In the 1877 Iowa State Senate elections,
Iowa
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voters elected state senators to serve in the seventeenth
Iowa General Assembly
The Iowa General Assembly is the legislative branch of the state government of Iowa. Like the federal United States Congress, the General Assembly is a bicameral body, composed of the upper house Iowa Senate and the lower Iowa House of ...
. Elections were held in 24 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the
Iowa State Senate
The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . E ...
.
The general election took place on October 9, 1877.
Following the previous election,
Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 40 seats to
Democrats' 10 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from
Republicans, the
Democrats needed to net 16 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the
Iowa State Senate
The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . E ...
following the 1877 general election with the balance of power shifting to
Republicans holding 38 seats and
Democrats having 12 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).
Summary of Results
*Note:
Redistricting occurred before the 1877 general election. Any ''holdover'' Senators not up for re-election ''and whose district numbers did not change'' are unlisted on this table.
Source:
Detailed Results
*NOTE: The
Iowa Official Register
The Iowa Official Register, also called the Redbook or Red Book, is a publication of the State of Iowa. It contains mini-biographies and photos of Iowa's elected and appointed officials, records of elections, essays on selected topics in Iowa his ...
does not contain detailed vote totals for state senate elections in 1877.
See also
*
Elections in Iowa
External links
District boundaries in the
Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . ...
were redrawn before the 1877 general election.
Iowa Senate Districts 1874-1877 mapIowa Senate Districts 1878-1883 map
References
Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . ...
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
Iowa Senate elections