1922 Iowa Senate election

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 Assembly here.

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.

State Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st	Joseph R. Frailey	Rep	Isaac N. Snook	Dem
7th	Herbert Inghram Foskett	Rep	Sylvester Calvin Rees	Rep
9th	Frank E. Thompson	Rep	Edward William Romkey	Rep
10th	James L. Brookhart	Rep	James L. Brookhart	Rep
12th	Theodore Charles Cessna	Rep	Theodore Charles Cessna	Rep
13th	Chester W. Whitmore	Rep	Frank B. Shane	Rep
18th	Julius A. Nelson	Rep	Julius A. Nelson	Rep
20th	Jonas DeMoss Buser	Rep	Jonas DeMoss Buser	Rep
21st	David W. Kimberly	Rep	David W. Kimberly	Rep
22nd	William Joseph Greenell	Rep	John O. Shaff	Rep
29th	David Meredith	Rep	A. H. Bergman	Rep
30th	Addison Melvin Parker	Rep	William J. Goodwin	Rep
34th	Milton Bird Pitt	Rep	Andrew Jackson Shinn	Rep
35th	Bernard J. Horchem	Dem	Bernard J. Horchem	Dem
37th	Eugene Schaffter	Rep	Daniel Cady Chase^[a]	Rep
38th	James J. Rainbow	Rep	Melville L. Bowman	Rep
42nd	Carl Webster Reed	Rep	Carl Webster Reed	Rep
44th	William Hugh Scott	Rep	Ansel Taylor Brookins	Rep
45th	Harry Cook White	Dem	Harry Cook White	Dem
48th	Walter Witt Anderson	Rep	George B. Perkins	Rep
50th	Howard Spicer Van Alstine	Rep	Fred Cramer Gilchrist	Rep

Source:^[4]

Detailed Results

NOTE: The 29 districts that did not hold elections in 1922 are not listed here.

District 1 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 18 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 29 • District 30 • District 34 • District 35 • District 37 • District 38 • District 42 • District 44 • District 45 • District 48 • 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).^[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%
	Democratic gain 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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

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%
	Republican hold

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 Democratic Primary Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	W. H. Wood^[b]	1,029	40.64%
	Democratic	George L. Harrison	969	38.27%
	Democratic	L. B. Romans	534	21.09%
Total votes			2,532	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. J. Shinn	8,979	52.74%
	Democratic	U. H. Wood^[b]	8,047	47.26%
Total votes			17,026	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	B. J. Horchem (incumbent)	9,070	59.15%
	Republican	C. W. Walton	6,263	40.85%
Total votes			15,333	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. C. Chase	7,092	62.41%
	Republican	W. T. S. Rath	4,271	37.59%
Total votes			11,363	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. C. Chase	9,981	100.00%
Total votes			9,981	100.00%
	Republican hold

Senator Chase died in office, which necessitated a special election to fill the 37th district seat.^[a]

Iowa Senate, District 37 Special Election, March 31, 1923^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Schmedika	2,006	54.88%
	Republican	Rube McFeren	1,649	45.12%
Total votes			3,655	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	M. L. Bowman	3,812	36.46%
	Republican	C. B. Santee	3,510	33.57%
	Republican	J. J. Rainbow (incumbent)	3,133	29.97%
Total votes			10,455	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	M. L. Bowman	10,672	64.11%
	Democratic	W. D. Strayer	5,974	35.89%
Total votes			16,646	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl W. Reed (incumbent)	1,941	37.93%
	Republican	Henry O. Ruen	1,844	36.04%
	Republican	H. C. Gross	1,332	26.03%
Total votes			5,117	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl W. Reed (incumbent)	5,377	44.62%
	Democratic	J. P. Kuhn	4,178	34.67%
	Republican	Henry Ruen	1,974	16.38%
	Republican	H. C. Gross	522	4.33%
Total votes			12,051	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 Republican Primary Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. T. Brookins	2,297	37.96%
	Republican	Lafe Hill	2,045	33.80%
	Republican	James A. Cutler	1,709	28.24%
Total votes			6,051	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. T. Brookins	6,800	67.17%
	Democratic	Mamie S. Tieney	3,323	32.83%
Total votes			10,123	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry C. White (incumbent)	6,254	51.44%
	Republican	C. C. Borrows	5,905	48.56%
Total votes			12,159	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 Democratic Primary Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. J. Carey	1,496	63.02%
	Democratic	Charles O. Harker	878	36.98%
Total votes			2,374	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George B. Perkins	7,836	59.33%
	Democratic	J. J. Carey	5,371	40.67%
Total votes			13,207	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. C. Gilchrist	7,168	100.00%
Total votes			7,168	100.00%
	Republican hold

^ ^a ^b Republican 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]
^ ^a ^b Name is listed as "W. H. Wood" in Primary and "U. H. Wood" in General.

References

^ "Primary Election 1922 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "General Election 1922 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "Vote Cast for Senator at Special Election Held March 31, 1923, to Fill Vacancy Caused by the Death of Senator D. C. Chase" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "Primary Election 1922 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "General Election 1922 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^ "Special Election held March 31, 1923" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[Chase-4] Republican 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]

[Wood-8] Name is listed as "W. H. Wood" in Primary and "U. H. Wood" in General.

[1] "Primary Election 1922 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[2] "General Election 1922 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[3] "Vote Cast for Senator at Special Election Held March 31, 1923, to Fill Vacancy Caused by the Death of Senator D. C. Chase" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[5] "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[6] "Primary Election 1922 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[7] "General Election 1922 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

[9] "Special Election held March 31, 1923" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

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