United States Senate elections, 1892

1892

30 of the 88 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	39 seats	47 seats
Seats won	44	37
Seat change	5	10

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Populist	Silver
Last election	1 seats	New Party
Seats won	3	1
Seat change	2	1

Majority Party before election

Republican

Elected Majority Party

Democratic

The United States Senate election of 1892 was an election which, corresponding with former Democratic President Grover Cleveland's return to power, had the Republican Party lose seven seats in the United States Senate and lose its majority to the Democratic Party.

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

Results

53rd Congress (1893–1895)

Majority Party: Democratic (44)
Minority Party: Republican (37)
Other Parties: Populist (3); Silver (1)
Total Seats: 88
Vacant: 3

Change in Senate composition

Senate composition before the elections

						D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄
D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉	D₈	D₇	D₆	D₅
D₁₅	D₁₆	D₁₇	D₁₈	D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄
D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉	D₂₈	D₂₇	D₂₆	D₂₅
D₃₅	D₃₆	D₃₇	D₃₈	D₃₉	P₁	P₂	R₄₇	R₄₆	R₄₅
Majority →									R₄₄
R₃₅	R₃₆	R₃₇	R₃₈	R₃₉	R₄₀	R₄₁	R₄₂	R₄₃
R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁	R₃₀	R₂₉	R₂₈	R₂₇	R₂₆	R₂₅
R₁₅	R₁₆	R₁₇	R₁₈	R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄
R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉	R₈	R₇	R₆	R₅
						R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄

Senate composition as a result of the elections

						D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄
D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉	D₈	D₇	D₆	D₅
D₁₅	D₁₆	D₁₇	D₁₈	D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄
D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉	D₂₈	D₂₇	D₂₆	D₂₅
D₃₅	D₃₆	D₃₇	D₃₈	D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄
Majority (with Vice President's vote) →
R₃₅	R₃₆	R₃₇	V₁	V₂	V₃	S₁	P₃	P₂	P₁
R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁	R₃₀	R₂₉	R₂₈	R₂₇	R₂₆	R₂₅
R₁₅	R₁₆	R₁₇	R₁₈	R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄
R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉	R₈	R₇	R₆	R₅
						R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄

Key:

D_#	Democratic
P_#	Populist
R_#	Republican
S_#	Silver
V_#	Vacant, later filled by Republicans

References

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

United States Senate elections

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