The 1922 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1922 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 21 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1922 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assemblyhere.
The primary election on June 5, 1922 determined which candidates appeared on the November 7, 1922 general election ballot.[1][2]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 48 seats to Democrats' 2 seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1922 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 47 seats and Democrats having 3 seats (a net gain of 1 seat for Democrats). The death of Republican Senator D. C. Chase of district 37 necessitated a special election on March 31, 1923. Democrat William Schmedika went on to win that special election, flipping the seat to Democrats and increasing Democrats' seats to 4 in 1923.
Summary of Results[]
Note: The 29 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
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 1[]
Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
I. N. Snook
5,584
51.58%
Republican
J. P. Kennedy
5,241
48.42%
Total votes
10,825
100.00%
Democraticgain from Republican
District 7[]
Iowa Senate, District 7 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
S. C. Rees
1,605
34.72%
Republican
J. R. Thompson
1,568
33.92%
Republican
F. O. Rutledge
1,450
31.36%
Total votes
4,623
100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
S. C. Rees
5,838
54.39%
Democratic
E. D. Winter
4,895
45.61%
Total votes
10,733
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 9[]
Iowa Senate, District 9 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
E. W. Romkey
1,686
57.48%
Republican
Frank E. Thompson (incumbent)
1,247
42.52%
Total votes
2,933
100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
E. W. Romkey
4,411
57.46%
Democratic
Samuel H. Sater
3,075
40.05%
Independent
E. P. Hagerty
191
2.49%
Total votes
7,677
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 10[]
Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
J. L. Brookhart (incumbent)
7,550
100.00%
Total votes
7,550
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 12[]
Iowa Senate, District 12 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
T. C. Cessna (incumbent)
2,942
53.69%
Republican
W. A. Harper
2,538
46.31%
Total votes
5,480
100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
T. C. Cessna (incumbent)
7,315
61.92%
Democratic
Grandville McCay
4,498
38.08%
Total votes
11,813
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 13[]
Iowa Senate, District 13 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Frank Shane
2,096
48.12%
Republican
D. A. Emery
1,618
37.14%
Republican
A. W. Slaught
642
14.74%
Total votes
4,356
100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Frank Shane
6,010
60.25%
Democratic
A. Areingdale
3,965
39.75%
Total votes
9,975
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 18[]
Iowa Senate, District 18 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Julius A. Nelson (incumbent)
2,438
52.28%
Republican
Charles D. Booth
2,225
47.72%
Total votes
4,663
100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Julius A. Nelson (incumbent)
6,472
57.68%
Democratic
Nilson G. Kraschel
4,749
42.32%
Total votes
11,221
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 20[]
Iowa Senate, District 20 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Jonas D. Buser (incumbent)
2,904
50.27%
Republican
John J. Jenkins
2,313
40.04%
Republican
Bessie Farnsworth
560
9.69%
Total votes
5,777
100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Jonas D. Buser (incumbent)
7,554
100.00%
Total votes
7,554
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 21[]
Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
D. W. Kimberly (incumbent)
9,973
100.00%
Total votes
9,973
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 22[]
Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
J. O. Shaff
6,218
51.58%
Democratic
Kurt Zaenicke
5,836
48.42%
Total votes
12,054
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 29[]
Iowa Senate, District 29 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
A. H. Bergman
1,859
53.76%
Republican
David Meredith (incumbent)
1,599
46.24%
Total votes
3,458
100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
A. H. Bergman
4,433
60.41%
Democratic
Frank Kimberly
2,905
39.59%
Total votes
7,338
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 30[]
Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
William J. Goodwin
15,982
77.22%
Democratic
John T. Chantry
4,355
21.04%
Independent
C. F. Schueltz
360
1.74%
Total votes
20,697
100.00%
Republicanhold
District 34[]
Iowa Senate, District 34 Democratic Primary Election, 1922
^ abRepublican Senator D. C. Chase died in office. His death necessitated a special election held on March 31, 1923. That special election was won by Democrat William Schmedika, flipping the district to Democrats.[3]
^ abName is listed as "W. H. Wood" in Primary and "U. H. Wood" in General.
See also[]
United States elections, 1922
United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1922