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1968 Iowa U.S. House District 1 Election

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Who won the 1968 Iowa U.S. House District 1 Election?

Frederick Schwengel won the 1968 Iowa U.S. House District 1 Election. Frederick Schwengel received 91,419 popular votes (53.01%). The main challenger was John R Schmidhauser (46.99%).

See the full head-to-head between Schwengel and Schmidhauser

Schwengel +6.0 pts · won by 10,370 votes
Frederick SchwengelRepublicanWINNER53.01%
91,419 votes
John R SchmidhauserDemocratic46.99%
81,049 votes
Popular-vote totals for this U.S. House election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.