1857 Iowa Senate election

none September 2023 1857 Iowa Senate election Iowa Flag of Iowa (variant).svg legislative no 1856 Iowa Senate election 1856 1859 Iowa Senate election 1859 15 out of 36 seats in the Iowa State Senate 19 1857 Republican Party (United States) 23 1 22 Democratic Party (United States) 12 2 14 Know Nothing 1 1 0 President of the Iowa Senate William W. HamiltonHamilton Republican Senator William W. Hamilton of Dubuque County was chosen to be the seventh President of the Iowa Senate. He served during the sixth Iowa General Assembly, succeeding Democratic Senator Maturin L. Fisher in that leadership position.https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=6&personID=5730 Senator William W. Hamilton Iowa Legislature July 21, 2021 Senator Hamilton was the first Republican to serve as President of the Senate (all the previous Senate Presidents had been Democrats). Following Hamilton's one term as President of the Iowa Senate, Article IV, section 18, of the Constitution of Iowa was enacted & established that the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa shall perform the duties of the President of the Senate. The Lieutenant Governor performed the duties of President of the Senate from January 11, 1858 through January 14, 1991. As of 1991, duties of Iowa's Lieutenant Governor no longer include presiding over the state Senate.https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/informationOnLegislators/historicalInformation?searchGA=ALL&lastName=&firstName=&chamberID=S&leadershipPositionID=10&partyID=&districtID=&countyID= Iowa Legislators Past and Present: Senate President Iowa Legislature July 21, 2021 Republican Party (United States) Oran FavilleFaville Article IV, section 18, of the Constitution of Iowa at that time established that the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa shall perform the duties of the President of the Senate. The Lieutenant Governor performed the duties of President of the Senate from January 11, 1858 through January 14, 1991. As of 1991, duties of Iowa's Lieutenant Governor no longer include presiding over the state Senate. As the Lieutenant Governor at the time, Oran Faville was the eighth President of the Iowa Senate. He served during the seventh Iowa General Assembly, succeeding Republican Senator William W. Hamilton in that leadership position.https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/informationOnLegislators/historicalInformation?searchGA=ALL&lastName=&firstName=&chamberID=S&leadershipPositionID=10&partyID=&districtID=&countyID= Iowa Legislators Past and Present: Senate President Iowa Legislature July 21, 2021 Republican Party (United States) In the 1857 Iowa State Senate elections, Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the seventh Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held for 15 of the state senate's 36 seats.Size At the time, the Iowa Senate had several multi-member districts.https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/senate General Assembly: 7 (01/11/1858 - 01/08/1860) Iowa Legislature July 21, 2021 State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate. The general election took place in 1857.https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/senate General Assembly: 7 (01/11/1858 - 01/08/1860) Iowa Legislature July 21, 2021 Following the previous election in 1856, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 23 seats to Democrats' 12 seats and one member from the Know Nothing Party. To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to garner seven Senate seats. Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 22 seats and Democrats having 14 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats). Summary of Results Note: The holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table. Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator PartyOutcome1stFirst The first district was a 2-member district at the time. Exum Sumner McCulloch Dem John R. Allen Dem Dem Hold William A. Thurston Dem John Walker Rankin RepRep Gain 3rdThird The third district was a 1-member district at the time. Abner Harrison McCrary Rep Gideon Smith Bailey DemDem Gain 4thFourth The fourth was a 2-member district at the time. However, only one of the seats in the district was contested in the election. The other was held by a holdover senator not up for re-election. William Findlay Coolbaugh Dem William Findlay Coolbaugh Dem Dem Hold 7thSeventh The seventh district was a 1-member district at the time. Alvin Saunders Rep Alvin Saunders Rep Rep Hold 8thEighth The eighth district was a 1-member district at the time. James C. Ramsey Dem John A. Johnson Dem Dem Hold 9thNinth The ninth district was a 1-member district at the time. Daniel A. Anderson Rep Daniel A. Anderson Rep Rep Hold 12thTwelfth The twelfth district was a 1-member district at the time. James D. Test Dem William H.M. Pusey Dem Dem Hold 13thThirteenth The thirteenth district was a 1-member district at the time. Hiram Thomas Cleaver Rep Samuel Reiner Rep Rep Hold 15thFifteenth The fifteenth district was a 1-member district at the time. James Latimer Hogin Rep Oliver P. Sherraden Rep Rep Hold 19thNineteenth The nineteenth district was a 1-member district at the time. George W. Wilkinson Know Nothing Andrew Oliphant Patterson DemDem Gain 23rdTwenty-third The twenty-third district was a 1-member district at the time. Julius J. Matthews Rep George M. Davis Rep Rep Hold 27thTwenty-seventh The twenty-seventh district was a 1-member district at the time. James Cunningham Jordan Rep William P. Davis Rep Rep Hold 29thTwenty-ninth The twenty-ninth district was a 1-member district at the time. Joseph Birge Dem Joseph Mann Dem Dem Hold 31stThirty-first The thirty-first district was a 1-member district at the time. William W. Hamilton Rep David S. Wilson DemDem Gain Source:https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/senate Legislators Iowa State Senate July 21, 2021 Detailed Results NOTE: The Iowa General Assembly does not provide detailed vote totals for Iowa State Senate elections in 1857. See also Elections in Iowa External links District boundaries for the Iowa Senate in 1857: Iowa Senate Districts 1856-1859 map References Iowa Senate Iowa Category:Iowa Senate elections