In the 1891 Iowa State Senate elections Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the twenty-fourth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 32 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 1891 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The general election took place on November 3, 1891.

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 28 seats to Democrats' 20 seats, one seat for the Union Labor Party and one Independent.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 5 Senate seats.

Democrats claimed control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1891 general election with the balance of power shifting to Democrats holding 25 seats, Republicans having 24 seats, and a lone seat for the People's Party (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.

Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator PartyOutcome 2nd Benjamin Rex Vale Rep Benjamin Rex Vale Rep Rep Hold 3rd William Henry Taylor Dem Ephraim M. Reynolds RepRep Gain 4th Warren S. Dungan Rep Lester W. Lewis Rep Rep Hold 5th James B. Harsh Rep James B. Harsh Rep Rep Hold 6th George L. Finn Rep George L. Finn Rep Rep Hold 8th Thomas Weidman Rep Allen Joseph Chantry Rep Rep Hold 10th John Simpson Woolson Rep David James Palmer Rep Rep Hold 11th James Henry Barnett Ind James H. Jamison RepRep Gain 13th Peter G. Ballingall Dem James Joseph Smith Dem Dem Hold 14th Benjamin McCoy Rep Alpheus Barto Conaway Rep Rep Hold 15th Edward R. Cassatt Dem Theodore Bolivar Perry Dem Dem Hold 16th Richard Price Rep Alva Lysander Hager Rep Rep Hold 17th Timothy Jordan Caldwell Rep Henry Franklin Andrews Rep Rep Hold 19th William Groneweg Dem William Groneweg Dem Dem Hold 22nd Patrick Bernard Wolfe Dem Silas Wright Gardiner Dem Dem Hold 23rd August George Kegler Dem Alfred Hurst Dem Dem Hold 24th Erastus B. Bills Dem John Aloysius Green Dem Dem Hold 25th Michael Joseph Kelly Dem Michael Joseph Kelly Dem Dem Hold 26th Jesse H. Smith Rep John McClure Terry DemDem Gain 27th Josiah D. McVay Rep Olaf Martin Oleson DemDem Gain 28th William D. Mills Rep George A. Turner Rep Rep Hold 29th Perry Engle Union Labor Perry Engle People'sPeople's Gain 31st Defiance Barnes Davidson Rep Thomas Clifton McCall Rep Rep Hold 32nd Joseph S. Lawrence Rep James D. Yeomans DemDem Gain 33rd Edward Paxson Seeds Rep Merritt W. Harmon Rep Rep Hold 36th Frank Davis Bayless Dem John Everall Dem Dem Hold 39th Lewis S. Hanchett Rep Robert S. Smith DemDem Gain 40th Leslie B. Mattoon Dem Leslie B. Mattoon Dem Dem Hold 41st Jefferson Fern Clyde Rep Charles Fred Jewett Rep Rep Hold 43rd Norman Vaughan Brower Rep Norman Vaughan Brower Rep Rep Hold 46th Adolph Freeland Meservey Rep William Hamilton Dent DemDem Gain 47th Abraham B. Funk Rep Abraham B. Funk Rep Rep Hold 49th Orsmond M. Barrett Rep Luther H. Bishop DemDem Gain

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Detailed Results NOTE: The Iowa Official Register does not contain detailed vote totals for state senate elections in 1891.

See also Elections in Iowa

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