Election Name: | 1893 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
Previous Year: | 1887 |
Next Election: | 1899 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
Next Year: | 1899 |
Election Date: | January 17, 1893 |
Votes For Election: | 280 members of the Massachusetts General Court |
Needed Votes: | 141 |
Image1: | File:John Singer Sargent - Henry Cabot Lodge - Google Art Project (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Henry Cabot Lodge |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Electoral Vote1: | 190 |
Percentage1: | 67.86% |
Nominee2: | Patrick Collins |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Electoral Vote2: | 81 |
Percentage2: | 25.71% |
Senator | |
Before Election: | Henry L. Dawes |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Henry Cabot Lodge |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1893 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1893. Republican incumbent Henry L. Dawes chose not to seek a fourth term in office, and was replaced by Republican Congressman Henry Cabot Lodge.
At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of the combined houses of the Massachusetts General Court.
In the 1892 state elections, Republicans won 186 of 280 seats in the legislature.
The primary candidates for the nomination were Congressmen Henry Cabot Lodge and William W. Crapo.
On January 4, Republican legislators from both houses met to caucus and determine their nominee. Crapo supporters, led by State Senator William Morgan Butler, attempted to delay the caucus until January 12 but were unsuccessful. A motion to adjourn lost, with 124 votes against to 40 votes in favor. The caucus proceeded to a final ballot, with 94 votes needed for nomination. Lodge won easily.[1]