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1906–07 United States Senate elections

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30 of the 90 seats in the United States Senate (as well as special elections) 46 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader William B. Allison (retired) Charles Culberson Party Republican Democratic Leader since March 4, 1897 March 4, 1905 Leader's seat Iowa Texas Seats before 57 33 Seats won 18 11 Seats after 60 29 Seat change 3 4 Seats up 15 15
Results of the elections:      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Republican hold      Legislature failed to elect
Majority Party before election Republican Elected Majority Party Republican

The 1906–07 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1906 and 1907, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 2.

The Republican Party gained three seats in the United States Senate, expanding their majority to more twice that of the opposing Democratic Party. The elections were held alongside the 1906 House of Representatives elections, which saw a significant Democratic gain in contrast to the Senate elections.

In Georgia, the legislature failed to elect until shortly after the beginning of the 60th Congress on March 4. In Rhode Island, the legislature deadlocked and did not elect a Senator until well into 1908.

Results summary

Senate party division, 60th Congress (1907–1909)

• Majority party: Republican (60)
• Minority party: Democratic (28)
• Other prties: 0
• Vacancies: 2
• Total seats: 90

Change in composition

Before the elections

At the beginning of 1906.

Result of the general elections

Beginning of the next Congress

Race summaries

Elections during the 59th Congress

In these elections, the winners were seated during 1906 or in 1907 before March 4; ordered by election date.

In this election, the winner was seated March 4, 1909, in the 61st Congress.

Elections leading to the 60th Congress

In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1907; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

Elections during the 60th Congress

In these elections, the winners were elected in 1907 after March 4; sorted by election date.

Alabama

The two new senators, John H. Bankhead and Joseph F. Johnston, were named "alternate" senators at the state Democratic primary in 1906. The men who would beat them both died so Bankhead and Johnston were elected in their places.

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Class 2

Alabama (regular, class 2)

Five-term Democrat John Tyler Morgan was re-elected January 22, 1907.

Alabama (special, class 2)

Morgan died June 11, 1907, just three months into his sixth term. Democrat John H. Bankhead was appointed June 18, 1907, to continue the term, pending a July 16, 1907, special election, which he won.

Class 3

Alabama (regular, class 3)

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Two-term Democrat Edmund Pettus was re-elected early on January 22, 1907, for the term that would begin in 1909.

Alabama (special, class 3)

Pettus died July 27, 1907, even before his new term was supposed to begin. Democrat Joseph F. Johnston was elected August 6, 1907, both to finish the term and to the next term.

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Arkansas

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Colorado

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Delaware

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Delaware (special)

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Delaware (regular)

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Georgia

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Georgia (regular)

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Georgia (special)

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kansas (regular)

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Kansas (special)

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Michigan (regular)

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Michigan (special)

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Montana

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Nebraska

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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North Carolina

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Oregon (regular)

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Oregon (special)

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Virginia

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin (special)

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Wyoming

See also

• 1906 United States elections
  • 1906 United States House of Representatives elections
• 59th United States Congress
• 60th United States Congress

Notes

1. "17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)". National Archives and Records Administration. February 8, 2022.
2. ^ Tribune Almanac (1907), p. 258.
3. ^ Tribune Almanac (1908), p. 258.
4. ^ "NO CHOICE IN RHODE ISLAND". The New York Times. January 23, 1907. p. 1.
5. ^ World Almanac (1908), p. 263.
6. ^ Tribune Almanac (1908), p. 259.
7. "Our Campaigns - OR US Special Senate Race - Nov 06, 1906". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
8. Clark, p. 248.
9. ^ Schiller, Wendy J.; Stewart III, Charles (2015). Electing the Senate: Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment. Princeton University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 9781400852680.
10. ^ Official Journal of the Proceedings of House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana at the Regular Session of the General Assembly. 1904. p. 76.
11. Tribune Almanac (1908), pp. 258–259.
12. "Re-elect Senators McLaurin and Money" (PDF). The New York Times. January 20, 1904. p. 5.
13. Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, January Session, 1907. Rumford Printing Co. 1907. p. 90.
14. "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1906". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
15. Tribune Almanac (1908), pp. 259–260.
16. ^ Tribune Almanac (1908), p. 260.
17. ^ "BAILEY IS RE-ELECTED, BUT UNDER CHARGES". The New York Times. January 23, 1907. p. 1.
18. ^ "Senator Martin Re-elected". The New York Times. January 24, 1906. p. 6.
19. ^ "NO CHOICE IN RHODE ISLAND.; Senatorial Deadlock Is Unbroken -- Elections in Other States". Retrieved August 5, 2020.
20. ^ "SENATOR PETTUS DIES, AGED 86 YEARS; Succumbs to Brief Illness While at Hot Springs, North Carolina. LONG SERVICE TO NATION He and His Late Colleague, Senator Morgan, Were Associated Through Life". Retrieved 2020-08-05.
21. "BANKHEAD TO BE SENATOR.; Governor of Alabama Will Appoint Him in Morgan's Place". Retrieved 2020-08-05.
22. "Tribune Almanac and Political Register ..." 1908. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

References

• Clark, Dan Elbert (1913). "History of Senatorial Elections in Iowa". Iowa City, Iowa.
• "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". via Senate.gov.
• The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1908. The Press Publishing Co., New York World. 1907. p. 263.
• The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1907. New York: The Tribune Association. 1907. p. 258.
• The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. pp. 258–260.

• 1906 United States Senate elections
• 1907 United States Senate elections