United States Senate elections, 1914

United States Senate elections, 1914
United States
November 3, 1914
34 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate
49 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 51 seats 44 seats
Seats before 52 43
Seats won 56 40
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 3

  Republican holds
  Republican pickups
  Democratic holds
  Democratic pickups
Majority party before election

Democratic

 Elected Majority party

Republican

With the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, the U.S. Senate elections of 1914 was the first time that all seats up for election were popularly elected instead of chosen by their state legislatures. The election occurred in the middle of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's first term.

Tally

Three seats held by Republicans were won by Democrats:

One incumbent senator, not up for re-election, later changed from Progressive to Republican.

Complete list of races

Bold state indicates election article. Bold candidate indicates winner


Separate election

Date State Incumbent Party Result Candidates
May 11, 1914 Alabama
Special: Class 3		 Vacant Vacant Joseph F. Johnston (D) died August 8, 1913.
Successor elected to finish the term
Democratic hold		 Francis S. White (Democratic) Unopposed

November election

State Incumbent Party Result Candidates
Alabama
General: Class 3[1]		 Francis S. White Democratic Retired
Democratic hold		 Oscar Underwood (Democratic) 90.2%
Alex Birch (Republican) 6.8%
Adolphus Longshore (Progressive) 2.35%
S. F. Hinton (Socialist) 0.64%
Arizona[2] Marcus A. Smith Democratic Re-elected Marcus A. Smith (Democratic) 53.23%
Don Lorenzo Hubbell (Republican) 18.95%
Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 15.05%
Bert Davis (Socialist) 7.39%
J. Bernard Nelson (Progressive) 5.38%
Arkansas[3] James Paul Clarke Democratic Re-elected James Paul Clarke (Democratic) 74.88%
Harry H. Myers (Republican) 25.12%
California[4] George Clement Perkins Republican Retired
Democratic gain		 James D. Phelan (Democratic) 31.59%
Francis J. Heney (Progressive) 28.81%
Joseph R. Knowland (Republican) 28.69%
Ernest Unterman (Socialist) 6.41%
Frederick F. Wheeler (Prohibition) 4.51%
Colorado[5] Charles S. Thomas Democratic Re-elected Charles S. Thomas (Democratic) 40.3%
Hubert Work (Republican) 38.99%
Benjamin Griffith (Progressive) 10.69%
J. C. Griffiths (Socialist) 5.51%
George J. Kindel (Independent) 4.52%
Connecticut[6] Frank B. Brandegee Republican Re-elected Frank B. Brandegee (Republican) 49.77%
Simeon Eben Baldwin (Democratic) 42.08%
Herbert Smith (Progressive) 3.79%
George Spiess (Socialist) 3.26%
Frederick Platt (Prohibition) 0.75%
Clarence Warner (Socialist Labor) 0.36%
Florida[7] Duncan U. Fletcher Democratic Re-elected Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic) Unopposed
Georgia
General: Class 3[8]		 M. Hoke Smith Democratic Re-elected M. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 68.48%
C. W. McClure (Republican) 31.52%
Georgia
Special: Class 2[9]		 William West Democratic Appointee retired
Democratic hold		 Thomas W. Hardwick (Democratic) 68.96%
G. R. Hutchins (Progressive) 31.04%
Idaho[10] James H. Brady Republican Re-elected James H. Brady (Republican) 43.89%
James H. Hawley (Democratic) 38.14%
Paul Clagstone (Progressive) 9.54%
Calistus Cooper (Socialist) 7.29%
W. M. Duthie (Prohibition) 1.14%
Illinois[11] Lawrence Yates Sherman Republican Re-elected Lawrence Yates Sherman (Republican) 38.46%
Roger Charles Sullivan (Democratic) 36.76%
Raymond Robins (Progressive) 19.99%
Adolph Gernies (Socialist) 3.93%
George Woolsey (Prohibition) 0.66%
John M. Francis (Socialist Labor) 0.21%
Indiana[12] Benjamin F. Shively Democratic Re-elected Benjamin F. Shively (Democratic) 42.14%
Hugh T. Miller (Republican) 35.1%
Albert J. Beveridge (Progressive) 16.81%
Stephen N. Reynolds (Socialist) 3.36%
Sumner Haynes (Prohibition) 2.15%
James Matthews (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
Iowa[13] Albert B. Cummins Republican Re-elected Albert B. Cummins (Republican) 48.19%
Maurice Connolly (Democratic) 39.16%
Otis Spurgeon (Independent) 5.73%
Casper Schenk (Progressive) 3.53%
I. S. McCullis (Socialist) 1.98%
M. L. Christian (Prohibition) 1.41%
Kansas[14] Joseph L. Bristow Republican Lost renomination[15]
Republican hold		 Charles Curtis (Republican) 35.53%
George A. Neeley (Democratic) 34.77%
Victor Murdock (Progressive) 22.94%
Christian B. Hoffman (Socialist) 4.82%
Earle Delay (Prohibition) 1.94%
Kentucky
Special: Class 3[16]		 Johnson N. Camden, Jr. Democratic Appointee elected to finish the term
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		 Johnson N. Camden, Jr. (Democratic)
Unopposed
Kentucky
General: Class 3[17]		 Appointee retired
Democratic hold		 J. C. W. Beckham (Democratic) 51.89%
Augustus E. Willson (Republican) 42.53%
Burton Vance (Progressive) 4.15%
H. J. Robertson (Socialist) 1.44%
Louisiana[18] John Thornton Democratic Retired
Democratic hold		 Robert F. Broussard (Democratic) Unopposed
Maryland[19] John Walter Smith Democratic Re-elected John Walter Smith (Democratic) 50.99%
Edward C Carrington, Jr. (Republican) 43.89%
V. Milton Reichard (Progressive) 1.71%
Charles Develin (Socialist) 1.51%
Richard H. Holme (Prohibition) 1.46%
Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.45%
Missouri[20] William J. Stone Democratic Re-elected William J. Stone (Democratic) 50.41%
Thomas J. Akins (Republican) 41.58%
Arthur N. Sager (Progressive) 4.47%
Thomas E. Greene (Socialist) 2.76%
Orange J. Hill (Prohibition) 0.59%
J. W. Molineaux (Socialist Labor) 0.2%
Nevada[21] Francis G. Newlands Democratic Re-elected Francis G. Newlands (Democratic) 37.46%
Samuel Platt (Republican) 37.27%
Ashley G. Miller (Socialist) 25.28%
New Hampshire[22] Jacob Harold Gallinger Republican Re-elected Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) 51.66%
Raymond Bartlett Stevens (Democratic) 44.63%
Benjamin F. Grier (Prohibition) 2.38%
William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 1.34%
New York Elihu Root Republican Retired
Republican hold		 James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (Republican) 47.04%
James W. Gerard (Democratic) 42.06%
Bainbridge Colby (Progressive) 4.56%
Charles Edward Russell (Socialist) 4.07%
Francis E. Baldwin (Prohibition) 2.05%
Erwin Archer (Socialist Labor) 0.23%
North Carolina[23] Lee Slater Overman Democratic Re-elected Lee Slater Overman (Democratic) 58.1%
A.A. Whitener (Republican) 41.7%
Henry J. Oliver (Socialist) 0.2%
North Dakota[24] Asle Gronna Republican Re-elected Asle Gronna (Republican) 55.82%
William E. Purcell (Democratic) 33.95%
W. H. Brown (Socialist) 7.14%
Sever Serumgard (Independent) 3.1%
Ohio[25] Theodore E. Burton Republican Retired
Republican hold		 Warren G. Harding (Republican) 49.16%
Timothy S. Hogan (Democratic) 39.6%
Arthur Lovett Garford (Progressive) 6.31%
E. K. Hitchens (Socialist) 4.93%
Oklahoma[26] Thomas Gore Democratic Re-elected Thomas Gore (Democratic) 47.98%
John B. Campbell (Republican) 29.44%
W. D. Cope (Socialist) 20.99%
Luther Kyle (Prohibition) 1.59%
Oregon[27] George Earle Chamberlain Democratic Re-elected George Earle Chamberlain (Democratic) 45.5%
R. A. Booth (Republican) 35.95%
William Hanley (Progressive) 10.68%
Benjamin Ramp (Socialist) 4.34%
H. S. Stine (Prohibition) 3.52%
Pennsylvania Boies Penrose Republican Re-elected Boies Penrose (Republican) 46.76%
Gifford Pinchot (Progressive) 24.22%
Alexander Mitchell Palmer (Democratic) 23.97%
Frederick Whiteside (Socialist) 3.41%
Madison Larkin (Prohibition) 1.58%
A. S. Landis (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
South Carolina Ellison D. Smith Democratic Re-elected Ellison D. Smith (Democratic) 99.7%
James H. Roberts (Socialist) 0.3%
South Dakota[28] Coe I. Crawford Republican Lost renomination[29]
Democratic gain		 Edwin S. Johnson (Democratic) 48.32%
Charles H. Burke (Republican) 44.47%
E. P. Johnson (Socialist) 2.69%
O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 2.42%
H. L. Loucks (Independent) 2.11%
Utah[30] Reed Smoot Republican Re-elected Reed Smoot (Republican) 49.08%
James Moyle (Democratic) 46.33%
J. F. Parsons (Socialist) 4.59%
Vermont[31] William P. Dillingham Republican Re-elected William P. Dillingham, 56.05%
Charles A. Prouty (Democratic) 42.69%
James H. Canfield (Socialist) 1.23%
Washington[32] Wesley Livsey Jones Republican Re-elected Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) 37.79%
William W. Black (Democratic) 26.57%
Ole Hanson (Progressive) 24.12%
Adam Barth (Socialist) 8.76%
Arthur Caton (Prohibition) 2.77%
Wisconsin[33] Isaac Stephenson Republican Retired
Democratic gain		 Paul O. Husting (Democratic) 43.82%
Francis E. McGovern (Republican) 43.5%
Emil Seidel (Socialist) 9.67%
Charles L. Hill (Prohibition) 3.01%

Senate Party Division, 64th Congress (1915–1917)

Majority Party: Democratic (56 seats)

Minority Party: Republican (40 seats)

Other Parties: 0

Total Seats: 96

Note: These numbers represent composition as result of 1914 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 D D 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
Beginning of 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
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
Key:
D = Democratic
P = Progressive
R = Republican
V = Vacant
Majority
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Source: United States Senate Official Website