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In the1893 Iowa State Senate electionsIowa voters elected state senators to serve in the twenty-fifthIowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 24 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in theIowa State Senate.
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1893 elections is provided by theIowa General Assemblyhere.
The general election took place on November 7, 1893.[1]
Following the previous election,Democrats had control of the Iowa Senate with 25 seats toRepublicans' 24 seats and one seat held by thePeople's Party.
To claim control of the chamber fromDemocrats, theRepublicans needed to net 2 Senate seats.
Republicans claimed control of theIowa State Senate following the 1893 general election with the balance of power shifting toRepublicans holding 34 seats,Democrats having 16 seats, and thePeople's Party losing its lone seat (a net gain of 10 seats for Republicans).
| Senate District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | William Gustavus Kent | Dem | John Downey | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 7th | George Willard Perkins | Rep | William Eaton | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 9th | William W. Dodge | Dem | Thomas G. Harper | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 10th | David James Palmer | Rep | David James Palmer | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 12th | Joel Stewart | Dem | John A. Riggen | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 13th | James Joseph Smith | Dem | Harrison Lyman Waterman | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 16th[a] | Alva Lysander Hager[b] | Rep | Lucien Moody Kilburn | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 18th | William Fiske Cleveland | Dem | Julian Phelps | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 20th | John M. Gobble | Dem | Charles Albert Carpenter | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 21st | William O. Schmidt | Dem | Charles G. Hipwell | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 22nd | Silas Wright Gardiner | Dem | Lyman A. Ellis | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 29th | Perry Engle | People's | Joseph R. Gorrell[c] | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 30th | Conduce H. Gatch | Rep | Thomas Abbott Cheshire | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 31st[a] | Thomas Clifton McCall[d] | Rep | H. C. Boardman | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 34th | Lemuel Rose Bolter | Dem | Rudolph C. H. Lehfeldt | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 35th | James Hannibal Shields | Dem | Isaac W. Baldwin | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 37th | William Callum Smith | Rep | John English Rowen | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 38th | Mathies Parrott | Rep | John Morris Rea[e] | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 39th[a] | Robert S. Smith[f] | Dem | George M. Craig | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 42nd | Ansel Kinne Bailey | Rep | Clark C. Upton | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 44th | Robert George Reiniger | Rep | William Burton Perrin | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 45th | Jacob J. Mosnat | Dem | Emlen G. Penrose | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 48th | Thomas Rich | Dem | Warren Garst | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 50th | Edgar Eugene Mack | Rep | George W. Henderson | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
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