Iowa's 6th congressional district
Iowa's 6th congressional district is a former congressional district in Iowa. It existed from 1862 to 1992, when it was lost due to Iowa's declining population.
The district was created during the Civil War, and was first filled in the 1862 general election. Its original congressman, Asahel W. Hubbard, was from Sioux City in northwestern Iowa, but redistricting caused the district to be relocated, first to central Iowa (from 1869 to 1874), then to south-central Iowa (from 1875 to 1932), then the Des Moines area (from 1933 to 1942), and then north-central Iowa (from 1943 to 1962). From 1963 to 1992, the district was made up of counties in the northwestern part of the state. Fred Grandy, the 6th district's last congressman, was, like its first, a Sioux City native.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Term | District Residence (County) | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
District created |
March 4, 1863 | |||
Asahel W. Hubbard | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | Woodbury | |
Charles Pomeroy | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Webster | |
Jackson Orr | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Boone | Redistricted to the 9th district |
William Loughridge | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Mahaska | |
Ezekiel S. Sampson | Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | Keokuk | |
James Weaver | Greenback | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | Davis | |
Marsena E. Cutts | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | Mahaska | Lost contested election |
John C. Cook | Democratic | March 3, 1883 – March 3, 1883 | Jasper | Won constested election |
Marsena E. Cutts | Republican | March 4, 1883 – September 1, 1883 | Mahaska | Died |
John C. Cook | Democratic | October 9, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Jasper | |
James Weaver | Greenback | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | Davis | |
John F. Lacey | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | Mahaska | |
Frederick E. White | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | Keokuk | |
John F. Lacey | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1907 | Mahaska | |
Daniel W. Hamilton | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | Keokuk | |
Nathan E. Kendall | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 | Monroe | |
Sanford Kirkpatrick | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | Wapello | |
C. William Ramseyer | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 | Davis | |
Cassius C. Dowell | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Polk | Redistricted from the 7th district |
Hubert Utterback | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | Polk | |
Cassius C. Dowell | Republican | January 3, 1937 – February 4, 1940 | Polk | Died |
Robert K. Goodwin | Republican | March 5, 1940 – January 3, 1941 | Dallas | |
Paul Cunningham | Republican | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | Polk | Redistricted to the 5th district |
Fred C. Gilchrist | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | Pocahontas | Redistricted from the 8th district |
James I. Dolliver | Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1957 | Webster | |
Merwin Coad | Democratic | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963 | Boone | |
Charles B. Hoeven | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | Sioux | Redistricted from the 8th district |
Stanley L. Greigg | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | Woodbury | |
Wiley Mayne | Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975 | Woodbury | |
Berkley Bedell | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987 | Dickinson | |
Fred Grandy | Republican | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 | Woodbury | Redistricted to the 5th district |
District eliminated |
January 3, 1993 |
The district was eliminated as a result of the 1990 census. All of the district was put in the fifth district except for Cerro Gordo county which was put in the 2nd district.
General election history (since 1920)
Year [1]
|
Party Affiliation | Winner | Number of Votes | Party Affiliation | Loser | Number of Votes | Percentage of Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | Republican | C. William Ramseyer | 41,644 | Democratic | O.P. Meyers | 21,538 | 66% - 34% |
1922 | Republican | C. William Ramseyer | 28,702 | Democratic | James E. Craven | 17,489 | 62% - 38% |
1924 | Republican | C. William Ramseyer | 42,843 | Democratic | James V. Curran | 19,028 | 69% - 31% |
1926 | Republican | C. William Ramseyer | 27,967 | Democratic | W.L. Etter | 14,193 | 66% - 34% |
1928 | Republican | C. William Ramseyer | 43,259 | Democratic | C. Ver Ploeg | 23,065 | 65% - 35% |
1930 | Republican | C. William Ramseyer | 25,875 | Democratic | S.F. McConnell | 16,811 | 61% - 39% |
1932 | Republican | Cassius C. Dowell | 56,962 | Democratic | Charles S. Cooter | 43,891 | 56% - 44% |
1934 | Democratic | Hubert Utterback | 50,828 | Republican | Cassius C. Dowell | 46,074 | 52% - 47% |
1936 | Republican | Cassius C. Dowell | 63,026 | Democratic | Harry B. Dunlap | 55,975 | 52% - 46% |
1938 | Republican | Cassius C. Dowell | 53,505 | Democratic | Hubert Utterback | 37,056 | 58% - 41% |
1940 | Republican | Paul H. Cunningham | 70,707 | Democratic | E. Frank Cox | 64,314 | 52% - 48% |
1942 | Republican | Fred C. Gilchrist | 46,843 | Democratic | Edward Breen | 30,802 | 60% - 40% |
1944 | Republican | James I. Dolliver | 60,153 | Democratic | Charles Hanna | 40,098 | 59% - 39% |
1946 | Republican | James I. Dolliver | 40,640 | Democratic | Oscar E. Johnson | 23,422 | 63% - 37% |
1948 | Republican | James I. Dolliver | 55,641 | Democratic | James E. Irwin | 44,002 | 56% - 44% |
1950 | Republican | James I. Dolliver | 56,982 | Democratic | Maurice O'Reilly | 30,877 | 64% - 35% |
1952 | Republican | James I. Dolliver | 86,842 | Democratic | Francis G. Cutler | 39,245 | 69% - 31% |
1954 | Republican | James I. Dolliver | 53,457 | Democratic | Lumund F. Wilcox | 35,137 | 60% - 40% |
1956 | Democratic | Merwin Coad | 64,625 | Republican | James I. Dolliver | 64,427 | 50.1% - 49.9% |
1958 | Democratic | Merwin Coad | 57,491 | Republican | Robert E. Waggoner | 41,204 | 58% - 42% |
1960 | Democratic | Merwin Coad | 70,353 | Republican | Curtis G. Reihm | 60,834 | 54% - 46% |
1962 | Republican | Charles B. Hoeven | 66,940 | Democratic | Donaled W. Murray | 47,524 | 58% - 42% |
1964 | Democratic | Stanley L. Greigg | 86,323 | Republican | Howard N. Sokol | 75,478 | 53% - 46% |
1966 | Republican | Wiley Mayne | 73,274 | Democratic | Stanley L. Greigg | 53,917 | 57% - 42% |
1968 | Republican | Wiley Mayne | 100,802 | Democratic | Jerry O. Sullivan | 54,171 | 65% - 35% |
1970 | Republican | Wiley Mayne | 100,802 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 99% - 1% |
1972 | Republican | Wiley Mayne | 103,284 | Democratic | Berkley Bedell | 93,574 | 52% - 48% |
1974 | Democratic | Berkley Bedell | 86,315 | Republican | Wiley Mayne | 71,695 | 55% - 45% |
1976 | Democratic | Berkley Bedell | 133,507 | Republican | Joanne D. Soper | 62,292 | 67% - 31% |
1978 | Democratic | Berkley Bedell | 87,139 | Republican | Willis Edgar Junker | 44,320 | 66% - 34% |
1980 | Democratic | Berkley Bedell | 129,460 | Republican | Clarence S. Carney | 71,866 | 64% - 36% |
1982 | Democratic | Berkley Bedell | 101,690 | Republican | Al Bremer | 56,487 | 64% - 36% |
1984 | Democratic | Berkley Bedell | 127,706 | Republican | Darrel Rensink | 78,182 | 62% - 38% |
1986 | Republican | Fred Grandy | 81,861 | Democratic | Clayton Hodgson | 78,807 | 51% - 49% |
1988 | Republican | Fred Grandy | 125,859 | Democratic | Dave O'Brien | 69,614 | 64% - 36% |
1990 | Republican | Fred Grandy | 112,333 | Democratic | Mike D. Earll | 44,063 | 72% - 28% |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 6th congressional district
As of May 2015, two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 6th congressional district are alive.
Representative | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
---|---|---|
Neal Edward Smith | 1975–1987 | March 23, 1920 |
Fred Grandy | 1987-1993 | June 29, 1948 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Election Statistics,". 2005.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present