United States Senate elections, 1916 and 1917

September 11, 1916 in Maine,
November 7, 1916 elsewhere,
(and May 29, 1917 for a special election)

35 of the 96 seats in the U.S. Senate (as well as special elections) 49 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Seats before	55	41
Seats won	16	16
Seats after	54	42
Seat change	1	1
Seats up	17	15

Democratic gains Democratic holds
Republican gains Republican holds

Majority party before election

Democratic

Elected Majority party

Democratic

The United States Senate elections of 1916 and 1917 were elections that coincided with the re-election of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson. Republicans gained a net pick-up of one seat from the Democrats. A 1916 special election gave Republicans a second seat, and a special Senate election in 1917 gave Republicans a third seat.

Senate Party Division, 65th Congress (1917–1919)

Majority Party: Democratic (54 seats)

Minority Party: Republican (42 seats)

Other Parties: 0

Total Seats: 96

Note: These numbers represent composition as result of 1916 Senatorial Elections. Actual composition often changes during term, due to deaths, resignations or party shifting.

Gains and losses

Republicans picked up seven seats:

Harry S. New (IN)
James E. Watson (IN)--won in a special election
Frederick Hale (ME)
Joseph I. France (MD)
Joseph S. Freylinghuysen (NJ)
William M. Calder (NY)
Howard Sutherland (WV)

Democrats picked up five seats:

Change in Senate composition

Before September 11, 1916 elections

D₃₉ Ran	D₄₀ Ran	D₄₁ Ran	D₄₂ Ran	D₄₃ Ran	D₄₄ Ran	D₄₅ Ran	D₄₆ Ran	D₄₇ Ran	D₄₈ Ran
		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈ Ran	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
Majority →									D₄₉ Ran
R₃₉ Retired	V₁ R died	V₂ D died	D₅₅ Appointee ran	D₅₄ Retired	D₅₃ Ran	D₅₂ Ran	D₅₁ Ran	D₅₀ Ran
R₃₈ Ran	R₃₇ Ran	R₃₆ Ran	R₃₅ Ran	R₃₄ Ran	R₃₃ Ran	R₃₂ Ran	R₃₁ Ran	R₃₀ Ran	R₂₉ Ran
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅ Ran	R₂₆ Ran	R₂₇ Ran	R₂₈ Ran
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

After the special elections

		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇	D₄₈
Majority →									D₄₉
R₃₉	R₄₀ Hold	R₄₁ Gain	D₅₅ Hold	D₅₄	D₅₃	D₅₂	D₅₁	D₅₀
R₃₈	R₃₇	R₃₆	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁	R₃₀	R₂₉
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

After the general elections

D₃₉ Re-elected	D₄₀ Re-elected	D₄₁ Re-elected	D₄₂ Re-elected	D₄₃ Re-elected	D₄₄ Re-elected	D₄₅ Re-elected	D₄₆ Re-elected	D₄₇ Hold	D₄₈ Hold
		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈ Re-elected	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
Majority →									D₄₉ Gain
R₃₉ Gain	R₄₀ Gain	R₄₁	R₄₂	D₅₄	D₅₃ Gain	D₅₂ Gain	D₅₁ Gain	D₅₀ Gain
R₃₈ Gain	R₃₇ Gain	R₃₆ Gain	R₃₅ Gain	R₃₄ Hold	R₃₃ Hold	R₃₂ Hold	R₃₁ Re-elected	R₃₀ Re-elected	R₂₉ Re-elected
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅ Re-elected	R₂₆ Re-elected	R₂₇ Re-elected	R₂₈ Re-elected
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Key:

D_#	Democratic
R_#	Republican

Race summaries

Special elections during the 64th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1916 or before March 4, 1917; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Maine (Class 2)^[1]	Edwin C. Burleigh	Republican	1912	Incumbent died June 16, 1916. Winner elected September 11, 1916. Republican hold.	√ Bert M. Fernald (Republican), 54.28% Kenneth C.M. Sills (Democratic), 45.49% Frederick Shepherd (Prohibition), 0.23%
Arkansas (Class 3)	James Paul Clarke	Democratic	1903 1909 1915	Incumbent died October 1, 1916. Winner elected November 7, 1916.^[2] Democratic hold.	√ William F. Kirby (Democratic), 69.27% H. L. Remmel (Republican), 30.73%
Indiana (Class 3)	Thomas Taggart	Democratic	1916 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election to finish term. Winner elected November 7, 1916.^[3] Republican gain.	√ James Eli Watson (Republican), 47.66% Thomas Taggart (Democratic), 46.29% Edward Henry (Socialist), 3.08% William H. Hickman (Prohibition), 2.29% John F. Clifford (Progressive), 0.68%

Elections leading to the 65th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1917; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Arizona	Henry F. Ashurst	Democratic	1912	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.	√ Henry F. Ashurst (Democratic), 55.36% Joseph Henry Kibbey (Republican), 39.4% W. S. Bradford (Socialist), 5.24%^[4]
California	John D. Works	Republican	1911	Incumbent retired. New senator elected in 1916.^[5] Republican hold.	√ Hiram Johnson (Republican), 61.09% George S. Patton, Sr. (Democratic), 29.54% Walter Thomas Mills (Socialist), 5.25% Marshall Atwood (Prohibition), 4.12%
Connecticut	George P. McLean	Republican	1910	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[6]	√ George P. McLean (Republican), 50.17% Homer Stille Cummings (Democratic), 46.24% Martin Plunkett (Socialist), 2.48% Wilbur Manchester (Prohibition), 0.83% Otto Ruckser (Socialist Labor), 0.29%
Delaware	Henry A. du Pont	Republican	1906 (Special) 1911	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1916.^[7] Democratic gain.	√ Josiah O. Wolcott (Democratic), 49.67% Henry A. du Pont (Republican), 44.77% Hiram A. Burton (Progressive), 4.61% William C. Ferris (Socialist), 0.96%
Florida	Nathan P. Bryan	Democratic	1911 (Appointed) 1911 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected in 1916.^[8] Democratic hold.	√ Park Trammell (Democratic), 82.86% William O'Neal (Republican), 12.45% R. L. Goodwin (Socialist), 4.69%
Indiana	John W. Kern	Democratic	1910	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1916.^[9] Republican gain.	√ Harry Stewart New (Republican), 47.77% John W. Kern (Democratic), 46.14% Joseph Zimmerman (Socialist), 3.06% Elwood Haynes (Prohibition), 2.21% John N. Dyer (Progressive), 0.61% Ira Decker (Socialist Labor), 0.22%
Maine	Charles Fletcher Johnson	Democratic	1910	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected September 11, 1916.^[10] Republican gain.	√ Frederick Hale (Republican), 52.72% Charles Fletcher Johnson (Democratic), 46.09% James F. Carey (Socialist), 1% Arthur C. Jackson (Prohibition), 0.19%
Maryland	Blair Lee I	Democratic	1914 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected in 1916.^[11]^[12] Republican gain.	√ Joseph I. France (Republican), 49.32% David John Lewis (Democratic), 47.62% James Frizzell (Prohibition), 1.44% Sylvester Young (Socialist), 1.12% Frank Lang (Labor), 0.5%
Massachusetts	Henry Cabot Lodge	Republican	1893 1899 1905 1911	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[13]	√ Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican), 51.68% John F. Fitzgerald (Democratic), 45.31% William N. McDonald (Socialist), 3.01%
Michigan	Charles E. Townsend	Republican	1910	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[14]	√ Charles E. Townsend (Republican), 56.34% Lawrence Price (Democratic), 39.85% E. O. Foss (Socialist), 2.41% John Y. Johnston (Prohibition), 1.17% Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), 0.14%
Minnesota	Moses E. Clapp	Republican	1901 (Special) 1904 1910	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected in 1916.^[15]^[16] Republican hold.	√ Frank B. Kellogg (Republican), 48.58% Daniel Lawler (Democratic), 30.84% Willis Calderwood (Prohibition), 20.58%
Mississippi	John Sharp Williams	Democratic	1910	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[17]	√ John Sharp Williams (Democratic), Unopposed
Missouri	James A. Reed	Democratic	1910	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[18]	√ James A. Reed (Democratic), 50.56% Walter S. Dickey (Republican), 47.44% Kate Richards O'Hare (Socialist), 1.87% Joseph Scheidler (Socialist Labor), 0.12%
Montana	Henry L. Myers	Democratic	1910	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[19]	√ Henry L. Myers (Democratic), 51.06% Charles Nelson Pray (Republican), 43.40% Henry La Beau (Socialist), 5.54%
Nebraska	Gilbert Hitchcock	Democratic	1911	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[20]	√ Gilbert Hitchcock (Democratic), 49.98% John L. Kennedy (Republican), 45.88% E. E. Olmstead (Socialist), 2.59% D. B. Gilbert (Prohibition), 1.55%
Nevada	Key Pittman	Democratic	1913 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[21]	√ Key Pittman (Democratic), 38.81% Samuel Platt (Republican), 32.28% Ashley G. Miller (Socialist), 28.91%
New Jersey	James Edgar Martine	Democratic	1910 or 1911	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1916.^[22] Republican gain.	√ Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (Republican), 55.99% James Edgar Martine (Democratic), 38.9% William C. Doughty (Socialist), 3.06% Livingston Barbour (Prohibition), 1.64% Rudolph Katz (Socialist Labor), 0.42%
New Mexico	Thomas B. Catron	Republican	1912	Incumbent retired. New senator elected in 1916.^[23] Democratic gain.	√ Andrieus A. Jones (Democratic), 51.01% Frank Hubbell (Republican), 45.95% W. P. Metcalf (Socialist), 3.04%
New York	James Aloysius O'Gorman	Democratic	1911	Incumbent retired. New senator elected in 1916. Republican gain.	√ William M. Calder (Republican), 54.32% William F. McCombs (Democratic), 39.22% Joseph D. Cannon (Socialist), 3.96% D. Leigh Colvin (Prohibition), 1.25% Bainbridge Colby (Progressive), 0.99% August Gillhaus (Socialist Labor), 0.26%
North Dakota	Porter J. McCumber	Republican	1911	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[24]	√ Porter J. McCumber (Republican), 53.85% John Burke (Democratic), 38.24% E. R. Fry (Socialist), 7.91%
Ohio	Atlee Pomerene	Democratic	1911	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[25]	√ Atlee Pomerene (Democratic), 49.26% Myron T. Herrick (Republican), 46.15% Charles Ruthenberg (Socialist), 3.29% Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition), 1.04% Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. (Independent), 0.26%
Pennsylvania	George T. Oliver	Republican	1909 (Special) 1911	Incumbent retired. New senator elected in 1916.^[26] Republican hold.	√ Philander C. Knox (Republican), 56.31% Ellis Orvis (Democratic), 37.25% Charles Ervin (Socialist), 3.76% Herbert T. Ames (Prohibition), 2.49% Robert C. Macauley (Single Tax), 0.12%
Rhode Island	Henry F. Lippitt	Republican	1910	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1916.^[27] Democratic gain.	√ Peter G. Gerry (Democratic), 52.94% Henry F. Lippitt (Republican), 44.12% Frederick Hurst (Socialist), 2.25% Frank J. Sibley (Prohibition), 0.51% Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor), 0.19%
Tennessee	Luke Lea	Democratic	1911	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected in 1916.^[28] Democratic hold.	√ Kenneth McKellar (Democratic), 54.42% Ben W. Hooper (Republican), 44.75% H. H. Mangum (Socialist), 0.83%
Texas	Charles Allen Culberson	Democratic	1899 1905 1911	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[29]	√ Charles Allen Culberson (Democratic), 81.3% Alex Atcheson (Republican), 13.09% F. A. Hickey (Socialist), 4.99% F. H. Combeau (Prohibition), 0.62%
Utah	George Sutherland	Republican	1905 1911	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1916.^[30] Democratic gain.	√ William H. King (Democratic), 56.92% George Sutherland (Republican), 39.93% Christian Poulson (Socialist), 3.16%
Vermont	Carroll S. Page	Republican	1908 (Special) 1910	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[31]	√ Carroll S. Page (Republican), 74.41% Oscar C. Miller (Democratic), 23.5% Norman Greenslet (Socialist), 2.1%
Virginia	Claude A. Swanson	Democratic	1910 (Appointed) 1911 (Appointed) 1911 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[32]	√ Claude A. Swanson (Democratic) Unopposed
Washington	Miles Poindexter	Republican	1910	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[33]	√ Miles Poindexter (Republican), 55.39% George Turner (Democratic), 37.06% Bruce Rogers (Socialist), 5.95% Joseph Campbell (Prohibition), 1.21% Walter J. Thompson (Progressive), 0.4%
West Virginia	William E. Chilton	Democratic	1910	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1916.^[34] Republican gain.	√ Howard Sutherland (Republican), 50.14% William E. Chilton (Democratic), 48.17% G. A. Gneiser (Socialist), 1.7%
Wisconsin	Robert M. La Follette, Sr.	Republican	1905 1911	Incumbent re-elected in 1916.^[35]	√ Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Republican), 59.23% William F. Wolfe (Democratic), 31.9% Richard Elsner (Socialist), 6.85% Charles L. Hill (Prohibition), 2.02%
Wyoming	Clarence D. Clark	Republican	1911	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1916.^[36] Democratic gain.	√ John B. Kendrick (Democratic), 51.47% Clarence D. Clark (Republican), 45.47% Paul Paulsen (Socialist), 2.61% Arthur B. Campbell (Prohibition), 0.45%

Elections during the 85th Congress

In this special election, the winner was seated after March 4, 1917.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Oregon (Class 2)	Harry Lane	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Incumbent died May 23, 1917. New senator elected May 29, 1917. Republican gain.	√ Charles L. McNary (Republican) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

References

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