In the 1899 Iowa State Senate elections Iowa voters elected state senators in 31 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 1899 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The 1899 elections occurred before primary elections were established in Iowa by the Primary Election Law in 1907. The general election took place on November 7, 1899.
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 39 seats to Democrats' 11 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 15 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1899 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 35 seats and Democrats having 15 seats (a net gain of 4 seats for Democrats).
Summary of Results Note: The holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 2nd Thomas Bell Rep Henry H. Brighton Rep 3rd Beryl F. Carroll Rep Claude R. Porter Dem 4th Harvey L. Byers Rep Alexander Mardis Rep 5th George S. Allyn Rep George S. Allyn Rep 6th William O. Mitchell Rep Franklin L. Arthaud Rep 8th Joseph McKenna Junkin Rep Joseph McKenna Junkin Rep 10th David James Palmer Rep Amos Norris Alberson Dem 11th William Henry Berry Rep William Bell Tallman Dem 14th Lucian C. Blanchard Rep Lucian C. Blanchard Rep 15th Samuel Druet Rep Frederick Townsend Dem 16th Lucien Moody Kilburn Rep James Judson Crossley Rep 17th Albert C. Hotchkiss Rep Frank M. Hopkins Rep 19th Nathan Marsh Pusey Rep Arthur Sargent Hazelton Rep 23rd Alfred Hurst Dem Thomas Lambert Dem 24th Frederick O. Ellison Rep John T. Moffit Rep 25th Cyrus S. Ranck Dem George W. Ball Dem 26th Jeremiah Smyth Alexander Rep Jeremiah Smyth Alexander Rep 27th Thomas D. Healy Rep Thomas D. Healy Rep 28th James Loring Carney Rep John B. Classen Rep 31st Charles J. A. Ericson Rep Joseph Andrew Fitchpatrick Rep 32nd John Stillman Lothrop Rep Elbert Hamilton Hubbard Rep 33rd Daniel Hiel Young Rep Henry Joseph Griswold Rep 35th Francis Edward Malloy Dem Thomas Francis Nolan Dem 36th John Everall Dem Hiram Crusan Bishop Dem 39th George M. Craig Rep George M. Craig Rep 40th James Henry Trewin Rep James Henry Trewin Rep 41st Gilbert S. Gilbertson Rep James Albert Smith Rep 43rd William F. Harriman Rep William F. Harriman Rep 46th Alva C. Hobart Rep Alva C. Hobart Rep 47th Abraham B. Funk Rep Edsil Walter Bachman Rep 49th Henry Hospers Rep George William Lister Rep
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Detailed Results NOTE: The districts that did not hold elections in 1899 are not listed here.
See also Elections in Iowa
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