United States Senate elections, 1906 and 1907

U.S. Senate elections, 1906 and 1907

Dates vary by state

30 of the 92 seats in the United States Senate 46 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 58 seats 32 seats Seats won 61 31 Seat change 3 1

Majority Party before election Republican Elected Majority Party Republican

The United States Senate elections of 1906 and 1907 were elections which had the Republican Party gain three seats in the United States Senate, expanding their majority to almost twice that of the opposing Democratic Party.

As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Results summary

Senate Party Division, 60th Congress (1907–1909)

• Majority Party: Republican (61)
• Minority Party: Democratic (31)
• Other Parties: (0)
• Total Seats: 92

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

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 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 R

Key:	D = Democratic R = Republican	Majority divider

Race summaries

Elections leading to the 60th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1907; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama	John Tyler Morgan	Democratic	1876 1882 1888 1894 1900	Incumbent re-elected in 1906.	√ John Tyler Morgan (Democratic) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Arkansas	James Berry	Democratic	1885 (Special) 1889 1895 1901	Incumbent lost re-election. Winner elected in 1906.	√ Jeff Davis (Democratic) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Colorado	Henry M. Teller	Republican	1885 1891	Incumbent re-elected in 1897.	√ Henry M. Teller (Republican) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois	Shelby M. Cullom	Republican	1882 1888 1894 1900	Incumbent re-elected in 1906.	√ Shelby M. Cullom (Republican) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine	William P. Frye	Republican	1881 (Special) 1883 1889 1895 1901	Incumbent re-elected in 1907.	√ William P. Frye (Republican) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota	Knute Nelson	Republican	1895 1901	Incumbent re-elected in 1907.	√ Knute Nelson (Republican) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia	Thomas S. Martin	Democratic	1893 (Early) 1899 (Early)	Incumbent re-elected January 24, 1906.[1]	√ Thomas S. Martin (Democratic) Campbell Slemp (Republican) 17 votes?[1]
West Virginia	Stephen B. Elkins	Republican	Election date unknown 1901	Incumbent re-elected in 1907.	√ Stephen B. Elkins (Republican) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Wyoming	Francis E. Warren	Republican	1895 1901	Incumbent re-elected in 1907.	√ Francis E. Warren (Republican) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

See also

• United States elections, 1906
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1906
• 59th United States Congress
• 60th United States Congress

Notes

1. "Senator Martin Re-elected". The New York Times. January 24, 1906. p. 6.

References

• Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov