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In the1895 Iowa State Senate electionsIowa voters elected state senators to serve in the twenty-sixthIowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 31 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 1895 elections is provided by theIowa General Assemblyhere.
The general election took place on November 5, 1895.[1]
Following the previous election,Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 34 seats toDemocrats' 16 seats.
To claim control of the chamber fromRepublicans, theDemocrats needed to net 10 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of theIowa State Senate following the 1895 general election with the balance of power shifting toRepublicans holding 43 seats andDemocrats having 7 seats (a net gain of 9 seats for Republicans).
| Senate District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | Outcome | ||
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| 2nd | Benjamin Rex Vale | Rep | Thomas Bell | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 3rd | Ephraim M. Reynolds | Rep | Beryl F. Carroll | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 4th | Lester W. Lewis | Rep | Harvey L. Byers | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 5th | James B. Harsh | Rep | George S. Allyn | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 6th | George L. Finn | Rep | William O. Mitchell | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 8th | Allen Joseph Chantry | Rep | Joseph McKenna Junkin | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 11th | James H. Jamison | Rep | William Henry Berry | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 14th | Alpheus Barto Conaway | Rep | Lucian C. Blanchard | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 15th | Theodore Bolivar Perry | Dem | Samuel Druet | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 16th | Lucien Moody Kilburn | Rep | Lucien Moody Kilburn | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 17th | Henry Franklin Andrews | Rep | Albert C. Hotchkiss | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 19th | William Groneweg | Dem | Nathan Marsh Pusey | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 23rd | Alfred Hurst | Dem | Alfred Hurst | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 24th | John Aloysius Green | Dem | Frederick O. Ellison | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 25th | Michael Joseph Kelly | Dem | Cyrus S. Ranck | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 26th | John McClure Terry | Dem | Jeremiah Smyth Alexander | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 27th | Olaf Martin Oleson | Dem | Thomas D. Healy | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 28th | George A. Turner | Rep | James Loring Carney | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 31st | H. C. Boardman | Rep | Charles J. A. Ericson | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 32nd | James D. Yeomans | Dem | John Stillman Lothrop | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 33rd | Merritt W. Harmon | Rep | Daniel Hiel Young | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 35th[a] | Isaac W. Baldwin[b] | Dem | Robert Bonson | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 36th | John Everall | Dem | John Everall | Dem | Dem Hold | ||
| 38th[a] | John Morris Rea[c] | Rep | Elbert Marion Sargent | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 39th | George M. Craig | Rep | George M. Craig | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 40th | Leslie B. Mattoon | Dem | James Henry Trewin | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 41st | Charles Fred Jewett | Rep | Gilbert S. Gilbertson | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 43rd | Norman Vaughan Brower | Rep | William F. Harriman | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 46th | William Hamilton Dent | Dem | Alva C. Hobart | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
| 47th | Abraham B. Funk | Rep | Abraham B. Funk | Rep | Rep Hold | ||
| 49th | Luther H. Bishop | Dem | Henry Hospers | Rep | Rep Gain | ||
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