United States Senate elections, 1892

United States Senate elections, 1892

1890 ← 1892 → 1894

30 of the 88 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Arthur P. Gorman John Sherman Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Maryland Ohio Last election 39 seats 47 seats Seats won 44 37 Seat change 5 10   Third party Fourth party   Leader William V. Allen William M. Stewart Party Populist Silver Party Leader's seat Nebraska Nevada Last election 1 seats New Party Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 1

Majority Party before election Republican Party (United States) Elected Majority Party Democratic Party (United States)

The United States Senate election of 1892 was an election which, corresponding with former 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 at the end of the 52nd 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   R   R   R   P   P   D   D   D   D   D  ←Majority leader  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

Senate composition at the beginning of the 53rd 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  ←Plurality leader  P   P   P   V   V   V   S   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 P = Populist R = Republican S = Silver V = Vacant, later filled by Republicans	Majority divider

See also

• United States presidential election, 1892
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1892
• 53rd United States Congress

References

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