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1872–73 United States Senate elections

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United States Senate elections, 1872
← 1870 / 1871 November 1872 1874 →
? seats in the United States Senate
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Liberal Republican
Last election 56 seats 17 seats 1 seat
Seats won 47 19 7
Seat change Decrease 9 Increase 2 Increase 6
Majority Party before election

Republican Party

 Elected Majority Party

Republican Party

The United States Senate election of 1872 was an election which had the Republican Party, while still retaining a commanding majority, lose nine seats in the United States Senate, mostly as defections to the Liberal Republican Party. It also coincided with President Ulysses S. Grant's easy re-election.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Results

Senate Party Division, 43rd Congress (1873–1875)

  • Majority Party: Republican (47)
  • Minority Party: Democratic (19)
  • Other Parties: Liberal Republican (7)
  • Vacant: (1)
  • Total Seats: 74

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections
D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
V V 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 V V 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 = Independent Republican
V = Vacant
= Majority divider

Race summaries

Special elections during the 42nd Congress

In these elections, the winners were seated during 1872 or in 1873 before March 4; ordered by election date.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral history
Kentucky
(Class 3) 		Willis B. Machen Democratic 1872 (Appointed) Interim appointee elected January 21, 1873 to finish the term. √ Willis B. Machen (Democratic)
[data missing]

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