United States Senate elections, 1910 and 1911

U.S. Senate elections, 1910 and 1911

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 12 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):

• Majority Party: Republican (48 seats)
• Minority Party: Democratic (43 seats, later 47)
• Other Parties: 0
• Vacant: 1 (Charles J. Hughes, Jr. (D) died after this election but he was not replaced until late into the next Congress.
• Total Seats: 91

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

• United States elections, 1910
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1910
• 61st United States Congress
• 62nd United States Congress

References

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• "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". via Senate.gov.
• Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.