United States Senate elections, 1886

United States Senate elections, 1886
United States
November 1886
76 seats in the United States Senate
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 42 seats 34 seats
Seats won 39 37
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 3
Majority Party before election


Republican

 Elected Majority Party


Republican

The United States Senate election of 1886 was an election which had the Republican Party lose three seats in the United States Senate.

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

Results

50th Congress (1887–1889)

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
R R R R 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
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
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
Key:
D =Democratic
R =Republican
Majority
divider

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