# Iowa's 4th Senate district

The 4th district of the Iowa Senate is located in northwestern Iowa. It is currently composed of Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac, and Webster counties.

## Current elected officials

Tim Kraayenbrink is the senator currently representing the 4th District.
The area of the 4th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:
* The 7th District (represented by Mike Sexton)
* The 8th District (represented by Ann Meyer)
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 |
| James Davis | Whig | 1846-1847 | Wapello County | |
| Barney Royston | Democrat | 1848-1849 | Ottumwa | |
| Henry Benham Hendershott | Democrat | 1850-1851 | Ottumwa | |
| William Greyer Coop | Democrat | 1852-1855 | Jefferson County | |
| John Park | Whig | 1852-1855 | Jefferson County | |
| William F. Coolbaugh | Democrat | 1856-1859 | Burlington | |
| Lyman Cook | Republican | 1856-1859 | Burlington | |
| Nathan Udell | Democrat | 1860-1867 | Appanoose County | |
| Madison M. Walden | Republican | 1868-1869 | Centerville | Term ended early due to election as lieutenant governor of Iowa. |
| William F. Vermillion | Republican | 1870-1871 | Centerville | |
| Edward J. Gault | Democrat | 1872-1875 | Appanoose | |
| Joshua Miller | Republican | 1876-1877 | Centerville | |
| Henry Laurens Dashiell | Republican | 1878-1879 | Monroe County | |
| David M. Clark | Greenback | 1880-1883 | Wayne County | |
| Lewis Miles | Republican | 1884-1887 | Wayne County | |
| Warren S. Dungan | Republican | 1888-1891 | Chariton | |
| Lester W. Lewis | Republican | 1892-1895 | Wayne County | |
| Harvey L. Byers | Republican | 1896-1899 | Lucas County | |
| Alexander Mardis | Republican | 1900-1903 | Wayne County | |
| Richard A. Hasselquist | Republican | 1904-1906 | Chariton | |
| John Alexander McKlvenn | Republican | 1907-1908 | Chariton | |
| George McCullouch | Republican | 1909-1912 | Humeston | |
| John H. Darrah | Republican | 1913-1916 | Chariton | |
| Karl Miles Le Compte | Republican | 1917-1920 | Corydon | |
| James F. Johnston | Republican | 1921-1924 | Chariton | |
| Allen G. Dotts | Republican | 1925-1928 | Corydon | |
| John W. Kent | Republican | 1929-1932 | Lucas County | |
| John H. Judd | Democrat | 1933 | Chariton | Died in office on January 14, 1933. |
| Joseph E. Doze | Democrat | 1933-1936 | Humeston | |
| Harold V. Levis | Republican | 1937-1940 | Lucas County | |
| Clarence L. Clark | Republican | 1941-1944 | Corydon | |
| James Alonzo Newsome | Republican | 1945-1948 | Lucas County | |
| Pearl W. McMurry | Republican | 1949-1950 | Corydon | |
| Ray Fletcher | Republican | 1951-1952 | Corydon | |
| William Corwin Stuart | Republican | 1953-1962 | Chariton | Term ended early due to selection to the Iowa Supreme Court |
| Howard Vincent | Republican | 1963-1964 | Chariton | |
| Franklin S. Main | Democrat | 1965-1968 | Decatur County | |
| Quentin V. Anderson | Republican | 1969-1970 | Elision | |
| Herbert Luther Ollenburg | Republican | 1971-1972 | Garner | |
| Berl E. Priebe | Democrat | 1973-1982 | Kossuth County | |
| Richard P. Vande Hoef | Republican | 1983-1992 | Osceola County | |
| John P. Kibbie | Democrat | 1993-2012 | Palo Alto County | |
| Dennis Guth | Republican | 2013-2022 | Hancock County | |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | 2023–present | Webster County | |

## Historical district boundaries

Source:
| Description | Years effective | Notes |
| Monroe County Wapello County | 1846-1849 | 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. |
| Lucas County Monroe County Wapello County | 1850-1851 | |
| Jefferson County | 1852-1855 | |
| Des Moines County | 1856-1859 | |
| Appanoose County | 1860-1877 | |
| Monroe County Wayne County | 1878-1883 | |
| Lucas County Wayne County | 1884-1962 | |
| Decatur County Ringgold County Union County | 1963-1966 | |
| Clarke County Decatur County Ringgold County Wayne County | 1967-1970 | |
| Cerro Gordo (partial) Hancock County Winnebago County Wright County (partial) Worth 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. |
| Emmet County (partial) Hancock County (partial) Humboldt County (partial) Kossuth County, Iowa Palo Alto County (partial) Pocahontas County (partial) Winnebago County | 1973-1982 | |
| Cherokee County Clay County (partial) Lyon County O'Brien County Osceola County Sioux County (partial) | 1983-1992 | |
| Clay County (partial) Dickinson County Emmet County Kossuth County (partial) Palo Alto County | 1993-2002 | |
| Emmet County Humboldt County Kossuth County Palo Alto County Pocahontas County Webster County (partial) Deer Creek Township Jackson Township Johnson Township | 2003-2012 | |
| Emmet County Hancock County Kossuth County Winnebago County Wright County | 2013-2022 | |
| Calhoun County Pocahontas County Sac County Webster County | 2023–present | |