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padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1886–87 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1886 & 1887</span></a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />27 of the 76 seats in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> (as well as 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> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </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:John-Sherman-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/John-Sherman-2.jpg/149px-John-Sherman-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/John-Sherman-2.jpg/224px-John-Sherman-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/John-Sherman-2.jpg/299px-John-Sherman-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2986" data-file-height="3595" /></a></span> </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:GeorgeHPendleton.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/GeorgeHPendleton.png/163px-GeorgeHPendleton.png" decoding="async" width="163" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/GeorgeHPendleton.png/245px-GeorgeHPendleton.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/GeorgeHPendleton.png/326px-GeorgeHPendleton.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid Black;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahone,_Hon._Senator_of_Virginia,_Brig._Gen._in_Civil_War_Crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Mahone%2C_Hon._Senator_of_Virginia%2C_Brig._Gen._in_Civil_War_Crop.jpg/135px-Mahone%2C_Hon._Senator_of_Virginia%2C_Brig._Gen._in_Civil_War_Crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Mahone%2C_Hon._Senator_of_Virginia%2C_Brig._Gen._in_Civil_War_Crop.jpg/202px-Mahone%2C_Hon._Senator_of_Virginia%2C_Brig._Gen._in_Civil_War_Crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Mahone%2C_Hon._Senator_of_Virginia%2C_Brig._Gen._in_Civil_War_Crop.jpg/270px-Mahone%2C_Hon._Senator_of_Virginia%2C_Brig._Gen._in_Civil_War_Crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4464" data-file-height="5952" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Sherman" title="John Sherman">John Sherman</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/George_H._Pendleton" title="George H. Pendleton">George H. Pendleton</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><br />(Lost re-election) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/William_Mahone" title="William Mahone">William Mahone</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<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/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <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/Readjuster_Party" title="Readjuster Party">Readjuster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">March 4, 1883 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">March 4, 1881 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">March 4, 1881 </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_Ohio" title="List of United States senators from Ohio">Ohio</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Ohio" title="List of United States senators from Ohio">Ohio</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">Virginia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>38</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">36 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>12</b> </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"><b>37</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">34 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <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> 1 </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> 2 </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">11 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>14</b> </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:1884senatemap.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1884senatemap.svg/390px-1884senatemap.svg.png" decoding="async" width="390" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1884senatemap.svg/585px-1884senatemap.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1884senatemap.svg/780px-1884senatemap.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:#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:#92C5DE; color:#92C5DE;">    </span> Democratic hold</span> <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><sup id="cite_ref-caucus_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caucus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected Majority Party</b> <br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a><sup id="cite_ref-caucus_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caucus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1884–85 United States Senate elections</b> were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with the <a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election" title="1884 United States presidential election">presidential election of 1884</a>. 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 1884 and 1885, 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-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<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>With three state legislatures failing to elect their senators in time, both <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> lost seats. Republicans, nevertheless, retained majority control and the <a href="/wiki/Readjuster_Party" title="Readjuster Party">Readjusters</a> joined their caucus. By the beginning of the first session, in December 1885, Republicans had won all three vacant seats, increasing their majority. </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=1884%E2%80%9385_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/49th_United_States_Congress" title="49th United States Congress">49th Congress</a> (1885–1887) </p> <ul><li>Majority party: Republican (42)</li> <li>Minority party: Democratic (34)</li> <li>Other parties: (0)</li> <li><b>Total seats: 76</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Change_in_Senate_composition">Change in Senate composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Change in Senate 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=1884%E2%80%9385_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" width="750px"> <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="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>28</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>27</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>26</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>25</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>24</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>23</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <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> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>29</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>30</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>31</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>32</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>33</sub><br /><small>Unknown</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>34</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>35</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>36</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <td style="background:Black"><span style="color:white;">RA<sub>1</sub></span> </td> <td style="background:Black"><span style="color:white;">RA<sub>2</sub></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority, with Readjusters in caucus →</b> </td> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>38</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>29</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>30</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>31</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>32</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>33</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>34</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>35</sub><br /><small>Unknown</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>36</sub><br /><small>Unknown</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>37</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>28</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>27</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>26</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>25</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>22</sub> </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=1884%E2%80%9385_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" width="750px"> <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="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>28</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>27</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>26</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>25</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>24</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>23</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <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> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>29</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>30</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>31</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>32</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>33</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>34</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">V<sub>1</sub><br /><small>D Loss</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">V<sub>2</sub><br /><small>R Loss</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">V<sub>3</sub><br /><small>R Loss</small> </th> <td style="background:Black"><span style="color:white;">RA<sub>1</sub></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority due to three vacancies ↓</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:Black"><span style="color:white;">RA<sub>2</sub></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>29</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>30</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>31</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>32</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>33</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>34</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>35</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>36</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>37</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>28</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>27</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>26</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>25</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>22</sub> </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="Beginning_of_the_first_session,_December_7,_1885"><span id="Beginning_of_the_first_session.2C_December_7.2C_1885"></span>Beginning of the first session, December 7, 1885</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td width="50px" 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="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>29</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>30</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>31</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>32</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>33</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>34</sub> </td> <td style="background:Black"><span style="color:white;">RA<sub>1</sub></span> </td> <td style="background:Black"><span style="color:white;">RA<sub>2</sub></span> </td> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>40</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>39</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>29</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>30</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>31</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>32</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>33</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>34</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>35</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>36</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>37</sub> </td> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>38</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>28</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>27</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>26</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>25</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>22</sub> </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" width="35px" 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" width="35px" style="background:Black"><span style="color:white;">RA<sub>#</sub></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Readjuster_Party" title="Readjuster Party">Readjuster</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="35px" 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" width="35px" 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=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=6" 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_48th_Congress">Special elections during the 48th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Special elections during the 48th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this election, the winner was seated in 1885 before 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_Rhode_Island" title="List of United States senators from Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Paine_Sheffield_Sr." title="William Paine Sheffield Sr.">William P. Sheffield</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap="">1884 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Interim appointee retired when successor elected.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Rhode_Island,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Rhode Island, 1885">elected</a> January 20, 1885.<br />Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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/Jonathan_Chace" title="Jonathan Chace">Jonathan Chace</a></b> (Republican)<br /><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></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Races_leading_to_the_49th_Congress">Races leading to the 49th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Races leading to the 49th 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/James_L._Pugh" title="James L. Pugh">James L. Pugh</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama,_1880" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Alabama, 1880">1880 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Alabama, 1884">re-elected</a> in August 1884. </td> <td nowrap=""><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_L._Pugh" title="James L. Pugh">James L. Pugh</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><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_Arkansas" title="List of United States senators from Arkansas">Arkansas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_D._Walker" title="James D. Walker">James D. Walker</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas,_1878" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1878">1878</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1885">elected</a> in 1885.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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_K._Jones" title="James K. Jones">James K. Jones</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><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_California" title="List of United States senators from California">California</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_T._Farley" title="James T. Farley">James T. Farley</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_California,_1878" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in California, 1878">1878</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_California,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in California, 1885">elected</a> in 1885.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><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/Leland_Stanford" title="Leland Stanford">Leland Stanford</a></b> (Republican)<br /><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_Colorado" title="List of United States senators from Colorado">Colorado</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Hill" title="Nathaniel P. Hill">Nathaniel P. Hill</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Colorado,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Colorado, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Incumbent lost renomination.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Colorado,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Colorado, 1885">elected</a> in 1885.<br />Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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_M._Teller" title="Henry M. Teller">Henry M. Teller</a></b> (Republican)<br /><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_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Orville_H._Platt" title="Orville H. Platt">Orville H. Platt</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1885">re-elected</a> in 1885. </td> <td nowrap=""><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)<br /><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_Florida" title="List of United States senators from Florida">Florida</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilkinson_Call" title="Wilkinson Call">Wilkinson Call</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Florida, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Florida, 1885">re-elected</a> January 20, 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td nowrap=""><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)<br /><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_Georgia" title="List of United States senators from Georgia">Georgia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Brown" title="Joseph E. Brown">Joseph E. Brown</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Georgia,_1880" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Georgia, 1880">1880 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Georgia, 1885">re-elected</a> in 1885. </td> <td nowrap=""><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/Joseph_E._Brown" title="Joseph E. Brown">Joseph E. Brown</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><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_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Illinois</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">John A. Logan</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Illinois, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td style="background:#999999">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />Legislature failed to elect.<br />Republican loss.<br />Incumbent was later elected to continue the vacant term; see below. </td> <td nowrap="">None. </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 nowrap="">1877 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Indiana,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Indiana, 1879">1879 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Indiana, 1885">re-elected</a> in 1885. </td> <td nowrap=""><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)<br /><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_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 nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa,_1872" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Iowa, 1872">1872</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa,_1878" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Iowa, 1878">1878</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Iowa, 1884">re-elected</a> January 23, 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark1913209_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClark1913209-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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:#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) 90</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benton_J._Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Benton J. Hall">Benton J. Hall</a> (Democratic) 48</li> <li><span style="color:#0BDA51;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_M._Clark_(politician)" title="David M. Clark (politician)">David M. Clark</a> (Greenback) 10</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/La_Vega_G._Kinne" title="La Vega G. Kinne">La Vega G. Kinne</a> (Unknown) 1<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark1913209_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClark1913209-7"><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_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 nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas,_1873" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Kansas, 1873">1873</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Kansas, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Kansas, 1885">re-elected</a> in 1885. </td> <td nowrap=""><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)<br /><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_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stuart_Williams" title="John Stuart Williams">John Stuart Williams</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1884">elected</a> in 1884.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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/J._C._S._Blackburn" title="J. C. S. Blackburn">J. C. S. Blackburn</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><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_Louisiana" title="List of United States senators from Louisiana">Louisiana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Jonas" title="Benjamin F. Jonas">Benjamin F. Jonas</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Louisiana, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in 1884 or 1885.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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_B._Eustis" title="James B. Eustis">James B. Eustis</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><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_Maryland" title="List of United States senators from Maryland">Maryland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Black_Groome" title="James Black Groome">James Black Groome</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap="">1878–79 </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Maryland, 1884">elected</a> in 1884.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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/Ephraim_K._Wilson_II" title="Ephraim K. Wilson II">Ephraim K. Wilson II</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><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_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Missouri</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/George_G._Vest" class="mw-redirect" title="George G. Vest">George G. Vest</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Missouri, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Missouri, 1885">re-elected</a> in 1885. </td> <td nowrap=""><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)<br /><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_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 nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,_1873" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Nevada, 1873">1873</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Nevada, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Nevada, 1885">re-elected</a> in 1885. </td> <td nowrap=""><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)<br /><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_Hampshire" title="List of United States senators from New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Blair" title="Henry W. Blair">Henry W. Blair</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Hampshire,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New Hampshire, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td style="background:#999999">Legislature failed to elect.<br />Republican loss.<br />Incumbent was later appointed, then elected, to continue the vacant term; see below. </td> <td nowrap=""><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/Elbridge_G._Lapham" title="Elbridge G. Lapham">Elbridge G. Lapham</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York,_1881" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New York, 1881">1881 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in New York, 1885">elected</a> January 20, 1885.<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/William_M._Evarts" title="William M. Evarts">William M. Evarts</a></b> (Republican) 92</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cooper_(mayor)" title="Edward Cooper (mayor)">Edward Cooper</a> (Democratic) 65</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/Zebulon_Vance" title="Zebulon Vance">Zebulon Vance</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1884">re-elected</a> in 1884.<br /> </td> <td nowrap=""><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) </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/George_H._Pendleton" title="George H. Pendleton">George H. Pendleton</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap="">1878–79 </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent lost renomination.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Ohio, 1884">elected</a> January 15, 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193828_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193828-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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/Henry_B._Payne" title="Henry B. Payne">Henry B. Payne</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><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_Oregon" title="List of United States senators from Oregon">Oregon</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_H._Slater" title="James H. Slater">James H. Slater</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap="">1878–79 </td> <td style="background:#999999">Incumbent retired.<br />Legislature failed to elect.<br />Democratic loss. </td> <td nowrap=""><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_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 nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1877" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, 1877">1877 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1879">1879</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1885">re-elected</a> January 20, 1885. </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) 64.94%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Wallace" title="William A. Wallace">William A. Wallace</a> (Democratic) 27.49%</li> <li>Others; <a href="#Pennsylvania">see below</a></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/Wade_Hampton_III" title="Wade Hampton III">Wade Hampton III</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina,_1878" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1878">1878</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1884">re-elected</a> in 1884. </td> <td nowrap=""><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)<br /><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_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 nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont,_1866" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Vermont, 1866">1866</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont,_1872" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Vermont, 1872">1872</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont,_1878" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Vermont, 1878">1878</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Vermont, 1884">re-elected</a> in 1884. </td> <td nowrap=""><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)<br /><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_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Angus_Cameron_(American_politician)" title="Angus Cameron (American politician)">Angus Cameron</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin,_1881" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Wisconsin, 1881">1881</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1885">elected</a> January 27, 1885.<br />Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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_Coit_Spooner" title="John Coit Spooner">John C. Spooner</a></b> (Republican)<br /><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></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_during_the_49th_Congress">Elections during the 49th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections during the 49th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these elections, the winners were elected in 1885 after March 4, sorted 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_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Delaware</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_F._Bayard" title="Thomas F. Bayard">Thomas F. Bayard</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware,_1869" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Delaware, 1869">1869</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware,_1875" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Delaware, 1875">1875</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware,_1881" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Delaware, 1881">1881</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent resigned March 6, 1885, to become <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a>.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Delaware,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Delaware, 1885">elected</a> March 18, 1885.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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_Gray_(Delaware_politician)" title="George Gray (Delaware politician)">George Gray</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><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_Arkansas" title="List of United States senators from Arkansas">Arkansas</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Garland" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustus Garland">Augustus Garland</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas,_1876" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1876">1876</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas,_1883" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1883">1883</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent resigned March 6, 1885, to become <a href="/wiki/U.S._Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Attorney General">U.S. Attorney General</a>.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Arkansas,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Arkansas, 1885">elected</a> March 20, 1885.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><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._Berry" title="James H. Berry">James H. Berry</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><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_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Illinois</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td colspan="3"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Legislature had failed to elect.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Illinois, 1885">elected</a> May 19, 1885.<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/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">John A. Logan</a></b> (Republican) 50.49%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lambert_Tree" title="Lambert Tree">Lambert Tree</a> (Democratic) 47.06%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_C._Black" title="John C. Black">John C. Black</a> (Democratic) 0.98%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_R._Hoxie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John R. Hoxie (page does not exist)">John R. Hoxie</a> (Democratic) 0.49%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Ralls_Morrison" title="William Ralls Morrison">William Ralls Morrison</a> (Democratic) 0.49%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_J._Schofield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles J. Schofield (page does not exist)">Charles J. Schofield</a> (Democratic) 0.49%</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><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Blair" title="Henry W. Blair">Henry W. Blair</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Hampshire,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New Hampshire, 1879">1879</a><br />1885 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td>Interim appointee <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Hampshire,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New Hampshire, 1885">elected</a> June 17, 1885. </td> <td nowrap=""><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. Blair">Henry W. Blair</a></b> (Republican)<br /><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_Oregon" title="List of United States senators from Oregon">Oregon</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td colspan="3"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Legislature had failed to elect.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Oregon,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Oregon, 1885">elected</a> November 18, 1885.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><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_H._Mitchell" title="John H. Mitchell">John H. Mitchell</a></b> (Republican)<br /><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></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Complete_list_of_races">Complete list of races</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Complete list of races"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maryland">Maryland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=11" 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>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1884 United States Senate election in Maryland</caption><tbody><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/1878_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States Senate election in Maryland">1878</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>January 1884</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 United States Senate election in Maryland">1890</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:WILSON,_Ephraim_King,_(1821_-_1891).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/WILSON%2C_Ephraim_King%2C_%281821_-_1891%29.jpg/112px-WILSON%2C_Ephraim_King%2C_%281821_-_1891%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/WILSON%2C_Ephraim_King%2C_%281821_-_1891%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="168" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;width:0;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Ephraim_King_Wilson_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Ephraim King Wilson II">Ephraim King Wilson II</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </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="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Legislative vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>-</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>-%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Ephraim_King_Wilson_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Ephraim King Wilson II">Ephraim King Wilson II</a> was elected by an unknown margin of votes, for the Class 3 seat.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York">New York</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: New York"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in New York, 1885">United States Senate election in New York, 1885</a></div> <p>The New York election was held January 20, 1885, by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Legislature" title="New York State Legislature">New York State Legislature</a>. </p><p>Republican <a href="/wiki/Elbridge_G._Lapham" title="Elbridge G. Lapham">Elbridge G. Lapham</a> had been elected to this seat in a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York,_1881" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New York, 1881">special election in 1881</a> to succeed <a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling" title="Roscoe Conkling">Roscoe Conkling</a> who had resigned. Lapham's term would expire on March 3, 1885. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1883" class="mw-redirect" title="New York state election, 1883">State election in November 1883</a>, 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1884–1885) in the State Senate. At the <a href="/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="New York state election, 1884">State election in November 1884</a>, 73 Republicans and 55 Democrats were elected for the session of 1885 to the Assembly. The <a href="/wiki/108th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="108th New York State Legislature">108th New York State Legislature</a> met from January 6 to May 22, 1885, 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 19, President pro tempore of the State Senate <a href="/wiki/Dennis_McCarthy_(congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis McCarthy (congressman)">Dennis McCarthy</a> presided. 19 State senators and 73 assemblymen attended. The Evarts faction required the nomination to be made by <a href="/wiki/Voice_vote" title="Voice vote">viva voce vote</a>, which was opposed by the Morton faction, but was carried by a vote of 64 to 28. The caucus nominated Ex-U.S. Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/William_M._Evarts" title="William M. Evarts">William M. Evarts</a> on the first ballot. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>1885 Republican caucus nominee</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate </th> <th>First ballot </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_M._Evarts" title="William M. Evarts">William M. Evarts</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>61</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Levi_P._Morton" title="Levi P. Morton">Levi P. Morton</a> </td> <td align="right">28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_M._Depew" class="mw-redirect" title="Chauncey M. Depew">Chauncey M. Depew</a> </td> <td align="right">3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Democratic caucus nominated Ex-Mayor of New York <a href="/wiki/Edward_Cooper_(mayor)" title="Edward Cooper (mayor)">Edward Cooper</a>. </p><p>William M. Evarts was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>1885 United States Senator election result</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>House </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">Democratic</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/William_M._Evarts" title="William M. Evarts">William M. Evarts</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>19</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cooper_(mayor)" title="Edward Cooper (mayor)">Edward Cooper</a> </td> <td align="right">13 </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/William_M._Evarts" title="William M. Evarts">William M. Evarts</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>73</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Cooper_(mayor)" title="Edward Cooper (mayor)">Edward Cooper</a> </td> <td align="right">52 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: The votes were cast on January 20, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 21 to compare nominations, and declare the result. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ohio">Ohio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ohio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio,_1884" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Ohio, 1884">United States Senate election in Ohio, 1884</a></div> <p>In 1884, the Democrats held a majority in the Ohio legislature. In a caucus meeting to determine the party's choice for United States Senator, many Democratic legislators looked to replace the incumbent Senator, Democrat <a href="/wiki/George_H._Pendleton" title="George H. Pendleton">George H. Pendleton</a>, because they disagreed with his advocacy of <a href="/wiki/Pendleton_Civil_Service_Reform_Act" title="Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act">civil service reform</a> and low tariffs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193822_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193822-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of Pendleton's opponents, led by Oliver Payne, promoted <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Payne" title="Henry B. Payne">Henry B. Payne</a> for the Senate seat, recalling his opposition to both of those positions during his time in the House.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193823_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193823-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a secret ballot by the Democratic caucus, <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Payne" title="Henry B. Payne">Henry B. Payne</a> received 46 out of 80 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalker18863_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalker18863-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because Oliver was a trustee and treasurer of the <a href="/wiki/Standard_Oil" title="Standard Oil">Standard Oil</a> company, many of the Pendleton supporters immediately alleged that $100,000 from the oil trust had been used to bribe Democratic legislators, and claimed that an open ballot would not have favored Payne.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193823–27_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193823–27-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeisenburger1934326_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeisenburger1934326-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the full legislature met, <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Payne" title="Henry B. Payne">Henry B. Payne</a> was elected with 78 votes out of 120.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalker18863_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalker18863-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Democratic legislature initially refused to investigate their members' alleged corruption, but when Republicans regained the majority in the next session, the legislature looked into the allegations and forwarded the results to the federal Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalker18864_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalker18864-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The evidence gathered was voluminous, but the Senate declined to expel Payne, who proclaimed his innocence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeisenburger1934326_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeisenburger1934326-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While there was never enough evidence for definitive proof of bribery, biographer Dewayne Burke wrote that the "circumstantial evidence seems to convict Payne" of the charge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193830_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193830-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Pennsylvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1885" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1885">United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1885</a></div> <p>The Pennsylvania election was held January 20, 1885. The Pennsylvania General Assembly convened January 20, 1885. Incumbent <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">J. Donald Cameron</a>, who was elected in an <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1877" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, 1877">1877 special election</a> and re-elected in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1879" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1879">1879</a>, was a successful candidate for re-election to another term.<sup id="cite_ref-results_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<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>163</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>64.94</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/William_A._Wallace" title="William A. Wallace">William A. Wallace</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">69 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.49 </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. W. Acheson </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/Charles_N._Brumm" title="Charles N. Brumm">Charles N. Brumm</a> </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/George_Shiras_Jr." title="George Shiras Jr.">George Shiras Jr.</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;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.58 </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=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_elections" title="1884 United States elections">1884 United States elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election" title="1884 United States presidential election">1884 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1884 United States House of Representatives elections">1884 United States House of Representatives elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_United_States_Congress" title="48th United States Congress">48th United States Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_United_States_Congress" title="49th United States Congress">49th United States Congress</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Senate">Democratic Caucus Chair</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> as the leader of <a href="/wiki/Readjuster_Party" title="Readjuster Party">Readjuster Party</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-caucus-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-caucus_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-caucus_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Readjusters caucused with the Republicans.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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February 8, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Archives+and+Records+Administration&rft.atitle=17th+Amendment+to+the+U.S.+Constitution%3A+Direct+Election+of+U.S.+Senators+%281913%29&rft.date=2022-02-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Fmilestone-documents%2F17th-amendment&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1884%E2%80%9385+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nyti.ms/2edLaRI">"SELECTING NEW SENATORS"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. January 20, 1885. p. 1.</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=SELECTING+NEW+SENATORS.&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1885-01-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnyti.ms%2F2edLaRI&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1884%E2%80%9385+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEClark1913209-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark1913209_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClark1913209_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFClark1913">Clark 1913</a>, p. 209.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193828-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193828_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBurke1938">Burke 1938</a>, p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</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=122954">"Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Jan 00, 1884"</a>. <i>www.ourcampaigns.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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+00%2C+1884&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourcampaigns.com%2FRaceDetail.html%3FRaceID%3D122954&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1884%E2%80%9385+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193822-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193822_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBurke1938">Burke 1938</a>, p. 22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193823-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193823_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBurke1938">Burke 1938</a>, p. 23.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalker18863-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalker18863_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalker18863_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWalker1886">Walker 1886</a>, p. 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193823–27-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193823–27_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBurke1938">Burke 1938</a>, pp. 23–27.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeisenburger1934326-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeisenburger1934326_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeisenburger1934326_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWeisenburger1934">Weisenburger 1934</a>, p. 326.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalker18864-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalker18864_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWalker1886">Walker 1886</a>, p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke193830-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke193830_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBurke1938">Burke 1938</a>, p. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-results-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-results_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-results_17-1"><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/PaSen1885.pdf">"U.S. Senate Election - 20 January 1885"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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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+1885&rft.pub=Wilkes+University&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fstaffweb.wilkes.edu%2Fharold.cox%2Fsen%2FPaSen1885.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1884%E2%80%9385+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=1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><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 id="CITEREFBurke1938" class="citation thesis cs1">Burke, Dewayne (1938). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160826191505/https://etd.ohiolink.edu/rws_etd/document/get/osu1187639438/inline"><i>Henry B. Payne: His Congressional Career</i></a> (M.A. thesis). Ohio State University. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://etd.ohiolink.edu/rws_etd/document/get/osu1187639438/inline">the original</a> on August 26, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 20,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=Henry+B.+Payne%3A+His+Congressional+Career&rft.inst=Ohio+State+University&rft.date=1938&rft.aulast=Burke&rft.aufirst=Dewayne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fetd.ohiolink.edu%2Frws_etd%2Fdocument%2Fget%2Fosu1187639438%2Finline&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1884%E2%80%9385+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFByrd1993" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Byrd" title="Robert Byrd">Byrd, Robert C.</a> (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PeHByMYxVm8C"><i>The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Historical_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Historical Office">United States Senate Historical Office</a> (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, DC: <a href="/wiki/U.S._Government_Printing_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Government Printing Office">U.S. Government Printing Office</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780160632563" title="Special:BookSources/9780160632563"><bdi>9780160632563</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Senate%2C+1789-1989%3A+Historical+Statistics%2C+1789-1992&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.edition=volume+4+Bicentennial&rft.pub=U.S.+Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1993-10-01&rft.isbn=9780160632563&rft.aulast=Byrd&rft.aufirst=Robert+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPeHByMYxVm8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1884%E2%80%9385+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClark1913" 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%3A1884%E2%80%9385+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCox2007" class="citation web cs1">Cox, Harold (January 31, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox">"Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006"</a>. <i>The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project</i>. Wilkes University.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Wilkes+University+Election+Statistics+Project&rft.atitle=Pennsylvania+Election+Statistics%3A+1682-2006&rft.date=2007-01-31&rft.aulast=Cox&rft.aufirst=Harold&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fstaffweb.wilkes.edu%2Fharold.cox&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1884%E2%80%9385+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalker1886" class="citation book cs1">Walker, Albert H. (1886). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/paynebriberycas00walkgoog"><i>The Payne Bribery Case and the United States Senate</i></a>. Hartford, Connecticut: Clark & Smith. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/17693469">17693469</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Payne+Bribery+Case+and+the+United+States+Senate&rft.place=Hartford%2C+Connecticut&rft.pub=Clark+%26+Smith&rft.date=1886&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F17693469&rft.aulast=Walker&rft.aufirst=Albert+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpaynebriberycas00walkgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1884%E2%80%9385+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeisenburger1934" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Weisenburger, Francis Phelps (1934). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofamer14amer#page/324/mode/2up">"Henry B. 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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 href="/wiki/1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1878–79 United States Senate elections">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 States Senate elections in Massachusetts (page does not exist)">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Michigan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Michigan (page does not exist)">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Minnesota (page does not exist)">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Mississippi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Mississippi (page does not exist)">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Missouri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Missouri (page does not exist)">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Montana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Montana (page does not exist)">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Nebraska&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Nebraska (page does not exist)">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Nevada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Nevada (page does not exist)">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Hampshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in New Hampshire (page does not exist)">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Jersey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in New Jersey (page does not exist)">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Mexico&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in New Mexico (page does not exist)">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_York&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in New York (page does not exist)">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in North Carolina (page does not exist)">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senate elections in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Ohio" title="List of United States Senate elections in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Oklahoma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Oklahoma (page does not exist)">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Oregon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Oregon (page does not exist)">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Rhode_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Rhode Island (page does not exist)">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a 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