Global political history

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Members of the U.S. Senate from Iowa

Class 2 | Class 3.


U.S. Senators from Iowa

Member of the United States Senate (Class 2) from Iowa
James Wilson Grimes

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1816; d. February 7 1872.

Republican Party

1859 – 1869

Samuel Jordan Kirkwood

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1813; d. September 1 1894.

Republican Party

1877 – 1881

James Falconer Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 19 1828; d. April 22 1895.

Republican Party

1883 – 1895

Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1858; d. October 15 1910.

Republican Party

1900 – 1910

William Squire Kenyon

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1869; d. September 9 1933.

Republican Party

1911 – 1922

Guy Mark Gillette

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1879; d. March 3 1973.

Democratic Party

1949 – 1955

Thomas Richard “Tom” Harkin

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1939.

Democratic Party

1985 – 2015


Member of the United States Senate (Class 3) from Iowa
James Harlan

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1820; d. October 5 1899.

Republican Party

1855 – 1865

Samuel Jordan Kirkwood

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1813; d. September 1 1894.

Republican Party

1866 – 1867

James Harlan

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1820; d. October 5 1899.

Republican Party

1867 – 1873

William Boyd Allison

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1829; d. August 4 1908.

Republican Party

1873 – 1908

Guy Mark Gillette

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1879; d. March 3 1973.

Democratic Party

1936 – 1945

Charles Ernest “Chuck” Grassley

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1933.

Republican Party

1981 – present