The University of Iowa Libraries has extensive holdings relating to the political history of the state of Iowa, including papers of governors, state and national senators and representatives, and papers of politically influential groups.<\/p>\n
See also the Iowa Women’s Archives subject guide Women, Politics, and the Law;<\/a> Iowa Legislature Heritage Digital Collections. <\/a><\/p>\n Papers of U.S. Presidents and Vice-Presidents from Iowa<\/strong><\/p>\n Herbert Hoover. MsC627. The University possesses a small collection of Herbert Hoover’s papers. For the bulk of his collection, see the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n Henry Agard Wallace. The Libraries has an extensive collection of the papers of Vice-President Wallace. Also included are papers from the years before and after his Vice-Presidency, including his plant experiments, his time as Head of the Commerce and Agriculture Departments, his 1948 run for President on the Progressive Party ticket, his editorship of the New Republic<\/em>, and his later years at Farvue Farm. MsC177<\/a><\/p>\n Papers of Iowa Governors<\/strong> (entries arranged chronologically)<\/p>\n Clarke, George W., 1913 — 1917. Iowa House of Representatives, 1901; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1909– 1913. MsC47<\/a><\/p>\n Turner, Daniel, 1931 — 1933. Iowa State Senate, 1904. Republican. MsC198<\/a><\/p>\n Herring, Clyde, 1933 — 1937. U. S. Senate 1937 — 1943. Democrat. MsC310<\/a><\/p>\n Kraschel, Nelson, 1937 — 1939. Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1933 — 1937. MsC174<\/a><\/p>\n Blue, Robert Donald, 1945 — 1949. Iowa House of Representatives, 1934 – 1942; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1943 — 1945. MsC466<\/a><\/p>\n Hoegh, Leo, 1955 — 1957. Iowa House of Representatives, 1937. Iowa Attorney General, 1953 — 1954. Republican. MsC98<\/a><\/p>\n Loveless, Herschel, 1957 — 1961. Mayor of Ottumwa, 1949 — 1953. Democrat. MsC184<\/a><\/p>\n Erbe, Norman, 1961 — 1963. Iowa Attorney General, 1956 — 1961. Republican. MsC206 <\/a><\/p>\n Hughes, Harold, 1963 — 1969. U.S. Senate 1969 — 1975. Democrat. MsC385<\/a><\/p>\n Papers of United States Senators <\/strong>(entries arranged alphabetically)<\/p>\n Allison, William B., U. S. House of Representatives 1863 — 1871, U. S. Senate 1873 — 1908. Republican. Candidate for nomination for president, 1888, 1896. MsC173<\/a><\/p>\n Clark, Dick. Papers, 1973 — 1979. Worked on Edward Kennedy’s unsuccessful bid for nomination for the U.S. presidency. Democrat. MsC414 <\/a><\/p>\n Culver, John. U.S. Representative, 1965 — 1975. U.S. Senator, 1975 — 1981. Democrat. MsC810<\/a><\/p>\n Dickinson, Lester Jesse, 1919 — 1931. U. S. House of Representatives, 1931 — 1937. Considered for nomination for Vice-President in 1924 and for president in 1936. Republican. MsC94<\/a><\/p>\n Herring, Clyde, 1933 — 1937. U. S. Senate 1937 — 1943. Democrat. MsC310<\/a><\/p>\n Hughes, Harold, Governor of Iowa, 1963 — 1969. U.S. Senate 1969 — 1975. Democrat. MsC385<\/a><\/p>\n Kenyon, William S., 1911 — 1922. Progressive Republican. MsC506 <\/a><\/p>\n McDill, James Wilson, U.S. Representative, 1873 — 1877. U.S. Senator, 1881 — 1883. In 1881 he was tapped to fill the vacancy in the Senate created when Samuel Kirkwood was appointed to the cabinet. Republican. MsC204<\/a><\/p>\n Turner, Daniel, 1931 — 1933. Iowa State Senate, 1904. Republican. MsC198<\/a><\/p>\n Papers of United States Representatives<\/strong><\/p>\n Allison, William B., U. S. House of Representatives 1863 — 1871, U. S. Senate 1873 — 1908. Republican. Candidate for nomination for president, 1888, 1896. MsC173<\/a><\/p>\n Biermann, Frederick Elliott, 1933 — 1939 Democrat. .MsC128<\/a><\/p>\n Blue, Robert Donald, Governor, 1945 — 1949. Iowa House of Representatives, 1934 – 1942. Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1943 — 1945. MsC466<\/a><\/p>\n Bromwell, James E., 1961 — 1965. When he was defeated in his re-election bid in 1964, he tried for nomination to the U.S. Senate in 1968. This was also unsuccessful. Repulican. MsC441<\/a><\/p>\n Campbell, Ed Hoyt., Papers. Served in the Iowa Senate, 1924 — 1926 and the Iowa House, 1911 — 1913, as well as U. S. Representative to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congress, 1929 — 1933. Republican. MsC175<\/a><\/p>\n Carter, Steven V., Elected to the Eighty-sixth Congress in 1959, he served less than one year, dying in office. Democrat. MsC250<\/a><\/p>\n Clark, Rush, Letters to Constituents.Iowa House of Representatives, 1860 — 1864, 1876. U.S. Representative, 1877 –1879. Died in office. Republican. MsC168<\/p>\n Clarke, George W., 1913 — 1917. Iowa House of Representatives, 1901; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1909– 1913. MsC47<\/a><\/p>\n Culver, John, U.S. Representative, 1965 — 1975. U.S. Senator, 1975 — 1981. Democrat. MsC810 <\/a><\/p>\n Cunningham, Paul, 1933 — 1937. Iowa House of Representatives. U.S. House of Representatives, 1941 — 1959. Republican. MsC107<\/a><\/p>\n Dawson, Albert Foster, 1905 — 1911. Republican. MsC67<\/a><\/p>\n Dickinson, Lester Jesse, 1919 — 1931. Also served in the U.S. Senate. Republican. Considered for nomination for Vice-President in 1924 and for president in 1936. MsC94<\/a><\/p>\n Dolliver, James I., 1945 — 1957. Republican. MsC243<\/a><\/p>\n Eicher, Edward Clayton, 1933 — 1939. Democrat. MsC49<\/a><\/p>\n Goodwin, Robert K., 1940 — 1941, delegate to Republican National Convention in th 1950s. MsC462<\/a><\/p>\n Hansen, John Robert. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, Sixth District Democratic Chairment, and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1960. Member, Iowa State Highway Commission. MsC300<\/a><\/p>\n Henderson, David Bremner, 1883 — 1903. Speaker of the House 1899 — 1901. Republican. MsC95<\/a><\/p>\n Hoeven, Charles Bernard, 1943 — 1965. Iowa State Senate, 1937 — 1941. Republican. MsC197<\/a><\/p>\n Jensen, Benton Franklin, 1939 — 1965. Conservative Republican. Interested in preserving natural resources. MsC147 <\/a><\/p>\n LeCompte, Karl M., U. S. House of Representatives, 1939 — 1959. State Senator, 1916 — 1920., Republican. MsC131<\/a><\/p>\n Letts, Fred Dickinson, 1925 — 1931. Cousin of Lester Jesse Dickinson. Republican. MsC72<\/a><\/p>\n Mayne, Wiley, 1966 — 1975. Republican. MsC448<\/a><\/p>\n McDill, James Wilson. U.S. Representative, 1873 — 1877. U.S. Senator, 1881 — 1883. In 1881 he was tapped to fill the vacancy in the Senate created when Samuel Kirkwood was appointed to the Cabinet. Republican. MsC204<\/a><\/p>\n Pickett, Charles Edgar, 1909 — 1913. Chairman of the Republican State Convention, 1899, 1916. MsC171<\/a><\/p>\n Price, Hiram, 1863 — 1896, 1877 — 1881. MsC455<\/a><\/p>\n Ramseyer, Christian William, 1915 –1933. Republican. MsC132<\/a><\/p>\n Schwengel, Fred, 1954 — 1963, 1966 — 1973. Iowa House of Representatives, 1944 — 1954. Republican. MsC456 <\/a><\/p>\n Vincent, Earl W., 1923 — 1926. Member of Congress from the 9th district, 1928 — 1929. MsC234<\/a><\/p>\n Wade, Martin J., Papers. 1903 — 1905. Democrat. MsC50<\/a><\/p>\n Weaver, James Baird, 1879 — 1881. Weaver also ran for President on third party tickets twice — in 1880 for the National GreenbackParty, and in 1892 for the People’s Party. He also served in the fiftieth Congress from 1885 — 1889 as a Democratic\/Greenback-Laborite. He also served as the mayor of Colfax, Iowa from 1901 — 1903. MsC48<\/a><\/p>\n Wolf, Leonard George, 1959 — 1961. Democrat.MsC151<\/a><\/p>\n Papers of Iowa State Legislators <\/strong><\/p>\n Allen, Sewell Ellyson. MsC337<\/a><\/p>\n Breen, Edward J., Senator, 1936 — 1942. Papers. President of the Young Democrats Club of Iowa in 1933. Unsuccessful candidate for U. S. Representative and governor. MsC334<\/a><\/p>\n Burma, Henry Willibord, Iowa House of Representatives, 1943 — 1944 (?) MsC321<\/a><\/p>\n Butler, Guy G., Papers. Served in the Iowa House and Senate in the 1950s and 1960s. Republican. MsC233<\/a><\/p>\n Calhoun, John N., Papers. Iowa State Senator, 1933 — 1937. Unsuccessful candidate for Congress. Republican. MsC274<\/a><\/p>\n Campbell, Ed Hoyt, Papers. Served in the Iowa Senate, 1924 — 1926 and the Iowa House, 1911 — 1913, as well as U. S. Representative to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congress, 1929 — 1933. Republican. MsC175<\/a><\/p>\n Clarke, George W., 1901 — 1909. Also served as Lieutenant Governor (1908) and Governor of Iowa (1912). Worker’s Compensation, Highway Commission, and Election Reform. Republican. MsC47<\/a><\/p>\n Cosson, George, 1909 — 1911. Also Attorney General of Iowa, 1911 — 1917. Nominated for governor in 1916, he lost. In 1932 ran for the U.S. Senate, but lost. Republican. MsC498 <\/a><\/p>\n Cunningham, Paul, 1933 — 1937. Iowa House of Representatives. U.S. House of Representatives, 1941 — 1959. Republican. MsC107<\/a><\/p>\n DeKoster, Lucas James, 1967 –1983. Iowa State Senator. Republican. MsC289<\/a><\/p>\n Edson, Willis Charles, 1919 — 1927, Iowa House of Representatives. Speaker of the House beginning in 1925.Nominated for lieutenant governor in 1936. MsC279<\/a><\/p>\n Elijah, Earl, Iowa State Senator, 1952 — 1964. MsC244 <\/a><\/p>\n Frey, Thomas J. Iowa House 1951 — 1959; Iowa Senate 1967 — 1970. MsC 293<\/a><\/p>\n Gallagher, James V., Iowa State Senator, 1973 — 1985. Democrat. MsC327 <\/a><\/p>\n Garrett. Harry Freeland, Iowa House of Representatives, 1931 — 1933. Also Iowa Attorney General, 1933 — 1937. MsC276<\/a><\/p>\n Hill, George Raymond, Iowa State Senator, 1935 — ?. Republican. MsC246 <\/a><\/p>\n Hill, Philip, 1971 — 1974. Iowa House of Representatives. Republican. MsC384<\/a><\/p>\n Hoegh, Leo, Governor of Iowa, 1955 — 1957. Iowa House of Representatives, 1937. Iowa Attorney General, 1953 — 1954. Republican. MsC98<\/a><\/p>\n Judd, William Nelson, 1936 — ?. Republican. MsC235<\/a><\/p>\n Kelly, E. Kevin, State Chairman of the Iowa Young Republicans 1970 — 1974. Elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1971, later he was elected to the Senate, where he served until 1978. In 1988, he changed his affiliation, and became a Democrat. MsC393<\/a><\/p>\n Kluever, Lester L., State Representative, 1957 — 1970. Republican. MsC338<\/a><\/p>\n LeCompte, Karl M., U. S. House of Representatives, 1939 — 1959. State Senator, 1916 — 1920., Republican. MsC131<\/a><\/p>\n McManus, Edward Joseph, Papers. Iowa State Senator, 1955 — 1959, when he was elected Lieutenent Governor. Ran for governor in 1960, but lost to Norman Erbe. Democrat. MsC258<\/a><\/p>\n Neu, Arthur A., Papers. Iowa State Senator, 1967 — 1972, Lieutenant Governor, 1973 — 1978. MsC460<\/a><\/p>\n Nicholas, William Hall, Papers. Iowa State Senator, 1946 — 1948, elected twice as Lieutenant Governor, in 1951 and 1957. Ran for nomination as governor three times in th e1950s and 1960s and lost each time. Republican. MsC288 <\/a><\/p>\n Schwengel, Fred, Papers. 1954 — 1963, 1966 — 1973. Iowa House of Representatives, 1944 — 1954. Republican. MsC456 <\/a><\/p>\n Smith, Marvin W., Papers. Iowa House of Representatives, 1956, Iowa Senate, 1968. MsC 263<\/a><\/p>\n Trowbridge, Delbert Laten, Papers. 1970s. MsC286<\/a><\/p>\n Vincent, Earl W., 1923 — 1926.Member of Congress from the 9th district, 1928 — 1929. MsC234<\/a><\/p>\n Weber, George William, Papers. State Senator, ??– ?? MsC269<\/a><\/p>\n Whitehead, Glenn E., Papers. State Senator and Representative ??–?? MsC237<\/a><\/p>\n Willits, Earl M., Papers. Iowa House of Representatives, ? Iowa State Senate, 1972. Assistant Attorney General, 1976. MsC390<\/a><\/p>\n Wolfe, Harold E., Papers. Iowa House of Representatives, 1967 –1970. Chairman of the Iowa Liquor Control Commission. Also chief of police in Mason City, Iowa for sixteen years. Republican. MsC261<\/a><\/p>\n Multiple Congress people <\/strong><\/p>\n Liddel-Westefeld Congressional Candidate Oral History, 1978 — 2004. Interviews, conducted by an undergraduate honors student in 2007, with eleven unsuccessful candidates for the U. S. Congress. MsC864 <\/a><\/p>\n Others<\/strong><\/p>\n Lieutenant Governors of Iowa<\/strong><\/p>\n Blue, Robert Donald, Governor, 1945 — 1949. Iowa House of Representatives. 1934 – 1942; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1943 — 1945. MsC466<\/a><\/p>\n Clarke, George W., 1913 — 1917. Iowa House of Representatives, 1901; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1909– 1913. MsC47<\/a><\/p>\n Kraschel, Nelson, 1937 — 1939. Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1933 — 1937. MsC174<\/a><\/p>\n Neu, Arthur A., Papers. Iowa State Senator, 1967 — 1972, Lieutenant Governor, 1973 — 1978. MsC460<\/a><\/p>\n Nicholas, William Hall, Papers. Iowa State Senator, 1946 — 1948, elected twice as Lieutenant Governor, in 1951 and 1957. Ran for nomination as governor three times in th e1950s and 1960s and lost each time. Republican. MsC288 <\/a><\/p>\n Iowa Secretary of State<\/strong><\/p>\n Bonney, Josiah Hinman. Correspondence. MsC305 <\/a><\/p>\n Iowa Attorney General <\/strong><\/p>\n Cosson, George, Papers. MsC498 <\/a><\/p>\n Erbe, Norman, Governor of Iowa, 1961 — 1963. Iowa Attorney General, 1956 — 1961. Republican. MsC206 <\/a><\/p>\n Garrett, Harry Freeland, 1933 — 1937. Also Iowa Representative, 1931 — 1933. MsC276<\/a><\/p>\n Hoegh, Leo, Governor of Iowa, 1955 — 1957. Iowa House of Representatives, 1937. Iowa Attorney General, 1953 — 1954. Republican. MsC98<\/a><\/p>\n Willits, Earl M., Iowa House of Representatives, ? Iowa State Senate, 1972. Assistant Attorney General, 1976. MsC390<\/a><\/p>\n Mayors of Iowa Cities<\/strong><\/p>\n Hickerson, Loren, Mayor of Iowa City, 1968 — 1972. MsC464<\/a><\/p>\n Loveless, Herschel, Governor of Iowa, 1957 — 1961. Mayor of Ottumwa, 1949 — 1953. Democrat. MsC184<\/a><\/p>\n MacVicar, John, Mayor of Des Moines, 1896 — 1898, 1898 — 1900, 1916 — 1918, 1928. MsC51<\/a><\/p>\n Weaver, James Baird, U. S Representative, 1879 — 1881. Weaver also ran for President on third party tickets twice — in 1880 for the National GreenbackParty, and in 1892 for the People’s Party. He also served in the fiftieth Congress from 1885 — 1889 as a Democratic\/Greenback-Laborite. He also served as the mayor of Colfax, Iowa from 1901 — 1903. MsC48<\/a><\/p>\n Iowa Adjutant General’s Office <\/strong><\/p>\n Iowa Adjutant Generals’ Office. Papers, 1887 – 1891. MsC15<\/a><\/p>\n Iowa State Conservation Commission<\/p>\n Trost, Ewald George. MsC278<\/a><\/p>\n Iowa State Planning Board <\/strong><\/p>\n Iowa State Planning Board. Records, 1933 — 1935. MsC102<\/a><\/p>\n Politically Influential Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Iowa Federation. Msc306<\/a><\/p>\n Bailey, Henry B., Relating to the organization of the Young Republican League in the First Congressional District of Iowa, 1932 — 1935. MsC530<\/a><\/p>\n Baldwin, Calvin Benham, Relating to the Progressive Party. MsC343<\/a><\/p>\n Baxter, Raymond Willard, Chairman of the Iowa Stevenson for President in 1956. MsC348<\/a><\/p>\n Beck, Robert Knowlton, Republican Party. MsC394 <\/a><\/p>\n Bogan, Gerald LeRoy, Public Affairs consultant. Republican Party. Includes Iowans for Right to Work and Iowa Good Roads Association. MsC352 <\/a><\/p>\n Gilliland, Whitney, Chair of State Republican Central Committee, 1948 — 1950 and chair of the Iowa Republican delegation to the 1948 National Convention. MsC316 <\/a><\/p>\n Goodrich, William H., State Finance Chairman of the Republican Party in Iowa, delegate to the 1976 Republican National Convention, and regional coordinator of delegate operations for President Gerald R. Ford in 1976. MsC351<\/a><\/p>\n Governor’s Commission of Economic and Social Trends in Iowa. MsC123<\/a><\/p>\n Iowans for McGovern-Shriver. Records, 1972.