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      Home/Elections/1916/US Senate

      1916 US Senate

      34 contests

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      SENATE

      US Senate · 1916

      No Majority
      DEM
      51 needed
      REP
      IND
      Before
      20
      12
      4
      After
      36
      26
      4
      Net change:D +16·R +14·I ±0·34 seats contested

      Chamber Control

      Democratic36
      Republican26
      Independent4
      Threshold:51 seats
      D 36 – R 26 – I 4
      No party holds majority
      34 contests|D won 17|R won 17
      State ▲WinnerW%VotesRunner-upR-up%VotesMarginSwing
      ▶
      Arizona
      AshurstDEM
      55.4%29,882
      KibbeyREP
      39.4%21,261
      D+16.0
      —
      ▶
      Arkansas(S)
      KirbyDEM
      69.3%110,294
      RemmelREP
      30.7%48,922
      D+38.5
      —
      ▶
      California
      JohnsonREP
      61.1%574,667
      PattonDEM
      29.5%277,852
      R+31.6
      —
      ▶
      Connecticut
      McLeanREP
      50.2%107,020
      CummingsDEM
      46.2%98,649
      R+3.9
      —
      ▶
      Delaware
      WolcottDEM
      49.7%25,434
      PontREP
      44.8%22,925
      D+4.9
      —
      ▶
      Florida
      TrammellDEM
      82.9%58,391
      O'NealREP
      12.4%8,774
      D+70.4
      —
      ▶
      Indiana
      NewREP
      47.8%337,086
      KernDEM
      46.1%325,587
      R+1.6
      —
      ▶
      Indiana(S)
      WatsonREP
      47.7%335,193
      TaggartDEM
      46.3%325,607
      R+1.4
      —
      ▶
      Maine
      HaleREP
      52.8%79,841
      JohnsonDEM
      46.0%69,486
      R+6.8
      —
      ▶
      Maine(S)
      FernaldREP
      54.3%81,369
      SillsDEM
      45.5%68,201
      R+8.8
      —
      ▶
      Maryland
      FranceREP
      50.4%165,158
      LewisDEM
      46.6%152,476
      R+3.9
      —
      ▶
      Massachusetts
      LodgeREP
      51.7%267,157
      FitzgeraldDEM
      45.3%234,199
      R+6.4
      —
      ▶
      Michigan
      TownsendREP
      56.3%364,657
      PriceDEM
      39.9%257,954
      R+16.5
      —
      ▶
      Minnesota
      KelloggREP
      48.6%185,159
      LawlerDEM
      30.8%117,541
      R+17.7
      —
      ▶
      Mississippi
      WilliamsDEM
      100.0%74,290———
      D+100.0
      —
      ▶
      Missouri
      ReedDEM
      49.8%470,889
      DickeyREP
      48.1%454,882
      D+1.7
      —
      ▶
      Montana
      MyersDEM
      51.1%85,585
      PrayREP
      43.4%72,753
      D+7.7
      —
      ▶
      Nebraska
      HitchcockDEM
      50.0%143,082
      KennedyREP
      45.9%131,359
      D+4.1
      —
      ▶
      Nevada
      PittmanDEM
      38.8%12,765
      PlattREP
      32.3%10,618
      D+6.5
      ↑ D+12.2
      ▶
      New Jersey
      FrelinghuysenREP
      59.0%244,715
      MartineDEM
      41.0%170,019
      R+18.0
      —
      ▶
      New Mexico
      JonesDEM
      51.1%34,142
      HubbellREP
      45.8%30,622
      D+5.3
      —
      ▶
      North Dakota
      McCumberREP
      53.9%57,714
      BurkeDEM
      38.2%40,988
      R+15.6
      —
      ▶
      Ohio
      PomereneDEM
      49.3%571,488
      HerrickREP
      46.1%535,341
      D+3.1
      —
      ▶
      Pennsylvania
      KnoxREP
      54.8%662,218
      OrvisDEM
      37.3%450,112
      R+17.6
      —
      ▶
      Rhode Island
      GerryDEM
      52.9%47,048
      LippittREP
      44.1%39,211
      D+8.8
      —
      ▶
      Tennessee
      McKellarDEM
      54.5%143,494
      HooperREP
      44.7%117,572
      D+9.8
      —
      ▶
      Texas
      CulbersonDEM
      81.3%303,035
      AtchesonREP
      13.1%48,788
      D+68.2
      —
      ▶
      Utah
      KingDEM
      56.8%80,895
      SutherlandREP
      39.9%56,862
      D+16.9
      —
      ▶
      Vermont
      PageREP
      61.1%38,053
      MillerDEM
      24.0%14,956
      R+37.1
      —
      ▶
      Virginia
      SwansonDEM
      99.9%133,091
      OtherOTH
      0.1%112
      D+99.9
      —
      ▶
      Washington
      PoindexterREP
      55.4%202,287
      TurnerDEM
      37.1%135,339
      R+18.3
      —
      ▶
      West Virginia
      SutherlandREP
      50.1%144,243
      ChiltonDEM
      48.2%138,585
      R+2.0
      —
      ▶
      Wisconsin
      FolletteREP
      59.2%249,906
      WolfeDEM
      31.9%134,611
      R+27.3
      —
      ▶
      Wyoming
      KendrickDEM
      51.5%26,324
      ClarkREP
      45.5%23,258
      D+6.0
      —
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