1912 Iowa Senate election
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The 1912 Iowa Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1912 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 29 of the senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa Senate.
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1912 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 3, 1912, determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1912 general election ballot.[1][2]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 34 seats to Democrats' 16 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 10 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1912 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 32 seats and Democrats having 18 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).
Summary of Results
[edit]- Note: 21 districts with holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
Source:[4]
Detailed Results
[edit]- NOTE: The 21 districts that did not hold elections in 1912 are not listed here.
District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 8 • District 11 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 19 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 36 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 43 • District 46 • District 47 • District 49 |
- 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).[5][6]
District 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | J. H. Taylor | 1,546 | 54.76% | |
Republican | Charles J. Fulton | 1,277 | 45.24% | |
Total votes | 2,823 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John H. Taylor | 3,248 | 49.35% | |
Democratic | A. E. Labaugh | 3,187 | 48.42% | |
Prohibition | J. W. Wolf | 147 | 2.23% | |
Total votes | 6,582 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James M. Wilson | 1,843 | 56.33% | |
Republican | George D. Lynch | 750 | 22.92% | |
Republican | George W. Swan | 679 | 20.75% | |
Total votes | 3,272 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James M. Wilson | 4,148 | 53.58% | |
Democratic | R. W. Anderson | 3,593 | 46.42% | |
Total votes | 7,741 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 4
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John H. Darrah | 1,500 | 54.90% | |
Republican | E. A. Anderson | 1,232 | 45.10% | |
Total votes | 2,732 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John H. Darrah | 2,951 | 49.60% | |
Democratic | H. L. Exley | 2,838 | 47.70% | |
Progressive | U. S. Cooper | 161 | 2.71% | |
Total votes | 5,950 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 5
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | C. H. Thomas | 3,045 | 63.96% | |
Republican | J. W. Lauder | 1,716 | 36.04% | |
Total votes | 4,761 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | C. H. Thomas | 5,269 | 55.54% | |
Democratic | Henry C. Beard | 4,061 | 42.81% | |
Progressive | C. E. Harvey | 157 | 1.65% | |
Total votes | 9,487 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 6
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | A. D. Nye | 2,132 | 65.46% | |
Republican | H. E. Tomlinson | 1,125 | 34.54% | |
Total votes | 3,257 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | A. D. Nye | 3,381 | 55.28% | |
Democratic | Carl Stanley | 2,735 | 44.72% | |
Total votes | 6,116 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 8
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | F. F. Jones | 3,160 | 49.31% | |
Democratic | W. S. Reiley | 2,716 | 42.38% | |
Progressive | A. C. Gustafson | 401 | 6.26% | |
Socialist | James P. Christie | 132 | 2.06% | |
Total votes | 6,409 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 11
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | L. E. Crist | 1,602 | 48.86% | |
Republican | John Gardiner | 1,182 | 36.05% | |
Republican | Carl Dare | 495 | 15.10% | |
Total votes | 3,279 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | L. E. Crist | 3,052 | 53.58% | |
Democratic | Theodore Wall | 2,208 | 38.76% | |
Progressive | A. U. Lang | 436 | 7.65% | |
Total votes | 5,696 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 14
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter I. Beans | 1,257 | 51.41% | |
Republican | Elmer Mitchell | 1,188 | 48.59% | |
Total votes | 2,445 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | G. W. Boyce | 47 | 64.38% | |
Progressive | James Picken | 26 | 35.62% | |
Total votes | 73 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Ream (incumbent) | 2,911 | 51.77% | |
Republican | W. I. Beans | 2,502 | 44.50% | |
Prohibition | G. W. Boyce | 210 | 3.73% | |
Total votes | 5,623 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 15
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John T. Clarkson (incumbent) | 4,132 | 45.38% | |
Republican | R. L. Welch | 4,008 | 44.02% | |
Socialist | Charles Bruce | 965 | 10.60% | |
Total votes | 9,105 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 16
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Arthur C. Savage (incumbent) | 2,875 | 44.12% | |
Democratic | John Schoenenberger | 2,816 | 43.22% | |
Progressive | Harry W. Hill | 660 | 10.13% | |
Socialist | B. N. Clark | 88 | 1.35% | |
Prohibition | T. C. Dugan | 77 | 1.18% | |
Total votes | 6,516 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 17
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Anthony M. McColl (incumbent) | 6,060 | 60.80% | |
Democratic | H. H. Crenshaw | 3,720 | 37.32% | |
Progressive | A. J. Hadley | 187 | 1.88% | |
Total votes | 9,967 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 19
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Clement F. Kimball | 2,367 | 70.76% | |
Republican | Owen J. McManus | 978 | 29.24% | |
Total votes | 3,345 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mack C. Goodwin | 5,071 | 48.27% | |
Republican | Clement F. Kimball | 5,026 | 47.84% | |
Socialist | S. S. Beem | 328 | 3.12% | |
Prohibition | A. J. Matthews | 80 | 0.76% | |
Total votes | 10,505 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
- Originally the 1912 general election in the nineteenth senatorial district was deemed a victory for Democrat Mack C. Goodwin.[a] Goodwin would serve for a month in 1913.[b] However, the senators would remove Goodwin and replace him with Republican Clem F. Kimball following Kimball's contestation of the results.[c]
District 23
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Hilsinger | 998 | 59.23% | |
Republican | S. D. Helde | 687 | 40.77% | |
Total votes | 1,685 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Owen McCaffrey | 443 | 29.95% | |
Democratic | W. P. Dunlap | 393 | 26.57% | |
Democratic | James W. Ellis | 349 | 23.60% | |
Democratic | Lyman B. Parshall (incumbent) | 294 | 19.88% | |
Total votes | 1,479 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | George E. Hilsinger | 2,265 | 49.65% | |
Democratic | Owen McCaffrey | 2,218 | 48.62% | |
Socialist | Z. M. Holcomb | 79 | 1.73% | |
Total votes | 4,562 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 24
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William D. Sheean | 4,369 | 53.73% | |
Republican | H. R. Chapman (incumbent) | 3,763 | 46.27% | |
Total votes | 8,132 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 25
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | E. D. Murphy | 123 | 89.78% | |
Republican | Thomas Williams | 14 | 10.22% | |
Total votes | 137 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James A. White (incumbent) | 1,355 | 55.46% | |
Democratic | Thomas Stapleton | 1,088 | 44.54% | |
Total votes | 2,443 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James A. White (incumbent) | 5,330 | 59.12% | |
Republican | E. D. Murphy | 3,685 | 40.88% | |
Total votes | 9,015 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 26
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Francis A. Heald | 3,327 | 72.83% | |
Republican | John McAllister | 1,241 | 27.17% | |
Total votes | 4,568 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Francis A. Heald | 6,743 | 55.32% | |
Democratic | M. G. Bryan | 4,172 | 34.23% | |
Progressive | James M. Sword | 702 | 5.76% | |
Socialist | P. W. Hynes | 384 | 3.15% | |
Prohibition | Hugh Boyd | 188 | 1.54% | |
Total votes | 12,189 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 27
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Frederic Larrabee (incumbent) | 5,434 | 63.16% | |
Democratic | Thomas Tolen | 3,169 | 36.84% | |
Total votes | 8,603 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 28
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Wallace H. Arney | 2,723 | 48.28% | |
Democratic | William Shipton | 2,511 | 44.52% | |
Socialist | Myron F. Wiltse | 253 | 4.49% | |
Prohibition | E. H. Brown | 153 | 2.71% | |
Total votes | 5,640 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 31
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Justin R. Doran | 2,926 | 52.37% | |
Republican | William W. Goodykoontz | 2,661 | 47.63% | |
Total votes | 5,587 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Justin R. Doran | 5,611 | 63.19% | |
Democratic | Edward C. Jordan | 2,513 | 28.30% | |
Socialist | A. F. Schrader | 508 | 5.72% | |
Prohibition | Fred T. Stevenson | 247 | 2.78% | |
Total votes | 8,879 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 32
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | E. P. Farr | 4,251 | 36.81% | |
Republican | Robert Hunter (incumbent) | 4,020 | 34.81% | |
Progressive | Charles J. Holman | 2,921 | 25.29% | |
Socialist | Mort. M. Curtis | 356 | 3.08% | |
Total votes | 11,548 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 33
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Eli C. Perkins | 3,745 | 70.41% | |
Progressive | Daniel H. Young | 1,492 | 28.05% | |
Socialist | Charles Root | 82 | 1.54% | |
Total votes | 5,319 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 36
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert Quigley (incumbent) | 3,054 | 57.72% | |
Republican | L. S. Fisher | 2,237 | 42.28% | |
Total votes | 5,291 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 39
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles Gates (incumbent) | 3,226 | 53.22% | |
Democratic | O. H. Mitchell | 2,836 | 46.78% | |
Total votes | 6,062 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 40
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Albert M. Fellows | 2,431 | 67.19% | |
Republican | Edwin H. Fourt | 1,187 | 32.81% | |
Total votes | 3,618 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | W. C. Earle | 169 | 92.35% | |
Democratic | C. J. Haas | 14 | 7.65% | |
Total votes | 183 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Albert M. Fellows | 5,185 | 57.12% | |
Democratic | W. C. Earle | 3,893 | 42.88% | |
Total votes | 9,078 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 41
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lars W. Boe | 4,265 | 96.93% | |
Prohibition | E. T. Clark | 135 | 3.07% | |
Total votes | 4,400 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 43
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | T. J. B. Robinson | 5,595 | 61.99% | |
Democratic | D. C. Wolf | 2,591 | 28.71% | |
Progressive | James E. Stinehart | 839 | 9.30% | |
Total votes | 9,025 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 46
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | George F. Coburn[d] | 2,119 | 53.47% | |
Republican | J. U. Sammis (incumbent) | 1,844 | 46.53% | |
Total votes | 3,963 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Guy M. Gillette | 4,505 | 50.01% | |
Socialist | George F. Coburn[d] | 4,504 | 49.99% | |
Total votes | 9,009 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 47
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Frank Carpenter | 672 | 61.26% | |
Democratic | Ira L. Breffle | 425 | 38.74% | |
Total votes | 1,097 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Leslie E. Francis (incumbent) | 6,914 | 60.62% | |
Democratic | Frank Carpenter | 4,492 | 39.38% | |
Total votes | 11,406 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 49
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Nicholas Balkema (incumbent) | 5,846 | 94.78% | |
Socialist | B. E. Hunter | 322 | 5.22% | |
Total votes | 6,168 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
- ^ a b Originally, Democrat Mack C. Goodwin was declared the victor of the general election in the 19th senatorial district. Goodwin would serve in the Iowa Senate from January 13 to February 14, 1913. However, Republican Clem F. Kimball contested the election results. The state senators decided in Kimball's favor, removed Goodwin, and installed Kimball in the seat.[3]
- ^ a b Democrat Mack C. Goodwin was removed by the members of the senate after Republican Clem F. Kimball contested the results.
- ^ a b Republican Clem F. Kimball was installed in the 19th district senate seat after Democrat Mack C. Goodwin was removed by the members of the senate. The senators agreed with Republican Clem F. Kimball, who contested the election's results.
- ^ a b Coburn won the Republican primary, but he ran as a Socialist in the general election.
See also
[edit]- United States elections, 1912
- United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1912
- Elections in Iowa
References
[edit]- ^ "Primary Election 1912 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 1912 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "NOTE.: In compiling the list of the members of the senate in the thirty-fifth general assembly (pages 143, 144) the name of Mack C. Goodwin appears as the member from the nineteenth senatorial district. The election of Mr. Goodwin was contested by Clement F. Kimball of Council Bluffs and was subsequently decided by the senate in favor of the latter" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "Legislators". Iowa Senate. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "Primary Election 1912 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "General Election 1912 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 15, 2021.