Iowa House of Representatives

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed by dividing the 50 Senate districts in half. Each district has a population of approximately 30,464. The House of Representatives meets at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
Unlike the upper house, the Iowa Senate, state House representatives serve two-year terms with the whole chamber up for re-election in even-numbered years. There are no term limits for the House.

Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the House as its chief leadership officer, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full House on passage of a floor vote. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber.

Leaders

As of August 4, 2025

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Pat Grassley	Republican	57
Majority Leader	Bobby Kaufmann	Republican	82
Majority Whip	Henry Stone	Republican	9
Minority Leader	Brian Meyer	Democratic	29
Minority Whip	Sean Bagniewski	Democratic	35

Committee leadership

All chairs and vice chairs are a member of the majority party, with the chair serving as the presiding officer and the vice chair the alternate presiding officer. Ranking members are the chief representative of the minority party on the committee.

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair	Ranking Member
Administration & Rules	Brent Siegrist	Jon Dunwell	Brian Meyer
Agriculture	Derek Wulf	Chad Behn	J.D. Scholten
Appropriations	Gary Mohr	Ryan Weldon	Megan Srinivas
Commerce	David Young	David Blom	Kenan Judge
Economic Growth & Technology	Ray Sorensen	Devon Wood	Aime Wichtendahl
Education	Skyler Wheeler	Samantha Fett	Tracy Ehlert
Environmental Protection	Dean Fisher	Thomas Gerhold	Mary Lee Madison
Ethics	Bill Gustoff	Craig Johnson	Ruth Ann Gaines
Government Oversight	Charley Thomson	Jeff Shipley	Larry McBurney
Health and Human Services	Austin Harris	Brett Barker	Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
Higher Education	Taylor Collins	Jeff Shipley	Timi Brown-Powers
Judiciary	Steven Holt	Judd Lawler	Ross Wilburn
Labor & Workforce	Barb Kniff McCulla	Joshua Meggers	Jeff Cooling
Local Government	Brooke Boden	Craig Williams	Adam Zabner
Natural Resources	Devon Wood	Cindy Golding	Elinor Levin
Public Safety	Mike Vondran	Sam Wengryn	Eric Gjerde
State Government	Jane Bloomingdale	Jennifer J. Smith	Amy Nielsen
Transportation	Megan Jones	Brent Siegrist	Daniel Gosa
Veterans Affairs	Tom Determann	Jason Gearhart	Jerome Amos Jr.
Ways and Means	Carter Nordman	Christian Hermanson	David Jacoby

*All chairs and vice chairs are members of the Republican Party of Iowa. All ranking members are members of the Democratic Party of Iowa.

Vacancies

resigned to accept a federal appointment to be the Director of Iowa's Rural Development on September 19, 2025. On September 24, Governor Kim Reynolds announced a special election to replace Sexton set for December 9, 2025. The special election was won by Wendy Larson.

Current composition

State representatives

Past composition of the House of Representatives

Past notable members

Federal offices

10 members became US Senators including: James F. Wilson, 1883 to 1895, John H. Gear, 1895 to 1900, Albert B. Cummins, 1908 to 1926, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, 1945 to 1969, Jack Miller, 1961 to 1973, Chuck Grassley, 1981 to present
5 members became members of the US House of Representatives including: James F. Wilson, 1861 to 1869, Madison Miner Walden, 1871 to 1873, John H. Gear, 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1895, Nathan E. Kendall, 1909 to 1913, Chuck Grassley, 1975 to 1981, Abby Finkenauer, 2019 to 2021
4 members became Federal Cabinet Members including: William W. Belknap, Secretary of War from 1869 to 1876 under President Ulysses S. Grant, George W. McCrary, Secretary of War from 1877 to 1879 under President Grant, John H. Gear, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1892 to 1893 under President Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture from 1897 to 1913 under Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
2 member became President Pro Tempore of the US Senate: Albert B. Cummins, 1919 to 1925 and Chuck Grassley, 2019 to 2025
1 member became an ambassador: Terry Branstad as Ambassador to China from 2017 to 2020

State offices

16 members became Governor including: William M. Stone, Samuel Merrill, Cyrus C. Carpenter, Joshua G. Newbold, Albert B. Cummins, John H. Gear, George W. Clarke, William L. Harding, Nathan E. Kendall, Frank Merriam, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Robert D. Blue,, William S. Beardsley, Leo Hoegh, Robert D. Fulton, Terry Branstad
18 members became Lieutenant Governor including: Benjamin F. Gue, Madison Miner Walden, Joshua G. Newbold, Orlando H. Manning, Warren S. Dungan, James C. Milliman, George W. Clarke, William L. Harding, Ernest Robert Moore, Arch W. McFarlane, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Robert D. Blue, William H. Nicholas, W. L. Mooty, Robert D. Fulton, Terry Branstad, Robert T. Anderson, Jo Ann Zimmerman
3 members became Attorney General of Iowa including: John H. Mitchell,John M. Rankin and Leo Hoegh.
1 member became Iowa Secretary of Agriculture including: Dale M. Cochran

Qualifications

A state representative must be at least 21 years of age. Other qualifications include U.S. citizenship, Iowa residency for at least one year, and district residency of 60 days prior to election.