United States Senate elections, 1914

United States Senate elections, 1914 and 1915

← 1912 / 1913 November 3, 1914 (except 1915 in Arkansas) 1916 →
34 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader John W. Kern (Conference Chairman) Jacob H. Gallinger (Conference Chairman) Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Indiana New Hampshire Seats before 50 44 Seats won 19 15 Seats after 53 41 Seat change 3 3 Seats up 16 18   Third party   Party Progressive Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seats after 1 Seat change Seats up 0
Results including special elections      Democratic gains      Republican gains      Democratic holds      Republican holds
Majority conference chairman before election John W. Kern Democratic Elected Majority conference chairman John W. Kern Democratic

John W. Kern
Democratic

John W. Kern
Democratic

The United States Senate elections of 1914 and 1915, with the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, were the first time that all seats up for election were popularly elected instead of chosen by their state legislatures. These elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's first term.

Three seats held by Republicans were won by Democrats:

One incumbent senator, not up for re-election, later changed from Progressive to Republican.

At the beginning of 1914.

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In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1914 or in 1915 before March 4; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1915; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

There were no elections during the next Congress during 1915.

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