The 1918 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1918 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 23 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.
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23 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||
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A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1918 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 3, 1918 determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1918 general election ballot.[1][2]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 40 seats to Democrats' 10 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 16 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1918 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 45 seats and Democrats having 5 seats (a net gain of 5 seats for Republicans).
Summary of Results edit
- Note: The 27 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
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1st | Joseph R. Frailey | Rep | Joseph R. Frailey | Rep | ||
6th | Benjamin J. Gibson | Rep | Francis Elmer Shane | Rep | ||
7th | Herbert Inghram Foskett | Rep | Herbert Inghram Foskett | Rep | ||
9th | Frank E. Thompson | Rep | Frank E. Thompson | Rep | ||
10th | John Milton Lindl(e)y[a] | Dem | James L. Brookhart | Rep | ||
12th | Charles C. Laffer | Rep | Theodore Charles Cessna | Rep | ||
13th | Chester W. Whitmore | Rep | Chester W. Whitmore | Rep | ||
18th | John Cramer Voorhees | Dem | Julius A. Nelson | Rep | ||
20th | Frederick William Eversmeyer | Rep | Jonas DeMoss Buser | Rep | ||
21st | Fred G. Henigbaum | Rep | David W. Kimberly | Rep | ||
22nd | William J. Greene | Dem | William Joseph Greenell | Rep | ||
29th | David S. Fleck | Dem | David Meredith | Rep | ||
30th | Addison Melvin Parker | Rep | Addison Melvin Parker | Rep | ||
32nd[b] | Charles Franklin Lytle | Rep | Bertel M. Stoddard | Rep | ||
34th | Grant L. Caswell | Dem | Milton Bird Pitt | Rep | ||
35th | Nicholas John Schrup | Dem | Bernard J. Horchem | Dem | ||
37th | Daniel Cady Chase | Rep | Eugene Schaffter | Rep | ||
38th | Henry W. Grout | Rep | James J. Rainbow | Rep | ||
42nd | Lauritz M. Enger | Rep | Carl Webster Reed | Rep | ||
44th | George Harold Jackson | Rep | William Hugh Scott | Rep | ||
45th | Harry Cook White | Dem | Harry Cook White | Dem | ||
48th | Charles C. Helmer | Rep | Walter Witt Anderson | Rep | ||
50th | Howard Spicer Van Alstine | Rep | Howard Spicer Van Alstine | Rep |
Source:[3]
Detailed Results edit
- NOTE: The 27 districts that did not hold elections in 1918 are not listed here.
District 1 • District 6 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 18 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 29 • District 30 • District 32 • 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph R. Frailey (incumbent) | 853 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 853 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph R. Frailey (incumbent) | 4,159 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 4,159 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | F. E. Shane | 2,906 | 63.20% | |
Unknown[c] | C. F. Sheperd | 1,692 | 36.80% | |
Total votes | 4,598 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. I. Foskett (incumbent) | 2,001 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 2,001 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | R. F. Hickman | 9 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 9 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. I. Foskett (incumbent) | 3,849 | 63.20% | |
Democratic | R. F. Hickman | 2,241 | 36.80% | |
Total votes | 6,090 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank E. Thompson (incumbent) | 887 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 887 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William C. Cross | 966 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 966 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Frank E. Thompson (incumbent) | 2,790 | 51.06% | |
Democratic | William C. Cross | 2,674 | 48.94% | |
Total votes | 5,464 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. L. Brookhart | 1,564 | 59.63% | |
Republican | O. H. Dunlap | 1,059 | 40.37% | |
Total votes | 2,623 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John M. Lindl(e)y[a] (incumbent) | 569 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 569 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | J. L. Brookhart | 3,798 | 54.94% | |
Democratic | John M. Lindl(e)y[a] (incumbent) | 3,115 | 45.06% | |
Total votes | 6,913 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | T. C. Cessna | 1,293 | 51.19% | |
Republican | E. B. Williams | 1,233 | 48.81% | |
Total votes | 2,526 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | E. H. Mason | 689 | 99.14% | |
Democratic | Buell McCash | 6 | 0.86% | |
Total votes | 695 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | T. C. Cessna | 4,659 | 60.29% | |
Democratic | E. H. Mason | 3,069 | 39.71% | |
Total votes | 7,728 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | (incumbent) | 35.93% | ||
Republican | 53.91% | |||
Republican | 53.91% | |||
Total votes | 6,301 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | (incumbent) | 53.91% | ||
Democratic | 53.91% | |||
Democratic | 53.91% | |||
Total votes | 6,301 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | (incumbent) | 53.91% | ||
Democratic | 53.91% | |||
Unknown[c] | 53.91% | |||
Independent | 53.91% | |||
Total votes | 6,301 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | C. W. Whitmore (incumbent) | 2,032 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 2,032 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | J. A. Lowenberg | 1,272 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 1,272 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Socialist | F. M. Boch[d] | 31 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 31 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | C. W. Whitmore (incumbent) | 3,850 | 60.54% | |
Democratic | J. A. Lowenberg | 2,387 | 37.54% | |
Socialist | Frank Bock[d] | 122 | 1.92% | |
Total votes | 6,359 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Julius A. Nelson | 1,097 | 63.30% | |
Republican | Albert Johnson | 636 | 36.70% | |
Total votes | 1,733 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John C. Voorhees (incumbent) | 496 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 496 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius A. Nelson | 4,079 | 62.13% | |
Democratic | John C. Voorhees (incumbent) | 2,486 | 37.87% | |
Total votes | 6,565 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. D. Buser | 2,306 | 99.91% | |
Republican | D. D. Webster | 2 | 0.09% | |
Total votes | 2,308 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. D. Buser | 5,040 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 5,040 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | D. W. Kimberly | 1,144 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 1,144 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist | Charles S. Elwood | 64 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 64 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | D. W. Kimberly | 6,898 | 58.41% | |
Unknown[c] | Andrew L. Shezem | 2,775 | 23.50% | |
Unknown[c] | Joseph Lindsey | 2,136 | 18.09% | |
Total votes | 11,809 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | W. J. Greenell | 1,093 | 38.53% | |
Republican | J. O. Shaff | 962 | 33.91% | |
Republican | George F. Tucker | 782 | 27.56% | |
Total votes | 2,837 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | W. J. Greenell | 4,263 | 59.28% | |
Unknown[c] | John L. Wilson | 2,928 | 40.72% | |
Total votes | 7,191 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Meredith | 1,168 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 1,168 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | D. S. Fleck (incumbent) | 535 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 535 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Meredith | 2,588 | 53.19% | |
Democratic | D. S. Fleck (incumbent) | 2,121 | 43.59% | |
Unknown[c] | Perry Engle | 157 | 3.23% | |
Total votes | 4,866 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Addison M. Parker (incumbent) | 7,717 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 7,717 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | B. M. Stoddard | 3,471 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 3,471 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | J. F. Brooks | 44 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 44 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | B. M. Stoddard | 5,261 | 61.55% | |
Democratic | J. F. Brooks | 3,287 | 38.45% | |
Total votes | 8,548 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Milton B. Pitt | 1,659 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 1,659 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ed. M. Whiting | 1,493 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 1,493 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Milton B. Pitt | 5,854 | 53.23% | |
Democratic | Ed. M. Whiting | 5,143 | 46.77% | |
Total votes | 10,997 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | B. J. Horchem | 2,527 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 2,527 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | B. J. Horchem | 4,773 | 71.23% | |
Unknown[c] | R. E. Knapp | 1,928 | 28.77% | |
Total votes | 6,701 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. M. Sparboe | 1,869 | 30.07% | |
Republican | Eugene Schaffter[e] | 1,862 | 29.96% | |
Republican | Rube McFerren | 1,565 | 25.18% | |
Republican | H. W. Emeny | 919 | 14.79% | |
Total votes | 6,215 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | J. S. Fort | 22 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 22 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Eugene Schaffter | 6,151 | 80.46% | |
Democratic | J. S. Fort | 1,494 | 19.54% | |
Total votes | 7,645 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | J. J. Rainbow | 1,170 | 30.81% | |
Republican | M. L. Bowman | 1,039 | 27.36% | |
Republican | Edmond K. Greene | 961 | 25.31% | |
Republican | H. W. Grout (incumbent) | 627 | 16.51% | |
Total votes | 3,797 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Simpson | 443 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 443 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. J. Rainbow | 6,344 | 64.78% | |
Democratic | John F. Simpson | 3,449 | 35.22% | |
Total votes | 9,793 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 42 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carl W. Reed | 937 | 40.30% | |
Republican | H. L. Spaulding | 904 | 38.88% | |
Republican | John F. Murtha | 484 | 20.82% | |
Total votes | 2,325 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | G. A. Meyer | 786 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 786 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Carl W. Reed | 3,445 | 55.04% | |
Democratic | G. A. Meyer | 2,814 | 44.96% | |
Total votes | 6,259 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 44 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | W. H. Scott | 1,514 | 56.79% | |
Republican | W. G. Henke | 1,152 | 43.21% | |
Total votes | 2,666 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | S. B. Bellamy | 613 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 613 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | W. H. Scott | 3,676 | 62.12% | |
Democratic | S. B. Bellamy | 2,242 | 37.88% | |
Total votes | 5,918 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 45 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | F. E. Shortess | 1,169 | 60.23% | |
Republican | David E. Mackie | 772 | 39.77% | |
Total votes | 1,941 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry C. White (incumbent) | 798 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 798 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry C. White (incumbent) | 4,185 | 51.19% | |
Republican | Fremont E. Shortess | 3,991 | 48.81% | |
Total votes | 8,176 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 48 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | W. W. Anderson | 3,828 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 3,828 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles E. Goodenow | 14 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 14 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | W. W. Anderson | 4,595 | 58.15% | |
Democratic | Charles E. Goodenow | 3,307 | 41.85% | |
Total votes | 7,902 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 50 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. S. Van Alstine (incumbent) | 2,593 | 56.20% | |
Republican | Roy W. Murray | 2,021 | 43.80% | |
Total votes | 4,614 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | C. E. Cameron | 99 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 99 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. S. Van Alstine (incumbent) | 3,689 | 53.05% | |
Democratic | C. E. Cameron | 3,265 | 46.95% | |
Total votes | 6,954 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
- ^ a b c The Senator's name is listed as both "Lindly" and "Lindley" on the Iowa Senate website.
- ^ The 32nd district held a special election to fill a vacancy.
- ^ a b c d e f g The Iowa General Assembly did not list political party affiliation for all candidates.
- ^ a b Name is listed as both "Boch" and "Bock" on the Iowa Official Register.
- ^ Despite placing in second, Schaffter would go on to the general election.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Primary Election 1918 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 1918 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Primary Election 1918 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 1918 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 13, 2021.