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Johnson County Congressional Representation,
1942-present
Links for each member to searchable
Congressional Biographical Directory.
US Representative
Elections of 1942-1970: 1st Congressional District (Iowa: 7
districts)
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- Washington
- Jefferson
- Henry
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Tom Martin (R-Iowa City), 1939-55
Elected US Senator, 1954.
Fred Schwengel (R-Davenport), 1955-65,
1967-1973
Elected 1954-1962, 1966-1970. Defeated 1964.
John Schmidhauser
(D-Iowa City), 1965-1967
Elected 1964. Defeated 1966, 1968. Unsuccessful candidate for
Democratic nomination, 1972.
Elections of 1972-1980: 1st Congressional District (Iowa: 6
districts)
- Iowa
- Johnson
- Poweshiek
- Benton
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- Washington
- Jefferson
- Henry
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Fred Schwengel (R-Davenport), 1955-65,
1967-1973
Defeated 1972.
Ed Mezvinsky
(D-Iowa City), 1973-1977
Unsuccessful Democratic nominee against Schwengel, 1970. Elected
1972, 1974. Defeated 1976.
Jim Leach
(R-Davenport), 1977-2007
Unsuccessful Republican nominee against Mezvinsky, 1974. Elected
1976-1980. Elected 1982-90 in a 1st District which did not
include Johnson County.
Elections of 1982-1990: 3rd Congressional District (Iowa: 6
Districts)
- Johnson
- Iowa
- Poweshiek
- Benton
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- Tama
- Marshall
- Black Hawk
- Grundy
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- Bremer
- Butler
- Chickasaw
- Floyd
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- Winneshiek
- Howard
- Mitchell
- Worth
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Cooper Evans
(R-Grundy Center), 1981-1987
Elected in 1980 from a 3rd District which did not include Johnson
County. Re-elected 1982, 1984. Did not seek re-election, 1986.
Dave Nagle
(D-Waterloo), 1987-1993
Elected 1986. Re-elected 1988, 1990. The 1991 redistricting
placed Nagle in a 2nd District which did not include Johnson County.
Nagle was paired in this district with Rep. Jim Nussle (R-Manchester), and
lost to Nussle in 1992 and again in 1994. Nagle unsuccessfully sought
the Democratic nomination in the new 1st District (which does not include Johnson
County) in 2002.
Elections of 1992-2000: 1st Congressional District (Iowa: 5
Districts)
Jim Leach
(R-Davenport), 1977-2007
Elected 1992-2000.
Elections of 2002-2010: 2nd Congressional District (Iowa: 5
Districts)
- Appanoose
- Cedar
- Davis
- Des Moines
- Henry
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- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Lee
- Linn
- Louisa
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- Muscatine
- Van Buren
- Wapello
- Washington
- Wayne
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Jim Leach
(R-Iowa City), 1977-2007
Moved to rural Iowa City, 2001. Elected 2002, 2004. Defeated
2006.
Dave Loebsack (D-Mt.
Vernon), 2007-
Elected 2006, 2008.
Iowa's US Senators
| Election Years |
Senator |
Senator |
| 1954 |
Bourke Hickenlooper (R-Cedar Rapids) 1945-1969 Lt. Governor 1939-1943; Governor 1943-1945.
Re-elected in 1950, 1956, and 1962. Did not seek re-election
in 1968. |
Tom Martin (R-Iowa City) 1955-1961
Mayor of Iowa City, 1935-1937.
US Representative, 1939-1954.
Did not seek re-election in 1960. |
| 1956 |
| 1958 |
| 1960 |
Jack Miller (R-Sioux City) 1961-1973 Re-elected in 1966, defeated in 1972. |
| 1962 |
| 1964 |
| 1966 |
| 1968 |
Harold Hughes (D-Ida Grove) 1969-1975 Governor 1963-1969.
Did not seek re-election in 1974. |
| 1970 |
| 1972 |
Dick Clark (D-Marion) 1973-1979 Defeated in 1978. |
| 1974 |
John Culver (D-Cedar Rapids) 1975-1981 US Representative 1965-1974.
Defeated in 1980. |
| 1976 |
| 1978 |
Roger Jepsen (R-Davenport) 1979-1985 Lt. Governor 1969-1972.
Defeated 1984. |
| 1980 |
Chuck Grassley (R-New Hartford, Cedar Falls)
1981-presentUS Representative 1975-1981.
Re-elected in 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004. |
| 1982 |
| 1984 |
Tom Harkin (D-Cumming) 1985-present
US Representative 1975-1985.
Re-elected in 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. |
| 1986 |
| 1988 |
| 1990 |
| 1992 |
| 1994 |
| 1996 |
| 1998 |
| 2000 |
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