# Iowa's 9th Senate district

The 9th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southwestern Iowa, and is currently composed of Adams, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, and part of Union counties.

## Current elected officials

Tom Shipley is the senator currently representing the 9th District.
The area of the 9th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:
* The 17th District (represented by Devon Wood)
* The 18th District (represented by Tom Moore)
The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Zach Nunn.

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Francis Springer | Whig | 1846-1849 | Columbus Junction, Iowa | |
| Norman Everson | Whig | 1850-1851 | Washington, Iowa | |
| Amos Harris | Democrat | 1852-1853 | Centerville, Iowa | |
| Nathan Udell | Democrat | 1854-1855 | Appanoose County | |
| Daniel Anderson | Republican | 1856-1859 | Albia, Iowa | |
| Alvin Saunders | Republican | 1860-1861 | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | Saunders was appointed to be the governor of the Nebraska Territory in 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln. |
| Leroy Palmer | Republican | 1861 | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | |
| Theron Woolson | Republican | 1862-1863 | Henry County | |
| John Foote | Republican | 1864-1865 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Fitz Warren | Republican | 1866-1867 | Des Moines County | |
| Jefferson Casady | Democrat | 1868-1871 | Council Bluffs, Iowa | |
| John Stone | Republican | 1872-1875 | Glenwood, Iowa | |
| George Franklin Wright | Republican | 1876-1877 | Council Bluffs, Iowa | Not to be confused with George G. Wright, though George F. Wright did work for and with George G. Wright in Keosauqua, Iowa. |
| John Patterson | Republican | 1878-1881 | Des Moines County | |
| Benton Jay Hall | Democrat | 1882-1884 | Des Moines County | Hall was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1884. |
| William Dodge | Democrat | 1886-1893 | Des Moines County | |
| Thomas Harper | Democrat | 1894-1897 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| William McArthur | Republican | 1898-1901 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Frederick Smith | Democrat | 1902-1910 | Des Moines County | |
| LaMonte Cowles | Republican | 1911-1914 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Frank Thompson | Republican | 1915-1922 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Edward Romkey | Republican | 1923-1926 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Clyde Topping | Republican | 1927-1934 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| James M. Bell | Democrat | 1935-1938 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Frederick Cromwell | Republican | 1939-1946 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| William Skourup | Republican | 1947-1950 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Thomas Dailey | Democrat | 1951-1958 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Carl Hoschek | Democrat | 1959-1962 | Burlington, Iowa | |
| Jacob Mincks | Democrat | 1963-1966 | Wapello County | |
| Gene Glenn | Democrat | 1967-1970 | Ottumwa, Iowa | |
| Leigh Curran | Republican | 1971-1972 | Mason City, Iowa | |
| Dale Tieden | Republican | 1973-1982 | Elkader, Iowa | |
| Ray Taylor | Republican | 1983-1994 | Steamboat Rock, Iowa | |
| Stewart Iverson | Republican | 1995-2002 | Wright County | |
| Robert Brunkhorst | Republican | 2003-2006 | Waverly, Iowa | |
| William Heckroth | Democrat | 2007-2010 | Waverly, Iowa | |
| Bill Dix | Republican | 2011-2012 | Shell Rock, Iowa | |
| Nancy Boettger | Republican | 2013-2014 | Harlan, Iowa | |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | 2015-2022 | Schleswig, Iowa | |
| Tom Shipley | Republican | 2023-present | Adams County | |

## Historical district boundaries

Source:
| Description | Years effective | Notes |
| Louisa County Washington 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. |
| Appanoose County Davis County (partial) Decatur County Wayne County | 1852-1855 | |
| Clarke County Lucas County Monroe County | 1856-1859 | |
| Henry County | 1860-1863 | |
| Des Moines County | 1864-1867 | |
| Cass County Fremont County Mills County Pottawattamie | 1868-1869 | |
| Cass County Mills County Montgomery County Pottawattamie County | 1870-1871 | |
| Mills County Montgomery County Pottawattamie County | 1872-1873 | |
| Mills County Pottawattamie County | 1874-1877 | |
| Des Moines County | 1878-1962 | |
| Wapello County | 1963-1970 | |
| Cerro Gordo County (partial) Franklin County (partial) | 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. |
| Allamakee County Clayton County Delaware County (partial) Dubuque County (partial) Fayette County (partial) Winneshiek County | 1973-1982 | |
| Franklin County Hamilton County (partial) Hancock County (partial) Hardin County Wright County | 1983-1992 | |
| Franklin County Hamilton County (partial) Hardin County Wright County (partial) | 1993-2002 | |
| Bremer County Black Hawk County (partial) Bennington Township Lester Township Mount Vernon Township Washington Township Janesville Butler County Fayette County (partial) Excluding Fairfield Township Illyria Township Pleasant Valley Township Putnam Township Scott Township Smithfield Township Westfield Township Arlington Elgin Fairbank Fayette Wadena | 2003-2012 | |
| Crawford County (partial) East Boyer Hayes Township Iowa Township Jackson Township Milford Township Nishnabotny Township Stockholm Township West Side Township Aspinwall Deloit Manilla Vail Westside Harrison County Ida County Monona County Shelby County Woodbury County (partial) Liston Township Little Sioux Township Miller Township Morgan Township Oto Township Rock Township Sloan Township Willow Township Anthon Cushing Danbury Hornick Oto Sloan Smithland | 2013-2022 | |
| Adams County Cass County Montgomery County Page County Ringgold County Taylor County Union County (partial) Excluding Dodge Township Jones Township Lincoln Township New Hope Township Pleasant Township Lorimor Thayer | 2023-present | |