United States Senate elections, 1904 and 1905

United States Senate elections, 1904 and 1905
United States
November 3, 1904 – March 3, 1905

30 of the 90 seats in the United States Senate (with special elections)
46 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 55 seats 33 seats
Seats before ? ?
Seats won 24 6
Seats after 58 32
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1
Seats up 22 7

  Third party
 
Party Silver Republican
Last election 2 seats
Seats before ?
Seats won 0
Seats after 0
Seat change Decrease 1
Seats up 1

Majority Party before election


Republican

Elected Majority Party


Republican

The United States Senate elections of 1904 and 1905 were election which coincided with President Theodore Roosevelt's landslide election to a full term, and which had the Republican Party gain one seat in the United States Senate.

As these elections were prior to ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, senators were chosen by State legislatures.

The Silver Republican Party had dissolved and their two Senate seats went to the Republicans, yielding an aggregate gain of three seats.

Results summary

Senate Party Division, 59th Congress (1905–1907)

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 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
In 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 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
Key:
D = Democratic
R = Republican
r = Silver Republican
V = Vacant
Majority
divider

Race summaries

Special elections during the 58th Congress

In these elections, the winners were seated during 1904 or in 1905 before March 4; ordered by election date.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral history
Ohio
(Class 1)
Mark Hanna Republican 1877 (Appointed)
1898 (Special)
1898
Incumbent died February 15, 1904.
Winner elected March 2, 1904.
Republican hold.
Winner also elected to the next term, see below.
Charles W. F. Dick (Republican) 100.00%
Pennsylvania
(Class 1)
Matthew Quay Republican 1887
1893
1899 (Legislature failed to elect)
1899 (Re-elected but not qualified)
1901 (Special)
Incumbent died May 28, 1904.
Winner elected in December 1904.
Republican hold.
Philander C. Knox (Republican) 100.00%

Races leading to the 59th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1905; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral history
California Thomas R. Bard Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent lost renomination
New senator elected January 11, 1905.[1]
Republican hold.
Frank Putnam Flint (Republican) 93.28%
Theodore Arlington Bell (Democratic) 9.72%
Connecticut Joseph Roswell Hawley Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent retired.
New senator elected November 4, 1904.
Republican hold.
Morgan Bulkeley (Republican) Unopposed
Delaware L. Heisler Ball Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent retired.
New senator elected November 4, 1904.
Republican hold.
Henry A. du Pont (Republican) Unopposed
Florida James Taliaferro Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected January 1, 1905. James Taliaferro (Democratic) Unopposed
Indiana Albert J. Beveridge Republican 1899 Incumbent re-elected in 1905. Albert J. Beveridge (Republican) Unopposed
Maine Eugene Hale Republican 1881
1887
1893
1899
Incumbent re-elected in 1905. Eugene Hale (Republican)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Maryland Louis E. McComas Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected February 4, 1904.
Democratic gain.
Isidor Rayner (Democratic) 70.49%
Louis E. McComas (Republican) 29.51%
Massachusetts Henry Cabot Lodge Republican 1893
1899
Incumbent re-elected in 1905. Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) Unopposed
Michigan Julius C. Burrows Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected November 4, 1904. Julius C. Burrows (Republican) Unopposed
Minnesota Moses E. Clapp Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected November 4, 1904. Moses E. Clapp (Republican) Unopposed
Mississippi Hernando Money Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1904. Hernando Money (Democratic) Unopposed
Missouri Francis Cockrell Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected in 1904 or 1905.
Republican gain.
William Warner (Republican) 52.00%
Francis Cockrell (Democratic) 47.43%
Thomas K. Niedringhaus (Republican) 0.57%
Montana Paris Gibson Democratic 1901 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New senator elected November 4, 1904.
Republican gain.
Thomas H. Carter (Republican) Unopposed
Nebraska Charles Henry Dietrich Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 17, 1905.
Republican hold.
Elmer Burkett (Republican) 92.19%
Richard Lee Metcalfe (Democratic) 7.03%
Alfred Sorenson (Republican) 0.78%
Nevada William Morris Stewart Republican 1887
1893
1899
Incumbent retired.
New senator elected in 1905.
Republican hold.
George S. Nixon (Republican) Unopposed
New Jersey John Kean Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected January 2, 1905. John Kean (Republican) Unopposed
New York Chauncey Depew Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1905. Chauncey Depew (Republican) 70.47%
Smith M. Weed (Democratic) 29.53%
North Dakota Porter J. McCumber Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected November 4, 1904. Porter J. McCumber (Republican) Unopposed
Ohio Marcus A. Hanna Republican 1897 (Appointed)
1904 (Special)
Incumbent died February 15, 1904.
New senator elected March 2, 1904.
That senator also elected to finish the term, see above.
Republican hold.
Charles W. F. Dick (Republican) Unopposed
Pennsylvania Philander C. Knox Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1905. Philander C. Knox (Republican) 87.40%
James Knox Polk Hall (Democratic) 9.06%
Rhode Island Nelson W. Aldrich Republican 1881 (Special)
1886
1892
1898
Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1904. Nelson W. Aldrich (Republican) Unopposed
Tennessee Washington C. Whitthorne Democratic 1887
1893
1899
Incumbent re-elected in 1905. William B. Bate (Democratic) Unopposed
Texas Charles Allen Culberson Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected November 4, 1904. Charles Allen Culberson (Democratic) Unopposed
Utah Thomas Kearns Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent retired.
New senator elected November 2, 1904.
Republican hold.
George Sutherland (Republican) Unopposed
Vermont Redfield Proctor Republican 1891 (Appointed)
1892 (Special)
1892
1898
Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1904. Redfield Proctor (Republican) Unopposed
Virginia John W. Daniel Democratic 1887
1893
1899
Incumbent re-elected November 3, 1904. John W. Daniel (Democratic) Unopposed
Washington Addison G. Foster Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected November 8, 1904.
Republican hold.
Samuel H. Piles (Republican) 45.46%
Addison G. Foster (Republican) 17.09%
Charles Sweeny (party unkn.) 10.18%
John L. Wilson (Republican) 6.18%
Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) 2.91%
Alden Blethen (Republican) 2.55%
Melvin M. Godman (Democratic) 2.55%
George Turner (Democratic) 2.55%
Charles Stewart Voorhees (Democratic) 2.55%
Will G. Graves (Democratic) 2.18%
Francis Pierce Hogan (Democratic) 2.18%
Samuel G. Cosgrove (Republican) 1.82%
William Hickman Moore (Democratic) 1.82%
West Virginia Nathan B. Scott Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected March 3, 1905. Nathan B. Scott (Republican) Unopposed
Wisconsin Joseph V. Quarles Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent retired.
New senator elected March 3, 1905.
Republican hold.
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Republican) Unopposed
Wyoming Clarence D. Clark Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Incumbent re-elected November 4, 1904. Clarence D. Clark (Republican) Unopposed

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