In the 1897 Iowa State Senate electionsIowa voters elected state senators to serve in the twenty-seventh Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 21 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 1897 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assemblyhere.
The 1897 elections occurred before primary elections were established in Iowa by the Primary Election Law in 1907.[1] The general election took place on November 2, 1897.[2]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 43 seats to Democrats' 7 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 19 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1897 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 39 seats and Democrats having 11 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.
^Senator Gorrell was elected to the senate from the twenty-ninth district in 1893 as a Republican. He was then re-elected in 1897 on the Democratic ticket.[3]
^On January 31, 1899, Malloy died during his term.[4]
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