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The 2nd district of the Iowa Senate, located in Northwestern Iowa, is currently composed of Plymouth and Sioux counties. Its current member of the Iowa Senate is Republican Jeff Taylor.
Current elected officials
Jeff Taylor is the senator currently representing the 2nd District.[1]
The area of the 2nd District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[2]
- The 3rd District (represented by Dennis Bush)
- The 4th District (represented by Skyler Wheeler)
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Fletcher Sanford | Whig | 1846-1849 | Van Buren County | ||
| John McCormick Whitaker | Democratic | 1846-1847 | |||
| George Grover Wright | Whig | 1848-1851 | Van Buren County | ||
| John Brice Spees | Whig | 1850-1851 | Birmingham | ||
| Milton D. Browning | Whig | 1852-1855 | Burlington | ||
| George Hepner | Democratic | 1852-1853 | |||
| William Findlay Coolbaugh | Democratic | 1854-1855 | Burlington | ||
| David T. Brigham | Democratic | 1856-1859 | Keokuk | ||
| Gideon S. Bailey | Democratic | 1860-1861 | Vernon | ||
| Abner McCrary | Republican | 1862-1865 | |||
| Eliab Doud | Republican | 1866-1869 | Village Township | ||
| Jacob Vale | Republican | 1870-1873 | |||
| James B. Pease | Anti-Monopoly | 1874-1875 | |||
| James B. Pease | Democratic | 1876-1877 | |||
| Horatio Wonn | Democratic | 1878-1879 | |||
| Henry Traverse | Republican | 1880-1881 | Bloomfield | ||
| Alexander Brown | Republican | 1882-1883 | Keosauqua | ||
| John Carr | Democratic | 1884-1887 | Milton | ||
| Benjamin R. Vale | Republican | 1888-1895 | Bonaparte | ||
| Thomas Bell | Republican | 1896-1899 | Fairfield | ||
| Henry Brighton | Republican | 1900-1903 | Fairfield | ||
| James Elercik | Republican | 1904-1908 | Douds | ||
| William S. Allen | Republican | 1909-1912 | Fairfield | ||
| John Taylor | Republican | 1913-1916 | Farmington | ||
| George Ball | Republican | 1917-1920 | Fairfield | Died in office in 1920. | |
| Charles Fulton | Republican | 1921-1928 | Fairfield | ||
| Aaron V. Blackford | Republican | 1929-1932 | Bonaparte | ||
| John N. Calhoun | Republican | 1933-1936 | Keosauque | ||
| Sanford Zeigler | Republican | 1937-1944 | The Iowa Legislative historian suggests that the 1943-1944 50th General Assembly was finished out by Charles W. Wade. | ||
| Alden Doud | Republican | 1945-1952 | Douds | ||
| Charles Nelson | Republican | 1953-1956 | Packwood | ||
| Norval Evans | Republican | 1957-1960 | Fairfield | ||
| Dewey Phelps | Republican | 1961-1964 | |||
| Max E. Reno | Republican | 1965-1969 | Van Buren County | [5] | |
| Charles G. Mogged | Republican | 1969-1971 | Fairfield | [6] | |
| Marvin W. Smith | Republican | 1971-1972 | O'Brien County | [7] | |
| Irvin Bergman | Republican | 1973-1981 | Osceola County | [8] | |
| Richard Vande Hoef | Republican | 1981-1983 | Ocheyedan | [9] | |
| Donald Doyle | Republican | 1983-1993 | Sioux City | [10] | |
| Bradly Banks | Republican | 1993-1997 | [11] | ||
| John Redwine | Republican | 1997-2003 | Sioux City | [12] | |
| Kenneth Veenstra | Republican | 2003-2005 | Orange City | [13] | |
| Dave Mulder | Republican | 2005-2009 | Sioux Center | [14] | |
| Randy Feenstra | Republican | 2009-2021 | Hull | [15] | |
| Jeff Taylor | Republican | 2021–Present | Sioux Center | [16] | |
Historical District Boundaries[17]
| Map | Description | Years Effective | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren 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.[18] | |
| Des Moines County | 1852-1855 | ||
| Van Buren County (part)
Lee County (part) |
1856-1859 | ||
| Van Buren County | 1860-1877 | ||
| Van Buren County | 1878-1887 | ||
| Van Buren County | 1888-1962 | ||
| Van Buren County | 1963-1966 | ||
| Van Buren County | 1967-1970 | ||
| Clay County (part)
Lyon County (part) O'Brien County (part) |
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.[19] | |
| Clay County (part) Dickinson County |
1973-1982 | ||
| Ida County (part) Monona County Woodbury County (part) |
1983-1992 | ||
| Plymouth County (part) Woodbury County (part) |
1993-2002 | ||
| Lyon County Plymouth County (part)
Sioux County (part) |
2003-2012 | ||
| Cherokee County O'Brien County |
2013-2022 | ||
| Lyon County Plymouth County (part) |
2023–Present |
See also
References
- ↑ "Iowa Legislature - Legislator List". Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/HouseStatewide8x11_color.pdf
- ↑ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/CongressStatewide8x11_color.pdf
- ↑ "Senators of Iowa Senate District 2".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Max Reno".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Charles Mogged".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Marvin Smith".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Irvin Bergman".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Richard Vande Hoef".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Donald Doyle".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Bradly Banks".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - John Redwine".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Kenneth Veenstra".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Dave Mulder".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Randy Feenstra".
- ↑ "Legislator Details - Jeff Taylor".
- ↑ "Iowa State Senate District 2 Historic Legislators".
- ↑ "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).
- ↑ "Reapportionment in Iowa".
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