| State: | Iowa |
| District: | 5 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Dave Rowley |
| Party: | Republican |
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]
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]
| Representative | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1846-1847 | Polk County | Served as first President of the Iowa State Senate | ||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1848-1851 | Des Moines | |||
| bgcolor= | Whig | 1852-1853 | Henry County | |||
| bgcolor= | Whig | 1854-1855 | Mt. Pleasant | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1856-1859 | Bloomfield | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1860-1863 | Wayne County | It is unclear as to the reason of the overlap between Senator Taylor and Senator Esteb. | ||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1862-1863 | Wayne County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1864-1865 | Clarke County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1866-1867 | Chariton | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1868-1869 | Chariton | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1870-1871 | Albia | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1872-1873 | Corydon | |||
| bgcolor= | Anti-Monopoly | 1874-1875 | Corydon | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1876-1877 | Monroe County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1878-1879 | Chariton, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1880-1883 | Osceola, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1884-1887 | Clarke County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1888-1895 | Creston, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1896-1903 | Mount Ayr, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1904-1908 | Leon, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1909-1912 | Decatur County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1913-1916 | Creston, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1917-1920 | Mount Ayr, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1921-1924 | Decatur County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1925-1928 | Mount Ayr, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1929-1932 | Creston, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1933-1936 | Garden Grove, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | 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. | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1941-1943 | Creston, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | 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] | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1945-1948 | Decatur County | |||
| bgcolor= | 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] | ||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1963-1964 | Mount Ayr, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1965-1970 | Corning, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1971-1972 | Parkersburg, Iowa | Senator Kyhl died while in office in 1973.[7] | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1973-1982 | Steamboat Rock, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1983-1986 | Buena Vista County | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1987-1994 | Buena Vista County | Senator Fuhrman died in office in 1994.[8] | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1993-2002 | Storm Lake, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2003-2006 | Dows, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 2007-2010 | Story City, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2011-2012 | Maxwell, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 2013-2014 | Fort Dodge, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2015-2022 | Fort Dodge, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2023- | Dickinson County | |||
| Map | Description | Years Effective | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | ||
| 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) | 2003-2012 | ||
| Calhoun CountyHumboldt County Pocahontas County Webster County (partial) | 2013-2022 | ||
Clay County (partial)
Dickinson County | 2023-Present |