Iowa House of Representatives

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 100 members of the House of Representatives, respresenting 100 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 29,750 for each constituency. The House of Representatives meets at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

Unlike the upper house, the Iowa Senate, state House representatives serve two-year terms with the whole chamber up for re-election in even-numbered years. There are no term limits for the House.

1 Leadership of the House
- 1.1 Leaders
2 Current composition
- 2.1 Past notable members
3 External links

[edit] Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the House in the chief leadership position, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full House on passage of a floor vote. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber.

The current Speaker is Pat Murphy of the 35th District (Dubuque). The Majority Leader is Kevin McCarthy of the 67th District (Des Moines). The Minority Leader is Christopher Rants of the 54th District (Sioux City).

[edit] Leaders

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker	Pat Murphy	Democratic	Dubuque	28
Majority Leader	Kevin McCarthy	Democratic	Des Moines	67
Minority Leader	Christopher Rants	Republican	Sioux City	54

[edit] Current composition

Map of the Iowa House districts

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	53
	Republican Party	47
Total		100
Majority		6

[edit] Past notable members

William S. Beardsley, Governor of Iowa from 1949 to 1954
William W. Belknap, U.S. Army major general and U.S. Secretary of War from 1869 until impeached in 1876.
Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999
Robert D. Fulton, Governor of Iowa for 16 days in 1969
Chuck Grassley, current U.S. Senator, 1981 to present
Frank Merriam, Governor of California from 1934 to 1939
William M. Stone, Civil War prisoner of war and Governor of Iowa from 1864 to 1868.
James Wilson, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1897 to 1913.

Current Iowa Representatives
District 1: Whitead (D) District 2: Wendt (D) District 3: Soderberg (R) District 4: Alons (R) District 5: Chambers (R) District 6: May (R) District 7: Frevert (D) District 8: Mertz (D) District 9: Bailey (D) District 10: Deyoe (R) District 11: Rayhons (R) District 12: Upmeyer (R) District 13: Schickel (R) District 14: Kuhn (D) District 15: Quirk (D) District 16: Gipp (R) District 17: Grassley (R) District 18: Wenthe (D) District 19: Kressig (D) District 20: Kelley (D) District 21: Wiencek (R) District 22: Berry (D) District 23: Rasmussen (R) District 24: Thomas (D) District 25: Schueller (D)	District 26: Bukta (D) District 27: Jochum (D) District 28: Murphy (D) District 29: Foege (D) District 30: Jacoby (D) District 31: Zirkelbach (D) District 32: Lukan (R) District 33: Dick Taylor (D) District 34: Todd Taylor (D) District 35: Paulsen (R) District 36: Dandekar (D) District 37: Staed (D) District 38: Olson (D) District 39: Pettengill (R) District 40: Horbach (R) District 41: Bell (D) District 42: Huser (D) District 43: Smith (D) District 44: Granzow (R) District 45: Wessel-Kroeschell (D) District 46: Heddens (D) District 47: Watts (R) District 48: Olson (D) District 49: Miller (D) District 50: Tjepkes (R)	District 51: Roberts (R) District 52: Worthan (R) District 53: Huseman (R) District 54: Rants (R) District 55: Hoffman (R) District 56: Windschitl (R) District 57: Drake (R) District 58: Baudler (R) District 59: Clute (R) District 60: Jacobs (R) District 61: Oldson (D) District 62: Hunter (D) District 63: Raecker (R) District 64: Petersen (D) District 65: Ford (D) District 66: Abdul-Samad (D) District 67: McCarthy (D) District 68: Olson (D) District 69: Tomenga (R) District 70: Boal (R) District 71: Van Engelenhoven (R) District 72: Arnold (R) District 73: Tymeson (R) District 74: Davitt (D) District 75: Palmer (D)	District 76: De Boef (R) District 77: Mascher (D) District 78: Lensing (D) District 79: Kaufmann (R) District 80: Reichert (D) District 81: Van Fossen (R) District 82: Miller (R) District 83: Olson (R) District 84: Gayman (D) District 85: Lykam (D) District 86: Winckler (D) District 87: Sands (R) District 88: Cohoon (D) District 89: Greiner (R) District 90: Whitaker (D) District 91: Heaton (R) District 92: Wise (D) District 93: Gaskill (D) District 94: Swaim (D) District 95: Reasoner (D) District 96: Dolecheck (R) District 97: Anderson (R) District 98: Forristall (R) District 99: Struyk (R) District 100: Shomshor (D)
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[edit] External links

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