United States Senate elections, 1910 and 1911

U.S. Senate elections, 1910 and 1911
United States
Various dates throughout 1910 and 1911

31 of the 92 seats in the United States Senate
47 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 60 seats 32 seats
Seats won 48 44
Seat change Decrease 12 Increase 12

Majority Party before election


Republican

Elected Majority Party


Republican

The United States Senate elections of 1910 and 1911, some states elected their Senators directly even before passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913. Oregon pioneered direct election and experimented with different measures over several years until it succeeded in 1907. Soon after, Nebraska followed suit and laid the foundation for other states to adopt measures reflecting the people's will. By 1912, as many as 29 states elected senators either as nominees of their party's primary or in conjunction with a general election.

Results

Senate Party Division, 62nd Congress (1911–1913):

Four seats were added in early 1912 for new states: Arizona (which elected 2 Democrats) and New Mexico (which elected 2 Republicans).

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections
D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R
R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R
Beginning of the next Congress
D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
R R V D D D D D D D
R
R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R
Key:
D = Democratic
R = Republican
V = Vacant
Majority
divider

Race summaries

* = indicates elections in which Senators were selected by some form of direct voting and then subsequently elected by state legislatures.

Special elections during the 61st Congress

In these elections, the winners were seated during 1910 or in 1911 before March 4; ordered by election date.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral history
Mississippi
(Class 2)
James Gordon Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Interim appointee retired.
New senator elected February 23, 1910.
Democratic hold.
LeRoy Percy (Democratic)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
North Dakota
(Class 3)
William E. Purcell Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Interim appointee lost election.
New senator elected November 8, 1910.[1]
Republican gain
Asle Gronna (Republican)
William E. Purcell (Democratic)
Georgia
(Class 3)
Alexander S. Clay Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent died November 10, 1910.
New senator elected November 17, 1910.
Democratic hold.
Joseph M. Terrell (Democratic)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Louisiana
(Class 3)
John Thornton Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Interim appointee elected December 6, 1910.[2][3] John Thornton (Democratic)
West Virginia
(Class 2)
Davis Elkins Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Interim appointee retired.
New senator elected February 1, 1911.[4]
Democratic gain
Clarence Wayland Watson (Democratic)
Unopposed

Races leading to the 62nd Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1911; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral
history
California[5] Frank Putnam Flint Republican ? Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 10, 1911.[5]
Republican hold.
John D. Works (Republican) 92 votes
A.G. Spalding 21 votes
Connecticut[5] Morgan Bulkeley Republican ? Incumbent lost renomination and re-election.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[5]
Republican hold.
George P. McLean (Republican) 177 votes
Homer Stille Cummings (Democratic) 110 votes
Morgan Bulkeley (Republican) 1 vote
Delaware[6] Henry A. du Pont Republican ? Incumbent re-elected in 1911.[7] Henry A. du Pont (Republican)
Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (Democratic)[8]
Florida[9] James Taliaferro Democratic 1899 (Special)
1905 (Appointed)
1905 (Special)
Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected.
Democratic hold.
Nathan P. Bryan (Democratic)
James Taliaferro (Florida)
Indiana[10] Albert J. Beveridge Republican 1899
1905
Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected January 18, 1911.[5]
Democratic gain.
John W. Kern (Democratic) 60%
(Republican) 40%
Maine[11] Eugene Hale Republican ? Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[5]
Democratic gain.
Charles Fletcher Johnson (Democratic) 107 votes
Frederick A. Powers (Republican) 67 votes
Maryland[12] Isidor Rayner Democratic ? Incumbent re-elected in 1910.[5] Isidor Rayner (Democratic)
Unopposed
Massachusetts[13] Henry Cabot Lodge Republican 1893
1899
1905
Incumbent re-elected January 18, 1911.[5][14] Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) 146
Sherman L. Whipple (Democratic) 121 votes
Butler Ames (Republican) 7 votes
A. Lawrence Lowell (Republican) 2
Scattering 3 votes[5]
Michigan[15] Julius C. Burrows Republican ? Incumbent lost renomination.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[5]
Republican hold.
Charles E. Townsend (Republican) 89.15%
John Winship (Democratic) 10.85%
Minnesota[16] Moses E. Clapp Republican ? Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1911.[5] Moses E. Clapp (Republican)
Unopposed
Mississippi[17] Hernando Money Democratic ? Incumbent retired.
New senator re-elected in 1910.[5]
Democratic hold.
John Sharp Williams (Democratic)
Unopposed
Missouri[18] William Warner Republican 1905 Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[5]
Democratic gain.
James A. Reed (Democratic)
John C. McKinley (Republican)
Montana[19] Thomas H. Carter Republican 1904 Incumbent retired.
New senator elected in 1910.
Democratic gain.
Henry L. Myers (Democratic)
Unopposed
Nebraska[20] Elmer Burkett Republican ? Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[5]
Democratic gain.
Gilbert Hitchcock (Democratic)
?
Nevada*[21] George S. Nixon Republican 1905 Incumbent re-elected in 1910.[5] George S. Nixon (Republican) 48.03%
Key Pittman (Democratic) 42.35%
Jud Harris (Socialist) 9.62%
New Jersey[22] John Kean Republican ? Incumbent retired.
New senator re-elected in 1910.[5]
Democratic gain.
James Edgar Martine (Democratic)
David Baird (Republican)[23]
New York Chauncey Depew Republican ? Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected.
Democratic gain.
James Aloysius O'Gorman (Democratic) 58.33%
Chauncey Depew (Republican) 41.67%
North Dakota[24] Porter J. McCumber Republican 1899
1905
Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1911.[5] Porter J. McCumber (Republican)
John Bruegger (Democratic)
Ohio[5] Charles W. F. Dick Republican 1904 (Special)
1904
Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected in 1911.
Democratic gain.
Atlee Pomerene (Democratic) 83 votes
Harry M. Dougherty (Republican) 17 votes
Charles W. F. Dick (Republican) 9 votes
Charles P. Taft (Republican) 7 votes
Joseph B. Foraker (Republican) 2 votes
Warren G. Harding (Republican) 1 vote
James R. Garfield (Republican) 1 vote
W.G. Butler (Republican) 1 vote
Pennsylvania[25] George T. Oliver Republican 1909 (Special) Incumbent re-elected January 11, 1911.[5] George T. Oliver 181 votes
J. Henry Cochran (Democratic) 35 votes
Julian Kennedy (Democratic) 25 votes
James B. Riley (Democratic) 3 votes
William Flinn (Republican) 2 votes
Rhode Island Nelson W. Aldrich Republican 1881 (Special)
1886
1892
1898
1904
Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[5]
Republican hold.
Henry F. Lippitt (Republican)
Unopposed
Tennessee[26] James B. Frazier Democratic ? Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected January 23, 1911.[5]
Democratic hold.
Luke Lea (Democratic) 68 votes
Benton McMillin (Democratic) 48 votes
J.D. Tyson (Democratic) 11 votes
Scattering 4 votes
Texas[27] Charles Allen Culberson Democratic ? Incumbent re-elected in 1910. Charles Allen Culberson (Democratic)
Unopposed
Utah[28] George Sutherland Republican ? Incumbent re-elected in 1910. George Sutherland (Republican)
Unopposed
Vermont[29] Carroll S. Page Republican 1908 (Special) Incumbent re-elected in 1910. Carroll S. Page (Republican)
Unopposed
Virginia Claude A. Swanson Democratic 1910 (Appointed) Unknown if interim appointee retired or ran for election to next term.
Predecessor had died June 29, 1910 but was re-elected posthumously.
Interim appointee was then re-appointed to begin the next term.[30]
John W. Daniel (Democratic)
?
Washington Samuel H. Piles Republican ? Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[5]
Republican hold.
Miles Poindexter (Republican)
Unopposed
West Virginia[31] Nathan B. Scott Republican ? Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected February 1, 1911.[5]
Democratic gain.
William E. Chilton (Democratic)
Nathan B. Scott (Republican)
Wisconsin[32] Robert M. La Follette Sr. Republican 1905 Incumbent re-elected January 24, 1911.[5] Robert M. La Follette Sr. (Republican)
Charles H. Weisse (Democratic) 31 votes
Henry Kleist (Socialist Democratic) 14 votes
Wyoming[33] Clarence D. Clark Republican 1905 Incumbent re-elected in 1911. Clarence D. Clark (Republican)
Unopposed

Elections during the 62nd Congress

In these elections, the winners were elected in 1911 after March 4; ordered by date.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral history
Iowa
(Class 2)
Lafayette Young Republican 1911 (Appointed) Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
New senator elected April 12, 1911.
Republican hold.
William S. Kenyon (Republican) 85 votes
Claud R. Porter (Democratic) 51 votes
Horace E. Deemer (Republican) 19 votes
Florida
(Class 1)
Nathan P. Bryan Democratic 1911 (Appointed) Interim appointee elected April 19, 1911 to finish the term. Nathan P. Bryan (Democratic)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

In this election, the winner was seated in the 63rd Congress, starting March 4, 1913.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral history
Virginia
(Class 2)
Thomas S. Martin Democratic 1893 (Early)
1899 (Early)
1906
Incumbent re-elected early in 1911 for the term beginning March 4, 1913. Thomas S. Martin (Democratic)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

See also

References

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