United States Senate elections, 1898

The United States Senate election of 1898 was a landslide election which had the Republican Party gain nine seats in the United States Senate.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

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Results

56th Congress, 1899-1901

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections
D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D P
r r r r S S P P P P
r
R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R
In the next Congress
D D D V V
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D P P P P P P S S r
R R R R R R R R R r
R
R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R V V
Key:
D = Democratic
P = Populist
R = Republican
r = Silver Republican
S = Silver
V = Vacant
Majority
divider

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