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In the1877 Iowa State Senate elections,Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the seventeenthIowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 24 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in theIowa State Senate.
The general election took place on October 9, 1877.[1]
Following the previous election,Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 40 seats toDemocrats' 10 seats.
To claim control of the chamber fromRepublicans, theDemocrats needed to net 16 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of theIowa State Senate following the 1877 general election with the balance of power shifting toRepublicans holding 38 seats andDemocrats having 12 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).
| Senate District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Henry W. Rothert | Rep | James Madison Shelley | Dem | Dem Gain | ||
| 2nd[a] | James Blakeny Pease | Dem | Horatio A. Wonn[b] | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 3rd[a] | Horatio A. Wonn[b] | Dem | Joshua Miller[c] | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 4th[a] | Joshua Miller[c] | Rep | Henry Laurens Dashiell[d] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 5th[a] | Henry Laurens Dashiell[d] | Rep | Samuel L. Bestow[e] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 6th[a] | Samuel L. Bestow[e] | Rep | Frederick Joseph Teale[f] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 7th | Frederick Joseph Teale[f] | Rep | Philip W. Lewellen | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 9th | George Franklin Wright[g] | Rep | John Patterson | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 10th | John Wilson Williams | Rep | John Simson Woolson[h] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 11th[a] | John Simson Woolson[h] | Rep | Moses Ayres McCoid[i] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 12th | Moses Ayres McCoid[i] | Rep | Sanford S. Harned | Dem | Dem Gain | ||
| 13th | Joseph Henry Merrill | Rep | Gregg A. Madison | Dem | Dem Gain | ||
| 14th[a] | Hosea N. Newton[j] | Rep | William Wilson[k] | Dem | Dem Gain | ||
| 15th[a] | William Wilson[k] | Dem | Thomas R. Gilmore[l] | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 16th[a] | Henry Thornburgh[m] | Rep | John L. McCormack[n] | Dem | Dem Gain | ||
| 17th[a] | Lafayette Young[o] | Rep | William Graham[p] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 18th | Thomas R. Gilmore[l] | Rep | Lafayette Young[o] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 19th[a] | John L. McCormack[n] | Dem | George Franklin Wright[g] | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 20th | William Graham[p] | Rep | Thomas Hanna | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 21st | Gilbert H. Wood | Rep | William A. Foster | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 22nd | Jeremiah Henry Murphy[q] | Dem | Nathaniel Anson Merrell[r] | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 23rd[a] | Nathaniel Anson Merrell[r] | Dem | Henry C. Carr[s] | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 24th[a] | Henry C. Carr[s] | Rep | William A. Maginnis[t] | Dem | Dem Gain | ||
| 27th[a] | Frank T. Campbell[u] | Rep | Stephen Leland Dows[v] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 28th[w] | Thomas Mitchell[x] | Rep | John David Nichols | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 29th | Elias Jessup[y] | Rep | John Meyer | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 30th | William A. Maginnis[t] | Dem | Robert C. Webb | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 31st[a] | George W. Lovell[z] | Dem | Samuel D. Nichols[aa] | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 32nd[a] | Stephen Leland Dows[v] | Rep | Delos Arnold[ab] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 33rd[a] | John Shane[ac] | Rep | William Harrison Gallup[ad] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 34th | Delos Arnold[ab] | Rep | Augustin W. Ford | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 35th | Dennis Nelson Cooley | Rep | Moses M. Ham | Dem | Dem Gain | ||
| 36th[w] | Lewis Greenleaf Hersey[ae] | Rep | Charles E. Bronson | Dem | Dem Gain | ||
| 37th | Merritt W. Harmon[af] | Rep | Daniel Darrow Chase | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 38th | John Conaway[ag] | Rep | Herman C. Hemenway | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 39th[a] | John Thompson Stoneman[ah] | Dem | Merritt W. Harmon[af] | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 40th[a] | William Larrabee[ai] | Rep | John Thompson Stoneman[ah] | Dem | Dem Gain | ||
| 42nd | George R. Willett | Rep | Martin Nelson Johnson | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 43rd[a] | Arad Hitchcock[aj] | Rep | William Larrabee[ai] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 44th | Edward Gee Miller[ak] | Rep | Aaron Kimball | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 45th | William Harrison Gallup[ad] | Rep | Robert M. Haines | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 46th[w][aj] | Lemuel Dwelle[al] | Rep | William Wallace Blackman | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 47th[a] | Elden J. Hartshorn[am] | Rep | Lemuel Dwelle[al] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 48th | Hiram Bailey[an] | Rep | John J. Russell | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 49th[a] | Samuel D. Nichols[aa] | Rep | Elden J. Hartshorn[am] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 50th | George Douglas Perkins | Rep | Albert Henry Lawrence | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
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District boundaries in theIowa Senate were redrawn before the 1877 general election.