United States Senate elections, 1874

United States Senate elections, 1874

November 1874
? seats in the United States Senate
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Independent Republican Last election 47 seats 19 seats Seats won 46 28 1 Seat change 1 9 1   Fourth party   Party Liberal Republican Last election 7 seats Seats won Seat change 7
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
Color Key:   = Republican   = Democratic   = Lib. Repub.   = Indp. Repub.   = Vacant

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1874

References

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