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30 of the 90 seats in the United States Senate (as well as special elections) 46 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the elections: Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican hold Silver hold Populist gain Populist hold Silver Republican gain Silver Republican hold Legislature failed to elect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1896–97 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1896 and 1897, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.[1] In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 3.
The Democratic Party lost seven seats, mostly to smaller third parties.
Results summary
Senate party division, 55th Congress (1897–1899)
- Majority party: Republican (43)
- Minority party: Democratic (33)
- Other parties: Populist (5); Silver (5); Silver Republican (2)
- Total seats: 90
- Vacant: 2, later filled by 1 Republican and 1 Democrat.
Change in Senate composition
Before the elections
D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | |||||
D15 | D14 | D13 | D12 | D11 | D10 | D9 | D8 | D7 | D6 |
D16 | D17 | D18 | D19 | D20 | D21 | D22 | D23 | D24 | D25 |
D35 Retired |
D34 Retired |
D33 Unknown |
D32 Ran |
D31 Ran |
D30 Ran |
D29 Ran |
D28 Ran |
D27 Ran |
D26 Ran |
D36 Retired |
D37 Retired |
D38 Retired |
D39 Retired |
V1 | P4 Ran |
P3 Ran |
P2 | P1 | S2 Ran |
Plurality ↓ | S1 | ||||||||
R36 Ran |
R37 Ran |
R38 Ran |
R39 Ran |
R40 Ran |
R41 Ran |
R42 Ran |
R43 Retired |
R44 Retired | |
R35 Ran |
R34 Ran |
R33 Ran |
R32 Ran |
R31 | R30 | R29 | R28 | R27 | R26 |
R16 | R17 | R18 | R19 | R20 | R21 | R22 | R23 | R24 | R25 |
R15 | R14 | R13 | R12 | R11 | R10 | R9 | R8 | R7 | R6 |
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 |