United States Senate elections, 1880

United States Senate elections, 1880
1878 ←
 November 1880
 → 1882
? seats in the United States Senate
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 33 seats 42 seats
Seats won 37 37
Seat change +4 -5
Majority Party before election

Democratic Party

 Elected Majority Party

Republican Party

The United States Senate election of 1880 was an election which conicided with the presidential election of 1880, and which had the Democratic Party lose five seats in the United States Senate, causing it and the Republican Party to have the same number of seats, leading to a Senate without a clear majority Party; but the Republican Party did hold the Vice-Presidency.

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

Contents

Results

47th Congress (1881–1883)

Change in Senate composition

Senate composition in
the 46th Congress
 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   D   D   D   D 
 D   D   D   D   I   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   
Senate composition in
the 47th Congress
 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 
 I   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D   D 
 J   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   
Key:    D  =Democratic    J  =Readjuster    R  =Republican    I  =Independent

See also

References

Pre-17th Amendment
Post-17th Amendment