Iowa's 43rd Senate district

Senate District 43

Type	District of the Upper House
Location	Eastern Iowa
Senator	Zach Wahls (D)
Parent organization	Iowa General Assembly

The 43rd District of the Iowa Senate is located in southeastern Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Johnson County.^[1]

Current elected officials

Zach Wahls is the senator currently representing the 43rd District.^[2]

The area of the 43rd District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:^[3]

• The 85th District (represented by Amy Nielsen)
• The 86th District (represented by David Jacoby)

The district is also located in Iowa's 1st congressional district, which is represented by Mariannette Miller-Meeks.^[4]

Past senators

The district has previously been represented by:^[5][6][7]

• Sherman G. Smith, 1862-1864
• George W. Bassett, 1864-1866
• John G. Patterson, 1866-1872
• Alonzo Converse, 1872-1876
• Arad Hitchcock, 1876
• William Larrabee, 1878-1884
• John D. Glass, 1884-1888
• Norman V. Brower, 1888-1896
• Walter F. Harriman, 1896-1904
• Abner H. Gale, 1904-1909
• John Hammill, 1909-1913
• Thomas J.B. Robinson, 1913-1917
• Arthur L. Rule, 1917-1921
• John E. Wichman, 1921-1925
• Charles Frederic Johnston, 1925-1929
• Edward W. Clark, 1929-1933
• William C. McArthur, 1933-1937
• Earl M. Dean, 1937-1941
• Oscar E. Johnson, 1941-1945
• Herman M. Knudson, 1945-1957
• William H. Tate, 1957-1959
• Walter E. Edelen, 1959-1961
• Leigh Raymond Curran, 1961-1965
• Raymond W. Hagie, 1965-1967
• John Leonard Buren, 1967-1969
• Herbert Luther Ollenburg, 1969-1971
• John C. Rhodes, 1971-1973
• Lowell L. Jurkins, 1973-1983
• Thomas Mann, 1983–1990
• Florence Buhr, 1991–1992
• Derryl McLaren, 1993–2001
• Hubert Houser, 2001-2003
• Joe Seng, 2003–2012
• Joe Bolkcom, 2013–2022
• Zach Wahls, 2023–Present

See also

• Iowa General Assembly
• Iowa Senate

References

1. "SENATE DISTRICT 43" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
2. Agency, Iowa Legislative Services. "Iowa Legislature - Legislator List". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
3. "Iowa House Districts" (PDF). Iowa Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
4. "Iowa Congressional Districts" (PDF). Iowa Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
5. "Members of Iowa General Assemblies" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
6. Frank J. Stork and Cynthia A. Clingan (1980). "The Iowa General Assembly: Our Legislative Heritage 1846-1980" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
7. "Members of the Senate by Assembly 1838 – 2024" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2025.