United States Senate elections, 1918

United States Senate elections, 1918
1916 ←
 November 5, 1918
 → 1920
34 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate
49 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 42 seats 54 seats
Seats before 45 51
Seats after 49 47
Seat change 4 4
Majority Party before election

Democratic Party

 Elected Majority Party

Republican Party

The 1918 U.S. Senate election occurred on November 5, 1918 coinciding with the midpoint of Woodrow Wilson's second term as President of the United States. The Republican Party gained control with a slim 2-seat majority after picking up a net seven seats. The change in control was particularly important, since it meant that the Republicans were in a position to deny entry of the United States into the League of Nations--the centerpiece of Wilson's post-war foreign policy.

Republicans gained seven seats:

Democrats gained one seat:

Contents

Separate election: April 2, 1918

State Incumbent Party Result Candidates
Wisconsin
Special: Class 3		 Paul O. Husting Democratic Incumbent died October 21, 1917
Successor elected
Republican gain		 Irvine Lenroot (Republican)
Joseph E. Davies (Democratic)

Complete list of races

State Incumbent Party Results Other candidates
Alabama John H. Bankhead Democratic Re-elected, Unopposed[1]
Arkansas Joseph Robinson Democratic Re-elected, Unopposed[2] (none)
Colorado John F. Shafroth Democratic Lost re-election, 49.49% - 47.94% - 2.58%[3]
Republican gain		 Lawrence C. Phipps (Republican)
P. A. Richardson (Prohibition)
Delaware Willard Saulsbury, Jr. Democratic Lost re-election, 51.17% - 47.83% - 1%[4]
Republican gain		 L. Heisler Ball (Republican)
William H. Connor (Socialist)
Georgia Thomas W. Hardwick Democratic Lost renomination[5]
Democratic hold, 88.34% - 11.66%		 William J. Harris (Democratic)
G. H. Williams (Republican)
Idaho
General		 William Borah Republican Re-elected: 67.21%- 32.79%[6] Frank L. Moore (Democratic)
Idaho
Special: Class 3		 John F. Nugent Democratic Appointee elected to finish term: 50.5% - 49.5%[7] Frank R. Gooding (Republican)
Illinois J. Hamilton Lewis Democratic Lost re-election, 50.5% - 44.92% - 3.91% - 0.34%[8]
Republican gain		 Joseph M. McCormick (Republican)
William B. Lloyd (Socialist)
John M. Francis (Socialist Labor)
Iowa William S. Kenyon Republican Re-elected: 65.4% - 34.6%[9] Charles Rollin Keyes (Democratic)
Kansas William Thompson Democratic Lost re-election, 63.69% - 33.73% - 2.58%[10]
Republican gain		 Arthur Capper (Republican)
Eva Harding (Socialist)
Kentucky George B. Martin Democratic Retired
Democratic hold: 50.77% - 49.23%[11]		 Augustus O. Stanley (Democratic)
Ben Bruner (Republican)
Louisiana
General		 Joseph E. Ransdell Democratic Re-elected, Unopposed[12] (none)
Louisiana
Special: Class 3		 Walter Guion Democratic Appointee retired when successor elected to finish term
Democratic hold: unopposed[13]		 Edward James Gay Jr. (Democratic)
Maine Bert M. Fernald Republican Re-elected: 55.4% - 44.6%[14] Earl Newbert (Democratic)
Massachusetts John W. Weeks Republican Lost re-election: 49.67% - 45.07% - 5.26%[15]
Democratic gain		 David I. Walsh (Democratic)
Thomas W. Lawson (Independent)
Michigan William Alden Smith Republican Retired
Republican hold: 50.19% - 48.47% - 1.09% - 0.26%[16]		 Truman Handy Newberry (Republican)
Henry Ford (Democratic)
E. O. Foss (Socialist)
William Faull (Prohibition)
Minnesota Knute Nelson Republican Re-elected: 60.05% - 39.95%[17] Willis Calderwood (Nationalist)
Mississippi James K. Vardaman Democratic Lost renomination,[18]
Democratic hold: 95.04% - 4.96%[19]		 Pat Harrison (Democratic)
Summer W. Rose (Socialist)
Missouri
Special: Class 3		 Xenophon P. Wilfley Democratic Appointee lost nomination to finish term,[20]
Republican gain, 52.39% - 46.29% - 1.16% - 0.16%[21]		 Selden P. Spencer (Republican)
Joseph W. Folk (Democratic)
Caleb Lipscomb (Socialist)
William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor)
Montana Thomas J. Walsh Democratic Re-elected: 41.07% - 35.79% - 23.14%[22] Oscar Lanstrum (Republican)
Jeannette Rankin (Nationalist)
Nebraska George W. Norris Republican Re-elected: 54.52% - 45.49%[23] John H. Morehead (Democratic)
Nevada
Special: Class 3		 Charles Henderson Democratic Appointee elected to finish term: 47.71% - 31.5% - 18.01% - 2.78%[24] Edwin E. Roberts (Republican)
Anne Martin (Independent)
Martin Scanlan (Socialist)
New Hampshire
General		 Henry F. Hollis Democratic Retired
Republican gain: 53.54% - 46.46%[25]		 Henry W. Keyes (Republican)
Eugene Elliott Reed (Democratic)
New Hampshire
Special: Class 3		 Irving W. Drew Republican Appointee retired when successor elected to finish term
Republican hold: 50.76% - 49.24%[26]		 George H. Moses (Republican)
John B. Jameson (Democratic)
New Jersey
General		 David Baird Republican Retired
Republican hold: 50.34% - 43.23% - 4.14% - 1.62% - 0.66%[27]		 Walter Evans Edge (Republican)
George M. La Monte (Democratic)
James M. Reilly (Socialist)
Grafton Day (Prohibition)
William J. Wallace (Single Tax)
New Jersey
Special: Class 2		 David Baird Republican Appointee elected to finish term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
New Mexico Albert B. Fall Republican Re-elected: 51.4% - 47.48% - 1.12%[28] William B. Walton (Democratic)
W. P. Metcalf (Socialist)
North Carolina Furnifold Simmons Democratic Re-elected: 60.5% - 39.5%[29] John M. Morehead (Republican)
Oklahoma Robert Latham Owen Democratic Re-elected: 55.44% - 40.73% - 3.83%[30] W. B. Johnson (Republican)
C. M. Greenland (Socialist)
Oregon
General		 Charles L. McNary Republican Appointee elected to next term: 54.17% - 42.3% - 3.53%[31] Oswald West (Democratic)
Albert Slaughter (Socialist)
Oregon
Special: Class 2		 Charles L. McNary Republican Appointee retired when successor elected to finish term[32]
Republican hold		 Frederick W. Mulkey (Republican)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Rhode Island LeBaron B. Colt Republican Re-elected: 51.76% - 46.24% - 2%[33] George F. O'Shaunessy (Democratic)
Frederick W. Hunt (Socialist)
South Carolina
General		 Christie Benet Democratic Appointee lost election to next term
Democratic hold: Unopposed		 Nathaniel B. Dial (Democratic)
South Carolina
Special: Class 3		 Christie Benet Democratic Appointee lost election to finish term
Democratic hold: Unopposed		 William P. Pollock (Democratic)
South Dakota Thomas Sterling Republican Re-elected: 55.07% - 38.95% - 5.98%[34] W. T. Rinehart (Democratic)
Orville Rafferty (Independent)
Tennessee John K. Shields Democratic Re-elected: 62.17% - 37.83%[35] H. Clay Evans (Republican)
Texas Morris Sheppard Democratic Re-elected: 86.69% - 12.41% - 0.9%[36] J. Webster Flanagan (Republican)
M. A. Smith (Socialist)
Virginia Thomas S. Martin Democratic Re-elected: Unopposed[37] (none)
West Virginia Nathan Goff, Jr. Republican Retired
Republican hold: 53.53% - 45.4% - 1.06%[38]		 Davis Elkins (Republican)
Clarence Wayland Watson (Democratic)
D. M. S. Holt (Socialist)
Wyoming Francis E. Warren Republican Re-elected: 57.77% - 42.23%[39] John Eugene Osborne (Democratic)

Senate Party Division, 66th Congress (1919–1921)

Majority Party: Republican (49 seats)

Minority Party: Democratic (47 seats)

Other Parties: 0

Total Seats: 96

Source: United States Senate Official Website

Note: These numbers represent composition as result of 1918 Senatorial Elections. Actual composition often changes during term, due to deaths, resignations or party shifting.

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 D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D 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 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
R D D D D D D D D D
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
Key:
D =Democratic
R =Republican
Majority
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See also

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