United States Senate elections, 1880

United States Senate elections, 1880

November 1880

76 seats in the United States Senate   Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Readjuster Last election 33 seats 42 seats Seats won 37 37 1 Seat change 4 5 1

Majority Party before election Democratic Elected Majority Party Republican

The United States Senate election of 1880 was an election which conicided with the presidential election of 1880, and which had the Democratic Party lose five seats in the United States Senate, causing it and the Republican Party to have the same number of seats, leading to a Senate without a clear majority Party; but the Republican Party did hold the Vice-Presidency.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Results

47th Congress (1881–1883)

• Majority Party: Republican (37)
• Minority Party: Democratic (37)
• Other Parties: Independent (1); Readjuster (1)
• Total Seats: 76

Change in Senate composition

Senate composition in the 46th 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   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   I   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	Senate composition in the 47th 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   I   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   J   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    J  =Readjuster    R  =Republican    I  =Independent

See also

• United States presidential election, 1880
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1880

References

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