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1916 Iowa Senate election

The 1916 Iowa Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1916 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 30 of the senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa Senate.

1916 Iowa Senate election
← 1914 November 7, 1916 1918 →
30 out of 50 seats in the Iowa Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 35 15
Seats after 40 10
Seat change Increase5 Decrease5
Results
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1916 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 5, 1916, determined which candidates appeared on the November 7, 1916 general election ballot.[1][2]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 35 seats to Democrats' 15 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 11 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1916 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 40 seats and Democrats having 10 seats (a net gain of 5 seats for Republicans).

Summary of Results

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  • Note: 20 districts with holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
Senate District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
2nd John H. Taylor Rep George Washington Ball Rep
3rd James M. Wilson Rep James M. Wilson Rep
4th John H. Darrah Rep Karl Miler Le Compte Rep
5th Charles H. Thomas Rep James Allen Stephenson Dem
6th Albert D. Nye Rep Benjamin J. Gibson Rep
8th Frank F. Jones Rep William C. Ratcliff Rep
11th LeMerton Edson Crist Rep Aaron VanScoy Proudfoot Rep
14th John Fletcher Ream Dem Elmer Ellsworth Mitchell Rep
15th John Thomas Clarkson Dem John Rees Price Rep
16th Arthur Craig Savage Rep Edward McMurray Smith Rep
17th John Wasson Foster Rep John Wasson Foster Rep
19th Clement F. Kimball Rep Clement F. Kimball Rep
23rd George Earl Hilsinger Rep Albert L. Broxam Dem
24th William David Sheean Dem John K. Hale Rep
25th James A. White Dem Otto A. Byington Dem
26th Francis A. Heald Rep Willis G. Haskell Rep
27th Frederic Larrabee Rep Perry C. Holdoegel Rep
28th Wallace H. Arney Rep Wallace H. Arney Rep
31st Justin R. Doran Rep Ben Edwards Rep
32nd Edgar P. Farr Dem Charles Franklin Lytle Rep
33rd Eli Cushman Perkins Rep Thomas Eddy Taylor Rep
36th Robert Pollok Quigley Dem Byron W. Newberry Rep
39th Fred P. Hagemann Dem William Thomas Evans Rep
40th Albert M. Fellows Rep Albert M. Fellows Rep
41st Lars W. Boe Rep Thomas A. Kingland Rep
43rd Thomas J. B. Robinson Rep Arthur Lynnwood Rule Rep
46th Guy Mark Gillette Dem George Franklin Coburn Rep
47th Leslie E. Francis Rep Henry C. Adams Rep
49th Nicholas Balkema Rep Nicholas Balkema Rep
50th Joseph Holmes Allen Rep Howard Spicer Van Alstine Rep

Source:[3]

Detailed Results

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Popular vote share by district
  • NOTE: The 20 districts that did not hold elections in 1916 are not listed here.

District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 8 • District 11 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 19 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 36 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 43 • District 46 • District 47 • District 49 • District 50

  • 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).[4][5]

District 2

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Iowa Senate, District 2 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George W. Ball 2,761 100.00%
Total votes 2,761 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 2 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic S. H. Bauman 1,162 100.00%
Total votes 1,162 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 2 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George W. Ball 3,835 51.30%
Democratic S. H. Bauman 3,631 48.58%
Unknown[a] R. D. Tobin 9 0.12%
Total votes 7,475 100.00%
Republican hold

District 3

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Iowa Senate, District 3 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James M. Wilson (incumbent) 3,004 100.00%
Total votes 3,004 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 3 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic S. A. Stuckey 2,069 100.00%
Total votes 2,069 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 3 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James M. Wilson (incumbent) 4,746 51.31%
Democratic S. A. Stuckey 4,094 44.26%
Unknown[a] I. S. McCrillis 409 4.42%
Total votes 9,249 100.00%
Republican hold

District 4

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Iowa Senate, District 4 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Karl M. LeCompte 1,829 57.23%
Republican George W. Hinkle 1,367 42.77%
Total votes 3,196 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 4 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph E. Doze 1,667 100.00%
Total votes 1,667 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 4 Socialist Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Joshua Clark 89 100.00%
Total votes 89 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Karl M. Le Compte 3,563 49.35%
Democratic Joseph E. Doze 3,364 46.59%
Socialist Joshua Clark 293 4.06%
Total votes 7,220 100.00%
Republican hold

District 5

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Iowa Senate, District 5 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Skinner 2,692 52.57%
Republican E. J. Heaton 2,429 47.43%
Total votes 5,121 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 5 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James A. Stephenson 5,683 51.35%
Republican Scott Skinner 5,385 48.65%
Total votes 11,068 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 6

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Iowa Senate, District 6 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Benjamin J. Gibson 2,898 100.00%
Total votes 2,898 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Benjamin J. Gibson 4,285 99.84%
Unknown[a] Carl Stanley 7 0.16%
Total votes 4,292 100.00%
Republican hold

District 8

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Iowa Senate, District 8 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican W. C. Ratcliff 2,412 70.51%
Republican F. F. Jones (incumbent) 1,009 29.49%
Total votes 3,421 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 8 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican W. C. Ratcliff 4,453 98.45%
Unknown[a] William Ross 66 1.46%
Republican F. F. Jones (incumbent) 4 0.09%
Total votes 4,523 100.00%
Republican hold

District 11

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Iowa Senate, District 11 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aaron V. Proudfoot 2,827 100.00%
Total votes 2,827 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 11 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic L. J. Klemm 836 100.00%
Total votes 836 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 11 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aaron V. Proudfoot 3,818 60.89%
Democratic L. J. Klemm 2,452 39.11%
Total votes 6,270 100.00%
Republican hold

District 14

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Iowa Senate, District 14 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elmer E. Mitchell 816 36.51%
Republican F. W. Else 727 32.53%
Republican W. I. Beans 692 30.96%
Total votes 2,235 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 14 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. Ream (incumbent) 1,025 100.00%
Total votes 1,025 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 14 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elmer E. Mitchell 3,441 57.02%
Democratic John F. Ream (incumbent) 2,594 42.98%
Total votes 6,035 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 15

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Iowa Senate, District 15 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John R. Price 1,996 53.58%
Republican S. T. Gray 1,729 46.42%
Total votes 3,725 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 15 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles H. Clark 1,750 100.00%
Total votes 1,750 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 15 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John R. Price 4,679 48.88%
Democratic Charles H. Clark 4,391 45.87%
Unknown[a] Samuel Cooper 502 5.24%
Total votes 9,572 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 16

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Iowa Senate, District 16 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed. M. Smith 1,626 46.10%
Republican George M. White 1,077 30.54%
Republican Leo C. Percival 824 23.36%
Total votes 3,527 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 16 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George M. Pratt 1,048 100.00%
Total votes 1,048 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed. M. Smith 4,197 61.15%
Democratic George M. Pratt 2,666 38.85%
Total votes 6,863 100.00%
Republican hold

District 17

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Iowa Senate, District 17 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John W. Foster (incumbent) 5,213 100.00%
Total votes 5,213 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 17 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic T. L. Myers 1,559 100.00%
Total votes 1,559 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 17 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John W. Foster (incumbent) 6,228 55.45%
Democratic T. L. Myers 4,872 43.38%
Unknown[a] John Kent 106 0.94%
Unknown[a] H. C. M. Nordley 25 0.22%
Total votes 11,231 100.00%
Republican hold

District 19

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Iowa Senate, District 19 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clem F. Kimball (incumbent) 3,415 100.00%
Total votes 3,415 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 19 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic J. W. Bell 1,595 100.00%
Total votes 1,595 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 19 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clem F. Kimball (incumbent) 6,493 55.12%
Democratic J. W. Bell 5,287 44.88%
Total votes 11,780 100.00%
Republican hold

District 23

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Iowa Senate, District 23 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican F. W. Myatt 1,098 100.00%
Total votes 1,098 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 23 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic A. L. Broxam 969 100.00%
Total votes 969 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 23 Socialist Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Levi Edwards 19 100.00%
Total votes 19 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 23 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic A. L. Broxam 2,368 51.87%
Republican F. W. Myatt 2,197 48.13%
Total votes 4,565 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 24

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Iowa Senate, District 24 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. K. Hale 1,655 51.00%
Republican C. E. Reed 1,590 49.00%
Total votes 3,245 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic W. D. Sheean (incumbent) 1,938 100.00%
Total votes 1,938 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. K. Hale 5,131 57.35%
Democratic William D. Sheean (incumbent) 3,816 42.65%
Total votes 8,947 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 25

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Iowa Senate, District 25 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican W. O. Coast 2,440 100.00%
Total votes 2,440 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 25 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic O. A. Byington 1,857 56.68%
Democratic James A. White (incumbent) 1,419 43.32%
Total votes 3,276 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 25 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic O. A. Byington 5,364 50.81%
Republican W. O. Coast 5,194 49.19%
Total votes 10,558 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 26

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Iowa Senate, District 26 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican W. G. Haskell 3,919 56.73%
Republican Herbert C. Ring 2,989 43.27%
Total votes 6,908 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 26 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican W. G. Haskell 8,199 59.16%
Unknown[a] Peter G. Henderson 5,659 40.84%
Total votes 13,858 100.00%
Republican hold

District 27

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Iowa Senate, District 27 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Perry C. Holdoegel 4,375 100.00%
Total votes 4,375 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 27 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic J. J. Coady 1,084 100.00%
Total votes 1,084 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 27 Socialist Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist J. T. Puckett 35 100.00%
Total votes 35 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 27 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Perry C. Holdoegel 5,882 58.03%
Unknown[a] H. Mullarky 3,856 38.04%
Socialist J. T. Puckett 398 3.93%
Total votes 10,136 100.00%
Republican hold

District 28

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Iowa Senate, District 28 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wallace H. Arney (incumbent) 1,750 53.09%
Republican John B. Classen 1,546 46.91%
Total votes 3,296 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 28 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Theo. F. Bradford 412 100.00%
Total votes 412 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 28 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wallace H. Arney (incumbent) 3,908 62.21%
Democratic Theo. F. Bradford 2,374 37.79%
Total votes 6,282 100.00%
Republican hold

District 31

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Iowa Senate, District 31 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ben Edwards 3,289 55.86%
Republican L. M. Bosworth 2,599 44.14%
Total votes 5,888 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 31 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Arthur Dean 765 100.00%
Total votes 765 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 31 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ben Edwards 7,025 72.52%
Democratic Arthur Dean 2,662 27.48%
Total votes 9,687 100.00%
Republican hold

District 32

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Iowa Senate, District 32 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican C. F. Lytle 3,437 51.96%
Republican Bertel M. Stoddard 3,178 48.04%
Total votes 6,615 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican C. F. Lytle 8,270 100.00%
Total votes 8,270 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 33

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Iowa Senate, District 33 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas E. Taylor (incumbent) 3,511 100.00%
Total votes 3,511 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 33 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Barr 985 100.00%
Total votes 985 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 33 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas E. Taylor (incumbent) 5,374 64.27%
Democratic Robert Barr 2,907 34.76%
Unknown[a] F. A. Doolittle 81 0.97%
Total votes 8,362 100.00%
Republican hold

District 36

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Iowa Senate, District 36 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Byron W. Newberry 1,411 100.00%
Total votes 1,411 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 36 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Quigley (incumbent) 1,300 100.00%
Total votes 1,300 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 36 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican B. W. Newberry 3,084 57.40%
Democratic Robert Quigley (incumbent) 2,249 41.86%
Unknown[a] Michael McDonough 40 0.74%
Total votes 5,373 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

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Iowa Senate, District 39 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican W. T. Evans 3,271 100.00%
Total votes 3,271 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 39 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican W. T. Evans 5,132 100.00%
Total votes 5,132 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 40

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Iowa Senate, District 40 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Albert M. Fellows (incumbent) 3,488 100.00%
Total votes 3,488 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 40 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Albert M. Fellows (incumbent) 6,112 92.75%
Unknown[a] J. E. Grauer 478 7.25%
Total votes 6,590 100.00%
Republican hold

District 41

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Iowa Senate, District 41 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas A. Kingland 1,917 35.88%
Republican Robert T. St. John 1,756 32.87%
Republican Louis A. Jensen 981 18.36%
Republican T. C. Rone 689 12.90%
Total votes 5,343 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 41 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic E. E. Branstad 454 100.00%
Total votes 454 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 41 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas A. Kingland 5,177 77.14%
Democratic E. E. Branstad 1,466 21.84%
Unknown[a] Joseph Merdica 68 1.01%
Total votes 6,711 100.00%
Republican hold

District 43

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Iowa Senate, District 43 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican A. L. Rule 5,157 69.65%
Republican J. E. Stinehart 2,247 30.35%
Total votes 7,404 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 43 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican A. L. Rule 8,042 100.00%
Total votes 8,042 100.00%
Republican hold

District 46

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Iowa Senate, District 46 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George F. Coburn 2,606 59.62%
Republican Wilfred P. Dawson 1,765 40.38%
Total votes 4,371 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 46 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George F. Coburn 5,225 51.27%
Democratic Guy M. Gillette (incumbent) 4,966 48.73%
Total votes 10,191 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 47

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Iowa Senate, District 47 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry C. Adams 3,409 40.27%
Republican L. E. Francis (incumbent) 2,852 33.69%
Republican Charles C. Hastings 1,652 19.51%
Republican H. Leslie Wildey 553 6.53%
Total votes 8,466 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 47 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry C. Adams 9,612 97.89%
Unknown[a] J. Anderson 140 1.43%
Unknown[a] M. L. Soneth 67 0.68%
Total votes 9,819 100.00%
Republican hold

District 49

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Iowa Senate, District 49 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nicholas Balkema (incumbent) 3,459 57.05%
Republican Peter Swenson 2,604 42.95%
Total votes 6,063 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 49 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter J. Baadte 1,581 100.00%
Total votes 1,581 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 49 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nicholas Balkema (incumbent) 6,987 58.49%
Democratic Peter J. Baadte 4,958 41.51%
Total votes 11,945 100.00%
Republican hold

District 50

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Iowa Senate, District 50 Republican Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican H. S. Van Alstine 3,702 56.19%
Republican E. H. Cunningham 2,886 43.81%
Total votes 6,588 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 50 Democratic Primary Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic W. F. Anderson 1,020 100.00%
Total votes 1,020 100.00%
Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican H. S. Van Alstine 5,248 61.57%
Democratic W. F. Anderson 3,276 38.43%
Total votes 8,524 100.00%
Republican hold
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o The Iowa General Assembly did not list political party affiliation for all candidates.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Primary Election 1916 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "General Election 1916 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Legislators". Iowa Senate. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "Primary Election 1916 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "General Election 1916 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
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