1892–93 United States Senate elections
Results of the elections: Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican hold Silver Republican gain Populist gain Legislature failed to elect
The 1892–93 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with former Democratic President Grover Cleveland 's return to power . As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures . Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1892 and 1893, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock .[ 1] In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 1 .
The Republican Party lost nine seats, losing its majority to the Democratic Party . The Democratic majority, however, was minimal and did not last past the next Congress.
Results summary
Senate party division, 53rd Congress (1893–1895)
Majority party: Democratic (43)
Minority party: Republican (37)
Other parties: Populist (3); Silver (1)
Vacant: 4
Total seats: 88
Change in Senate composition
Before the elections
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D34 Ran
D33 Ran
D32 Ran
D31 Ran
D30 Ran
D29
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D27
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D25
D35 Ran
D36 Ran
D37 Ran
D38 Ran
D39 Unknown
D40 Retired
P1
P2
R46 Wis. Retired
R45 Retired
Majority →
R44 Retired
R35 Ran
R36 Ran
R37 Ran
R38 Ran
R39 Ran
R40 Ran
R41 Unknown
R42 Unknown
R43 Retired
R34 Ran
R33 Ran
R32 Ran
R31 Ran
R30 Ran
R29 Ran
R28
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Result of the elections
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D34 Re-elected
D33 Re-elected
D32 Re-elected
D31 Re-elected
D30 Re-elected
D29
D28
D27
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D25
D35 Re-elected
D36 Re-elected
D37 Re-elected
D38 Hold
D39 Hold
D30 Gain
D41 Gain
D42 Gain
D43 Wis. Gain
V4 D loss
Majority with vacancies ↑
V3 R loss
R35 Re-elected
R36 Re-elected
R37 Hold
SR1 Gain
P1
P2
P3 Gain
V1 R loss
V2 R loss
R34 Re-elected
R33 Re-elected
R32 Re-elected
R31 Re-elected
R30 Re-elected
R29 Re-elected
R28
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Beginning of the next Congress
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Race summaries
Elections during the 52nd Congress
In these special elections the winners were seated during the 52nd Congress in 1892 or in 1893 before March 4; ordered by election date.
State
Incumbent
Results
Candidates
Senator
Party
Electoral history
Maryland (Class 3)
Charles H. Gibson
Democratic
1891 (appointed)
Interim appointee elected January 21, 1892.
Texas (Class 1)
Horace Chilton
Democratic
1891 (appointed)
Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected March 22, 1892. Democratic hold.
Vermont (Class 1)
Redfield Proctor
Republican
1891 (appointed)
Interim appointee elected October 18, 1892. Winner was also elected to the next term.
West Virginia (Class 2)
John E. Kenna
Democratic
1883 1889
Incumbent died January 11, 1893. New senator elected January 24, 1893. Democratic hold.
Kentucky (Class 2)
John G. Carlisle
Democratic
1890 (special)
Incumbent resigned February 4, 1893. New senator elected February 15, 1893.[ 7] Democratic hold.
In this special election, the winner was seated in the 53rd Congress , starting March 4, 1893.
State
Incumbent
Results
Candidates
Senator
Party
Electoral history
Kansas (Class 2)
Bishop W. Perkins
Republican
1892 (appointed)
Interim appointee retired. New senator elected on January 25, 1893, but didn't qualify until the next Congress on March 4, 1893.Democratic gain. Immediately thereafter, another joint convention elected J. W. Ady , but that contest of Martin's election was "soon abandoned."
In this early regular election, the winner was seated in the 54th Congress , starting March 4, 1895.
State
Incumbent
Results
Candidates
Senator
Party
Electoral history
Mississippi
Edward C. Walthall
Democratic
1885 (appointed) 1886 (special) 1889
Incumbent re-elected early on January 19, 1892, for the term beginning 1895. Walthall, however, had already been re-elected to next term.[ 11]
Races leading to the 53rd Congress
In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1893; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.
State
Incumbent
Results
Candidates
Senator
Party
Electoral history
California
Charles N. Felton
Republican
1891 (special)
Incumbent retired. New senator elected January 18, 1893.Democratic gain.
Connecticut
Joseph R. Hawley
Republican
1881 1887
Incumbent re-elected January 18, 1893.
Delaware
George Gray
Democratic
1885 (special) 1887
Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1893.
Florida
Samuel Pasco
Democratic
1887
Legislature failed to elect. Democratic loss. Incumbent was later appointed, then elected; see below.
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Indiana
David Turpie
Democratic
1863 (special) 1863 (retired) 1887
Incumbent re-elected January 18, 1893.
Maine
Eugene Hale
Republican
1881 1887
Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1893.
Maryland
Arthur P. Gorman
Democratic
1880 1886
Incumbent re-elected January 19, 1892.
Massachusetts
Henry L. Dawes
Republican
1875 1881 1887
Incumbent retired. New senator elected January 17, 1893. Republican hold.
Michigan
Francis B. Stockbridge
Republican
1887
Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1893.
Minnesota
Cushman Davis
Republican
1886
Incumbent re-elected January 18, 1893, on the second ballot.
Mississippi
James Z. George
Democratic
1880 1886
Incumbent re-elected January 19, 1892.[ 11]
Missouri
Francis Cockrell
Democratic
1874 1881 1887
Incumbent re-elected January 18, 1893.[ 15]
Montana
Wilbur F. Sanders
Republican
1890
Legislature failed to elect. Republican loss.
Nebraska
Algernon Paddock
Republican
1875 1880 (lost) 1886
Incumbent retired. New senator elected February 7, 1893, on the seventh ballot.Populist gain.
Nevada
William M. Stewart
Republican
1887
Incumbent re-elected as a Silver Republican January 24, 1893.Silver Republican gain.
New Jersey
Rufus Blodgett
Democratic
1886
Incumbent retired. New senator elected January 24, 1893.[ 18] Democratic hold.
New York
Frank Hiscock
Republican
1887
Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected January 17, 1893.Democratic gain.
North Dakota
Lyman R. Casey
Republican
1889
Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected February 20, 1893, on the sixty-first ballot.[ 20] Democratic gain.
Ohio
John Sherman
Republican
1861 (special) 1866 1872 1877 (resigned) 1881 1886
Incumbent re-elected January 12, 1892.
Pennsylvania
Matthew Quay
Republican
1887
Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1893.
Rhode Island
Nelson W. Aldrich
Republican
1881 (special) 1886
Incumbent re-elected June 14, 1892.
Tennessee
Washington C. Whitthorne
Democratic
1887
Incumbent retired or lost renomination. New senator elected January 17, 1893. Democratic hold.
Texas
Roger Q. Mills
Democratic
1892 (special)
Incumbent re-elected January 24, 1893.
Vermont
Redfield Proctor
Republican
1891 (appointed)
Interim appointee elected October 18, 1892. Winner was also elected to finish the current term; see above.
Virginia
John W. Daniel
Democratic
1887
Incumbent had already been re-elected early December 16, 1891.
Washington
John B. Allen
Republican
1889
Legislature failed to elect after 101 ballots on March 9, 1893. Republican loss.
▌ John B. Allen (Republican)
▌ [FNU] Turner[ d] (Republican)
▌ [FNU] Griggs[ d] (Democratic)
▌ [FNU] Teats[ d] (Populist)
West Virginia
Charles J. Faulkner
Democratic
1887
Incumbent re-elected January 24, 1893.
Wisconsin
Philetus Sawyer
Republican
1887
Incumbent retired. New senator elected January 27, 1893.Democratic gain.
Wyoming
Francis E. Warren
Republican
1890
Legislature failed to elect. Republican loss.
Elections during the 53rd Congress
In these elections, the winners were elected in 1893 after March 4, and seated in the 53rd Congress .
State
Incumbent
Results
Candidates
Senator
Party
Electoral history
Florida (Class 1)
Samuel Pasco
Democratic
1887 1893 (failed to elect) 1893 (appointed)
Interim appointee elected April 20, 1893.
Virginia (Class 2)
Eppa Hunton
Democratic
1892 (appointed)
Interim appointee elected December 19, 1893.[ 25]
In this election, the winner was seated in the 54th Congress , starting March 4, 1895.
State
Incumbent
Results
Candidates
Senator
Party
Electoral history
Virginia (Class 2)
Eppa Hunton
Democratic
1892 (appointed)
Interim appointee retired. New senator elected early December 19, 1893, for the term beginning in 1895.[ 25] Democratic hold.
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Florida
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Maryland
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1892 United States Senate election in Maryland
Arthur Pue Gorman won re-election against Lloyd Lowndes Jr. by a margin of 86.05%, or 74 votes, for the Class 1 seat.[ 26]
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1892 United States Senate special election in Maryland
Charles Hopper Gibson was elected to fill the seat vacated by Ephraim King Wilson II by a margin of 69.03%, or 78 votes, for the Class 3 seat.[ 27]
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Mississippi
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Early election for the term beginning in 1895.
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New York
The New York election was held on January 18, 1893, by the New York State Legislature .
Incumbent Senator Frank Hiscock was elected to this seat in 1887 , with his term to expire on March 3, 1893.
At the controversial State election in November 1891 , 17 Democrats, 14 Republicans and 1 Independent were elected for a two-year term (1892-1893) in the State Senate. This was the only time a Democratic majority was seated in the State Senate between 1874 and 1910. At the State election in November 1892 , 74 Democrats and 54 Republicans were elected for the session of 1893 to the Assembly. The 116th New York State Legislature met from January 3 to April 20, 1893, at Albany, New York .
The Democratic caucus met on January 10. 90 State legislators attended, only Assemblyman John Cooney , of Brooklyn , was absent due to illness. State Senator Amasa J. Parker Jr. presided. Edward Murphy Jr. , a wealthy brewer of Troy , and Chairman of the Democratic State Committee , was nominated by a large majority. The New York Times had suggested earlier to nominate Carl Schurz , a former Republican U.S. Senator from Missouri and U.S. Secretary of the Interior , who lived now in New York City ,[ 28] but the political machines of upstate boss David B. Hill and Tammany Hall chose a loyal party machine man rather than an Ex-Republican advocate of civil service reform. Even President-elect Grover Cleveland had voiced his disapproval of Murphy, to no avail.[ 29]
The Republican caucus met on January 11. State Senator Thomas Hunter presided. They re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Frank Hiscock by acclamation.
Edward Murphy, Jr., was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected. State Senator James T. Edwards (32nd D.), of Randolph , voted for the defeated Republican vice presidential candidate of 1892 , Whitelaw Reid.
Note: The votes were cast on January 17, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 18 to compare nominations, and declare the result.
When Murphy took his seat, for the first time since 1849 New York was represented by two Democrats in the U.S. Senate. Murphy served a single term, remaining in the U.S. Senate until March 3, 1899. In January 1899, Murphy was defeated for re-election by Republican Chauncey M. Depew .
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Pennsylvania
The election in Pennsylvania was held January 17, 1893. Incumbent Matthew Quay was re-elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly .[ 30]
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Virginia
Virginia (regular, class 1)
Incumbent Senator John W. Daniel (who had been first elected in 1887 ) was re-elected in 1893.
Virginia (special, class 2)
Democratic incumbent John S. Barbour Jr. died May 14, 1892. Democrat Eppa Hunton was appointed May 28, 1892, to continue until a special election.
Hunton was elected December 20, 1893, to finish the term (ending March 1895).
Washington
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Wisconsin
Senator John L. Mitchell
Two-term Republican Philetus Sawyer retired and two-term Democratic congressman John L. Mitchell was elected to the next term. In the Wisconsin Legislature, Democrats had a majority, but it took 31 ballots for Democrats to pick Mitchell over fellow Democrats John H. Knight and Edward S. Bragg .[ 32]
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See also
Notes
References
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^ [sic ]: "Willl Stil Represent Missouri. Francis M. Cockrell Elected on the First Ballot" . The New York Times . January 18, 1893. p. 5.
^ "THE RESULT IN NEW-JERSEY.; ELECTION OF JAMES SMITH, JR., THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE" . The New York Times . January 25, 1893. p. 5.
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^ "Murphy Not a Fit Man; Mr. Cleveland's Views Upon the New-York Senatorship" (PDF) . The New York Times . December 28, 1892.
^ a b "U.S. Senate Election - 17 January 1893" (PDF) . Wilkes University. Retrieved December 23, 2012 .
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^ "Senator Mitchell!" . Portage Daily Democrat . January 27, 1893. p. 1. Retrieved September 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
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