1874–75 United States Senate elections

United States Senate elections, 1874
? seats in the United States Senate
Majority Party before election; Republican Party;	Elected Majority Party ; Republican Party;

The United States Senate election of 1874 was an election which had the Democratic Party gain nine seats in the United States Senate. However, most of the gains were made by the Democrats taking seats from the Liberal Republicans, while the core Republican Party (the party of incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant) lost only one seat. Thus, this was the smallest loss by a President's party in the Senate as a result of the Six-year itch.

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

Results

Senate Party Division, 44th Congress (1875–1877)

Majority Party: Republican (46)
Minority Party: Democratic (28)
Other Parties: Independent Republican (1)
Vacant: (1)
Total Seats: 76

Senate composition before and after elections

43rd Congress Senate composition

44th Congress Senate composition

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References

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

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Results

Senate composition before and after elections

See also

References