 40th Archibald C. Wilson Rep Henry L. Adams Rep 41st James Albert Smith Rep James Albert Smith Rep 43rd Abner H. Gale Rep John Hammill Rep 46th John L. Bleakly Rep James Uriah Sammis Rep 47th George Kinne Rep Leslie E. Francis Rep 49th William C. Kimmel Rep Nicholas Balkema Rep
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Detailed results
Note: The 21 districts that did not hold elections in 1908 are not listed here. District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 8 • District 11 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 19 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 36 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 43 • District 46 • District 47 • District 49__NOTOC__ 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 who filed for that district).
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 8
District 11
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 19
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 36
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 43
District 46
District 47
District 49
See also United States elections, 1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1908 Elections in Iowa
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