1841 Iowa Council election

1841 Iowa Council election

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All 13 seats in the Iowa Territory Council
7 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jonathan W. Parker[a] Mortimer Phillips Bainbridge[b]
Party Democratic Whig
Leader's seat 9th-Scott County 10th-Dubuque County
Last election 7 6
Seats after 8 5
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1

     Democratic hold      Whig hold
     Democratic gain

President of the Iowa Territory Council before election

Mortimer Phillips Bainbridge[b]
Whig

Elected President of the Iowa Territory Council

Jonathan W. Parker[a]
Democratic

In the 1841 Iowa Territory Council elections, electors selected councilors to serve in the fourth Iowa Territory Council. All 13 members of the Territory Council were elected.[c] Councilors served one-year terms.

The Iowa Territory existed from July 4, 1838, until December 28, 1846, when Iowa was admitted to the Union as a state. At the time, the Iowa Territory had a Legislative Assembly consisting of an upper chamber (i.e., the Territory Council) and a lower chamber (i.e., the Territory House).

Following the previous election in 1840, Democrats held a majority with seven seats to Whigs' six seats.

To claim a majority of seats, the Whigs needed to net one seat from the Democrats.

The Democrats maintained a majority of seats in the Council following the 1841 general election with the balance of power shifting to Democrats holding eight seats and Whigs having five seats (a net gain of 1 seat for Democrats). Democratic Councilor Jonathan W. Parker was chosen as the President of the fourth Territory Council to succeed Whig Councilor Mortimer Phillips Bainbridge in that leadership position.[a]

  1. ^ "Councilor Jonathan W. Parker". Iowa Legislature. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Councilor Mortimer Phillips Bainbridge". Iowa Legislature. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Legislative Assembly: 4 (12/06/1841 - 12/04/1842)". Iowa Legislature. Retrieved July 15, 2021.


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