United States Senate elections, 1902

United States Senate elections, 1902 and 1903

1900 / 1901 ← January 15, 1902 – February 21, 1903 → 1904 / 1905

30 of the 90 seats in the U.S. Senate (as well as special elections) 46 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader William B. Allison James K. Jones Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Iowa Arkansas Seats before 55 29 Seats won 18 11 Seats after 55 32 Seat change 3 Seats up 18 8   Third party Fourth party   Party Silver Republican Populist Seats before 2 2 Seats won 0 0 Seats after 0 0 Seat change 2 2 Seats up 2 2

Majority Party before election Republican Elected Majority Party Republican

Republican

Republican

The United States Senate elections of 1902 and 1903 were elections which had the Democratic Party gain three seats in the United States Senate, but the Republicans kept their strong majority.

As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Senate Party Division, 58th Congress (1903–1905)

After the January 29, 1902, special election in New Jersey.

In these elections, the winners were seated during 1902 or in 1903 before March 4; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1903; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

In this election, the winner was elected in 1903 after March 4.

The election in New York was held on January 20, 1903 by the New York State Legislature.

Republican Thomas C. Platt had previously been re-elected to this seat in 1897, and his term would expire on March 3, 1903.

At the State election in November 1902, 28 Republicans and 22 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1903-1904) in the State Senate; and 89 Republicans and 61 Democrats were elected for the session of 1903 to the Assembly. State Senator Patrick F. Trainor who had been re-elected, died on December 25, 1902, and his successor Peter J. Dooling was elected only after the senatorial election, on January 27. The 126th New York State Legislature met from January 6 to April 23, 1903, at Albany, New York.

The Republican caucus met on January 19. 25 State senators and 84 assemblymen attended, and State Senator William W. Armstrong presided. The caucus re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Thomas C. Platt almost unanimously. A single vote was cast for U.S. Secretary of War Elihu Root by Assemblyman William A. Denison, of Jefferson County. Besides Denison voting against Platt, a small number of anti-Platt men did not attend the caucus. Boss Platt had forced the nomination of Attorney General John C. Davies to the New York Supreme Court in the 5th District, against the local Republican organization's wishes who accused Davies of incompetence. Davies was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Watson M. Rogers although the 5th District was heavily Republican. Thus boss Platt's power began to wane.

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