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.

Iowa House of Representatives
Iowa General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 10, 2011
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Kraig Paulsen (R) since January 10, 2011
Speaker pro tempore	Jeff Kaufmann (R) since January 10, 2011
Majority Leader	Linda Upmeyer (R) since January 10, 2011
Minority Leader	Kevin McCarthy (D) since January 10, 2011
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Republican Party (60) Democratic Party (40)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Legislative Department, Section 3, Iowa Constitution
Salary	$25,000/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 2, 2010 (100 seats)
Next election	November 2, 2012 (100 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Service Agency makes plan Iowa General Assembly passes plan
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Iowa State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa
Website
Iowa General Assembly

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	12
Minority Leader	Kevin M. McCarthy	Democrat	67

Current composition

Iowa House districts for 2012-2022

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous legislature	57	43	100	0
Begin 2017	59	41	100	0
End 2018	58	41	100	0
Begin 2019	54	46	100	0
April 23, 2019	53	47	100	0
Latest voting share	53%	47%

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.

Iowa House Of Representatives Media

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  House of Representatives seating chart detail from 1882 Iowa Redbook

Related pages

• Iowa Senate

Other websites

• Iowa Legislature official government website
• Iowa House of Representatives at Ballotpedia
• State House of Iowa at Project Vote Smart
• Iowa House Democrats
• Iowa House Republicans