Iowa House of Representatives

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, Iowa's legislature.  There are 100 people in the House, one for each of 100 districts in Iowa.  Each district has about 29,750 people in it.  The House of Representatives meets at the Iowa State Captiol in Des Moines.

Unlike the Iowa Senate, House members - called "representatives" - have terms of two years.  The whole House is eleced in even-numbered years.  There are no term limits for the House.

Leadership
The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House and serves as its chair.  The Speaker also handles legislation and puts representatives on committees.  The Speaker is chosen by the majority party and then elected by the entire House.  Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their party's members.

Leaders
 Position  Name  Party  District Speaker of the House  Kraig Paulsen  Republican  35 Majority Leader  Linda Upmeyer  Republican 12Minority Leader  Kevin M. McCarthy  Democrat 67

Current composition
300px|right|thumb|Iowa House districts for 2012-2022

AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalRepublicanDemocraticVacantEnd of previous legislature 57 43 1000Begin 2017 59 41 100 0End 2018 58 41 100 0Begin 2019 54 46 100 0April 23, 2019Republican Andy McKean (District 58) switched parties.   53 47 1000Latest voting share

Past 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 Branstad, Governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999, 2011 to present
 Robert D. Fulton, Governor of Iowa for 16 days in 1969
 Chuck Grassley, 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.

Related pages
Iowa Senate

References

Other websites

Iowa Legislature official government website

State House of Iowa at Project Vote Smart
Iowa House Democrats
Iowa House Republicans

Category:Government of Iowa
Category:State lower houses in the United States