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U.S. Senators from Iowa:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 2*
George W. Jones (D) James W. Grimes (R) James B. Howell (R) George G. Wright (R) Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) James W. McDill (R) James F. Wilson (R) John H. Gear (R) Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) Lafayette Young (R) William S. Kenyon (R) Charles A. Rawson (R) Smith W. Brookhart (R) Daniel F. Steck (D) Lester J. Dickinson (R) Clyde L. Herring (D) George A. Wilson (R) Guy M. Gillette (D) Thomas E. Martin (R) Jack R. Miller (R) Richard C. Clark (D) Roger W. Jepsen (R) Thomas R. Harkin (D)	1848-1859 1859-1869 1870-1871 1871-1877 1877-1881 1881-1883 1883-1895 1895-1900 1900-1910 1910-1911 1911-1922 1922-1922 1922-1926 1926-1931 1931-1937 1937-1943 1943-1949 1949-1955 1955-1961 1961-1973 1973-1979 1979-1985 1985---

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 3*
Augustus C. Dodge (D) James Harlan (OP,R) Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) James Harlan (R) William B. Allison (R) Albert B. Cummins (R) David W. Stewart (R) Smith W. Brookhart (R) Richard L. Murphy (D) Guy M. Gillette (D) Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) Harold E. Hughes (D) John C. Culver (D) Charles E. Grassley (R)	1848-1855 1855-1865 1866-1867 1867-1873 1873-1908 1908-1926 1926-1927 1927-1933 1933-1936 1936-1945 1945-1969 1969-1975 1975-1981 1981---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): William B. Allison Thomas R. Harkin Bourke B. Hickenlooper Charles Grassley

Iowa Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
President Pro Tempore: Albert B. Cummins Republican Conference Chairman: William B. Allison Republican Conference Secretary: William S. Kenyon Republican Policy Committee Chairman: Bourke B. Hickenlooper Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry: Thomas R. Harkin Appropriations: William B. Allison Finance: Charles E. Grassley Judiciary: Albert B. Cummins Special Committee on Aging: Charles E. Grassley Senator Allison established a record as the longest-serving chairman of a standing committee, almost twenty-five years.

Iowa Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: James Harlan by Nellie V. Walker (Hall of Columns); Samuel Jordan Kirkwood by Vinnie Ream (Statuary Hall) Busts: Vice Presidents Collection: Henry A. Wallace by Jo Davidson (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor) Frescos: Cession of Louisiana by Constantino Brumidi (Senate wing, first floor, north corridor Portraits: William B. Allison by Willbur A. Reaser (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor); David B. Henderson by Freeman Thorp (House wing, second floor, Speaker's Lobby); James W. Good by John C. Johansen (House wing, H-217).

Unusual Facts
Senator Augustus C. Dodge represented Iowa during the Thirtieth to Thirty-third congresses, at the same time that his father, Henry Dodge, represented Wisconsin in the Senate during the Thirtieth to Thirty-fourth congresses. They were the only father and son to serve simultaneously in the Senate.


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