United States Senate elections, 1914 and 1915

November 3, 1914
(except 1915 in Arkansas)

34 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate
49 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	John W. Kern (Conference Chairman)	Jacob H. Gallinger (Conference Chairman)
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	Indiana	New Hampshire
Seats before	50	44
Seats won	19	15
Seats after	53	41
Seat change	3	3
Seats up	16	18

	Third party

Party	Progressive
Seats before	1
Seats won	0
Seats after	1
Seat change
Seats up	0

Results including special elections
Democratic gains Republican gains
Democratic holds Republican holds

Majority conference chairman before election

John W. Kern
Democratic

Elected Majority conference chairman

John W. Kern
Democratic

The United States Senate elections of 1914 and 1915, with the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, were the first time that all seats up for election were popularly elected instead of chosen by their state legislatures. These elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's first term.

Gains and losses

Three seats held by Republicans were won by Democrats:

California: Republican George Clement Perkins retired and was replaced by Democrat James D. Phelan.
South Dakota: Republican Coe I. Crawford lost renomination and was replaced by Democrat Edwin S. Johnson.
Wisconsin: Republican Isaac Stephenson retired and was replaced by Democrat Paul O. Husting.

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

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

Majority Party: Democratic (55 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (41 seats)
Other Parties: 0
Total Seats: 96

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

At the beginning of 1914.

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Majority →
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Result of the general elections

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Majority →
R₃₉ Hold	R₄₀ Hold	R₄₁ Hold	P₁	V₁	D₅₃ Gain	D₅₂ Gain	D₅₁ Gain	D₅₀ Hold	D₄₉ Hold
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		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Beginning of the next Congress

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R₃₉	R₄₀	R₄₁ Change	D₅₅ Gain	D₅₄ Gain	D₅₃	D₅₂	D₅₁	D₅₀
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Beginning of the first session

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Key:

D_#	Democratic
P_#	Progressive
R_#	Republican
V_#	Vacant

Summary of races

Special elections during the 63rd Congress

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1914 or in 1915 before March 4; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Alabama (Class 3)	Vacant			Joseph F. Johnston (D) died August 8, 1913. Winner elected May 11, 1914. Democratic hold.	√ Francis S. White (Democratic) Unopposed
Georgia (Class 2)	William West	Democratic	1914 (Appointed)	Appointee retired. Winner elected November 4, 1914. Democratic hold.	√ Thomas W. Hardwick (Democratic) 68.96% G. R. Hutchins (Progressive) 31.04%^[1]
Kentucky (Class 3)	Johnson N. Camden, Jr.	Democratic	1914 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 3, 1914. Winner did not run for the next term, see below.	√ Johnson N. Camden, Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed^[2]

Races leading to the 64th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1915; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Alabama	Francis S. White	Democratic	1914 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Oscar Underwood (Democratic) 90.2% Alex Birch (Republican) 6.8% Adolphus Longshore (Progressive) 2.35% S. F. Hinton (Socialist) 0.64%^[3]
Arizona	Marcus A. Smith	Democratic	1912	Incumbent 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%^[4]
Arkansas	James Paul Clarke	Democratic	1903 1909	Incumbent re-elected in 1915.	√ James Paul Clarke (Democratic) 74.88% Harry H. Myers (Republican) 25.12%^[5]
California	George Clement Perkins	Republican	1893 (Appointed) 1895 (Special) 1897 1903 1909	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. 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%^[6]
Colorado	Charles S. Thomas	Democratic	1913 (Special)	Incumbent 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%^[7]
Connecticut	Frank B. Brandegee	Republican	1905 (Special) 1909	Incumbent 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%^[8]
Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	1909 (Appointed) 1909 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic) Unopposed^[9]
Georgia	M. Hoke Smith	Democratic	1911 (Special).	Incumbent re-elected.	√ M. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 68.48% C. W. McClure (Republican) 31.52%^[10]
Idaho	James H. Brady	Republican	1913 (Special)	Incumbent 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%^[11]
Illinois	Lawrence Y. Sherman	Republican	1913 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lawrence 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%^[12]
Indiana	Benjamin F. Shively	Democratic	1909	Incumbent 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%^[13]
Iowa	Albert B. Cummins	Republican	1908 (Special)	Incumbent 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%^[14]
Kansas	Joseph L. Bristow	Republican	1909	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.^[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%^[16]
Kentucky	Johnson N. Camden, Jr.	Democratic	1914 (Appointed) 1914 (Special)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. 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%^[17]
Louisiana	John Thornton	Democratic	1910 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Robert F. Broussard (Democratic) Unopposed^[18]
Maryland	John W. Smith	Democratic	1908 (Special) 1908	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John W. 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%^[19]
Missouri	William J. Stone	Democratic	1903 1909	Incumbent 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%^[20]
Nevada	Francis G. Newlands	Democratic	1909	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Francis G. Newlands (Democratic) 37.46% Samuel Platt (Republican) 37.27% Ashley G. Miller (Socialist) 25.28%^[21]
New Hampshire	Jacob Gallinger	Republican	1891 1897 1903 1909	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jacob Gallinger (Republican) 51.66% Raymond Stevens (Democratic) 44.63% Benjamin F. Grier (Prohibition) 2.38% William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 1.34%^[22]
New York	Elihu Root	Republican	1909	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ James Wadsworth (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	Lee Slater Overman	Democratic	1903 1909	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lee Slater Overman (Democratic) 58.1% A.A. Whitener (Republican) 41.7% Henry J. Oliver (Socialist) 0.2%^[23]
North Dakota	Asle Gronna	Republican	1911 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Asle Gronna (Republican) 55.82% William E. Purcell (Democratic) 33.95% W. H. Brown (Socialist) 7.14% Sever Serumgard (Independent) 3.1%^[24]
Ohio	Theodore E. Burton	Republican	1909	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. 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%^[25]
Oklahoma	Thomas Gore	Democratic	1907 (New state) 1909	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Gore (Democratic) 47.98% John B. Campbell (Republican) 29.44% W. D. Cope (Socialist) 20.99% Luther Kyle (Prohibition) 1.59%^[26]
Oregon	George Chamberlain	Democratic	1909	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George 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%^[27]
Pennsylvania	Boies Penrose	Republican	1897 1903 1909	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Boies Penrose (Republican) 46.76% Gifford Pinchot (Progressive) 24.22% A. Mitchell Palmer (Democratic) 23.97% Frederick Whiteside (Socialist) 3.41% Madison Larkin (Prohibition) 1.58% A. S. Landis (Socialist Labor) 0.06%^[28]
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	1909	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ellison D. Smith (Democratic) 99.7% James H. Roberts (Socialist) 0.3%
South Dakota	Coe I. Crawford	Republican	1909	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. 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%^[29]
Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	1903 1909	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Reed Smoot (Republican) 49.08% James Moyle (Democratic) 46.33% J. F. Parsons (Socialist) 4.59%^[30]
Vermont	William P. Dillingham	Republican	1900 (Special) 1902 1908	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William P. Dillingham, 56.05% Charles A. Prouty (Democratic) 42.69% James H. Canfield (Socialist) 1.23%^[31]
Washington	Wesley Livsey Jones	Republican	1909	Incumbent 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%^[32]
Wisconsin	Isaac Stephenson	Republican	1907 (Special) 1909	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. 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%^[33]

Elections during the 64th Congress

There were no elections during the next Congress during 1915.

Notes

References

"Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate – via Senate.gov.
Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
Cox, Harold (January 31, 2007). "Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006". The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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