United States Senate elections, 1874 and 1875

United States Senate elections, 1874 and 1875

Dates vary by state
? of the 74 seats in the United States Senate (with special elections)
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 47 seats 19 seats Seats won 46 28 Seat change 1 9   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Republican Liberal Republican Last election 7 seats Seats won 1 Seat change 1 7
Majority Party before election Republican Party Elected Majority Party Republican Party

The United States Senate elections of 1874 and 1875 were elections 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 (43–45)
• Minority Party: Democratic (28–30)
• Other Parties: Independent Republican (1)
• Vacant: (2–0)
• Total Seats: 74–76

Senate composition before and after elections

43rd Congress Senate composition																					44th Congress Senate composition
Color Key:   = Republican   = Democratic   = Lib. Repub.   = Indp. Repub.   = Vacant

See also

• United States elections, 1874
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1874
• 43rd United States Congress
• 44th United States Congress

References

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