Iowa's 37th Senate district


The 37th District of the Iowa Senate is located in eastern Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Linn County.

Current elected officials

Molly Donahue is the senator currently representing the 37th District.
The area of the 37th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:
The district is also located in Iowa's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by Ashley Hinson.

Past senators

The district has previously been represented by:
  • David C. Hastings, 1860-1864
  • Benjamin T. Hunt, 1864-1868
  • Homer E. Newell, 1868-1870
  • William G. Donnan, 1870-1871
  • George Washington Bemis, 1872-1876
  • Merrit W. Harmon, 1876-1878
  • Daniel Darrow Chase, 1878-1882
  • John L. Kamrar, 1882-1886
  • Nicholas F. Weber, 1886-1890
  • William Callum Smith, 1890-1894
  • John English Rowen, 1894-1898
  • Joseph Wallace, 1898-1902
  • Fred Carlton Hartshorn, 1902-1907
  • Charles Fremont Peterson, 1907-1911
  • Daniel Cady Chase, 1911-1919, 1923
  • Eugene Schaffter, 1919-1921
  • William Schmedika, 1923-1927
  • Oscar Ulstad, 1927-1931
  • Irving H. Knudson, 1931-1935
  • George Raymond Hill, 1936-1947
  • Rex R. Bateson, 1947-1955
  • John A. Walker, 1955-1963
  • Donald G. Beneke, 1963-1967
  • Alden J. Erskine, 1967-1973
  • Charles S. Van Eaton, 1967-1969
  • Charles K. Sullivan, 1969-1971
  • Roger John Shaff, 1971-1973
  • Minnette Fredrichs Doderer, 1973-1979
  • Arthur A. Small, 1979–1987
  • Charles Hughes Bruner, 1983–1991
  • Ralph Rosenberg, 1991–1993
  • Mary Kramer, 1993–2003
  • Douglas Shull, 2003–2007
  • Staci Appel, 2007–2011
  • Kent Sorenson, 2011–2013
  • Robert Dvorsky, 2013–2019
  • Zach Wahls, 2019–2023
  • Molly Donahue, 2023-Present