United States Senate elections, 1916

United States Senate elections, 1916

November 7, 1916[1]

35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 56 seats 40 seats Seats won 54 42 Seat change 2 2

Republican holds   Republican pickups   Democratic holds   Democratic pickups

Majority party before election Democratic Elected Majority party Republican

The U.S. Senate election, 1916 was an election that coincided with the re-election of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson. Republicans gained a net pick-up of two seats from the Democrats.

Gains and losses

Republicans picked up seven seats:

• Harry S. New (IN)
• James E. Watson (IN)--won in a special election
• Frederick Hale (ME)
• Joseph I. France (MD)
• Joseph S. Freylinghuysen (NJ)
• William M. Calder (NY)
• Howard Sutherland (WV)

Democrats picked up five seats:

• Josiah O. Wolcott (DE)
• Andrieus A. Jones (NM)
• Peter G. Gerry (RI)
• William H. King (UT)
• John B. Kendrick (WY)

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 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

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 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

Key:	D =Democratic R =Republican	Majority divider

Complete list of races

Bold state indicates election article link.

Bold candidate indicates winner.

Separate election

Date	State	Reason	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
September 11, 1916	Maine[2]	Incumbent died June 16, 1916	Edwin C. Burleigh	Republican	Republican hold	Bert M. Fernald (Republican), 54.28% Kenneth C.M. Sills (Democratic), 45.49% Frederick Shepherd (Prohibition), 0.23%

November elections

All elections are for the Class 1 seat, unless otherwise indicated.

State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidate(s)
Arizona	Henry F. Ashurst	Democratic	Re-elected[3]	Henry F. Ashurst (Democratic), 55.36% Joseph Henry Kibbey (Republican), 39.4% W. S. Bradford (Socialist), 5.24%
Arkansas Special: Class 3	Vacant	Vacant	James Paul Clarke (D) died 39 days before election[4] Democratic hold	William F. Kirby (Democratic), 69.27% H. L. Remmel (Republican), 30.73%
California	John D. Works	Republican	Retired[5] Republican hold	Hiram Johnson (Republican), 61.09% George S. Patton, Sr. (Democratic), 29.54% Walter Thomas Mills (Socialist), 5.25% Marshall Atwood (Prohibition), 4.12%
Connecticut	George P. McLean	Republican	Re-elected[6]	George P. McLean (Republican), 50.17% Homer Stille Cummings (Democratic), 46.24% Martin Plunkett (Socialist), 2.48% Wilbur Manchester (Prohibition), 0.83% Otto Ruckser (Socialist Labor), 0.29%
Delaware	Henry A. du Pont	Republican	Lost re-election[7] Democratic gain	Josiah O. Wolcott (Democratic), 49.67% Henry A. du Pont (Republican), 44.77% Hiram A. Burton (Progressive), 4.61% William C. Ferris (Socialist), 0.96%
Florida	Nathan P. Bryan	Democratic	Lost renomination[8] Democratic hold	Park Trammell (Democratic), 82.86% William O'Neal (Republican), 12.45% R. L. Goodwin (Socialist), 4.69%
Indiana General	John W. Kern	Democratic	Lost re-election[9] Republican gain	Harry Stewart New (Republican), 47.77% John W. Kern (Democratic), 46.14% Joseph Zimmerman (Socialist), 3.06% Elwood Haynes (Prohibition), 2.21% John N. Dyer (Progressive), 0.61% Ira Decker (Socialist Labor), 0.22%
Indiana Special: Class 3	Thomas Taggart	Democratic	Appointee lost election to finish term[10] Republican gain	James Eli Watson (Republican), 47.66% Thomas Taggart (Democratic), 46.29% Edward Henry (Socialist), 3.08% William H. Hickman (Prohibition), 2.29% John F. Clifford (Progressive), 0.68%
Maine	Charles Fletcher Johnson	Democratic	Lost re-election[11] Republican gain	Frederick Hale (Republican), 52.72% Charles Fletcher Johnson (Democratic), 46.09% James F. Carey (Socialist), 1% Arthur C. Jackson (Prohibition), 0.19%
Maryland	Blair Lee I	Democratic	Lost renomination[12][13] Republican gain	Joseph I. France (Republican), 49.32% David John Lewis (Democratic), 47.62% James Frizzell (Prohibition), 1.44% Sylvester Young (Socialist), 1.12% Frank Lang (Labor), 0.5%
Massachusetts	Henry Cabot Lodge	Republican	Re-elected[14]	Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican), 51.68% John F. Fitzgerald (Democratic), 45.31% William N. McDonald (Socialist), 3.01%
Michigan	Charles E. Townsend	Republican	Re-elected[15]	Charles E. Townsend (Republican), 56.34% Lawrence Price (Democratic), 39.85% E. O. Foss (Socialist), 2.41% John Y. Johnston (Prohibition), 1.17% Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), 0.14%
Minnesota	Moses E. Clapp	Republican	Lost renomination[16][17] Republican hold	Frank B. Kellogg (Republican), 48.58% Daniel Lawler (Democratic), 30.84% Willis Calderwood (Prohibition), 20.58%
Mississippi	John Sharp Williams	Democratic	Re-elected[18]	John Sharp Williams (Democratic), Unopposed
Missouri	James A. Reed	Democratic	Re-elected[19]	James A. Reed (Democratic), 50.56% Walter S. Dickey (Republican), 47.44% Kate Richards O'Hare (Socialist), 1.87% Joseph Scheidler (Socialist Labor), 0.12%
Montana	Henry L. Myers	Democratic	Re-elected[20]	Henry L. Myers (Democratic), 51.06% Charles Nelson Pray (Republican), 43.40% Henry La Beau (Socialist), 5.54%
Nebraska	Gilbert Hitchcock	Democratic	Re-elected[21]	Gilbert Hitchcock (Democratic), 49.98% John L. Kennedy (Republican), 45.88% E. E. Olmstead (Socialist), 2.59% D. B. Gilbert (Prohibition), 1.55%
Nevada	Key Pittman	Democratic	Re-elected[22]	Key Pittman (Democratic), 38.81% Samuel Platt (Republican), 32.28% Ashley G. Miller (Socialist), 28.91%
New Jersey	James Edgar Martine	Democratic	Lost re-election[23] Republican gain	Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Sr. (Republican), 55.99% James Edgar Martine (Democratic), 38.9% William C. Doughty (Socialist), 3.06% Livingston Barbour (Prohibition), 1.64% Rudolph Katz (Socialist Labor), 0.42%
New Mexico	Thomas B. Catron	Republican	Retired[24] Democratic gain	Andrieus A. Jones (Democratic), 51.01% Frank Hubbell (Republican), 45.95% W. P. Metcalf (Socialist), 3.04%
New York	James Aloysius O'Gorman	Democratic	Retired Republican gain	William M. Calder (Republican), 54.32% William F. McCombs (Democratic), 39.22% Joseph D. Cannon (Socialist), 3.96% D. Leigh Colvin (Prohibition), 1.25% Bainbridge Colby (Progressive), 0.99% August Gillhaus (Socialist Labor), 0.26%
North Dakota	Porter J. McCumber	Republican	Re-elected[25]	Porter J. McCumber (Republican), 53.85% John Burke (Democratic), 38.24% E. R. Fry (Socialist), 7.91%
Ohio	Atlee Pomerene	Democratic	Re-elected[26]	Atlee Pomerene (Democratic), 49.26% Myron T. Herrick (Republican), 46.15% Charles Ruthenberg (Socialist), 3.29% Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition), 1.04% Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. (Independent), 0.26%
Pennsylvania	George T. Oliver	Republican	Retired[27] Republican hold	Philander C. Knox (Republican), 56.31% Ellis Orvis (Democratic), 37.25% Charles Ervin (Socialist), 3.76% Herbert T. Ames (Prohibition), 2.49% Robert C. Macauley (Single Tax), 0.12%
Rhode Island	Henry F. Lippitt	Republican	Lost re-election[28] Democratic gain	Peter G. Gerry (Democratic), 52.94% Henry F. Lippitt (Republican), 44.12% Frederick Hurst (Socialist), 2.25% Frank J. Sibley (Prohibition), 0.51% Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor), 0.19%
Tennessee	Luke Lea	Democratic	Lost renomination[29] Democratic hold	Kenneth McKellar (Democratic), 54.42% Ben W. Hooper (Republican), 44.75% H. H. Mangum (Socialist), 0.83%
Texas	Charles Allen Culberson	Democratic	Re-elected[30]	(Democratic), 81.3% Alex Atcheson (Republican), 13.09% F. A. Hickey (Socialist), 4.99% F. H. Combeau (Prohibition), 0.62%
Utah	George Sutherland	Republican	Lost re-election[31] Democratic gain	William H. King (Democratic), 56.92% George Sutherland (Republican), 39.93% Christian Poulson (Socialist), 3.16%
Vermont	Carroll S. Page	Republican	Re-elected[32]	Carroll S. Page (Republican), 74.41% Oscar C. Miller (Democratic), 23.5% Norman Greenslet (Socialist), 2.1%
Virginia	Claude A. Swanson	Democratic	Re-elected[33]	Claude A. Swanson (Democratic), Unopposed
Washington	Miles Poindexter	Republican	Re-elected[34]	Miles Poindexter (Republican), 55.39% George Turner (Democratic), 37.06% Bruce Rogers (Socialist), 5.95% Joseph Campbell (Prohibition), 1.21% Walter J. Thompson (Progressive), 0.4%
West Virginia	William E. Chilton	Democratic	Lost re-election[35] Republican gain	Howard Sutherland (Republican), 50.14% William E. Chilton (Democratic), 48.17% G. A. Gneiser (Socialist), 1.7%
Wisconsin	Robert M. La Follette, Sr.	Republican	Re-elected[36]	Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Republican), 59.23% William F. Wolfe (Democratic), 31.9% Richard Elsner (Socialist), 6.85% Charles L. Hill (Prohibition), 2.02%
Wyoming	Clarence D. Clark	Republican	Lost re-election[37] Democratic gain	John B. Kendrick (Democratic), 51.47% Clarence D. Clark (Republican), 45.47% Paul Paulsen (Socialist), 2.61% Arthur B. Campbell (Prohibition), 0.45%

Senate Party Division, 65th Congress (1917–1919)

Majority Party: Democratic (54 seats)

Minority Party: Republican (42 seats)

Other Parties: 0

Total Seats: 96

Note: These numbers represent composition as result of 1916 Senatorial Elections. Actual composition often changes during term, due to deaths, resignations or party shifting.

References

1. September 11, 1916 in Maine
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Source: United States Senate Official Website