Iowa's 7th Senate district

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Iowa's 7th
State Senate district
File:Flag of Iowa.svg
Map of the district
Senator
  Kevin Alons
R

The 7th district of the Iowa Senate is located in Western Iowa; it is currently composed Monona County, and of parts of Cherokee, Plymouth, and Woodbury counties.[1] Its current member of the Iowa Senate is Republican Kevin Alons.

Current elected officials

Kevin Alons is the senator currently representing the 7th District. The area of the 7th 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

[4]

Representative Party Dates Residence Notes
Evan Jay Whig 1846-1849 Henry County
John Tillison Morton Whig 1850-1851 Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Henry Hendershott Democrat 1852-1853 Ottumwa, Iowa
Daniel Anderson Whig 1854-1855 Monroe County
Alvin Saunders Republican 1856-1859 Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Harvey English Democrat 1860-1863 Fremont County
Lewis Hillyer Republican 1864-1867 Taylor County
Isaac Keller Republican 1868-1871 Mount Ayr, Iowa
Elisha Smith Republican 1872-1875 Taylor County
Frederick Joseph Teale Republican 1876-1877 Decatur City, Iowa
Philip Lewellen Republican 1878-1881 Clarinda, Iowa
Talton Clark Republican 1882-1889 Clarinda, Iowa
George Perkins Republican 1890-1893 Fremont County
William Eaton Republican 1894-1901 Sidney, Iowa
Lester Lewis Republican 1902-1906 Clarinda, Iowa
William Jamieson Democrat 1907-1909 Page County Jamieson was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1908.
John Dunnegan Democrat 1911-1914 Shenandoah, Iowa
Herbert Foskett Republican 1915-1922 Shenandoah, Iowa
Sylvester Rees Republican 1923-1926 Fremont County
Denver Wilson Republican 1927-1930 Shenandoah, Iowa
Frank Coykendall Republican 1931-1932 Shenandoah, Iowa
Frank Coykendall Democrat 1933-1934 Shenandoah, Iowa
Paul Millhone Republican 1935-1938 Clarinda, Iowa
Carl Sjulin Republican 1939-1946 Hamburg, Iowa
Earl Fishbaugh Republican 1947-1954 Shenandoah, Iowa
Frank Hoxie Republican 1955-1962 Shenandoah, Iowa
Robert Dodds Democrat 1963-1970 Des Moines County
Floyd Gilley Republican 1971-1972 Maynard, Iowa
Ralph McCartney Republican 1973-1974 Charles City, Iowa
Milo Merrit Democrat 1975-1978 Osage, Iowa
Arthur Gratias Republican 1979-1982 Floyd County
C. Joseph Coleman Democrat 1983-1990 Clare, Iowa
James Kersten Republican 1991-1994 Webster County
Rod Halvorson Democrat 1995-1998 Webster County
Mike Sexton Republican 1999-2002 Calhoun County
Amanda Ragan Democrat 2003-2012 Mason City, Iowa
Rick Bertrand Republican 2013-2018 Sioux City, Iowa
Jackie Smith Democrat 2019-2022 Sioux City, Iowa
Kevin Alons Republican 2023-Present Woodbury County

Historical district boundaries

Map Description Years Effective Notes
Henry County 1846-1851 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.[5]
Clarke County

Lucas County
Monroe County
Wapello County (partial)

1852-1855
Henry County 1856-1859
Fremont County

Mills County
Montgomery County
Page County

1860-1861
Fremont County

Mills County
Pottawattamie County

1862-1863
Adams County

Montgomery County
Page County
Ringgold County
Taylor County
Union County

1864-1865
Adams County

Montgomery County
Page County
Taylor County
Union County

1866-1867
Decatur County

Ringgold County

1868-1869
Decatur County

Ringgold County
Taylor County

1870-1877
Fremont County

Page County

1878-1962
Fremont County

Mills County
Page County

1963-1970
Allamakee County (partial)

Fayette County
Winneshiek County (partial)

1970-1971 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.[6]
Cerro Gordo County (partial)

Chickasaw County (partial)
Floyd County (partial)
Howard County (partial)
Mitchell County

1973-1982
Boone County

Carroll County (partial)
Greene County
Hamilton County (partial)
Story County (partial)
Webster County (partial)

1983-1992
Boone County (partial)

Calhoun County
Hamilton County (partial)
Webster County

1993-2002
File:IA SD 07 (2002).svg Cerro Gordo County (partial)

Floyd County
Mitchell County

2003-2012
File:IA SD 07 (2012).svg Woodbury County (partial) 2013-2022
File:IA SD 07 (2022).svg Cherokee County (partial)

Monona County
Plymouth County (partial)

Woodbury County (partial)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "7th District Map 2023" (PDF).
  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. ↑ "District 7 Historic Legislator List".
  5. ↑ "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Reapportionment in Iowa".
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