United States congressional delegations from Iowa
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Since Iowa became a U.S. state in 1846, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, the Iowa Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1838 to 1846.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Iowa to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Current delegation
| Current U.S. senators from Iowa | |||||
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| Party | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | |||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2015 | January 3, 1981 | |||
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Iowa's current congressional delegation in the Template:USCongressOrdinalCongress consists of its two senators and four representatives, all Republicans.
The current dean of the Iowa delegation is Senator and President pro tempore of the United States Senate Chuck Grassley, having served in the Senate since 1981 and in Congress since 1975. {{#section:Iowa's congressional districts|Current representatives}}
United States Senate
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United States House of Representatives
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1838–1846: 1 non-voting delegate
On July 4, 1838, the Iowa Territory was organized. Most of the area comprising the territory was originally part of the Louisiana Purchase and was a part of the Missouri Territory. When Missouri became a state in 1821, this area (along with the Dakotas) effectively became unorganized territory. The area was closed to white settlers until the 1830s, after the Black Hawk War ended. It was attached to the Michigan Territory on June 28, 1834, and was split off with the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 when Michigan became a state. The Iowa Territory was the "Iowa District" of western Wisconsin Territory – the region west of the Mississippi River. The original boundaries of the territory, as established in 1838, included part of Minnesota and parts of the Dakotas, covering about Template:Convert of land.
Starting on September 10, 1838, Iowa Territory sent a non-voting delegate to the House.
| Years | Delegate from Template:Ushr |
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| September 10, 1838 – October 27, 1840 | Template:Party cell | William W. Chapman (D) |
| October 28, 1840 – December 28, 1846 | Template:Party cell | Augustus C. Dodge (D) |
1846–1863: 2 seats
Following statehood on December 28, 1846, Iowa had two seats in the House. It elected both seats statewide at-large on a general ticket, until 1847, when it redistricted into two districts.
| Congress | Elected on a general ticket | |
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| 29th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell | Serranus C. Hastings (D) | Template:Party cell | Shepherd Leffler (D) |
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| 30th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | William Thompson (D) | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | Shepherd Leffler (D) |
| 31st Template:Nowrap | ||
| Template:Party cell | Daniel F. Miller (W) | ||
| 32nd Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Bernhart Henn (D) | Template:Party cell | Lincoln Clark (D) |
| 33rd Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell | John Parsons Cook (W) | |
| 34th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell | Augustus Hall (D) | Template:Party cell | James Thorington (W) |
| 35th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | Samuel Ryan Curtis (R) | Template:Party cell | Timothy Davis (R) |
| 36th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | William Vandever (R) | |
| 37th Template:Nowrap | ||
| Template:Party cell | James F. Wilson (R) | ||
1863–1873: 6 seats
Following the 1860 census, Iowa was apportioned 6 seats.
1873–1883: 9 seats
Following the 1870 census, Iowa was apportioned 9 seats.
1883–1933: 11 seats
Following the 1880 census, Iowa was apportioned 11 seats.
1933–1943: 9 seats
Following the 1930 census, Iowa was apportioned 9 seats.
1943–1963: 8 seats
Following the 1940 census, Iowa was apportioned 8 seats.
1963–1973: 7 seats
Following the 1960 census, Iowa was apportioned 7 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||
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| 88th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell | Fred Schwengel (R) |
Template:Party cell | James E. Bromwell (R) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=5 | H. R. Gross (R) |
Template:Party cell | John Henry Kyl (R) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=5 | Neal Smith (D) |
Template:Party cell | Charles B. Hoeven (R) |
Template:Party cell | Ben F. Jensen (R) |
| 89th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell | John R. Schmidhauser (D) |
rowspan="4" Template:Party cell | John Culver (D) |
Template:Party cell | Bert Bandstra (D) |
Template:Party cell | Stanley L. Greigg (D) |
Template:Party cell | John R. Hansen (D) | ||
| 90th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | Fred Schwengel (R) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | John Henry Kyl (R) |
rowspan="3" Template:Party cell | Wiley Mayne (R) |
Template:Party cell rowspan=3 | William J. Scherle (R) | |||
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1973–1993: 6 seats
Following the 1970 census, Iowa was apportioned 6 seats.
1993–2013: 5 seats
Following the 1990 census, Iowa was apportioned 5 seats.
| Congress | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr |
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| 103rd Template:Nowrap | rowspan="5" Template:Party cell | Jim Leach (R) | rowspan="5" Template:Party cell | Jim Nussle (R) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Jim Ross Lightfoot (R) |
Template:Party cell | Neal Smith (D) | Template:Party cell | Fred Grandy (R) |
| 104th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | Greg Ganske (R) | Template:Party cell rowspan=4 | Tom Latham (R) | |||
| 105th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=8 | Leonard Boswell (D) | ||||
| 106th Template:Nowrap | |||||
| 107th Template:Nowrap | |||||
| 108th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Jim Nussle (R) | Template:Party cell rowspan=2 | Jim Leach (R) | Template:Party cell rowspan=5 | Tom Latham (R) | Template:Party cell rowspan=5 | Steve King (R) | |
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| 110th Template:Nowrap | rowspan="3" Template:Party cell | Bruce Braley (D) | rowspan="3" Template:Party cell | Dave Loebsack (D) | |||
| 111th Template:Nowrap | |||||
| 112th Template:Nowrap |
2013–present: 4 seats
Following the 2010 census, Iowa was apportioned 4 seats.
| Congress | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr |
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| 113th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell | Bruce Braley (D) | rowspan="4" Template:Party cell | Dave Loebsack (D) |
rowspan=1 Template:Party cell| Tom Latham (R) | rowspan=4 Template:Party cell| Steve King (R) |
| 114th Template:Nowrap | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| Rod Blum (R) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| David Young (R) | ||
| 115th Template:Nowrap | ||||
| 116th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell| Abby Finkenauer (D) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| Cindy Axne (D) | ||
| 117th Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell| Ashley Hinson (R) | Template:Party cell| Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) |
rowspan=3 Template:Party cell| Randy Feenstra (R) | |
| 118th Template:Nowrap | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) |
rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| Ashley Hinson (R) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| Zach Nunn (R) | |
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Key
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- Iowa's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Iowa
References
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