United States Senate elections, 1904 and 1905

United States Senate elections, 1904 and 1905

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 2 1 Seats up 22 7   Third party   Party Silver Republican Last election 2 seats Seats before ? Seats won 0 Seats after 0 Seat change 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)

• Majority Party: Republican (58)
• Minority Party: Democratic (32)
• Other Parties: (0)
• Total Seats: 90

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

See also

• United States elections, 1904
  • United States presidential election, 1904
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1904
• 58th United States Congress
• 59th United States Congress

References

1. The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906. 1905. p. 108.

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