United States Senate elections, 1902

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United States Senate elections, 1902
United States
1900 ←
1902
→ 1904

30 of the 90 seats in the United States Senate
45 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  William B. Allison - Brady-Handy.jpg James Jones.png Addison Foster.jpg
Leader William B. Allison James K. Jones Addison G. Foster
Party Republican Democratic Silver Republican Party
Leader's seat Iowa Arkansas Washington
Last election 56 seats 32 seats 3 seats
Seats before 55 28 3
Seats won 55 33 2
Seat change Steady Increase 5 Decrease 1

Majority Party before election

Republican Party (United States)

Elected Majority Party

Republican Party (United States)

The United States Senate election of 1902 was an election which had the Republican Party and the Democratic Party each 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.

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Results [edit]

58th Congress, 1903-1905

  • Majority Party: Republican (55)
  • Majority caucus: Silver Republican (2)
  • Minority Party: Democratic (33)
  • Other Parties: (0)
  • Total Seats: 90

Change in Senate composition [edit]

Before the elections
D D D D V
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D P P 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 V
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 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
Key:
D = Democratic
P = Populist
R = Republican
r = Silver Republican
V = Vacant
Majority
divider

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