Iowa's 13th Senate district

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The 13th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southern Iowa, and is currently composed of Davis, Monroe and Wapello Counties, and portions of Appanoose County.[1]

Iowa's 13th
State Senate district

Map of the district
Senator
  Cherielynn Westrich
R

Current elected officials

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Cherielynn Westrich is the senator currently representing the 13th District.[2]

The area of the 13th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[3]

The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Zach Nunn.[4]


List of representatives

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Representative Party Dates Residence Notes
Samuel Bissell Democrat 1846-1847 Cedar County
John Parsons Cook Whig 1848-1851 Tipton, Iowa
Joseph Lowe Democrat 1852-1853 Springfield, Iowa
James Hogin Whig 1854-1855 Sigourney, Iowa
Hiram Cleaver Republican 1856-1857 Louisa County
Samuel Reiner Republican 1858-1861 Louisa County
James Hurley Republican 1862-1863 Wapello, Iowa
William Castlebury Shippen Republican 1864-1867 Monroe County
Augustus Hamilton Republican 1868-1871 Ottumwa, Iowa
Joseph Merrill Republican 1872-1877 Ottumwa, Iowa
Gregg Madison Democrat 1878-1881 Ottumwa, Iowa
Joseph Hutchison Republican 1882-1885 Ottumwa, Iowa
James Dooley Democrat 1886-1887 What Cheer, Iowa
Joseph Hutchison Republican 1888-1889 Ottumwa, Iowa
Peter Ballingall Democrat 1890-1891 Ottumwa, Iowa Senator Ballingall "died while on an ocean voyage, near the port of Hong Kong, on his second trip around the world"[6] while in office in 1891.
James Joseph Smith Republican 1892-1893 Ottumwa, Iowa
Harrison Waterman Republican 1894-1897 Ottumwa, Iowa
William Anderson McIntire Democrat 1898-1901 Ottumwa, Iowa
Samuel Houston Harper Republican 1902-1906 Ottumwa, Iowa
Edwin Moon Democrat 1907-1910 Ottumwa, Iowa
John Francis Webber Democrat 1911-1914 Ottumwa, Iowa
Chester Whitmore Republican 1915-1922 Ottumwa, Iowa
Frank Shane Republican 1923-1930 Ottumwa, Iowa
Roy E. Stevens Democrat 1931-1938 Ottumwa, Iowa
Elmer Bekman Republican 1939-1954 Ottumwa, Iowa
Samuel Burton Democrat 1955-1958 Ottumwa, Iowa
Jacob Mincks Democrat 1959-1962 Ottumwa, Iowa
1963-1964 No senator from district 13 is listed on the Iowa Official Register for General Assembly 60. This is the combined result of redistricting and election cycles and affected multiple districts.[7]
Joseph Flatt Republican 1965-1966 Winterset, Iowa
Thomas Frey Republican 1967-1970 Pottawattamie County In 1964, after previous amendments to the Iowa Constitution were determined to violate the 14th Amendment, an interim plan increased the number of Senators and Representatives in the state by apportioning additional Senators and Representatives to the most populous districts/counties. This plan existed from 1965-1970, when a new districting and apportionment plan was adopted.[8]
Gilbert Klefstad Democrat 1967-1968 Council Bluffs, Iowa
James W. Griffin Republican 1969-1970 Council Bluffs, Iowa
John Wesley Graham Republican 1971-1972 Ida Grove, Iowa
Tom Riley Republican 1973-1974 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
James Redmond Democrat 1975-1978 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Arthur Kudart Republican 1979-1982 Linn County
Thomas Lind Republican 1983-1986 Waterloo, Iowa Senator Lind died while in office in 1986 and was succeeded by his son Jim Lind
Jim Lind Republican 1987-1997 Waterloo, Iowa Senator Lind resigned from office in 1997.
Patricia Harper Democrat 1998-2002 Black Hawk County
Roger Stewart Democrat 2003-2010 Jackson County
Tod Bowman Democrat 2011-2012 Maquoketa, Iowa
Kent Sorenson Republican 2013 Milo, Iowa Senator Sorenson resigned in 2013 after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and other felonies related to campaign finances.
Julian Garrett Republican 2014-2022 Warren County
Cherielynn Westrich Republican 2023-Present Wapello County

Historical District Boundaries

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Source:[9]

Map Description Years Effective Notes
Benton County

Cedar County
Linn County

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.[10]
Benton County

Cedar County
Linn County
Tama County

1850-1851
Keokuk County 1852-1855
Louisa County 1856-1863
Monroe County 1864-1867
Wapello County 1868-1885
Iowa County

Keokuk County

1886-1887
Wapello County 1888-1962
Adair County

Clarke County
Madison County

1963-1966
Pottawattamie County 1967-1970
Calhoun County (partial)

Cherokee County
Ida County
Sac 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.[11]
Johnson County (partial)

Linn County

1973-1982
Black Hawk County (partial) 1983-1992
Black Hawk County (partial) 1993-2002
  Clinton County (partial)

Dubuque County (partial)

Jackson County

2003-2012
  Madison County

Warren County (partial)

2013-2022
  Appanoose County (partial)

Davis County
Monroe County
Wapello County

2023-Present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "District 13 Map" (PDF).
  2. ^ Agency, Iowa Legislative Services. "Iowa Legislature - Legislator List". Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "Iowa House Districts" (PDF). Iowa Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "Iowa Congressional Districts" (PDF). Iowa Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  5. ^ "Table of Iowa Senate District 4 Historic Senators".
  6. ^ "Ballingall Bio".
  7. ^ "Iowa Legislature GA list".
  8. ^ "Red Book of the 62nd GA" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Iowa State Senate District 2 Historic Legislators".
  10. ^ "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Reapportionment in Iowa".