Election Name: | 1894–95 United States Senate elections |
Country: | United States |
Flag Year: | 1891 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1892–93 United States Senate elections |
Next Election: | 1896–97 United States Senate elections |
Seats For Election: | 30 of the 88 seats in the United States Senate (as well as special elections) |
Majority Seats: | 45 |
Election Date: | Dates vary by state |
1Blank: | Seats up |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
Leader1: | John Sherman |
Image1: | John-Sherman-2.jpg |
Leader Since1: | March 4, 1891 |
Leaders Seat1: | Ohio |
Seats Before1: | 37 |
1Data1: | 16 |
Seats1: | 18 |
Seats After1: | 39 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Leader2: | Arthur Pue Gorman |
Leader Since2: | March 4, 1889 |
Leaders Seat2: | Maryland |
Seats Before2: | 44 |
1Data2: | 14 |
Seats2: | 10 |
Seats After2: | 40 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Party4: | Populist Party (US) |
Seats Before4: | 3 |
1Data4: | 0 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seats After4: | 4 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Party5: | Silver Party |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
1Data5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seats After5: | 1 |
Majority Party | |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
Map Size: | 380 px |
The 1894–95 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1894 and 1895, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.[1] In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 2.
The Republican Party gained plurality control of the Senate with the support of the Populist Party and Silver Party.
Senate party division, 54th Congress (1895–1897)
At the beginning of 1894, including early elections in Mississippi and Virginia.
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In these elections, the winners were seated during 1894 or in 1895 before March 4; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | |||||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
Mississippi (Class 2) | Edward C. Walthall | Democratic | 1885 1886 1889 1892 | Incumbent resigned due to ill health. New senator elected February 7, 1894. Democratic hold. Walthall, however, had already been re-elected to next term.[2] | nowrap | |||
Louisiana (Class 2) | Donelson Caffery | Democratic | 1892 | Interim appointee elected May 23, 1894. Winner had already been elected to the next term, see below. | nowrap | |||
Louisiana (Class 3) | Newton C. Blanchard | Democratic | 1894 | Interim appointee elected May 23, 1894. | nowrap | |||
Georgia (Class 2) | Patrick Walsh | Democratic | 1894 | Interim appointee elected November 7, 1894. Winner was not elected to the next term, see below. | nowrap | |||
North Carolina (Class 3) | Thomas Jarvis | Democratic | 1894 | Unknown if interim appointee retired or lost election to finish the term. New senator elected November 7, 1894. Republican gain. New senator qualified January 23, 1895. | nowrap | |||
Montana (Class 1) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. New senator elected January 16, 1895. | nowrap | |||||
Wyoming (Class 1) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. New senator elected January 23, 1895. | nowrap | |||||
California (Class 3) | George C. Perkins | Republican | 1893 | Interim appointee elected January 23, 1895. | nowrap | |||
Michigan (Class 1) | John Patton Jr. | Republican | 1894 | Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. New senator elected January 24, 1895. Republican hold. | nowrap | |||
Washington (Class 1) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. New senator elected February 1, 1895. | nowrap |
In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1895; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||||||
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Alabama | John Tyler Morgan | Democratic | 1876 1882 1888 | Incumbent re-elected in 1894. | nowrap | ||||
Arkansas | James Berry | Democratic | 1885 1889 | Incumbent re-elected in 1895. | nowrap | ||||
Colorado | Edward O. Wolcott | Republican | 1889 | Incumbent re-elected in 1895. | nowrap | ||||
Delaware | Anthony C. Higgins | Republican | 1888 or 1889 | Incumbent lost re-election. Failure to elect. Republican loss. | nowrap | Anthony C. Higgins (Republican) | |||
Georgia | Patrick Walsh | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected in 1894. Democratic hold. | nowrap | ||||
Idaho | George Shoup | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected in 1895. | nowrap | ||||
Illinois | Shelby M. Cullom | Republican | 1882 1888 | Incumbent re-elected in 1894. | nowrap | ||||
Iowa | James F. Wilson | Republican | 1888 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected January 17, 1894. Republican hold. | nowrap | ||||
Kansas | John Martin | Democratic | 1893 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. New senator elected in January 1895. Republican gain. | nowrap | ||||
Kentucky | William Lindsay | Democratic | 1893 | Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1894.[3] | nowrap | ||||
Louisiana | Donelson Caffery | Democratic | 1891 | Interim appointee elected May 14, 1894.[4] Winner would later be elected to finish the current term, see below. | nowrap | ||||
Maine | William P. Frye | Republican | nowrap | 1881 1883 1889 | Incumbent re-elected in 1895. | nowrap | |||
Massachusetts | George Frisbie Hoar | Republican | 1877 1883 1889 | Incumbent re-elected in 1895. | nowrap | ||||
Michigan | James McMillan | Republican | 1889 | Incumbent re-elected in 1895. | nowrap | ||||
Minnesota | William D. Washburn | Republican | 1888 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1895. Republican hold. | nowrap | ||||
Mississippi | Anselm J. McLaurin | Democratic | 1894 | Incumbent retired as predecessor had already been elected to the next term. Predecessor was already elected early January 20, 1892. Democratic hold. | nowrap | ||||
Montana | Thomas C. Power | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected in January 1895. Republican hold. | nowrap | ||||
Nebraska | Charles F. Manderson | Republican | 1883 1888 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. New senator elected January 15, 1895. Republican hold. | nowrap | ||||
New Hampshire | William E. Chandler | Republican | 1887 1889 1889 | Incumbent re-elected in 1895. | nowrap | ||||
New Jersey | John R. McPherson | Democratic | 1877 1883 1889 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. New senator elected in 1895. Republican gain. | nowrap | ||||
North Carolina | Matt W. Ransom | Democratic | 1872 1876 1883 1889 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1894. Populist gain. | nowrap | ||||
Oregon | Joseph N. Dolph | Republican | 1882 1888 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected February 23, 1895.[5] Republican hold. | nowrap | ||||
Rhode Island | Nathan F. Dixon III | Republican | 1889 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected in 1894. Republican hold. | nowrap | ||||
South Carolina | Matthew Butler | Democratic | 1876 1882 1888 | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected in 1894. Democratic hold. | nowrap | ||||
South Dakota | Richard F. Pettigrew | Republican | 1889 | Incumbent re-elected in 1894. | nowrap | ||||
Tennessee | Isham G. Harris | Democratic | 1877 1883 1889 | Incumbent re-elected in 1895. | nowrap | ||||
Texas | Richard Coke | Democratic | 1876 1882 1888 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected in 1894. Democratic hold. | nowrap | ||||
Virginia | Eppa Hunton | Democratic | 1892 1893 | Incumbent retired. New senator was already elected early December 19, 1893.[6] Democratic hold. | nowrap | ||||
West Virginia | Johnson N. Camden | Democratic | 1893 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected January 23, 1895.[7] Republican gain. | nowrap | ||||
Wyoming | Joseph M. Carey | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1895. Republican hold. | nowrap |
There were no elections in 1895 after March 4.
See also: List of United States senators from Alabama. Former brigadier general in the Confederate States Army John T. Morgan[8] was re-elected as one of the two senators in the state of Alabama. His tenure as senator ended in 1907 when he died in office.[9]
See also: List of United States senators from Arkansas.
See also: List of United States senators from California.
See also: List of United States senators from Colorado.
See also: List of United States senators from Delaware.
See also: List of United States senators from Georgia.
See also: List of United States senators from Georgia.
See also: List of United States senators from Idaho.
See also: List of United States senators from Illinois.
See also: List of United States senators from Iowa.
See also: List of United States senators from Kansas.
See also: List of United States senators from Kentucky.
See also: List of United States senators from Louisiana. Interim appointee Donelson Caffery (D) was elected May 14, 1894 to the next term. He was later (May 23, 1894) elected to finish the current term.
See also: List of United States senators from Louisiana. Randall L. Gibson (D) had been re-elected in 1889, but died December 15, 1892. Donelson Caffery (D) was appointed by the Governor of Louisiana December 31, 1892 to continue the term, pending a special election. On May 14, 1894, Caffery was elected to the next term, and on May 23, 1894, Caffery was elected to finish the current term.
See also: List of United States senators from Louisiana. Edward Douglass White (D) had been elected in 1891, but resigned March 12, 1894 when appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Newton C. Blanchard (D) was appointed by the Governor of Louisiana March 12, 1894 to continue the term, pending a special election. On May 23, 1894, Blanchard was elected to finish the current term, which would end March 3, 1897.
See also: List of United States senators from Maine.
See also: List of United States senators from Massachusetts.
See also: List of United States senators from Michigan.
See also: List of United States senators from Michigan.
See also: List of United States senators from Minnesota.
See main article: 1892 United States Senate elections in Mississippi.
See also: List of United States senators from Mississippi.
See also: List of United States senators from Mississippi and 1892 United States Senate elections in Mississippi.
See also: List of United States senators from Montana.
See also: List of United States senators from Montana.
See also: List of United States senators from Nebraska.
See also: List of United States senators from New Hampshire.
See also: List of United States senators from New Jersey.
See also: List of United States senators from North Carolina.
See also: List of United States senators from North Carolina.
See also: List of United States senators from Oregon.
See also: List of United States senators from Rhode Island.
See also: List of United States senators from South Carolina.
See also: List of United States senators from South Dakota.
See also: List of United States senators from Tennessee.
See also: List of United States senators from Texas.
See main article: 1893 United States Senate election in Virginia.
See also: List of United States senators from Virginia.
See also: List of United States senators from Washington. John B. Allen (R) had been elected in 1889 as one of the first senators from Washington. In 1893, however, the Washington State Legislature failed to elect a senator for the term beginning March 4, 1893. The governor appointed Allen to serve until March 20, 1893, but the Senate rejected his credentials.
John L. Wilson (R) was elected February 1, 1895 to finish the term, that would end March 3, 1899, taking his seat February 19, 1895.
See also: List of United States senators from West Virginia.
See also: List of United States senators from Wyoming.
See also: List of United States senators from Wyoming.