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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281877%E2%80%931890%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281877%E2%80%931890%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281877%E2%80%931890%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281877%E2%80%931890%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1876%E2%80%9377_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1876–77 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1876 & 1877</span></a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>Dates vary by state<br />(And other dates for special elections)</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1880%E2%80%9381_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1880–81 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1880 & 1881</span></a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />26 of the 76 seats in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> (with special elections)<br />39 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Majority party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Minority party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_A._Wallace_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/William_A._Wallace_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/141px-William_A._Wallace_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="141" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/William_A._Wallace_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/211px-William_A._Wallace_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/William_A._Wallace_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/281px-William_A._Wallace_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2062" data-file-height="2639" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_B._Anthony_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Henry_B._Anthony_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/150px-Henry_B._Anthony_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Henry_B._Anthony_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/224px-Henry_B._Anthony_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Henry_B._Anthony_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/299px-Henry_B._Anthony_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3400" data-file-height="4088" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/William_A._Wallace" title="William A. Wallace">William A. Wallace</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Anthony" title="Henry B. Anthony">Henry B. Anthony</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">March 4, 1877 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">March 4, 1863 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Rhode_Island" title="List of United States senators from Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">36 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>38</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>14</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats after </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>42</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">31 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats up </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>17</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #66F500;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #DDDDBB;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Anti-Monopoly_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Monopoly Party (US)">Anti-Monopoly</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (US)">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats after </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats up </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1878senatemap.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/1878senatemap.svg/380px-1878senatemap.svg.png" decoding="async" width="380" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/1878senatemap.svg/570px-1878senatemap.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/1878senatemap.svg/760px-1878senatemap.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="959" data-file-height="593" /></a></span><div><b>Results of the elections:</b><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0671B0; color:#0671B0;">    </span> Democratic gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#92C5DE; color:#92C5DE;">    </span> Democratic hold</span><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#CA0120; color:#CA0120;">    </span> Republican gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#F48882; color:#F48882;">    </span> Republican hold</span><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#000000; color:#000000;">    </span> Legislature failed to elect</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Majority Party before election</b><br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected Majority Party</b> <br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1878–79 United States Senate elections</b> were held on various dates in various states. As these <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> elections were prior to the ratification of the <a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Seventeenth Amendment</a> in 1913, senators were chosen by <a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">state legislatures</a>. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1878 and 1879, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to <a href="/wiki/Gridlock_(politics)" title="Gridlock (politics)">legislative deadlock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In these elections, terms were up for the senators in <a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 3</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> re-captured control of the Senate for the first time since before the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results_summary">Results summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Senate party division, <a href="/wiki/46th_United_States_Congress" title="46th United States Congress">46th Congress</a> (1879–1881) </p> <ul><li>Majority party: Democratic (42)</li> <li>Minority party: Republican (31)</li> <li>Other parties: Independent (1), <a href="/wiki/Anti-Monopoly_Party" title="Anti-Monopoly Party">Anti-Monopoly</a> (1)</li> <li><b>Total seats: 76</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Change_in_composition">Change in composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Change in composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Before_the_elections">Before the elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Before the elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>28</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>27</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>26</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>25</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>22</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>19</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>29</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>30</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>31</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>32</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>33</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>34</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>35</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>36</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#66F500">AM<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB">I<sub>1</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Plurality →</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>38</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>29</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>30</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>31</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>32</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>33</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>34</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>35</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>36</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>37</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>28</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>27</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>26</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>25</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>24</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>23</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>22</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>19</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>18</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_elections">After the elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After the elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>28</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>27</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>26</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>25</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>22</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>19</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>29</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>30</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>31</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>32</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>33</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>34</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>35</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>36</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>37</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>38</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>39</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>29</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>30</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>31</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">V<sub>1</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">R loss</span> </td> <td style="background:#66F500">AM<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB">I<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>42</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>41</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>40</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>28</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>27</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>26</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>25</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>24</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>23</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>22</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>19</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>18</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th>Key </th> <td> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" style="background:#66F500">AM<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anti-Monopoly_Party" title="Anti-Monopoly Party">Anti-Monopoly Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#DDDDBB">I<sub>#</sub> </td> <td>Independent </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>#</sub> </td> <td>Vacant </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race_summaries">Race summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Race summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_elections_during_the_45th_Congress">Special elections during the 45th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Special elections during the 45th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these elections, the winners were seated in 1879 before March 4; ordered by election date. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Missouri</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_H._Armstrong" title="David H. Armstrong">David H. Armstrong</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1877 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Interim appointee retired when successor elected.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate special election in Missouri">elected</a> January 27, 1879.<br />Democratic hold.<br />Winner did not run for the next term; see below. </td> <td nowrap=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1810)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Shields (politician, born 1810)">James Shields</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Indiana" title="List of United States senators from Indiana">Indiana</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Voorhees" title="Daniel W. Voorhees">Daniel W. Voorhees</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1877 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td>Interim appointee <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate special election in Indiana">elected</a> January 31, 1879.<br />Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Voorhees" title="Daniel W. Voorhees">Daniel W. Voorhees</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Michigan" title="List of United States senators from Michigan">Michigan</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_P._Christiancy" title="Isaac P. Christiancy">Isaac P. Christiancy</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1874_United_States_Senate_election_in_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="1874 United States Senate election in Michigan">1874</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Incumbent resigned February 10, 1879, due to ill health.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate special election in Michigan">elected</a> February 22, 1879.<br /> Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Zachariah_Chandler" title="Zachariah Chandler">Zachariah Chandler</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Races_leading_to_the_46th_Congress">Races leading to the 46th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Races leading to the 46th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1885; ordered by state. </p><p>All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral<br />history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Alabama" title="List of United States senators from Alabama">Alabama</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/George_E._Spencer" title="George E. Spencer">George E. Spencer</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="1868 United States Senate elections in Alabama">1868 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate special elections in Alabama">1872</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States Senate special elections in Alabama">elected</a> in August 1878.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/George_S._Houston" title="George S. Houston">George S. Houston</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arkansas" title="List of United States senators from Arkansas">Arkansas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_W._Dorsey" title="Stephen W. Dorsey">Stephen W. Dorsey</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td>1872–73 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States Senate election in Arkansas">elected</a> in 1878.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_D._Walker" title="James D. Walker">James D. Walker</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_California" title="List of United States senators from California">California</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_A._Sargent" title="Aaron A. Sargent">Aaron A. Sargent</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td>1872–73 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_Senate_election_in_California" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States Senate election in California">elected</a> in 1878.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_T._Farley" title="James T. Farley">James T. Farley</a></b> (Democratic) 28</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Morris_Estee" class="mw-redirect" title="Morris Estee">Morris Estee</a> (Republican) 12<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Colorado" title="List of United States senators from Colorado">Colorado</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerome_B._Chaffee" title="Jerome B. Chaffee">Jerome B. Chaffee</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="1876 United States Senate elections in Colorado">1876</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Colorado">elected</a> in 1879.<br />Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Hill" title="Nathaniel P. Hill">Nathaniel P. Hill</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Barnum" title="William Barnum">William Barnum</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="1876 United States Senate special election in Connecticut">1876 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Connecticut">elected</a> in 1879.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Orville_H._Platt" title="Orville H. Platt">Orville H. Platt</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Florida" title="List of United States senators from Florida">Florida</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_B._Conover" title="Simon B. Conover">Simon B. Conover</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td>1872–73 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Florida">elected</a> January 21, 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Wilkinson_Call" title="Wilkinson Call">Wilkinson Call</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Georgia" title="List of United States senators from Georgia">Georgia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_B._Gordon" title="John B. Gordon">John B. Gordon</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1873_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="1873 United States Senate election in Georgia">1873</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Georgia">re-elected</a> in 1879. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_B._Gordon" title="John B. Gordon">John B. Gordon</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Illinois</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Oglesby" title="Richard J. Oglesby">Richard J. Oglesby</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1873_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1873 United States Senate election in Illinois">1873</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator elected Jan 22, 1879.<br />Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">John A. Logan</a></b> (Republican) 51.46%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_C._Black" title="John C. Black">John C. Black</a> (Democratic) 41.75%</li> <li><span style="color:#0BDA51;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Campbell_(Illinois_politician)" title="Alexander Campbell (Illinois politician)">Alexander Campbell</a> (Greenback) 4.85%</li> <li><span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McAuliffe_(Illinois)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John McAuliffe (Illinois) (page does not exist)">John McAuliffe</a> (Independent) 1.94%<sup id="cite_ref-IL_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Indiana" title="List of United States senators from Indiana">Indiana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Voorhees" title="Daniel W. Voorhees">Daniel W. Voorhees</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1877 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate special election in Indiana">1879 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Indiana">re-elected</a> in 1879. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Voorhees" title="Daniel W. Voorhees">Daniel W. Voorhees</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Iowa" title="List of United States senators from Iowa">Iowa</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_B._Allison" title="William B. Allison">William B. Allison</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate election in Iowa">1872</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States Senate election in Iowa">re-elected</a> January 23, 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark185_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClark185-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_B._Allison" title="William B. Allison">William B. Allison</a></b> (Republican) 104</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_F._Miller" title="Daniel F. Miller">Daniel F. Miller</a> (Republican) 35</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=E._N._Gates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="E. N. Gates (page does not exist)">E. N. Gates</a> (Unknown) 3<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark185_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClark185-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kansas" title="List of United States senators from Kansas">Kansas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_J._Ingalls" title="John J. Ingalls">John J. Ingalls</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1873_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="1873 United States Senate election in Kansas">1873</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Kansas">re-elected</a> in 1879. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_J._Ingalls" title="John J. Ingalls">John J. Ingalls</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._McCreery" title="Thomas C. McCreery">Thomas C. McCreery</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate election in Kentucky">1872</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Kentucky">elected</a> in 1879.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Stuart_Williams" title="John Stuart Williams">John Stuart Williams</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" title="List of United States senators from Louisiana">Louisiana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_B._Eustis" title="James B. Eustis">James B. Eustis</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1876 United States Senate special election in Louisiana">1876 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Louisiana">elected</a> in 1879.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Jonas" title="Benjamin F. Jonas">Benjamin F. Jonas</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maryland" title="List of United States senators from Maryland">Maryland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/George_R._Dennis" title="George R. Dennis">George R. Dennis</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1872–73 </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States Senate election in Maryland">elected</a> January 19, 1878.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_Black_Groome" title="James Black Groome">James Black Groome</a></b> (Democratic) 78.5%</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lewis_H._Steiner" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis H. Steiner">Lewis H. Steiner</a> (Republican) 18.28%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Mitchell_Robinson" title="John Mitchell Robinson">John M. Robinson</a> (Democratic) 2.15%</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_A._Garey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James A. Garey (page does not exist)">James A. Garey</a> (Unknown) 1.08%<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Missouri</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1810)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Shields (politician, born 1810)">James Shields</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States Senate election in Illinois">1849 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ill.)</span></a><br />1849 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ill.–election voided)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1849 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ill.–special)</span></a><br />1855 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ill.–lost)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 United States Senate elections in Minnesota">1858 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Minn.)</span></a><br />1859 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Minn.–lost)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate special election in Missouri">1879 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mo.–special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Missouri">elected</a> in 1879.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/George_G._Vest" class="mw-redirect" title="George G. Vest">George G. Vest</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nevada" title="List of United States senators from Nevada">Nevada</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Percival_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="John Percival Jones">John P. Jones</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1873_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="1873 United States Senate election in Nevada">1873</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Nevada">re-elected</a> in 1879. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Percival_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="John Percival Jones">John P. Jones</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Hampshire" title="List of United States senators from New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bainbridge_Wadleigh" title="Bainbridge Wadleigh">Bainbridge Wadleigh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">1872</a> </td> <td style="background:#999999">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />Legislature failed to elect.<br />Republican loss. </td> <td><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">New York</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling" title="Roscoe Conkling">Roscoe Conkling</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1867_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1867 United States Senate election in New York">1867</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1873_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1873 United States Senate election in New York">1873</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1879 United States Senate election in New York">re-elected</a> January 22, 1879. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling" title="Roscoe Conkling">Roscoe Conkling</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Dorsheimer" title="William Dorsheimer">William Dorsheimer</a> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="color:#0BDA51;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_Cooper" title="Peter Cooper">Peter Cooper</a> (Greenback)</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from North Carolina">North Carolina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Summerfield_Merrimon" title="Augustus Summerfield Merrimon">Augustus Merrimon</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate election in North Carolina">1872</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in North Carolina">elected</a> in 1879.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Zebulon_Vance" title="Zebulon Vance">Zebulon Vance</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Summerfield_Merrimon" title="Augustus Summerfield Merrimon">Augustus Merrimon</a> (Democratic)</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Ohio" title="List of United States senators from Ohio">Ohio</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews_(judge)" title="Stanley Matthews (judge)">Stanley Matthews</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1877_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="1877 United States Senate special election in Ohio">1877 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator elected in 1878 or 1879.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/George_H._Pendleton" title="George H. Pendleton">George H. Pendleton</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oregon" title="List of United States senators from Oregon">Oregon</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_H._Mitchell" title="John H. Mitchell">John H. Mitchell</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate election in Oregon">1872</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator elected in 1878 or 1879.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_H._Slater" title="James H. Slater">James H. Slater</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_H._Mitchell" title="John H. Mitchell">John H. Mitchell</a> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">J. Donald Cameron</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1877_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1877 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania">1877 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">re-elected</a> January 20, 1879. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">J. Donald Cameron</a></b> (Republican) 53.78%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hiester_Clymer" title="Hiester Clymer">Hiester Clymer</a> (Democratic) 36.65%</li> <li><span style="color:#0BDA51;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Agnew" title="Daniel Agnew">Daniel Agnew</a> (Greenback) 6.37%</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_McPherson" title="Edward McPherson">Edward McPherson</a> (Republican) 1.20%</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russell_Thayer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russell Thayer (page does not exist)">Russell Thayer</a> (Republican) 0.40%</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Galusha_A._Grow" title="Galusha A. Grow">Galusha A. Grow</a> (Republican) 0.40%</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">South Carolina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_J._Patterson" title="John J. Patterson">John J. Patterson</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td>1872–73 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States Senate election in South Carolina">elected</a> in 1878.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Wade_Hampton_III" title="Wade Hampton III">Wade Hampton III</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Vermont" title="List of United States senators from Vermont">Vermont</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_S._Morrill" title="Justin S. Morrill">Justin S. Morrill</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1866_United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="1866 United States Senate election in Vermont">1866</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate election in Vermont">1872</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States Senate election in Vermont">re-elected</a> in 1878. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Justin_S._Morrill" title="Justin S. Morrill">Justin S. Morrill</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Timothy_O._Howe" title="Timothy O. Howe">Timothy O. Howe</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1861_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1861 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1861</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1866_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1866 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1866</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1872</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">elected</a> January 22, 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson262_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson262-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Matthew_H._Carpenter" title="Matthew H. Carpenter">Matthew H. Carpenter</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Timothy_O._Howe" title="Timothy O. Howe">Timothy O. Howe</a> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Elisha_W._Keyes" title="Elisha W. Keyes">Elisha W. Keyes</a> (Republican)</li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_during_the_46th_Congress">Elections during the 46th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections during the 46th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this election, the winner was elected in 1879 after March 4. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Hampshire" title="List of United States senators from New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Bell_(politician)" title="Charles H. Bell (politician)">Charles H. Bell</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td>1879 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Legislature had failed to elect; see above.<br />Interim appointee retired when successor elected.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire">elected</a> June 17, 1879.<br />Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Blair" title="Henry W. 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Blair</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Maryland">Maryland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Maryland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maryland" title="List of United States senators from Maryland">List of United States senators from Maryland</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. 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class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate election in Maryland">1872</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>January 19, 1878</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1884 United States Senate election in Maryland">1884</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />80 members of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_General_Assembly" title="Maryland General Assembly">Maryland General Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #B0CEFF"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Black_Groome,_sitting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/James_Black_Groome%2C_sitting.jpg/112px-James_Black_Groome%2C_sitting.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/James_Black_Groome%2C_sitting.jpg/169px-James_Black_Groome%2C_sitting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/James_Black_Groome%2C_sitting.jpg/225px-James_Black_Groome%2C_sitting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2118" data-file-height="2821" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFB6B6"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lewis_Henry_Steiner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Lewis_Henry_Steiner.jpg/97px-Lewis_Henry_Steiner.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Lewis_Henry_Steiner.jpg/146px-Lewis_Henry_Steiner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Lewis_Henry_Steiner.jpg/194px-Lewis_Henry_Steiner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1128" data-file-height="1742" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Black_Groome" title="James Black Groome">James Black Groome</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Henry_Steiner" title="Lewis Henry Steiner">Lewis Henry Steiner</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Legislative vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>73</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>78.50%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18.28% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/James_Black_Groome" title="James Black Groome">James Black Groome</a> was elected by a margin of 60.22%, or 56 votes, for the Class 3 seat.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_York">New York</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit 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Conkling">Roscoe Conkling</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1879 United States Senate election in New York">1879 United States Senate election in New York</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">List of United States senators from New York</a> and <a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States House of Representatives elections in New York">1878 United States House of Representatives elections in New York</a></div> <p>In New York, the election was held on January 21, 1879, by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Legislature" title="New York State Legislature">New York State Legislature</a>. Republican <a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling" title="Roscoe Conkling">Roscoe Conkling</a> had been re-elected in January 1873 to this seat, and his term would expire on March 3, 1879. At the <a href="/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1877" class="mw-redirect" title="New York state election, 1877">State election in November 1877</a>, 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1878–1879) in the State Senate. At the <a href="/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1878" class="mw-redirect" title="New York state election, 1878">State election in November 1878</a>, 97 Republicans, 28 Democrats and 3 Greenbackers were elected for the session of 1879 to the Assembly, and Republican <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Murphy_(Collector)" title="Thomas Murphy (Collector)">Thomas Murphy</a> was elected to fill the vacancy in the State Senate caused by the death of Democrat <a href="/wiki/John_Morrissey" title="John Morrissey">John Morrissey</a>. The <a href="/wiki/102nd_New_York_State_Legislature" title="102nd New York State Legislature">102nd New York State Legislature</a> met from January 7 to May 22, 1879, at <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>. </p><p>The caucus of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> State legislators met on January 20, Temporary President of the State Senate <a href="/wiki/William_H._Robertson" title="William H. Robertson">William H. Robertson</a> presided. Present were all Republican legislators except State Senator <a href="/wiki/Louis_S._Goebel" title="Louis S. Goebel">Louis S. Goebel</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (6th D.) and Assemblyman <a href="/wiki/James_Wolcott_Wadsworth" class="mw-redirect" title="James Wolcott Wadsworth">James W. Wadsworth</a>. They re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Conkling unanimously. The caucus of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> State legislators met also on January 20. State Senator <a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._E._Ecclesine" title="Thomas C. E. Ecclesine">Thomas C. E. Ecclesine</a> (8th D.) offered to adopt a prostest against the senatorial election proceedings, claiming that the senatorial and assembly districts were incorrectly apportioned and thus the State Legislature did not represent the wish of the people of the State. The protest was substituted by a resolution to appoint a committee which would elaborate an address on the apportionment at a later date. Ecclesine then marched out, and the remaining legislators nominated Lieutenant Governor <a href="/wiki/William_Dorsheimer" title="William Dorsheimer">William Dorsheimer</a> for the U.S. Senate. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>1879 Democratic caucus for United States Senator result</b> </caption> <tbody><tr bgcolor="lightgrey"> <th>Candidate </th> <th>First ballot </th> <th>Second ballot </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_Dorsheimer" title="William Dorsheimer">William Dorsheimer</a></b> </td> <td align="right">11 </td> <td align="right"><b>18</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_F._Starbuck" title="James F. Starbuck">James F. Starbuck</a> </td> <td align="right">8 </td> <td align="right">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=DeWitt_C._West&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DeWitt C. West (page does not exist)">DeWitt C. West</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">8 </td> <td align="right">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Ward" title="Elijah Ward">Elijah Ward</a> </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The two Greenback assemblymen John Banfield (Chemung Co.) and George E. Williams (<a href="/wiki/Oswego_County,_New_York" title="Oswego County, New York">Oswego Co.</a>) voted for 87-year-old <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cooper" title="Peter Cooper">Peter Cooper</a>, a <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> inventor, industrialist and philanthropist who had <a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election" title="1876 United States presidential election">run for U.S. president in 1876</a> on the Greenback ticket. </p><p>Roscoe Conkling was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>1879 United States Senator election result</b> </caption> <tbody><tr bgcolor="lightgrey"> <th>  </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrat</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Greenback_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Greenback Party">Greenback</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">State Senate</a> <br />(32 members) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling" title="Roscoe Conkling">Roscoe Conkling</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>20</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Dorsheimer" title="William Dorsheimer">William Dorsheimer</a> </td> <td align="right">12 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">State Assembly</a> <br />(128 members) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling" title="Roscoe Conkling">Roscoe Conkling</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>95</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Dorsheimer" title="William Dorsheimer">William Dorsheimer</a> </td> <td align="right">23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Cooper" title="Peter Cooper">Peter Cooper</a> </td> <td align="right">2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: The votes were cast on January 21, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 22 to compare nominations, and declare the result. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pennsylvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Donald_Cameron_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/James_Donald_Cameron_Brady-Handy.jpg/125px-James_Donald_Cameron_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/James_Donald_Cameron_Brady-Handy.jpg/188px-James_Donald_Cameron_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/James_Donald_Cameron_Brady-Handy.jpg/250px-James_Donald_Cameron_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1441" data-file-height="1708" /></a><figcaption>Senator <a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">J. Donald Cameron</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">List of United States senators from Pennsylvania</a> and <a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania">1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania</a></div> <p>In Pennsylvania, the election was held January 20, 1879. <a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">J. Donald Cameron</a> was re-elected by the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-results_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Sen. <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron">Simon Cameron</a> resigned from office, his son J. Donald Cameron was elected by the General Assembly, consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">Senate</a>, in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1877" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, 1877">1877</a> to serve the remainder of the unexpired term, which was to expire on March 4, 1879. The Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on January 20, 1879, to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4, 1879. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>State Legislature Results<sup id="cite_ref-results_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">J. Donald Cameron</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Inc.</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>135</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>53.78</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hiester_Clymer" title="Hiester Clymer">Hiester Clymer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">92 </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.65 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0BDA51;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Greenback_Party" title="Greenback Party">Greenback</a> </td> <td class="fn">Daniel Agnew </td> <td style="text-align:right">16 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.37 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Edward_McPherson" title="Edward McPherson">Edward McPherson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.20 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Russell Thayer </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.40 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Galusha_A._Grow" title="Galusha A. Grow">Galusha A. Grow</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.40 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">N/A </td> <td class="fn">Not voting </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.20 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="3" align="right"><b>Totals</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>251</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_elections" title="1878 United States elections">1878 United States elections</a> <ul><li><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 31,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=IL+US+Senate&rft.pub=OurCampaigns.com&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourcampaigns.com%2FRaceDetail.html%3FRaceID%3D22272&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing Chicago Tribune.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEClark185-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark185_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark185_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFClark">Clark</a>, p. 185.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114843">"Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Jan 19, 1878"</a>. <i>www.ourcampaigns.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 5,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.ourcampaigns.com&rft.atitle=Our+Campaigns+-+MD+US+Senate+Race+-+Jan+19%2C+1878&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourcampaigns.com%2FRaceDetail.html%3FRaceID%3D114843&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">State Senator Goebel refused to caucus with any of the parties, but voted for Conkling at the election.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">DeWitt Clinton West (1824-1880), of <a href="/wiki/Lowville_(village),_New_York" title="Lowville (village), New York">Lowville</a>, assemblyman 1853</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-results-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-results_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-results_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/sen/PaSen1879.pdf">"U.S. Senate Election - 20 January 1879"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Wilkes University<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 22,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=U.S.+Senate+Election+-+20+January+1879&rft.pub=Wilkes+University&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fstaffweb.wilkes.edu%2Fharold.cox%2Fsen%2FPaSen1879.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClark" class="citation web cs1">Clark, Dan Elbert (1913). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jXJDAAAAIAAJ">"History of Senatorial Elections in Iowa"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa" title="Iowa City, Iowa">Iowa City, Iowa</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History+of+Senatorial+Elections+in+Iowa&rft.place=Iowa+City%2C+Iowa&rft.date=1913&rft.aulast=Clark&rft.aufirst=Dan+Elbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjXJDAAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, E. Bruce (1954). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3288429;view=1up;seq=11"><i>Matthew Hale Carpenter, Webster of the West</i></a>. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Matthew+Hale+Carpenter%2C+Webster+of+the+West&rft.place=Madison%2C+WI&rft.pub=State+Historical+Society+of+Wisconsin&rft.date=1954&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=E.+Bruce&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Duc1.b3288429%3Bview%3D1up%3Bseq%3D11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm">Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present</a>, via Senate.gov</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/11/06/81736218.pdf">"VICTORIOUS REPUBLICANS"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. November 6, 1878.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=VICTORIOUS+REPUBLICANS&rft.date=1878-11-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1878%2F11%2F06%2F81736218.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, gives 1 Greenbacker elected, but Williams of Oswego is not in the list; this seems to have been a preliminary result which was later amended</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1879/01/21/80743455.pdf">"NEW-YORK'S NEXT SENATOR; ROSCOE CONKLING RENOMINATED"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. January 21, 1879.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=NEW-YORK%27S+NEXT+SENATOR%3B+ROSCOE+CONKLING+RENOMINATED&rft.date=1879-01-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1879%2F01%2F21%2F80743455.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1879/01/21/80743456.pdf">"THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.; A REMARKABLE PROTEST OFFERED AND TABLED; LIEUT.-GOV. DORSHEIMER TENDERED THE EMPTY HONOR OF A NOMINATION"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. January 21, 1879.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=THE+DEMOCRATIC+CAUCUS.%3B+A+REMARKABLE+PROTEST+OFFERED+AND+TABLED%3B+LIEUT.-GOV.+DORSHEIMER+TENDERED+THE+EMPTY+HONOR+OF+A+NOMINATION&rft.date=1879-01-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1879%2F01%2F21%2F80743456.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1879/01/22/80743654.pdf">"CONKLING WINS THE SENATORSHIP"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. January 22, 1879.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=CONKLING+WINS+THE+SENATORSHIP&rft.date=1879-01-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1879%2F01%2F22%2F80743654.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1879/01/23/80743835.pdf">"CHOOSING THEIR SENATORS.; ...LIEUT.-GOV. DORSHEIMER FORMALLY ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. January 23, 1879.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=CHOOSING+THEIR+SENATORS.%3B+...LIEUT.-GOV.+DORSHEIMER+FORMALLY+ANNOUNCES+THE+ELECTION&rft.date=1879-01-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1879%2F01%2F23%2F80743835.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1878%E2%80%9379+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox"><i>Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Wilkes_University_Election_Statistics_Project" title="Wilkes University Election Statistics Project">Wilkes University Election Statistics Project</a>.</cite><span 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href="/wiki/1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1798–99 United States Senate elections">1798–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1800%E2%80%9301_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1800–01 United States Senate elections">1800–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1802%E2%80%9303_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1802–03 United States Senate elections">1802–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804%E2%80%9305_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1804–05 United States Senate elections">1804–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1806%E2%80%9307_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1806–07 United States Senate elections">1806–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1808%E2%80%9309_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1808–09 United States Senate elections">1808–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810%E2%80%9311_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1810–11 United States Senate elections">1810–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812%E2%80%9313_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1812–13 United States Senate elections">1812–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814%E2%80%9315_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1814–15 United States Senate elections">1814–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816%E2%80%9317_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1816–17 United States Senate elections">1816–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818%E2%80%9319_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1818–19 United States Senate elections">1818–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820%E2%80%9321_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1820–21 United States Senate elections">1820–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822%E2%80%9323_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1822–23 United States Senate elections">1822–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824%E2%80%9325_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1824–25 United States Senate elections">1824–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826%E2%80%9327_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1826–27 United States Senate elections">1826–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828%E2%80%9329_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1828–29 United States Senate elections">1828–29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830%E2%80%9331_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1830–31 United States Senate elections">1830–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832%E2%80%9333_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1832–33 United States Senate elections">1832–33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834%E2%80%9335_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1834–35 United States Senate elections">1834–35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836%E2%80%9337_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1836–37 United States Senate elections">1836–37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838%E2%80%9339_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1838–39 United States Senate elections">1838–39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1840–41 United States Senate elections">1840–41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1842–43 United States Senate elections">1842–43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844%E2%80%9345_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1844–45 United States Senate elections">1844–45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846%E2%80%9347_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1846–47 United States Senate elections">1846–47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848%E2%80%9349_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1848–49 United States Senate elections">1848–49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850%E2%80%9351_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1850–51 United States Senate elections">1850–51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852%E2%80%9353_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1852–53 United States Senate elections">1852–53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854%E2%80%9355_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1854–55 United States Senate elections">1854–55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1856–57 United States Senate elections">1856–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1858–59 United States Senate elections">1858–59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%9361_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1860–61 United States Senate elections">1860–61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862%E2%80%9363_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1862–63 United States Senate elections">1862–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864%E2%80%9365_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1864–65 United States Senate elections">1864–65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866%E2%80%9367_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1866–67 United States Senate elections">1866–67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868%E2%80%9369_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1868–69 United States Senate elections">1868–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870%E2%80%9371_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1870–71 United States Senate elections">1870–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872%E2%80%9373_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1872–73 United States Senate elections">1872–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874%E2%80%9375_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1874–75 United States Senate elections">1874–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876%E2%80%9377_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1876–77 United States Senate elections">1876–77</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1878–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880%E2%80%9381_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1880–81 United States Senate elections">1880–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882%E2%80%9383_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1882–83 United States Senate elections">1882–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1884–85 United States Senate elections">1884–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1886–87 United States Senate elections">1886–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1888–89 United States Senate elections">1888–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890%E2%80%9391_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1890–91 United States Senate elections">1890–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1892–93 United States Senate elections">1892–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1894–95 United States Senate elections">1894–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1896–97 United States Senate elections">1896–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1898–99 United States Senate elections">1898–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1900–01 United States Senate elections">1900–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1902–03 United States Senate elections">1902–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1904–05 United States Senate elections">1904–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1906–07 United States Senate elections">1906–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1908–09 United States Senate elections">1908–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1910–11 United States Senate elections">1910–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1912–13 United States Senate elections">1912–13</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_(1914%E2%80%93present)" title="List of United States Senate elections (1914–present)">1914–present</a><br /><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">popular election</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regulars<br />and<br />even-year<br />specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1914 United States Senate elections">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1916 United States Senate elections">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1918 United States Senate elections">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1920 United States Senate elections">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1922 United States Senate elections">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1924 United States Senate elections">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1926 United States Senate elections">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1928 United States Senate elections">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1930 United States Senate elections">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1932 United States Senate elections">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1934 United States Senate elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1936 United States Senate elections">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1938 United States Senate elections">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1940 United States Senate elections">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1942 United States Senate elections">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1944 United States Senate elections">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1946 United States Senate elections">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1948 United States Senate elections">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1950 United States Senate elections">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1952 United States Senate elections">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1954 United States Senate elections">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1956 United States Senate elections">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1958 United States Senate elections">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1960 United States Senate elections">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1962 United States Senate elections">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1964 United States Senate elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1966 United States Senate elections">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1968 United States Senate elections">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1970 United States Senate elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1972 United States Senate elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1974 United States Senate elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1976 United States Senate elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1978 United States Senate elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1980 United States Senate elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1982 United States Senate elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1984 United States Senate elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1986 United States Senate elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1988 United States Senate elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1990 United States Senate elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1992 United States Senate elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1994 United States Senate elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1996 United States Senate elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1998 United States Senate elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2000 United States Senate elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2002 United States Senate elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2004 United States Senate elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2006 United States Senate elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2008 United States Senate elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2010 United States Senate elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2012 United States Senate elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2014 United States Senate elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2016 United States Senate elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2018 United States Senate elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2020 United States Senate elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2022 United States Senate elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2024 United States Senate elections">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2026 United States Senate elections">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2028 United States Senate elections">2028</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Odd-year<br />specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Mexico" title="1921 United States Senate special election in New Mexico">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1923 United States Senate elections">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1925 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Vermont" title="1931 United States Senate special election in Vermont">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" title="1933 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Arkansas" title="1937 United States Senate special election in Arkansas">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1941 United States Senate elections">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi" title="1947 United States Senate special election in Mississippi">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York" title="1949 United States Senate special election in New York">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1957 United States Senate elections">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Hawaii" title="1959 United States Senate elections in Hawaii">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Texas" title="1961 United States Senate special election in Texas">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="1974–75 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Washington" title="1983 United States Senate special election in Washington">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1991 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Texas" title="1993 United States Senate special election in Texas">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2013 United States Senate elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama" title="2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Georgia" title="2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_elections_to_the_United_States_Senate" title="List of special elections to the United States Senate">List of all specials</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elections by state</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alabama" title="List of United States Senate elections in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alaska" title="List of United States Senate elections in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Arizona&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Arizona (page does not exist)">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Arkansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Arkansas (page does not exist)">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_California" title="List of United States Senate elections in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Colorado" title="List of United States Senate elections in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Connecticut&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Connecticut (page does not exist)">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Delaware" title="List of United States Senate elections in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="United States Senate elections in the District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Florida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Florida (page does not exist)">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Georgia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Georgia (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Hawaii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Hawaii (page does not exist)">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Idaho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Idaho (page does not exist)">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Illinois (page does not exist)">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Indiana" title="United States Senate elections in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Iowa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Iowa (page does not exist)">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Kansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Kansas (page does not exist)">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Kentucky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Kentucky (page does not exist)">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Louisiana (page does not exist)">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Maine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Maine (page does not exist)">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Maryland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Maryland (page does not exist)">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United 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