# Iowa's 7th Senate district

The 7th district of the Iowa Senate is located in Western Iowa; it is currently composed Monona County, and of parts of Cherokee, Plymouth, and Woodbury counties. Its current member of the Iowa Senate is Republican Kevin Alons.

## Current elected officials

Kevin Alons is the senator currently representing the 7th District.
The area of the 7th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:
* The 13th District (represented by Ken Carlson)
* The 14th District (represented by Jacob Bossman)
The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Evan Jay | Whig | 1846-1849 | Henry County | |
| John Tillison Morton | Whig | 1850-1851 | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | |
| Henry Hendershott | Democrat | 1852-1853 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |
| Daniel Anderson | Whig | 1854-1855 | Monroe County | |
| Alvin Saunders | Republican | 1856-1859 | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | |
| Harvey English | Democrat | 1860-1863 | Fremont County | |
| Lewis Hillyer | Republican | 1864-1867 | Taylor County | |
| Isaac Keller | Republican | 1868-1871 | Mount Ayr, Iowa | |
| Elisha Smith | Republican | 1872-1875 | Taylor County | |
| Frederick Joseph Teale | Republican | 1876-1877 | Decatur City, Iowa | |
| Philip Lewellen | Republican | 1878-1881 | Clarinda, Iowa | |
| Talton Clark | Republican | 1882-1889 | Clarinda, Iowa | |
| George Perkins | Republican | 1890-1893 | Fremont County | |
| William Eaton | Republican | 1894-1901 | Sidney, Iowa | |
| Lester Lewis | Republican | 1902-1906 | Clarinda, Iowa | |
| William Jamieson | Democrat | 1907-1909 | Page County | Jamieson was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1908. |
| John Dunnegan | Democrat | 1911-1914 | Shenandoah, Iowa | |
| Herbert Foskett | Republican | 1915-1922 | Shenandoah, Iowa | |
| Sylvester Rees | Republican | 1923-1926 | Fremont County | |
| Denver Wilson | Republican | 1927-1930 | Shenandoah, Iowa | |
| Frank Coykendall | Republican | 1931-1932 | Shenandoah, Iowa | |
| Frank Coykendall | Democrat | 1933-1934 | Shenandoah, Iowa | |
| Paul Millhone | Republican | 1935-1938 | Clarinda, Iowa | |
| Carl Sjulin | Republican | 1939-1946 | Hamburg, Iowa | |
| Earl Fishbaugh | Republican | 1947-1954 | Shenandoah, Iowa | |
| Frank Hoxie | Republican | 1955-1962 | Shenandoah, Iowa | |
| Robert Dodds | Democrat | 1963-1970 | Des Moines County | |
| Floyd Gilley | Republican | 1971-1972 | Maynard, Iowa | |
| Ralph McCartney | Republican | 1973-1974 | Charles City, Iowa | |
| Milo Merrit | Democrat | 1975-1978 | Osage, Iowa | |
| Arthur Gratias | Republican | 1979-1982 | Floyd County | |
| C. Joseph Coleman | Democrat | 1983-1990 | Clare, Iowa | |
| James Kersten | Republican | 1991-1994 | Webster County | |
| Rod Halvorson | Democrat | 1995-1998 | Webster County | |
| Mike Sexton | Republican | 1999-2002 | Calhoun County | |
| Amanda Ragan | Democrat | 2003-2012 | Mason City, Iowa | |
| Rick Bertrand | Republican | 2013-2018 | Sioux City, Iowa | |
| Jackie Smith | Democrat | 2019-2022 | Sioux City, Iowa | |
| Kevin Alons | Republican | 2023-Present | Woodbury County | |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Years effective | Notes |
| Henry 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. |
| Clarke County Lucas County Monroe County Wapello County (partial) | 1852-1855 | |
| Henry County | 1856-1859 | |
| Fremont County Mills County Montgomery County Page County | 1860-1861 | |
| Fremont County Mills County Pottawattamie County | 1862-1863 | |
| Adams County Montgomery County Page County Ringgold County Taylor County Union County | 1864-1865 | |
| Adams County Montgomery County Page County Taylor County Union County | 1866-1867 | |
| Decatur County Ringgold County | 1868-1869 | |
| Decatur County Ringgold County Taylor County | 1870-1877 | |
| Fremont County Page County | 1878-1962 | |
| Fremont County Mills County Page County | 1963-1970 | |
| Allamakee County (partial) Fayette County Winneshiek County (partial) | 1970-1971 | 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. |
| Cerro Gordo County (partial) Chickasaw County (partial) Floyd County (partial) Howard County (partial) Mitchell County | 1973-1982 | |
| Boone County Carroll County (partial) Greene County Hamilton County (partial) Story County (partial) Webster County (partial) | 1983-1992 | |
| Boone County (partial) Calhoun County Hamilton County (partial) Webster County | 1993-2002 | |
| Cerro Gordo County (partial) Mason Township Owen Township Portland Township Mason City Floyd County Mitchell County | 2003-2012 | |
| Woodbury County (partial) Concord Township Sioux City Approximately North of US Highway 20 | 2013-2022 | |
| Cherokee County (partial) Amherst Township Grand Meadow Township Marcus Township Rock Township Sheridan Township Tilden Township Willow Township Cleghorn Marcus Meriden Quimby Washta Monona County Plymouth County (partial) Elkhorn Township Garfield Township Hancock Township Henry Township Hungerford Township Liberty Township Lincoln Township Marion Township Perry Township Plymouth Township Remsen Township Stanton Township Union Township Hinton Kingsley Merrill Oyens Remsen Woodbury County (partial) Excluding Banner Township Concord Township Sioux City approximately north of US Highway 20 | |