United States Senate elections, 1916

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November 7, 1916
(September 11, 1916 in Maine)

1918 →

32 of the 96 seats in the U.S. Senate
(as well as special elections)
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	56	40
Seats won	16	16
Seats after	55	41
Seat change	1	1
Seats up	17	15

Democratic gains Democratic holds
Republican gains Republican holds

Majority conference chairman before election

John W. Kern
Democratic

Elected Majority conference chairman

Thomas S. Martin
Democratic

John W. Kern
Democratic

Thomas S. Martin
Democratic

The United States Senate elections of 1916 were elections that coincided with the re-election of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson. Republicans gained a net pick-up of one seat from the Democrats. A 1916 special election gave Republicans a second seat.

Majority Party: Democratic (54 seats)

Minority Party: Republican (42 seats)

Other Parties: 0

Total Seats: 96

Republicans picked up seven seats:

Democrats picked up five seats:

At the beginning of 1916.

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1916 or before March 4, 1917; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1917; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

There were no elections in 1917.

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