List of United States Senators from Iowa

Iowa was admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846. Its current Senators are Republicans Charles Grassley, who has served since 1981, and Joni Ernst, who has served since 2015.

List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two U.S. Congresses in the first elections of 1848, and then the seat was contested every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one United States Congress in the first elections of 1848, and then the seat was contested every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
Vacant			December 28, 1846 – December 7, 1848	Legislature failed to elect due to a three-way split that prevented any candidate from earning the required number of 30 legislators' votes.^[1]	—	29th Congress	—	Legislature failed to elect due to a three-way split that prevented any candidate from earning the required number of 30 legislators' votes.^[1]	December 28, 1846 – December 7, 1848	Vacant
Vacant			December 28, 1846 – December 7, 1848		—	30th Congress	—		December 28, 1846 – December 7, 1848	Vacant
1	George W. Jones	Democratic	December 7, 1848 – March 3, 1859	Elected in 1848.	1	30th Congress	1	Elected in 1848.	December 7, 1848 – February 22, 1855	Democratic	Augustus C. Dodge	1
		31st Congress				2	Re-elected in 1849. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain, having lost re-election.
		32nd Congress
		Re-elected in 1852. Lost renomination.		2	33rd Congress
					33rd Congress			February 22, 1855 – March 3, 1855	Vacant
					34th Congress	3	Elected in 1855. Elected invalidated, as the Iowa Senate had not participated in it.	March 4, 1855 – January 5, 1857	Free Soil	James Harlan	2
								January 5, 1857 – January 29, 1857	Vacant
							Re-elected to finish his vacant term.	January 29, 1857 – May 15, 1865	Republican	James Harlan
					35th Congress
2	James W. Grimes	Republican	March 4, 1859 – December 6, 1869	Elected in 1858.	3				36th Congress
		37th Congress				4	Re-elected in 1860. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
		38th Congress
		Re-elected in 1864. Resigned due to ill health.		4	39th Congress
								May 15, 1865 – January 13, 1866	Vacant
							Elected to finish Harlan's term.^[2] Lost nomination for the next term.	January 13, 1866 – March 3, 1867	Republican	Samuel J. Kirkwood	3
					40th Congress	5	Elected January 13, 1866.^[3] Lost re-election.	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	Republican	James Harlan	4
					41st Congress
Vacant			December 6, 1869 – January 18, 1870
3	James B. Howell	Republican	January 18, 1870 – March 3, 1871						Elected to finish Grimes's term. Retired.
4	George G. Wright	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877	Elected in 1870. Retired.	5				42nd Congress
		43rd Congress				6	Elected January 17, 1872.^[4]	March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908	Republican	William B. Allison	5
		44th Congress
5	Samuel J. Kirkwood	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 7, 1881	Elected in 1876 or 1877. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.	6				45th Congress
		46th Congress				7	Re-elected January 23, 1878.^[5]
		47th Congress
6	James W. McDill	47th Congress	Republican	March 8, 1881 – March 3, 1883					Appointed to continue Kirkwood's term. Elected January 25, 1882 to finish Kirkwood's term.^[6] Retired.
7	James F. Wilson	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895	Elected January 25, 1882.^[7]	7				48th Congress
		49th Congress				8	Re-elected January 23, 1884.^[8]
		50th Congress
		Re-elected in 1888. Retired.		8	51st Congress
					52nd Congress	9	Re-elected March 5, 1890.^[9]
					53rd Congress
8	John H. Gear	Republican	March 4, 1895 – July 14, 1900	Elected January 17, 1894.^[10] Re-elected January 17, 1900,^[11] but died.	9				54th Congress
		55th Congress				10	Re-elected January 22, 1896.^[12]
		56th Congress
Vacant			July 14, 1900 – August 22, 1900
9	Jonathan P. Dolliver		Republican	August 22, 1900 – October 15, 1910					Appointed to finish Gear's term.
			Appointed to begin the vacant term. Elected January 22, 1902 to finish the vacant term.^[13]		10				57th Congress
		58th Congress				11	Re-elected January 22, 1902.^[14] Died.
		59th Congress
		Re-elected in 1906. Died.	11		60th Congress
								August 4, 1908 – November 24, 1908	Vacant
							Appointed to finish Allison's term.	November 24, 1908 – July 30, 1926	Republican	Albert B. Cummins	6
					61st Congress	12	Elected to full term in 1908
Vacant				October 15, 1910 – November 12, 1910
10	Lafayette Young	Republican		November 12, 1910 – April 11, 1911					Appointed to continue Dolliver's term. Lost election to finish Dolliver's term.
11	William S. Kenyon	Republican		April 12, 1911 – February 24, 1922					Elected to finish Dolliver's term.
		62nd Congress							Elected to finish Dolliver's term.
		Re-elected in 1912.	12		63rd Congress
					64th Congress	13	Re-elected in 1914.
					65th Congress
		Re-elected in 1918. Resigned to become Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals.	13		66th Congress
					67th Congress	14	Re-elected in 1920. Lost renomination, then died.
12	Charles A. Rawson	Republican		February 24, 1922 – December 1, 1922					Appointed to continue Kenyon's term. Retired when successor elected.
13	Smith W. Brookhart	Republican		December 1, 1922 – April 12, 1926					Elected to finish Kenyon's term.
		68th Congress							Elected to finish Kenyon's term.
		Re-elected in 1924. Lost election challenge.	14		69th Congress
14	Daniel F. Steck	Democratic		April 12, 1926 – March 3, 1931					Successfully challenged predecessor's election Lost re-election.
							July 30, 1926 – August 7, 1926	Vacant
		Appointed to continue Cummins's term. Elected November 10, 1926 to finish Cummins's term.^[15] Retired.					August 7, 1926 – March 3, 1927	Republican		David W. Stewart	7
		70th Congress			15	Elected in 1926. Lost renomination and then lost re-election as an Independent.	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933	Republican		Smith W. Brookhart	8
		71st Congress
15	Lester J. Dickinson	Republican	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937	Elected in 1930. Lost re-election.				15				72nd Congress
		73rd Congress			16	Elected in 1932. Died.	March 4, 1933 – July 16, 1936		Democratic	Richard L. Murphy	9
		74th Congress				Elected in 1932. Died.	March 4, 1933 – July 16, 1936			Richard L. Murphy	9
							July 16, 1936 – November 3, 1936		Vacant
						Elected to finish Murphy's term.	November 3, 1936 – January 3, 1945		Democratic	Guy Gillette	10
Vacant			January 3, 1937 – January 15, 1937	Successor failed to qualify until term as Governor ended.				16	75th Congress
16	Clyde L. Herring	Democratic	January 15, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.					75th Congress
		76th Congress			17	Re-elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
		77th Congress
Vacant			January 3, 1943 – January 14, 1943					17	78th Congress
17	George A. Wilson	Republican	January 14, 1943 – January 3, 1949	Elected in 1942 but waited to finish gubernatorial term. Lost re-election.					78th Congress
		79th Congress			18	Elected in 1944.	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1969		Republican	Bourke B. Hickenlooper	11
		80th Congress
18	Guy Gillette	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1955	Elected in 1948. Lost re-election.				18	81st Congress
		82nd Congress			19	Re-elected in 1950.
		83rd Congress
19	Thomas E. Martin	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961	Elected in 1954. Retired.				19	84th Congress
		85th Congress			20	Re-elected in 1956.
		86th Congress
20	Jack Miller	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973	Elected in 1960.				20	87th Congress
		88th Congress			21	Re-elected in 1962 Retired.
		89th Congress
		Re-elected in 1966. Lost re-election.		21				90th Congress
					91st Congress	22	Elected in 1968. Retired.	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975	Democratic	Harold Hughes	12
					92nd Congress
21	Dick Clark	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	Elected in 1972. Lost re-election.	22				93rd Congress
		94th Congress				23	Elected in 1974. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	John Culver	13
		95th Congress
22	Roger Jepsen	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985	Elected in 1978. Lost re-election.	23				96th Congress
		97th Congress				24	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – Present	Republican	Chuck Grassley	14
		98th Congress
23	Tom Harkin	Democratic	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 1984.	24				99th Congress
		100th Congress				25	Re-elected in 1986.
		101st Congress
		Re-elected in 1990.		25	102nd Congress
					103rd Congress	26	Re-elected in 1992.
					104th Congress
		Re-elected in 1996.		26	105th Congress
					106th Congress	27	Re-elected in 1998.
					107th Congress
		Re-elected in 2002.		27	108th Congress
					109th Congress	28	Re-elected in 2004.
					110th Congress
		Re-elected in 2008 Retired.		28	111th Congress
					112th Congress	29	Re-elected in 2010.
					113th Congress
24	Joni Ernst	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	Elected in 2014.	29				114th Congress
		115th Congress				39	Re-elected in 2016.
		116th Congress
To be decided in the 2020 election.					30				117th Congress
To be decided in the 2020 election.					30	118th Congress	31	To be decided in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Iowa

As of October 2016, there are four living former U.S. Senators from Iowa who are, one from Class 3 and three from Class 2. The most recent senator to die was Harold Hughes of Class 3 (1969-1975) on October 23, 1996. The most recent Class 2 senator to die was Jack Miller (1961-1973) on August 29, 1994.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Dick Clark	1973–1979	2	(1928-09-14) September 14, 1928
John Culver	1975–1981	3	(1932-08-08) August 8, 1932
Roger Jepsen	1979–1985	2	(1928-12-23) December 23, 1928
Tom Harkin	1985–2015	2	(1939-11-19) November 19, 1939

Notes

1 2 Clark, p. 17–46, 72–79.
↑ Clark, p. 141: Kirkwood 118 votes, J. F. Stomenan (Democratic) 20
↑ Clark, p. 141: Harlan 118 votes, H. H. Trimble (Democratic) 20
↑ Clark, p. 167.
↑ Clark, p. 185: Allison 104 votes, Daniel F. Miller 35 votes, E. N. Gates 3 votes.
↑ Clark, p. 199: M. M. Ham and Daniel Campbell lost.
↑ Clark, p. 199: L. G. Kinne and D. P. Stubbs lost.
↑ Clark, p. 209: Allison 90 votes, Benton J. Hall 48 votes, D. M. Clark 10 votes, L. G. Kinne 1 vote.
↑ Clark, p. 221: Allison 79 votes, S.T. Bestow (Democratic) 63 votes, William Larrabee 8 votes.
↑ Clark, p. 234: Gear beat Democrat Horace Boies by votes unknown.
↑ Clark, p. 245: Gear 111 votes, Fred E. White (Democratic) 32 votes
↑ Clark, p. 238: Allison 118 votes, Washington I. Babb (Democratic) 25 votes, Frank Q. Stuart 1 vote.
↑ Clark, p. 247: Dolliver 119 votes, John J. Seerley (Democratic) 20 votes.
↑ Clark, p. 247: Allison 119 votes, E. H. Thayer (Democratic) 20 votes.
↑ Byrd, p. 107.

References

Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Clark, Dan Elbert (1913). "History of Senatorial Elections in Iowa". Iowa City, Iowa.

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List of United States Senators from Iowa

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