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Iowa's 17th
State Senate district
Map of the district
Senator
  Izaah Knox
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The 17th District of the Iowa Senate is located in central Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Polk County.

Current elected officials

Izaah Knox is the senator currently representing the 17th District.

The area of the 17th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:

The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by Zach Nunn.

List of representatives

Representative Party Dates Residence Notes
Jonathan Emerson Fletcher Democrat 1852-1853 Muscatine, Iowa
George W. Wilkinson Whig 1854-1855 Muscatine, Iowa
Jairus Edward Neal Democrat 1856-1859 Marion County, Iowa
Henry H. Williams Democrat 1860-1863 Eddyville, Iowa
John Chrisfield Hogin Republican 1864-1865 Sigourney, Iowa
Ezekiel Silas Sampson Republican 1866-1868 Sigourney, Iowa Elected district Judge in 1868
John C. Johnson Republican 1868-1869 Keokuk County, Iowa
Joseph Warren Havens Republican 1870-1873 Sigourney, Iowa
Lafayette Young Republican 1874-1877 Cass County, Iowa
William Graham Republican 1878-1879 Indianola, Iowa
Mark Antony Dashiel Republican 1880-1883 Indianola, Iowa
Timothy Gordon Caldwell Republican 1884-1891 Adel, Iowa
Henry Franklin Andrews Republican 1892-1895 Exira, Iowa
Albert C. Hotchkiss Republican 1896-1899 Adel, Iowa
Frank M. Hopkins Republican 1900-1908 Guthrie Center, Iowa
George Cosson Republican 1909-1910 Audubon County, Iowa Elected as Iowa Attorney General in 1911
Anthony Milroy McColl Republican 1911-1913 Woodward, Iowa Resigned in 1913 to accept appointment to the State Board of Control.
John Wasson Foster Republican 1915-1920 Guthrie Center, Iowa
Halleck J. Mantz Republican 1921-1924 Audubon, Iowa
Redfield Clipper Mills Republican 1925-1928 Redfield, Iowa
Frank Bissell Republican 1929-1932 Dexter, Iowa
George M. Hopkins Republican 1933-1940 Bear Grove, Iowa Died in office in 1940.
Ai Miller Republican 1941-1948 Gray, Iowa
Glen Edwin Whitehead Republican 1949-1956 Dallas County, Iowa
Gerald William Prince Republican 1957-1960 Guthrie Center, Iowa
Harry L. Cowden Republican 1961-1964 Guthrie County, Iowa Two senators from district 14 are listed on the Iowa Official Register for General Assembly 60 & 61. This is the combined result of redistricting and election cycles and affected multiple districts.
C. Joseph Coleman Democrat 1963-1964 Clare, Iowa
Jack Schroeder Republican 1963-1966 Davenport, Iowa
Joseph W. Cassidy Democrat 1965-1966 Guthrie Center, Iowa
Robert Burns Democrat 1967-1968 Johnson County, Iowa
Minnette Fredrichs Doderer Democrat 1969-1970 Johnson County, Iowa
Rudy Van Drie Republican 1971-1972 Story County, Iowa
Barton L. Schwieger Republican 1973-1974 Waterloo, Iowa
Fred W. Nolting Democrat 1975-1978 Waterloo, Iowa
Richard L. Comito Republican 1979-1982 Waterloo, Iowa
Joseph J. Welsh Democrat 1983-1994 Key West, Iowa
Thomas L. Flynn Democrat 1995-2002 Dubuque, Iowa
Wally E. Horn Democrat 2003-2012 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Jack Hatch Democrat 2013-2014 Des Moines, Iowa
Tony Bisignano Democrat 2015-2022 Des Moines, Iowa
Izaah Knox Democrat 2023-Present Des Moines, Iowa


Historical District Boundaries

Source:

Map Description Years Effective Notes
Muscatine County 1852-1855
Marion County 1856-1859
Mahaska County 1860-1863
Keokuk County 1864-1873
Adair County

Adams County
Cass County
Union County

1874-1877
Warren County 1878-1883
Audubon County

Dallas County
Guthrie County

1884-1962
Scott County 1963-1966
Johnson County 1967-1970
Jasper County (partial)

Story 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.
Black Hawk County (partial) 1973-1982
Dubuque County (partial)

Jackson County

1983-1992
Delaware County (partial)

Dubuque County (partial)

Jackson County

1993-2002
Linn County (partial) 2003-2012
Polk County (partial) 2013-2022
Polk County (partial) 2023-Present

See also

References

  1. "SENATE DISTRICT 17" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  2. "Iowa Senate District 17 Historic Senators".
  3. "Iowa House Districts" (PDF). Iowa Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  4. "Iowa Senate District 17 Historic Senators".
  5. "Iowa Legislature GA list".
  6. "Iowa historic district map database".
  7. "Reapportionment in Iowa".
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