United States Senate elections, 1904

United States Senate elections, 1904

1904

30 of the 90 seats in the United States Senate 45 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Silver Republican Last election 55 seats 33 seats 2 seats Seats won 58 32 Seat change 3 1 2

Majority Party before election Republican Elected Majority Party Republican

The United States Senate election of 1904 was an election which coincided with President Theodore Roosevelt's landslide election to a full term, and which had the Republican Party gain one seat in the United States Senate.

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

The Silver Republican Party had dissolved and their two Senate seats went to the Republicans, yielding an aggregate gain of three seats.

Results

59th Congress, 1905-1907

• Majority Party: Republican (58)

• Minority Party: Democratic (32)

• Other Parties: (0)

• Total Seats: 90

List of races^[1][2]

Appointments Made During the 58th Congress (1903-1905)

State	Class	Date of Appointment	Predecessor	Party	Reason	Result	Appointee
Massachusetts	2	October 11, 1904	George Frisbie Hoar	Republican	Died September 30, 1904	Republican hold	Winthrop M. Crane (R)
Indiana	3	March 3, 1905	Charles W. Fairbanks	Republican	Resigned March 3, 1905; Elected Vice President	Republican hold	James A. Hemenway (R)

Special Elections Held During the 58th Congress (1903-1905)

State	Class	Date of Election	Predecessor	Party	Reason	Result	Candidate
Ohio	1	March 2, 1904	Mark Hanna	Republican	Died February 15, 1904	Republican hold	Charles W. F. Dick (R) 100.00%
Pennsylvania	1	December, 1904	Matthew Quay	Republican	Died May 28, 1904	Republican hold	Philander C. Knox (R) 100.00%

General Elections for the Term Commencing March 4, 1905

State	Date of Election	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
California	January 11, 1905	Thomas R. Bard	Republican	Lost renomination Republican hold	Frank Putnam Flint (R) 93.28% Theodore Arlington Bell (D) 9.72%
Connecticut	November 4, 1904	Joseph Roswell Hawley	Republican	Retired Republican hold	Morgan Bulkeley (R) 100.00%
Delaware	November 4, 1904	L. Heisler Ball	Republican	Retired Republican hold	Henry A. du Pont (R) 100.00%
Florida	January 1, 1905	James Taliaferro	Democratic	Re-elected	James Taliaferro (D) 100.00%
Indiana	November 8, 1904	Albert J. Beveridge	Republican	Re-elected	Albert J. Beveridge (R) 100.00%
Maine	November 3, 1904	Eugene Hale	Republican	Re-elected	Eugene Hale (R) 100.00%
Maryland	February 4, 1904	Louis E. McComas	Republican	Lost re-election Democratic gain	Isidor Rayner (D) 70.49% Louis E. McComas (R) 29.51%
Massachusetts	November 3, 1904	Henry Cabot Lodge	Republican	Re-elected	Henry Cabot Lodge (R) 100.00%
Michigan	November 4, 1904	Julius C. Burrows	Republican	Re-elected	Julius C. Burrows (R) 100.00%
Minnesota	November 4, 1904	Moses E. Clapp	Republican	Re-elected	Moses E. Clapp (R) 100.00%
Mississippi	November 3, 1904	Hernando Money	Democratic	Re-elected	Hernando Money (D) 100.00%
Missouri	unknown	Francis Cockrell	Democratic	Lost re-election Republican gain	William Warner (R) 52.00% Francis Cockrell (D) 47.43% Thomas K. Niedringhaus (R) 0.57%
Montana	November 4, 1904	Paris Gibson	Democratic	Retired Republican gain	Thomas H. Carter (R) 100.00%
Nebraska	January 17, 1905	Charles Henry Dietrich	Republican	Retired Republican hold	Elmer Burkett (R) 92.19% Richard Lee Metcalfe (D) 7.03% Alfred Sorenson (R) 0.78%
Nevada	November 8, 1904	William Morris Stewart	Silver Republican	Retired Republican gain	George S. Nixon (R) 100.00%
New Jersey	January 2, 1905	John Kean	Republican	Re-elected	John Kean (R) 100.00%
New York	January 17, 1905	Chauncey Depew	Republican	Re-elected	Chauncey Depew (R) 70.47% Smith M. Weed (D) 29.53%
North Dakota	November 4, 1904	Porter J. McCumber	Republican	Re-elected	Porter J. McCumber (R) 100.00%
Ohio	November 8, 1904	Charles W. F. Dick	Republican	Re-elected	Charles W. F. Dick (R) 100.00%
Pennsylvania	January 17, 1905	Philander C. Knox	Republican	Re-elected	Philander C. Knox (R) 87.40% James Knox Polk Hall (D) 9.06%
Rhode Island	November 3, 1904	Nelson W. Aldrich	Republican	Re-elected	Nelson W. Aldrich (R) 100.00%
Tennessee	November 8, 1904	William B. Bate	Democratic	Re-elected	William B. Bate (D) 100.00%
Texas	November 4, 1904	Charles Allen Culberson	Democratic	Re-elected	Charles Allen Culberson (D) 100.00%
Utah	November 2, 1904	Thomas Kearns	Republican	Retired Republican hold	George Sutherland (R) 100.00%
Vermont	November 3, 1904	Redfield Proctor	Republican	Re-elected	Redfield Proctor (R) 100.00%
Virginia	November 3, 1904	John W. Daniel	Democratic	Re-elected	John W. Daniel (D) 100.00%
Washington	November 8, 1904	Addison G. Foster	Republican	Lost re-election Republican hold	Samuel H. Piles (R) 45.46% Addison G. Foster (R) 17.09% Charles Sweeny (party unkn.) 10.18% John L. Wilson (R) 6.18% Wesley Livsey Jones (R) 2.91% Alden Blethen (R) 2.55% Melvin M. Godman (D) 2.55% George Turner (D) 2.55% Charles Stewart Voorhees (D) 2.55% Will G. Graves (D) 2.18% Francis Pierce Hogan (D) 2.18% Samuel G. Cosgrove (R) 1.82% William Hickman Moore (D) 1.82%
West Virginia	March 3, 1905	Nathan B. Scott	Republican	Re-elected	Nathan B. Scott (R) 100.00%
Wisconsin	March 3, 1905	Joseph V. Quarles	Republican	Retired Republican hold	Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R) 100.00%
Wyoming	November 4, 1904	Clarence D. Clark	Republican	Re-elected	Clarence D. Clark (R) 100.00%

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 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 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 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 R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Key:	D = Democratic R = Republican r = Silver Republican V = Vacant	Majority divider

See also

• United States presidential election, 1904
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1904

References

1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com
2. http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

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