Iowa's 9th Senate district explained

State:Iowa
District:9
Chamber:Senate
Representative:Tom Shipley (politician)
Party:Republican

The 9th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southwestern Iowa, and is currently composed of Adams, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, and part of Union counties. [1]

Current elected officials

Tom Shipley (politician) is the senator currently representing the 9th District.

The area of the 9th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[2]

The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Zach Nunn.[3]

List of representatives

[4]

RepresentativePartyDatesResidenceNotes
bgcolor= Whig1846-1849Columbus Junction, Iowa
bgcolor= Whig1850-1851Washington, Iowa
bgcolor= Democrat1852-1853Centerville, Iowa
bgcolor= Democrat1854-1855Appanoose County
bgcolor= Republican1856-1859Albia, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1860-1861Mount Pleasant, IowaSaunders was appointed to be the Governor of the Nebraska Territory in 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln
bgcolor= Republican1861Mount Pleasant, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1862-1863Henry County
bgcolor= Republican1864-1865Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1866-1867Des Moines County
bgcolor= Democrat1868-1871Council Bluffs, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1872-1875Glenwood, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1876-1877Council Bluffs, IowaNot to be confused with George G. Wright, though George F. Wright did work for and with George G. Wright in Keosauqua, Iowa.[5]
bgcolor= Republican1878-1881Des Moines County
bgcolor= Democrat1882-1884Des Moines CountyHall was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1884.
bgcolor= Democrat1886-1893Des Moines County
bgcolor= Democrat1894-1897Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1898-1901Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Democrat1902-1910Des Moines County
bgcolor= Republican1911-1914Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1915-1922Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1923-1926Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1927-1934Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Democrat1935-1938Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1939-1946Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1947-1950Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Democrat1951-1958Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Democrat1959-1962Burlington, Iowa
bgcolor= Democrat1963-1966Wapello County
bgcolor= Democrat1967-1970Ottumwa, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1971-1972Mason City, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1973-1982Elkader, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1983-1994Steamboat Rock, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican1995-2002Wright County
bgcolor= Republican2003-2006Waverly, Iowa
bgcolor= Democrat2007-2010Waverly, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican2011-2012Shell Rock, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican2013-2014Harlan, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican2015-2022Schleswig, Iowa
bgcolor= Republican2023-PresentAdams County

Historical District Boundaries

Source:[6]

MapDescriptionYears EffectiveNotes
1846-1851From 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.[7]
Appanoose County
Davis County (partial)
Decatur County
Wayne County		1852-1855
Clarke County
Lucas County
Monroe County		1856-1859
Henry County1860-1863
Des Moines County1864-1867
Cass County
Fremont County
Mills County
Pottawattamie		1868-1869
Cass County
Mills County
Montgomery County
Pottawattamie County		1870-1871
Mills County
Montgomery County
Pottawattamie County		1872-1873
Mills County
Pottawattamie County		1874-1877
Des Moines County1878-1962
Wapello County1963-1970
Cerro Gordo County (partial)
Franklin County (partial)		1971-1972In 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.[8]
Allamakee County
Clayton County
Delaware County (partial)
Dubuque County (partial)
Fayette County (partial)
Winneshiek County		1973-1982
Franklin County
Hamilton County (partial)
Hancock County (partial)
Hardin County
Wright County		1983-1992
Franklin County
Hamilton County (partial)
Hardin County
Wright County (partial)		1993-2002
Bremer County
Black Hawk County (partial)

Butler County
Fayette County (partial)

2003-2012
Crawford County (partial)

Harrison County
Ida County
Monona County
Shelby County
Woodbury County (partial)

2013-2022
Adams County
Cass County
Montgomery County
Page County
Ringgold County
Taylor County
Union County (partial)
  • Excluding
    • Dodge Township
    • Jones Township
    • Lincoln Township
    • New Hope Township
    • Pleasant Township
    • Lorimor
    • Thayer
2023-Present

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: District 9 Map .
  2. Web site: Iowa House Districts . Iowa Legislative Services Agency . July 15, 2016.
  3. Web site: Iowa Congressional Districts . Iowa Legislative Services Agency . July 15, 2016.
  4. Web site: Table of Iowa Senate District 4 Historic Senators .
  5. Web site: George F Wright Fact Sheet .
  6. Web site: Iowa State Senate District 2 Historic Legislators .
  7. Web site: 1846 Iowa Constitution .
  8. Web site: Reapportionment in Iowa .

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