United States Senate elections, 1890
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Majority Party before election
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Elected Majority Party
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The United States Senate election of 1890 was an election which had the Republican Party lose two seats in the United States Senate, though still retain a commanding majority.
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
[edit] Results
52nd Congress (1891–1893)
- Majority Party: Republican (47)
- Minority Party: Democratic (39)
- Other Parties: Populist (2)
- Total Seats: 88
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