| State: | Iowa |
| District: | 17 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Izaah Knox |
| Party: | Democratic |
The 17th District of the Iowa Senate is located in central Iowa, and is currently composed of part of Polk County.[1]
Izaah Knox is the senator currently representing the 17th District.[2]
The area of the 17th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[3]
The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by Zach Nunn.
| Representative | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1852-1853 | Muscatine, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Whig | 1854-1855 | Muscatine, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1856-1859 | Marion County, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1860-1863 | Eddyville, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1864-1865 | Sigourney, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1866-1868 | Sigourney, Iowa | Elected district Judge in 1868 | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1868-1869 | Keokuk County, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1870-1873 | Sigourney, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1874-1877 | Cass County, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1878-1879 | Indianola, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1880-1883 | Indianola, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1884-1891 | Adel, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1892-1895 | Exira, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1896-1899 | Adel, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1900-1908 | Guthrie Center, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1909-1910 | Audubon County, Iowa | Elected as Iowa Attorney General in 1911 | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1911-1913 | Woodward, Iowa | Resigned in 1913 to accept appointment to the State Board of Control. | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1915-1920 | Guthrie Center, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1921-1924 | Audubon, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1925-1928 | Redfield, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1929-1932 | Dexter, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1933-1940 | Bear Grove, Iowa | Died in office in 1940. | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1941-1948 | Gray, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1949-1956 | Dallas County, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1957-1960 | Guthrie Center, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1961-1964 | Guthrie County, Iowa | Two senators from district 14 are listed on the Iowa Official Register for General Assembly 60 & 61. This is the combined result of redistricting and election cycles and affected multiple districts.[5] | ||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1963-1964 | Clare, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1963-1966 | Davenport, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1965-1966 | Guthrie Center, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1967-1968 | Johnson County, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1969-1970 | Johnson County, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1971-1972 | Story County, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1973-1974 | Waterloo, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1975-1978 | Waterloo, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1979-1982 | Waterloo, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1983-1994 | Key West, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1995-2002 | Dubuque, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 2003-2012 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 2013-2014 | Des Moines, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 2015-2022 | Des Moines, Iowa | |||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 2023-Present | Des Moines, Iowa | |||
Source:[6]
| Map | Description | Years Effective | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscatine County | 1852-1855 | |||
| Marion County | 1856-1859 | |||
| Mahaska County | 1860-1863 | |||
| Keokuk County | 1864-1873 | |||
| Adair County Adams County Cass County Union County | 1874-1877 | |||
| Warren County | 1878-1883 | |||
| Audubon County Dallas County Guthrie County | 1884-1962 | |||
| Scott County | 1963-1966 | |||
| Johnson County | 1967-1970 | |||
| Jasper County (partial) Story County | 1971-1972 | In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court Case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed Unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 Election.[7] | ||
| Black Hawk County (partial) | 1973-1982 | |||
Dubuque County (partial)
| 1983-1992 | |||
| Delaware County (partial) Dubuque County (partial)
| 1993-2002 | |||
Linn County (partial)
| 2003-2012 | |||
Polk County (partial)
| 2013-2022 | |||
Polk County (partial)
| 2023-Present |