1926 Iowa Senate election

The 1926 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1926 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.

1926 Iowa Senate election

← 1924 November 2, 1926 1928 →
21 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Independent Last election 45 4 1 Seats after 49 1 0 Seat change 4 3 1
Results      Republican gain      Republican hold

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1926 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 7, 1926, determined which candidates appeared on the November 2, 1926 general election ballot.^[1][2]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 45 seats, the Democrats had 4 seats, and 1 seat was held by an independent.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1926 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 49 seats and Democrats having 1 seat (a net gain of 4 seats for Republicans). Like 6 years prior, Democrats lost every district up for election, including four held by them. After the election, Lloyd Ellis of the 3rd Senate District was the only Democrat in the chamber.

Summary of Results

• Note: The 29 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Isaac N. Snook		Dem	Joseph R. Frailey		Rep
7th	Sylvester Calvin Rees		Rep	Denver Loring Wilson		Rep
9th	Edward William Romkey		Rep	Clyde Hamilton Topping		Rep
10th	James L. Brookhart		Rep	William Carden		Rep
12th	Theodore Charles Cessna		Rep	Frank M. Beatty		Rep
13th	Frank B. Shane		Rep	Frank B. Shane		Rep
18th	Julius A. Nelson		Rep	Charles D. Booth		Rep
20th	Jonas DeMoss Buser		Rep	Samuel Franklin Wilson		Rep
21st	David W. Kimberly		Rep	David W. Kimberly		Rep
22nd	John O. Shaff		Rep	John O. Shaff		Rep
29th	A. H. Bergman		Rep	A. H. Bergman		Rep
30th	William J. Goodwin		Rep	George Allison Wilson		Rep
34th	Andrew Jackson Shinn		Rep	Andrew Jackson Shinn		Rep
35th	Bernard J. Horchem		Dem	Otto F. Lange		Rep
37th	William Schmedika		Ind	Oscar Ulstad		Rep
38th	Melville L. Bowman		Rep	Arch Wallace McFarlane		Rep
42nd	Carl Webster Reed		Rep	William Henry Klemme		Rep
44th	Ansel Taylor Brookins		Rep	Ansel Taylor Brookins		Rep
45th	Harry Cook White		Dem	Samuel Albert Brush		Rep
48th	George B. Perkins		Rep	John Grant Merritt		Rep
50th	Fred Cramer Gilchrist		Rep	Fred Cramer Gilchrist		Rep

Source:^[3]

Detailed Results

• NOTE: The 29 districts that did not hold elections in 1926 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).^[4][5]

District 1

Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph R. Frailey	5,614	55.82%
	Democratic	H. J. Kennedy	4,444	44.18%
Total votes			10,058	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 7

Iowa Senate, District 7 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Denver L. Wilson	2,990	52.12%
	Republican	T. E. Powers	2,747	47.88%
Total votes			5,737	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Denver L. Wilson	5,302	58.62%
	Democratic	M. A. Krasehel	3,742	41.38%
Total votes			9,044	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 9

Iowa Senate, District 9 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clyde H. Topping	2,989	62.04%
	Republican	E. W. Romkey (incumbent)	1,829	37.96%
Total votes			4,818	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clyde H. Topping	4,693	59.68%
	Democratic	W. D. Dodds	3,171	40.32%
Total votes			7,864	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Carden	4,723	60.71%
	Republican	J. L. Brookhart (incumbent)	3,057	39.29%
Total votes			7,780	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Carden	6,387	64.18%
	Democratic	Herman E. Elgar	3,564	35.82%
Total votes			9,951	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank M. Beatty	4,029	57.53%
	Republican	Robert J. Shaw	2,974	42.47%
Total votes			7,003	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank M. Beatty	7,963	100.00%
Total votes			7,963	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Shane (incumbent)	6,067	64.33%
	Democratic	J. E. Hull	3,364	35.67%
Total votes			9,431	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles D. Booth	5,651	55.18%
	Democratic	C. A. Zellmer	4,590	44.82%
Total votes			10,241	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam F. Wilson	3,393	52.97%
	Republican	Jonas D. Buser (incumbent)	3,012	47.03%
Total votes			6,405	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam F. Wilson	4,819	51.52%
	Independent	Jonas Buser[a] (incumbent)	2,659	28.43%
	Democratic	Henry Wildasin	1,876	20.06%
Total votes			9,354	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21

Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. W. Kimberly (incumbent)	8,778	100.00%
Total votes			8,778	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. O. Shaff (incumbent)	7,076	58.40%
	Democratic	John W. Smith	5,041	41.60%
Total votes			12,117	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 29

Iowa Senate, District 29 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. H. Bergman (incumbent)	2,578	65.07%
	Republican	Richard M. Burroughs	1,384	34.93%
Total votes			3,962	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 29 Democratic Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	O. P. Meyers	386	59.38%
	Democratic	J. E. Craven	264	40.62%
Total votes			650	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. H. Bergman (incumbent)	3,477	51.19%
	Democratic	O. P. Meyers	3,315	48.81%
Total votes			6,792	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George A. Wilson	7,713	33.35%
	Republican	Guy A. Miller	5,110	22.10%
	Republican	E. A. Lingenfelter	4,469	19.32%
	Republican	John B. Hammond	2,972	12.85%
	Republican	David W. Fletcher	2,862	12.38%
Total votes			23,126	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George A. Wilson	16,241	84.23%
	Democratic	C. N. O. Leir	3,040	15.77%
Total votes			19,281	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. J. Shinn (incumbent)	2,884	46.08%
	Republican	P. J. Klinker	2,213	35.36%
	Republican	L. A. Longman	1,162	18.57%
Total votes			6,259	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 34 Democratic Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Levi McNeill	1,061	50.60%
	Democratic	George L. Harrison	1,036	49.40%
Total votes			2,097	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. J. Shinn (incumbent)	8,421	52.36%
	Democratic	Levi McNeill	7,662	47.64%
Total votes			16,083	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Otto F. Lange	6,153	51.19%
	Democratic	B. J. Horchem (incumbent)	5,867	48.81%
Total votes			12,020	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Oscar Ulstad	4,316	37.07%
	Republican	W. F. Cole	3,955	33.97%
	Republican	William Schmedika[b] (incumbent)	3,371	28.96%
Total votes			11,642	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Oscar Ulstad	8,191	86.79%
	Democratic	J. L. Peppers	1,247	13.21%
Total votes			9,438	100.00%
	Republican gain from Independent

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arch W. McFarlane	6,042	49.19%
	Republican	H. A. Willoughby	4,794	39.03%
	Republican	W. Minor Lemon	1,448	11.79%
Total votes			12,284	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arch W. McFarlane	8,686	71.63%
	Democratic	Sherman W. DeWolf	3,440	28.37%
Total votes			12,126	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William H. Klemme	3,308	57.19%
	Republican	O. Gilbertson	2,476	42.81%
Total votes			5,784	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William H. Klemme	6,549	100.00%
Total votes			6,549	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. T. Brookins (incumbent)	3,868	72.46%
	Republican	W. C. Kingfield	1,470	27.54%
Total votes			5,338	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. T. Brookins (incumbent)	5,269	58.34%
	Democratic	Grover H. Galvin	3,762	41.66%
Total votes			9,031	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	S. A. Brush	3,736	58.79%
	Republican	Werner Strippel	2,619	41.21%
Total votes			6,355	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	S. A. Brush	7,412	100.00%
Total votes			7,412	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 Republican Primary Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. G. Merritt	3,708	47.15%
	Republican	George L. Miller	2,223	28.27%
	Republican	Paul N. Robson	1,933	24.58%
Total votes			7,864	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. G. Merritt	7,610	100.00%
Total votes			7,610	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. C. Gilchrist (incumbent)	7,669	100.00%
Total votes			7,669	100.00%
	Republican hold

1. After losing the Republican primary, Senator Buser ran in the general election as an independent.
2. Senator Schmedika was an independent politician who ran for re-election as a Republican.

See also

• United States elections, 1926
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1926
• Elections in Iowa

References

1. "Primary Election 1926 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
2. "General Election 1926 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
3. "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
4. "Primary Election 1926 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
5. "General Election 1926 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved January 18, 2021.