List of United States Senators from Iowa

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The List of United States Senators from Iowa lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014; the class 3 senators were elected in 2016.

2nd grade

Joni Ernst
Chuck Grassley

Iowa has been a US state since December 28, 1846 and has had 24 class 2 senators in Congress to date . Iowa did not send senators until 1848, although it joined the United States in 1846.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
George Wallace Jones 1848-1859 democrat April 12, 1804 - July 22, 1896
James W. Grimes 1859-1869 republican October 20, 1816 - February 7, 1872
James Bruen Howell 1870-1871 republican July 4, 1816 - June 17, 1880
George Grover Wright 1871-1877 republican March 24, 1820 - January 11, 1896
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood 1877-1881 republican December 20, 1813 - September 1, 1894
James Wilson McDill 1881-1883 republican March 4, 1834 - February 28, 1894
James Falconer Wilson 1883-1895 republican October 19, 1828 - April 22, 1895
John Henry Gear 1895-1900 republican April 7, 1825 - July 14, 1900
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver 1900-1910 republican February 6, 1858 - October 15, 1910
Lafayette Young 1910-1911 republican May 10, 1848 - November 15, 1926
William Squire Kenyon 1911-1922 republican June 10, 1869 - September 9, 1933
Charles Augustus Rawson 1922 republican May 29, 1867 - September 2, 1936
Smith Wildman Brookhart 1922-1926 republican February 2, 1869 - November 15, 1944
Daniel Fredrick Steck 1926-1931 democrat December 16, 1881 - December 31, 1950
Lester Jesse Dickinson 1931-1937 republican October 29, 1873 - June 4, 1968
Clyde Laverne Herring 1937-1943 democrat May 3, 1879 - September 15, 1945
George Allison Wilson 1943-1949 republican April 1, 1884 - September 8, 1953
Guy Mark Gillette 1949-1955 democrat February 3, 1879 - March 3, 1973
Thomas Ellsworth Martin 1955-1961 republican January 18, 1893 - June 27, 1971
Jack Richard Miller 1961-1973 republican June 6, 1916 - August 29, 1994
Richard Clarence Clark 1973-1979 democrat * September 14, 1928
Roger William Jepsen 1979-1985 republican * December 23, 1928
Thomas Richard Harkin 1985-2015 democrat * November 19, 1939
Joni Kay Ernst since 2015 republican * July 1, 1970

Class 3

Iowa had 13 class 3 senators to date , one of whom, James Harlan, served two non-contiguous terms

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Augustus Caesar Dodge 1848-1855 democrat January 2, 1812 - November 20, 1883
James Harlan 1 1855-1865 Free Soil / Republicans August 26, 1820 - October 5, 1899
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood 1866-1867 republican December 20, 1813 - September 1, 1894
James Harlan 1867-1873 republican August 26, 1820 - October 5, 1899
William Boyd Allison 1873-1908 republican March 2, 1829 - August 4, 1908
Albert Baird Cummins 1908-1926 republican February 15, 1850 - July 30, 1926
David Wallace Stewart 1926-1927 republican January 22, 1887 - February 10, 1974
Smith Wildman Brookhart 1927-1933 republican February 2, 1869 - November 15, 1944
Richard Louis Murphy 1933-1936 democrat November 6, 1875 - July 16, 1936
Guy Mark Gillette 1936-1945 democrat February 3, 1879 - March 3, 1973
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper 1945–1969 republican July 21, 1896 - September 4, 1971
Harold Everett Hughes 1969-1975 democrat February 10, 1922 - October 23, 1996
John Chester Culver 1975-1981 democrat August 8, 1932 - December 26, 2018
Charles Ernest Grassley since 1981 republican * September 17, 1933

1 Harlan was elected to the Senate for Republicans in 1857.

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