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Iowa's 5th
State Senate district

Map of the district
Senator
  Dave Rowley
R


Iowa's 5th State Senate district is located in Northwestern Iowa. It is currently composed of Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto counties and part of Clay County. [1]

Current elected officials

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Dave Rowley is the senator currently representing the 5th District.

The area of the 5th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[2]

The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.[3]


List of representatives

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Representative Party Dates Residence Notes
Thomas Baker Democrat 1846-1847 Polk County Served as first President of the Iowa State Senate
Phineas Casady Democrat 1848-1851 Des Moines
Archibald McKinney Whig 1852-1853 Henry County
Alvin Saunders Whig 1854-1855 Mt. Pleasant
Henry Hoffman Trimble Democrat 1856-1859 Bloomfield
William Taylor Democrat 1860-1863 Wayne County It is unclear as to the reason of the overlap between Senator Taylor and Senator Esteb.
Elijah Esteb Democrat 1862-1863 Wayne County
Ziba Brown Republican 1864-1865 Clarke County
Eugene Edwards Republican 1866-1867 Chariton
James D. Wright Republican 1868-1869 Chariton
Edward Bill Republican 1870-1871 Albia
Martin Read Republican 1872-1873 Corydon
Lloyd Selby Anti-Monopoly 1874-1875 Corydon
Henry Dashiell Republican 1876-1877 Monroe County
Samuel Bestow Republican 1878-1879 Chariton, Iowa
William Wilson Republican 1880-1883 Osceola, Iowa
John McDonough Republican 1884-1887 Clarke County
James Harsh Republican 1888-1895 Creston, Iowa
George Allyn Republican 1896-1903 Mount Ayr, Iowa
Marion Stookey Republican 1904-1908 Leon, Iowa
John Brown Republican 1909-1912 Decatur County
Charles Thomas Republican 1913-1916 Creston, Iowa
James Stephenson Democrat 1917-1920 Mount Ayr, Iowa
John McIntosh Republican 1921-1924 Decatur County
Henry Roberts Republican 1925-1928 Mount Ayr, Iowa
Frank Ickis Republican 1929-1932 Creston, Iowa
Frank Stevens Democrat 1933-1936 Garden Grove, Iowa
Howard Edwards Republican 1936-1940 Tingley, Iowa Records indicate that there was an overlap between Senators Stevens and Edwards. Likely due to political appointment of Senator Stevens at the end of his term.
Stephen Emerson Republican 1941-1943 Creston, Iowa
Theodore Thompson Republican 1944 Creston, Iowa Thompson was elected for the 50th Extraordinary Session in 1944, and then resigned to accept appointment as federal district court reporter for the southern Iowa district. [5]
Roy Hawkins Republican 1945-1948 Decatur County
Xavier Thomas Prentis Republican 1949-1962 Mount Ayr, Iowa Prentis' given name was X T, his grandfather's initials. Some sources list his name as Xavier Thomas Prentis, a name likely given to him by the Army.[6]
Franklin Main Democrat 1963-1964 Mount Ayr, Iowa
James Briles Republican 1965-1970 Corning, Iowa
Vernon Kyhl Republican 1971-1972 Parkersburg, Iowa Senator Kyhl died while in office in 1973.[7]
Ray Taylor Republican 1973-1982 Steamboat Rock, Iowa
Arne Waldstein Republican 1983-1986 Buena Vista County
Linn Fuhrman Republican 1987-1994 Buena Vista County Senator Fuhrman died in office in 1994.[8]
Mary Lou Freeman Republican 1993-2002 Storm Lake, Iowa
Stewart Iverson Republican 2003-2006 Dows, Iowa
Rich Olive Democrat 2007-2010 Story City, Iowa
Robert Bacon Republican 2011-2012 Maxwell, Iowa
Daryl Beall Democrat 2013-2014 Fort Dodge, Iowa
Tim Kraayenbrink Republican 2015-2022 Fort Dodge, Iowa
David Rowley Republican 2023- Dickinson County
Map Description Years Effective Notes
Dallas County

Jasper County
Marion County
Polk County

1846-1849 From 1846 to 1857, District numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.[9]
Boone County

Dallas County
Jasper County
Madison County
Marion County
Marshall County
Polk County
Story County
Warren County

1850-1851
Henry County 1852-1855
Davis County 1856-1859
Decatur County

Wayne County

1860-1863
Clarke County

Lucas County
Wayne County

1864-1869
Wayne County

Monroe County

1870-1877
Clarke County

Lucas County
Union County

1878-1883
Clarke County

Decatur County

1884-1887
Decatur County

Ringgold County
Union County

1888-1962
Adams County

Montgomery County
Taylor County

1963-1966
Adams County

Montgomery County
Taylor County
Union County

1967-1970
Butler County

Floyd County
Mitchell County

1971-1972 In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court Case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed Unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 Election.[10]
Cerro Gordo County (partial)

Franklin County (partial)
Hancock County (partial)
Hardin County (partial)
Wright County

1973-1982
Buena Vista

Calhoun County
Pocahontas County (partial)
Sac County
Webster County (partial)

1983-1992
Buena Vista

Cherokee County
Clay County (partial)
O'Brien County (partial)
Plymouth County (partial)
Pocahontas County

1993-2002
Hamilton County

Story County (partial)

Webster County (partial)

Wright County

2003-2012
Calhoun County

Humboldt County
Pocahontas County
Webster County (partial)

2013-2022
Clay County (partial)

Dickinson County
Emmet County
Kossuth County
Palo Alto County
Winnebago County

2023-Present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2023 Iowa Senate District 5" (PDF). Iowa State Legislator.
  2. ^ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/HouseStatewide8x11_color.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/CongressStatewide8x11_color.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Table of Iowa Senate District 5 Historic Senators".
  5. ^ "Legislator Fact Sheet Theodore Thompson".
  6. ^ "Legislator Fact Sheet X T Prentis".
  7. ^ "Legislator Fact Sheet Kyhl".
  8. ^ "Legislator Fact Sheet Fuhrman".
  9. ^ "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Reapportionment in Iowa".