:1912–13 United States Senate elections
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1912–13 United States Senate elections
| country = United States
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1910–11 United States Senate elections
| previous_year = {{Nowrap|1910 & 1911}}
| next_election = 1914 United States Senate elections
| next_year = 1914
| previous_seat_election = 1906–07 United States Senate elections
| previous_seat_year = {{Nowrap|1906 & 1907}}
| next_seat_election = 1918 United States Senate elections
| next_seat_year = 1918
| seats_for_election = 32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate
| majority_seats = 49
| election_date = January 16, 1912 –
January 29, 1913
| image_size = 160x180px
| 1blank = Seats up
| 2blank = Seats won
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| image1 = JohnWKern.jpg
| leader1 = John W. Kern{{efn|as Democratic Conference Chairman}}
| leader_since1 = March 4, 1911
| leaders_seat1 = Indiana
| seats_before1 = 43
| seats_after1 = 47
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 4
| 1data1 = 13
| 2data1 = 17
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| image2 = Jacob Harold Gallinger.jpg
| leader2 = Jacob H. Gallinger{{efn|as Republican Conference Chairman}}
| leader_since2 = March 4, 1911
| leaders_seat2 = New Hampshire
| seats_before2 = 52
| seats_after2 = 45
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 7
| 1data2 = 19
| 2data2 = 12
| map_image = 355px
| map_size = 320px
| map_caption = Results of the elections:
{{Legend0|#0671B0|Democratic gain}} {{Legend0|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}}
{{Legend0|#CA0120|Republican gain}} {{Legend0|#F48882|Republican hold}}
{{Legend0|#D3D3D3|No election}}
| title = Majority conference chairman
| before_election = Shelby Moore Cullom
| before_party = Republican Party (US)
| after_election = John W. Kern
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
The 1912–13 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. They were the last U.S. Senate elections before the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, establishing direct elections for all Senate seats. Senators had been primarily chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1912 and 1913, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/17th-amendment|title=17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)|website=National Archives and Records Administration|date=February 8, 2022}} Some states elected their senators directly even before passage of Seventeenth Amendment. Oregon pioneered direct election and experimented with different measures over several years until it succeeded in 1907. Soon after, Nebraska followed suit and laid the foundation for other states to adopt measures reflecting the people's will. By 1912, as many as 29 states elected senators either as nominees of their party's primary or in conjunction with a general election.
In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 2. The Democrats gained control of the Senate for the first time in 20 years. Of the 32 seats up for election, 17 were won by Democrats, thereby gaining 4 seats from the Republicans. Two seats were unfilled by state legislators who failed to elect a new senator on time.
These elections coincided with Democrat Woodrow Wilson's victory in the presidential election amid a divide in the Republican Party. In the Senate, Joseph M. Dixon and Miles Poindexter defected from the Republican Party and joined Theodore Roosevelt's new Progressive Party. Dixon, however, lost his seat during this election.
Results summary
File:Make up of the senate after the 1912 election.svg
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! colspan=2 rowspan=3 | Parties ! colspan=9 | Total Seats |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=2 | Incumbents ! colspan=6 | This election ! rowspan=2 | Result ! rowspan=2 | +/- |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! Not up ! Up ! Re- ! Held ! Gained ! Lost |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |
| 43 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 30 | 13 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5 | 5 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | {{increase}} 7 | {{decrease}} 2 ! {{party shading/Democratic}} | 47 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | {{increase}} 4 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |
| {{party shading/Republican}} | 52 | 33 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 19 | 6 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 4 | {{increase}} 2 | {{party shading/Republican}} | {{decrease}} 7 ! 45 | {{decrease}} 7 |
| {{party color cell|Other parties (US)}}
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | {{steady}} | {{steady}} ! 0 | {{steady}} |
| {{party color cell|Vacant}}
| Vacant | 1 | 1 | 0 | {{steady}} | {{steady}} | {{increase}} 3 | {{steady}} ! 4 | {{increase}} 3 |
| colspan=2 | Total
! 96 ! 64 ! 32 ! 11 ! 9 ! {{increase}} 12 ! {{decrease}} 9 ! 96 ! {{decrease}} 3 |
|---|
Change in composition
= Before the elections =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan=2 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|2}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|3}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|4}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|5}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|6}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|7}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|8}} |
| width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|18}}
| width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|17}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|16}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|15}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|14}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|13}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|12}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|11}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|10}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|9}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|19}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|20}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|21}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|22}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|23}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|24}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|25}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|26}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|27}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|28}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|38}} {{Small|#South Carolina}} {{Small|Ran}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|37}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|36}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|35}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|34}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|33}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|32}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|31}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|30}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|29}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|39}} {{Small|Tex.}} {{Small|Retired}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|40}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|41}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|42}} | {{Party shading/Vacant/active}} | V{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Vacant}} | V{{Sub|2}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|52}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|51}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|50}} | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|49}} |
| colspan=9 align=right | Majority → |
| {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|39}} {{Small|#Massachusetts}} {{Small|Retired}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|40}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|41}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|42}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|43}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|44}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|45}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|46}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|47}} {{Small|#New Mexico (regular)}} {{Small|Ran}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|48}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|38}} {{Small|#Kansas}} {{Small|Ran}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|37}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|36}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|35}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|34}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|33}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|32}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|31}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|30}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|29}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|19}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|20}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|21}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|22}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|23}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|24}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|25}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|26}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|27}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|28}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|18}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|17}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|16}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|15}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|14}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|13}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|12}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|11}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|10}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|9}} |
| colspan=2 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|2}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|3}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|4}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|5}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|6}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|7}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|8}} |
= Results of elections before the next Congress =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan=2 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|2}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|3}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|4}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|5}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|6}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|7}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|8}} |
| width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|18}}
| width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|17}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|16}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|15}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|14}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|13}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|12}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|11}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|10}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|9}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|19}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|20}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|21}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|22}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|23}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|24}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|25}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|26}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|27}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|28}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|38}} {{Small|#Montana}} {{Small|Gain}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|37}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|36}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|35}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|34}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|33}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|32}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|31}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|30}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|29}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|39}} {{Small|#New Jersey}} {{Small|Gain}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|40}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|41}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|42}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|43}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|44}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|45}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|46}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|47}} | {{Party shading/Vacant/active}} | V{{Sub|1}} |
| colspan=9 align=right | Majority ↑ |
| {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|39}} {{Small|#Nebraska}} {{Small|Hold}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|40}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|41}} {{Small|#New Mexico (regular)}} {{Small|Re-elected}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|42}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|43}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|44}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|45}} | {{Party shading/Vacant/active}} | V{{Sub|4}} | {{Party shading/Vacant/active}} | V{{Sub|3}} | {{Party shading/Vacant}} | V{{Sub|2}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|38}} {{Small|#Minnesota}} {{Small|Re-elected}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|37}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|36}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|35}} {| width=100% | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | {{Small|Maine (sp)}} |
{{Small|Gain}}
| {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|34}}
{{Small|Iowa}}
{{Small|Re-elected}}
| {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|33}}
{{Small|Idaho}}
{{Small|Re-elected}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|32}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|31}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|30}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|29}}
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|19}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|20}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|21}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|22}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|23}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|24}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|25}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|26}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|27}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|28}}
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|18}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|17}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|16}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|15}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|14}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|13}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|12}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|11}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|10}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|9}}
|-
| colspan=2 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|1}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|2}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|3}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|4}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|5}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|6}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|7}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|8}}
|}
= Beginning of the next Congress, March 4, 1913 =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan=2 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|2}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|3}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|4}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|5}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|6}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|7}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|8}} |
| width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|18}}
| width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|17}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|16}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|15}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|14}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|13}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|12}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|11}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|10}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|9}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|19}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|20}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|21}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|22}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|23}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|24}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|25}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|26}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|27}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|28}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|38}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|37}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|36}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|35}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|34}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|33}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|32}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|31}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|30}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|29}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|39}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|40}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|41}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|42}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|43}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|44}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|45}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|46}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|47}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|48}} |
| colspan=9 align=right | Majority →
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|49}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|39}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|40}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|41}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|42}} | {{Party shading/Vacant}} | V{{Sub|4}} | {{Party shading/Vacant}} | V{{Sub|3}} | {{Party shading/Vacant/active}} | V{{Sub|2}} | {{Party shading/Bull Moose/active}} | P{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Vacant}} | V{{Sub|1}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|38}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|37}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|36}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|35}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|34}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|33}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|32}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|31}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|30}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|29}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|19}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|20}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|21}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|22}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|23}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|24}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|25}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|26}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|27}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|28}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|18}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|17}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|16}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|15}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|14}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|13}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|12}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|11}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|10}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|9}} |
| colspan=2 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|2}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|3}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|4}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|5}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|6}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|7}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|8}} |
= Beginning of the first session, April 7, 1913 =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan=2 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|2}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|3}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|4}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|5}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|6}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|7}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|8}} |
| width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|18}}
| width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|17}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|16}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|15}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|14}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|13}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|12}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|11}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|10}} | width=10% {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|9}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|19}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|20}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|21}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|22}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|23}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|24}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|25}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|26}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|27}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|28}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|38}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|37}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|36}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|35}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|34}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|33}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|32}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|31}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|30}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|29}} |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|39}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|40}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|41}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|42}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|43}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|44}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|45}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|46}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|47}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|48}} |
| colspan=9 align=right | Majority →
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|49}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|39}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|40}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|41}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|42}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|43}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|44}} | {{Party shading/Republican/active}} | R{{Sub|45}} | {{Party shading/Bull Moose}} | P{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic/active}} | D{{Sub|50}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|38}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|37}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|36}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|35}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|34}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|33}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|32}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|31}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|30}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|29}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|19}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|20}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|21}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|22}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|23}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|24}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|25}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|26}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|27}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|28}} |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|18}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|17}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|16}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|15}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|14}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|13}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|12}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|11}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|10}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|9}} |
| colspan=2 |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|2}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|3}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|4}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|5}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|6}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|7}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|8}} |
| valign=top
! Key | {| class=wikitable |
| align=center {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D{{Sub|#}} |
| align=center {{Party shading/Bull Moose}} | P{{Sub|#}} |
| align=center {{Party shading/Republican}} | R{{Sub|#}} |
| align=center {{Party shading/Vacant}} | V{{Sub|#}}
| Vacant |
|}
Race summaries
= Special elections during the 62nd Congress =
In these special elections, the winners were seated in the 62nd Congress during 1912 or before March 4, 1913; ordered by election date.
| class=wikitable |
| valign=bottom
! rowspan=2 | State ! colspan=3 | Incumbent ! rowspan=2 | Results ! rowspan=2 | Candidates |
| Senator
! Party ! Electoral history |
|---|
| Virginia (Class 1) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1910 {{Small|(appointed)}} | Interim appointee elected January 23, 1912. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| New Mexico (Class 1) | colspan=3 rowspan=2 | None (new state) | {{party shading/Republican}} | First senators elected March 27, 1912. | nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| New Mexico (Class 2) | {{party shading/Republican}} | First senators elected March 27, 1912. |
| Arizona (Class 1) | colspan=3 rowspan=2 | None (new state) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | First senators elected March 26, 1912, ratifying the popular selection made on December 12, 1911, state elections. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Arizona (Class 3) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | First senators elected March 26, 1912, ratifying the popular selection made on December 12, 1911, state elections. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Maine (Class 2) | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1911 {{Small|(appointed)}} | Interim appointee elected April 2, 1912.{{sfn | Byrd | page=118}} | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Colorado (Class 3) | colspan=3 | Vacant | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D) died January 11, 1911. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Tennessee (Class 2) | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1912 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Interim appointee retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Texas (Class 2) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1913 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} | Interim appointee lost election. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Idaho (Class 3) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1912 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Republican}} | Interim appointee retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}}{{collapsible list|title={{nobold|Others}} | {{Party stripe|Unknown}}C. A. Beale (Unknown) 1 | {{Party stripe|Unknown}}George Fields (Unknown) 1 | {{Party stripe|Unknown}}J. F. Maclane (Unknown) 1 | {{Party stripe|Unknown}}T. L. Burkland (Unknown) 1 | {{Party stripe|Unknown}}W. C. Courtney (Unknown) 1 }} |
| Arkansas (Class 2) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1913 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} | Interim appointee retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Nevada (Class 1) | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1912 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
= Races leading to the 63rd Congress =
In these regular elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1913; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.
| class=wikitable |
| valign=bottom
! rowspan=2 | State ! colspan=3 | Incumbent ! rowspan=2 | Results ! rowspan=2 | Candidates |
| Senator
! Party ! Electoral |
|---|
| Alabama
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1907 {{Small|(appointed)}} | colspan=2 | Incumbent had already been re-elected early January 17, 1911, for the term beginning March 4, 1913. |
| Arkansas
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1913 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} | Interim appointee retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}}{{collapsible list|title={{nobold|Others}} | {{Party stripe|Democratic Party}} William F. Oldfield (Democratic) 1 | {{Party stripe|Unknown}}[FNU] Martin (Unknown) 1 | {{Party stripe|Unknown}}[FNU] Reid (Unknown) 1 | {{Party stripe|Unknown}}[FNU] Taylor (Unknown) 1{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}} }} |
| Colorado
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1907 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Delaware
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1907 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}}{{collapsible list|title={{nobold|Others}} | {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Alexander P. Corbit (Republican) 1 | {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Simeon S. Pennewill (Republican) 1 | {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Ruby R. Vale (Republican) 1 }} |
| Georgia
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1894 | {{Party shading/Loss}} | Incumbent ran for re-election but the legislature failed to elect. | {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Augustus O. Bacon (Democratic) |
| Idaho
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1907 | Incumbent re-elected January 14, 1913. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Illinois
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | {{party shading/Loss}} | Incumbent lost renomination. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Iowa
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1911 United States Senate special election in Iowa | Incumbent re-elected January 21, 1913. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Kansas
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1907 United States Senate special election in Kansas | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent lost renomination.{{efn | name=direct}} | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Kentucky
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1906 | {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} | Incumbent retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Louisiana
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} | Incumbent lost renomination. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Maine
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1911 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Republican}} | Incumbent lost re-election. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Massachusetts
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1904 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Republican/Hold}} | Incumbent retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Michigan
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1911 | Incumbent re-elected January 14, 1913. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Minnesota
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Incumbent re-elected January 21, 1913, ratifying the popular selection made in 1912 state elections.{{efn | name=direct}} | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Mississippi
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1910 United States Senate special election in Mississippi | {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} | Incumbent lost renomination. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Montana
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1907 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent lost re-election as a Progressive.{{efn | name=direct}} | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Nebraska
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1907 | {{party shading/Republican/Hold}} | Incumbent lost renomination. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| New Hampshire
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | {{party shading/Loss}} | Incumbent retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| New Jersey
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1907 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent lost re-election. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| New Mexico
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1912 United States Senate elections in New Mexico | Incumbent re-elected June 6, 1912. | nowrap | January 28, 1913, election:
}} |
| North Carolina
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected January 21, 1913. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Oklahoma
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1907 | Incumbent re-elected January 21, 1913.{{efn | name=direct}} | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Oregon
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1907 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent lost renomination and then lost re-election as Popular Government candidate. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Rhode Island
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1894 | {{party shading/Republican/Hold}} | Incumbent retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| South Carolina
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected January 28, 1913. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| South Dakota
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | {{party shading/Republican/Hold}} | Incumbent lost renomination.{{Cite web |title=SD US Senate - R Primary |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=610401 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |website=Our Campaigns}} | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Tennessee
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1912 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Interim appointee retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Texas
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1913 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} | Interim appointee retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Virginia
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1893 United States Senate election in Virginia | Incumbent re-elected January 23, 1912. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| West Virginia
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1911 United States Senate special election in West Virginia | {{party shading/Republican}} | Incumbent lost re-election. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}}{{collapsible list|title={{nobold|Others}} | {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Robert W. Dailey (Democratic) 1 | {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}John W. Davis (Democratic) 1 | {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}John W. Hamilton (Democratic) 1 }} |
| Wyoming
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1890 | Incumbent re-elected January 28, 1913. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
= Early election to the following Congress =
In this early general election, the winner was seated in the 64th Congress, starting March 4, 1915.
| class=wikitable |
| valign=bottom
! rowspan=2 | State ! colspan=3 | Incumbent ! rowspan=2 | Results ! rowspan=2 | Candidates |
| Senator
! Party ! Electoral history |
|---|
| Louisiana (Class 3) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | 1910 United States Senate special election in Louisiana | {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} | Incumbent retired. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
= Elections during the 63rd Congress =
In these elections (some special, some merely late), the winners were seated in 1913 after March 4.
Some of those five elections late and some special, some by legislatures before ratification of the amendment and some popularly thereafter:
- Two elections were late and elected by legislatures: New Hampshire and Illinois (Class 2)
- One election was special and elected by a legislature: Illinois (Class 3)
- One election was late and elected popularly: Georgia
- One election was special and elected popularly: Maryland
They are ordered here by election date, then by class.
| class=wikitable |
| valign=bottom
! rowspan=2 | State ! colspan=3 | Incumbent ! rowspan=2 | Results ! rowspan=2 | Candidates |
| Senator
! Party ! Electoral history |
|---|
| New Hampshire (Class 2) | colspan=3 | Vacant | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Legislature had failed to elect in time. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Illinois (Class 2) | colspan=3 | Vacant | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Legislature had failed to elect in time. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Illinois (Class 3) | colspan=3 | Vacant | {{party shading/Republican}} | 1909 election of William Lorimer (R) was voided July 13, 1912. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| colspan=99 | Elected by popular vote after ratification of the 17th Amendment |
| Georgia (Class 2) | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | 1894 | Legislature had failed to elect in time, so the incumbent was appointed to begin the term. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
| Maryland (Class 1) | {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican | 1912 {{Small|(appointed)}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Appointee retired when elected successor qualified. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
}} |
Alabama
{{Main|1911 United States Senate election in Alabama}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Alabama|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama}}
Incumbent Senator John H. Bankhead had already been re-elected early January 17, 1911{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1911 | page=455}} for the 1913 term.
Arkansas
{{See also|List of United States senators from Arkansas|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas}}
One-term incumbent Senator Jeff Davis died January 3, 1913. Democratic Governor of Arkansas Joseph T. Robinson appointed John N. Heiskell January 6, 1913, to continue the term just until a special election.
= Arkansas (special) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Arkansas special election (class 2)
| country = Arkansas
| flag_year = 1913
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| ongoing = no
| election_date = January 24, 1913
| previous_election = 1909 United States Senate election in Arkansas
| previous_year = 1909
| image_size = 125x136px
| needed_votes = 41
| image1 = WilliamMKavanaugh.jpg
| nominee1 = William Kavanaugh
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 77
| percentage1 = 57.0%
| image2 =
| nominee2 = Scattering
| party2 =
| popular_vote2 = 58
| percentage2 = 43.0%
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election = John N. Heiskell
| before_party = Democratic Party (US)
| after_election = William Kavanaugh
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
John N. Heiskell was not a candidate in the special election. On January 29, 1913, the Arkansas Legislature elected Democratic businessman and former judge William Marmaduke Kavanaugh just to finish the term that would end in March 1913.
| class=wikitable
| {{Plainlist|
}} |
{{Clear}}
= Arkansas (regular) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Arkansas general election (class 2)
| country = Arkansas
| flag_year = 1913
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| ongoing = no
| election_date = January 24, 1913
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Arkansas
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = 125x136px
| needed_votes = 41
| image1 = Joseph T. Robinson cropped.jpg
| nominee1 = Joseph T. Robinson
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 71
| percentage1 = 53.0%
| image2 =
| nominee2 = Stephen Brundidge Jr.
| party2 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 36
| percentage2 = 26.9%
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election = John N. Heiskell
| before_party = Democratic Party (US)
| after_election = Joseph T. Robinson
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
Neither Heiskell nor Kavanaugh were candidates in the general election. On January 29, 1913, the Arkansas Legislature elected the Democratic Governor Joseph T. Robinson to the next term. This would be the last senate election by a state legislature before the April 8, 1913, adoption of the 17th amendment. Robinson would later become leader of Senate Democrats and Senate majority leader.
| class=wikitable
| {{Plainlist|
}} |
{{Clear}}
Arizona
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Arizona class 1 election
| country = Arizona
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| next_election = 1916 United States Senate election in Arizona
| next_year = 1916
| election_date = December 12, 1911,
March 26, 1912
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = Henry Fountain Ashurst.jpg
| nominee1 = Henry F. Ashurst
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| electoral_vote1 = 54
| popular_vote1 = 10,872
| percentage1 = 50.00%
| image2 = Ralph H Cameron seated.jpg
| nominee2 = Ralph H. Cameron
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 9,640
| percentage2 = 44.33%
| map_image =
| map_size = 205px
| map_caption = Election results by county
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = none
| before_party =
| after_election = To be formally determined by the Arizona legislature
| after_party =
}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Arizona class 3 election
| country = Arizona
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| next_election = 1914 United States Senate election in Arizona
| next_year = 1914
| election_date = December 12, 1911,
March 26, 1912
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = Marcus Aurelius Smith.jpg
| nominee1 = Marcus A. Smith
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| electoral_vote1 = 54
| popular_vote1 = 10,598
| percentage1 = 50.35%
| image2 = Hoval A. Smith.jpg
| nominee2 = Hoval A. Smith
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 9,228
| percentage2 = 43.85%
| map_image =
| map_size = 205px
| map_caption = Election results by county
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = none
| before_party =
| after_election = To be formally determined by the Arizona legislature
| after_party =
}}
{{Main|1912 United States Senate elections in Arizona}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Arizona|1912 United States House of Representatives election in Arizona}}
Arizona became a new state February 14, 1912, with senators in classes 1 (ending 1917) and 3 (ending 1915). For the initial senators there was a popular vote held December 12, 1911 — before statehood — and the newly formed state legislature effectively ratified the popular votes March 26, 1912: Democrat Henry F. Ashurst (class 1) and Democrat Marcus A. Smith (class 3).
Henry F. Ashurst was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives in 1897. He was re-elected in 1899, and became the territory's youngest speaker. In 1902, he was elected to the Territorial Senate. In 1911, Ashurst presided over Arizona's constitutional convention.{{Cite news |date=June 1, 1962 |title=Henry Fountain Ashurst Dead; Former Senator from Arizona |pages=27 |work=The New York Times}} During the convention, he positioned himself for a U.S. Senate seat by avoiding the political fighting over various clauses in the constitution which damaged his rivals.{{Cite journal |last=Johnston |first=Alva |date=December 25, 1937 |title=The Dean of Inconsistency |journal=The Saturday Evening Post |volume=210 |pages=23, 38–40}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= Arizona general election (Class 1){{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - AZ US Senate Race - Mar 27, 1912 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3290 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Henry F. Ashurst
| votes = 10,872
| percentage = 50.00%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Ralph H. Cameron
| votes = 9,640
| percentage = 44.33%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| candidate = E. Johnson
| votes = 1,234
| percentage = 5.68%
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority no change
| votes = 1,232
| percentage = 5.67%
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 21,746
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Marcus A. Smith announced his candidacy for one of Arizona's two senate seats on September 24, 1911.{{sfn|Fazio|1970|p=55}} As the campaign began, Smith abandoned his long standing conservative stand and declared himself a "Progressive".{{sfn|Goff|1985|p=145}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= Arizona general election (class 3){{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - AZ US Senate Race - Dec 12, 1911 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3305 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Marcus A. Smith
| votes = 10,598
| percentage = 50.35%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Hoval A. Smith
| votes = 9,228
| percentage = 43.85%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| candidate = E. B. Simonton
| votes = 1,221
| percentage = 5.80%
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority no change
| votes = 1,370
| percentage = 6.50%
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 21,047
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
With the admission of Arizona as a state in 1912, the Arizona State Legislature confirmed the selection of Smith and Ashurst as the state's first U.S. senators on March 27, 1912,{{sfn|Goff|1989|p=60}} taking office April 2, 1912.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Arizona Senate election, March 23, 1912
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Henry F. Ashurst
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 19
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Marcus A. Smith
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 19
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Arizona House of Representatives election, March 26, 1912
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Henry F. Ashurst
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 35
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Marcus A. Smith
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 35
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Clear}}
Colorado
{{See also|List of United States senators from Colorado|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado}}
On January 14, 1913, the Colorado General Assembly elected both of the state's senators: Governor John F. Shafroth for the class 2 seat (ending 1919) and Democrat Charles S. Thomas for the class 3 seat (ending 1915).
= Colorado (regular) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1912 United States Senate election in Colorado
| country = Colorado
| flag_year =
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1907 United States Senate election in Colorado
| previous_year = 1907
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Colorado
| next_year = 1918
| election_date = November 5, 1912
| image_size = x150px
| 1blank = Popular vote
| 2blank = Legislative vote
| image1 = File:JohnFShafroth.jpg
| nominee1 = John F. Shafroth
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| 1data1 = 118,260
47.3%
| 2data1 = 86
87.8%
| image2 = File:3x4.svg
| nominee2 = Clyde Dawson
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| 1data2 = 66,949
26.8%
| 2data2 = 11
11.2%
| image3 = File:3x4.svg
| nominee3 = Frank Catlin
| party3 = Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
| 1data3 = 58,649
23.5%
| 2data3 = 1
1.0%
| map_size = 300px
| map_image = 1912 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg
| map_caption =County results
Shafroth: {{legend0|#bdd3ff|30–40%}} {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
Dawson: {{legend0|#ffc8cd|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = Simon Guggenheim
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = John F. Shafroth
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
One-term Republican incumbent Simon Guggenheim chose to retire in the term beginning March 4, 1913.
In the 1912 state elections, Democratic Governor of Colorado John F. Shafroth won the popular vote.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Colorado popular vote, class 2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John F. Shafroth
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 118,260
| percentage = 47.34%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Clyde Dawson
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 66,949
| percentage = 26.80%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank Catlin
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 58,649
| percentage = 23.48%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mary E. Miller
| party = Prohibition Party (US)
| votes = 5,948
| percentage = 2.38%
}}
{{Election box end}}
The Colorado General Assembly ratified that decision January 14, 1913, by electing Thomas.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Colorado legislative vote, class 2 (combined votes of both houses){{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John F. Shafroth
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 86
| percentage = 87.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Clyde Dawson
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 11
| percentage = 11.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank Catlin
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.0%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
| loser = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{clear}}
= Colorado (special) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1912 United States Senate special election in Colorado
| country = Colorado
| flag_year = 1911
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1909 United States Senate election in Colorado
| previous_year = 1909
| next_election = 1914 United States Senate election in Colorado
| next_year = 1914
| election_date = November 5, 1912
| image_size = x150px
| 1blank = Popular vote
| 2blank = Legislative vote
| image1 = File:Charles Spalding Thomas.jpg
| nominee1 = Charles S. Thomas
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| 1data1 = 111,633
44.9%
| 2data1 = 88
88.9%
| image2 = File:3x4.svg
| nominee2 = Charles W. Waterman
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| 1data2 = 66,627
26.8%
| 2data2 = 9
9.1%
| image3 = File:3x4.svg
| nominee3 = I.N. Stevens
| party3 = Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
| 1data3 = 64,405
25.9%
| 2data3 = 1
1.0%
| map_size = 300px
| map_image = 1912 United States Senate special election in Colorado results map by county.svg
| map_caption =County results
Thomas: {{legend0|#bdd3ff|30–40%}} {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
Waterman: {{legend0|#ffc8cd|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = Vacant
| before_party =
| after_election = Charles S. Thomas
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
Democrat Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D) had died January 11, 1911, and the seat remained vacant for two years because the Colorado General Assembly failed to elect a successor.{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
In the 1912 state elections, Democrat Charles S. Thomas (former Governor of Colorado) won the popular vote {{citation needed|date=March 2020}}.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Colorado popular vote, class 3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles S. Thomas
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 111,633
| percentage = 44.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles W. Waterman
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 66,627
| percentage = 26.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = I.N. Stevens
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 64,405
| percentage = 25.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Arthur B. Harris
| party = Prohibition Party (US)
| votes = 6,318
| percentage = 2.5%
}}
{{Election box end}}
The Colorado General Assembly ratified that decision January 14, 1913, by overwhelmingly voting for Thomas.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Colorado legislative vote, class 3 (combined votes of both houses){{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles S. Thomas
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 88
| percentage = 88.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Waterman
| votes = 9
| percentage = 9.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Vincent
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Stevens
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.0%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
| loser = Vacant
}}
{{Election box end}}
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Delaware
File:SaulsburyWillardJr2.gif]]
{{See also|List of United States senators from Delaware|1912 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware}}
Incumbent Republican Harry A. Richardson retired after one term in office.
Democrat Willard Saulsbury Jr. had been a member of the Democratic National Committee since 1908 and had run for U.S. senator in 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907, and 1911, but Republicans controlled the state legislature and he was unsuccessful. In 1913, however, Democrats were in control of the legislature, Saulsbury was the preference of most Democrats, and he obtained the required majority January 29, 1913, after several days of balloting. This election was the first time since 1883 that a Democrat won a full term for this Senate seat in Delaware.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Delaware legislative election{{sfn|United States Senators Chosen, 1913|page=458}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Willard Saulsbury Jr.
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 28
| percentage = 53.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = H. A. Richardson
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 11
| percentage = 21.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John G. Townsend
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 5
| percentage = 9.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Alfred I. du Pont
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 3
| percentage = 5.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Alexander P. Corbit
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 3
| percentage = 5.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Simeon S. Pennewill
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ruby R. Vale
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.9%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Georgia
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Georgia late election
| country = Georgia (U.S. state)
| flag_year = 1906
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| election_date = June 15, 1913
| previous_election = 1911 United States Senate special election in Georgia
| previous_year = 1911 (special)
| next_election = 1914 United States Senate special election in Georgia
| next_year = 1914 (special)
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = AugustusOctaviusBacon.jpg
| nominee1 = Augustus Octavius Bacon
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| percentage1 = Unopposed
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = Augustus Octavius Bacon
| before_party = Democratic Party (US)
| after_election = Augustus Octavius Bacon
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Main|1913 United States Senate election in Georgia}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Georgia|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia}}
The Georgia General Assembly failed to elect a senator, as Democratic incumbent Augustus O. Bacon's term ended. The Governor of Georgia therefore appointed Bacon to begin the term, pending a late election.
On June 15, 1913, Bacon was elected by the general populace without opposition, becoming the first senator elected under the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Bacon died in early 1914, however, leading to another interim appointment and eventual special election.
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Idaho
{{See also|List of United States senators from Idaho|1912 United States House of Representatives election in Idaho}}
= Idaho (regular) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Idaho general election (class 2)
| country = Idaho
| flag_year = 1907
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| ongoing = no
| election_date = January 14, 1913
| previous_election = 1907 United States Senate election in Idaho
| previous_year = 1907
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Idaho
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = File:Williameborah.jpg
| nominee1 = William Borah
| party1 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 75
| percentage1 = 94.9%
| image2 = Kirtlandperky.jpg
| nominee2 = Kirtland I. Perky
| party2 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 2
| percentage2 = 2.5%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = William Borah
| before_party = Republican Party (US)
| after_election = William Borah
| after_party = Republican Party (US)
}}
First term Republican incumbent William Borah was easily re-elected over two Democratic challengers.
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Idaho legislative election, class 2 (January 14, 1913){{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Borah (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 75
| percentage = 94.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Kirtland I. Perky
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 2.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George A. Tannahill
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 2.5%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (US)
| loser = Democratic Party (US)
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{clear}}
= Idaho (special) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Idaho special election (class 3)
| country = Idaho
| flag_year = 1907
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| ongoing = no
| election_date = January 24, 1913
| previous_election = 1909 United States Senate election in Idaho
| previous_year = 1909
| next_election = 1914 United States Senate election in Idaho
| next_year = 1914
| image_size = 125x136px
| needed_votes = 41
| image1 = Jamesbrady.jpg
| nominee1 = James H. Brady
| party1 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 43
| percentage1 = 53.8%
| image2 =
| nominee2 = James F. Ailshie
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 7
| percentage2 = 8.8%
| image4 = Johnnugent.jpg
| nominee4 = John F. Nugent
| party4 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote4 = 5
| percentage4 = 6.3%
| party5 = Scattering
| popular_vote5 = 25
| percentage5 = 38.7%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = James H. Brady
| before_party = Democratic Party (US)
| after_election = James H. Brady
| after_party = Republican Party (US)
}}
Two-term incumbent Republican Weldon Heyburn died October 17, 1912. Democratic lawyer and former-Judge Kirtland I. Perky was appointed November 18, 1912, to continue the term pending a special election.
Perky was not a candidate in the special election, which was won by Republican former-Governor James H. Brady. Brady would win re-election in a popular vote in 1914.
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Idaho legislative election, class 3 (January 24, 1913){{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = James H. Brady (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 43
| percentage = 53.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = James F. Ailshie
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 7
| percentage = 8.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John F. Nugent
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 5
| percentage = 6.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party link no change
| candidate = James E. Babb
| party = Unknown
| votes = 5
| percentage = 6.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party link no change
| candidate = Robert N. Dunn
| party = Unknown
| votes = 4
| percentage = 5.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party link no change
| candidate = E. H. Dewey
| party = Unknown
| votes = 4
| percentage = 5.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = J. T. Morrison
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 3
| percentage = 3.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Burton L. French
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 2.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = James Hanrahan
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 2.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party link no change
| candidate = C. A. Beale
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party link no change
| candidate = George Fields
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party link no change
| candidate = J. F. Maclane
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party link no change
| candidate = T. L. Burkland
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate no party link no change
| candidate = W. C. Courtney
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.3%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (US)
| loser = Democratic Party (US)
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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Illinois
{{Main|1913 United States Senate elections in Illinois}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Illinois|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois}}
In the November 1912 state elections, the Republicans lost control of the state due to the Republican / Progressive split. But while the Democrats held a plurality of the Illinois General Assembly, they did not have a majority. The General Assembly took up the matter of electing the senators on February 1. The General Assembly therefore failed to elect until after the new congress began.
On March 26, in a compromise arranged by governor Dunne, the General Assembly elected Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis to fill the full-term seat and Republican Lawrence Y. Sherman to fill the two remaining years of a vacancy that had just recently opened.
= Illinois (regular) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Illinois general election (class 2)
| country = Illinois
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| ongoing = no
| election_date = March 26, 1913
| previous_election = 1907 United States Senate election in Illinois
| previous_year = 1907
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Illinois
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = Hamilton lewis.jpg
| nominee1 = J. Hamilton Lewis
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 164
| percentage1 = 80.39%
| image2 = FrankHFunk.jpg
| nominee2 = Frank H. Funk
| party2 = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| popular_vote2 = 22
| percentage2 = 10.78%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election = Shelby Moore Cullom
| before_party = Republican Party (US)
| after_election = J. Hamilton Lewis
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
On April 12, 1912, five-term Republican incumbent Shelby Moore Cullom lost renomination to Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Lawrence Y. Sherman in the Republican "advisory" primary, where the voters expressed their preference for senator but the decision was not binding on the General Assembly, which made the actual choice. Cullom had suffered politically over his support for the other Illinois senator, William Lorimer, who was embroiled in a scandal over alleged bribery in his 1909 election to the Senate.
After his defeat, Cullom withdrew his name from consideration by the General Assembly.
The Illinois General Assembly eventually elected the Democratic nominee, Congressman J. Hamilton Lewis March 26, 1913, who had also won the Democratic advisory primary, as the sole candidate on the ballot.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Illinois legislative vote, class 2 (March 26, 1913){{Cite web |title=IL US Senate |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=18609 |access-date=March 27, 2020 |website=Our Campaigns}}{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = J. Hamilton Lewis
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 164
| percentage = 80.39%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank H. Funk
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 22
| percentage = 10.78%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lawrence Y. Sherman
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 9
| percentage = 4.41%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Abstaining
| party = Independent
| votes = 5
| percentage = 2.45%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bernard Berlyn
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| votes = 4
| percentage = 1.96%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
| loser = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
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= Illinois (special) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Illinois special election (class 3)
| country = Illinois
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| ongoing = no
| election_date = March 26, 1913
| previous_election = 1909 United States Senate election in Illinois
| previous_year = 1909
| next_election = 1914 United States Senate election in Illinois
| next_year = 1914
| image_size = x136px
| needed_votes =
| image1 = LawrenceSherman1912.PNG
| nominee1 = Lawrence Y. Sherman{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Julius F. |title=The Broad Ax |url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=TBA19120525&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------# |access-date=June 22, 2015 |website=Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections}}
| party1 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 143
| percentage1 = 70.10%
| image2 = Blank2x3.svg
| nominee2 = Charles Boeschenstein
| party2 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 25
| percentage2 = 12.26%
| image4 = FrankHFunk.jpg
| nominee4 = Frank H. Funk
| party4 = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| popular_vote4 = 22
| percentage4 = 10.78%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election =
| before_party = Vacant
| after_election = Lawrence Y. Sherman
| after_party = Republican Party (US)
}}
Three months after the primary in which Sherman defeated Cullom, the U.S. Senate invalidated Lorimer's 1909 election and declared the seat vacant.{{Cite news |date=July 14, 1912 |title=Lorimer ousted by decisive vote |work=The New York Times}} The Illinois Attorney General, William H. Stead determined that the General Assembly had failed to properly elect Lorimer in 1909 and so the Governor could not appoint a replacement.{{Cite news |date=July 18, 1912 |title=Lorimer never elected |work=The New York Times}} As a result, the General Assembly had a second Senate seat to fill.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Illinois special legislative vote, class 3 (March 26, 1913){{Cite web |title=IL US Senate Special |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=22265 |access-date=March 27, 2020 |website=Our Campaigns}}{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lawrence Y. Sherman
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 143
| percentage = 70.10
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles Boeschenstein
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 25
| percentage = 12.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank H. Funk
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 22
| percentage = 10.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Abstaining
| party = Independent
| votes = 9
| percentage = 4.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = McDonald
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| votes = 4
| percentage = 1.96
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Fitzpatrick
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.49
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (US)
| loser = Vacant
}}
{{End}}
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Iowa
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Iowa election
| country = Iowa
| flag_year =
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| election_date = January 21, 1913
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| previous_election = 1911 United States Senate special election in Iowa
| previous_year = 1911 (special)
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Iowa
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = Hon. W.S. Kenyon LCCN2016821580 (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = William S. Kenyon
| party1 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 91
| image2 = DanielWHamilton.jpg
| nominee2 = Daniel W. Hamilton
| party2 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 58
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = William S. Kenyon
| before_party = Republican Party (US)
| after_election = William S. Kenyon
| after_party = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Iowa|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa}}
Incumbent Republican William S. Kenyon, who had just won a 1911 special election to the seat, was easily re-elected by the Iowa General Assembly over Democratic former congressman Daniel W. Hamilton.{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Iowa legislative vote (in Iowa Senate)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William S. Kenyon (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 29
| percentage = 61.70%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Daniel W. Hamilton
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 18
| percentage = 38.30%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Iowa legislative vote (in Iowa House)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William S. Kenyon (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 62
| percentage = 60.78%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Daniel W. Hamilton
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 40
| percentage = 39.22%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (US)
| loser = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Clear}}
Kansas
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Kansas election
| country = Kansas
| flag_year =
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| election_date = January 29, 1913
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| previous_election = 1907 United States Senate election in Kansas
| previous_year = 1907
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Kansas
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = William Howard Thompson.jpg
| nominee1 = William H. Thompson
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| electoral_vote1 = 160
| popular_vote1 = 172,601
| percentage1 = 49.34%
| image2 = WRStubbs.gif
| nominee2 = W. R. Stubbs
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| electoral_vote2 = 3
| popular_vote2 = 151,647
| percentage2 = 43.35%
| map_image = 1912 United States Senate election in Kansas results map by county.svg
| map_size = 270px
| map_caption = County results
Thompson: {{legend0|#bdd3ff|30–40%}} {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}}
Stubbs: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = Charles Curtis
| before_party = Republican Party (US)
| after_election = William H. Thompson
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Kansas|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas}}
One-term incumbent Republican (and future Vice President) Charles Curtis lost renomination to Governor of Kansas Walter R. Stubbs, who then lost the general election to Democratic Judge William H. Thompson as Democrats took control of the Kansas Legislature in the 1912 state elections.
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 1912 Kansas popular election in Kansas
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William H. Thompson
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 172,601
| percentage = 49.34%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = W. R. Stubbs
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 151,647
| percentage = 43.35%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Allan W. Ricker
| party = Socialist Party of America
| votes = 25,610
| percentage = 7.32%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 349,858
| percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Kansas Senate election, January 28, 1913{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cExQuj6A_00C&pg=PA133 |title=Senate Journal. Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Kansas |publisher=W. C. Austin, State Printer |year=1913 |volume=Eighteenth biennial session, Topeka, January 14 to March 17, 1913 |location=Topeka, Kansas}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William H. Thompson
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 40
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 40
| percentage = 100.0%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Kansas House of Representatives election, January 29, 1912
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William H. Thompson
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 120
| percentage = 96.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = W. R. Stubbs
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 3
| percentage = 2.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Henry J. Allen
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.8%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 124
| percentage = 99.2%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
| loser = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Thompson would only serve one term, losing re-election in 1918. As of 2023, this is the last time the Democrats won the Class 2 Senate seat in Kansas. This represents the longest current winning streak of either party for a single Senate seat.
Curtis' political career, meanwhile, would rebound, as he was elected to Kansas' other US Senate seat, first by defeating Kansas' senior senator Joseph L. Bristow in the Republican primary, and then winning re-election nonconsecutively to the U.S Senate by a very narrow margin over two opponents, becoming the first Kansan to be popularly elected to the U.S Senate in a historic first. Curtis would serve in the Senate for three terms before resigning to become U.S. Vice President in March 1929, the first Native American to serve in that office.
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Kentucky
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Kentucky election
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| 1blank = {{Nowrap|Senate ballot}}
| 2blank = {{Nowrap|House ballot}}
| election_date = January 16, 1912
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| previous_election = 1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky
| previous_year = 1906
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Kentucky
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = Ollie Murray James, senator from Kentucky.jpg
| nominee1 = Ollie James
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| 1data1 = 31 (83.8%)
| 2data1 = 74 (76.3%)
| image2 = Edwin P Morrow.jpg
| nominee2 = Edwin P. Morrow
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| 1data2 = 6 (16.2%)
| 2data2 = 23 (23.7%)
| map_image = {{switcher |300px |Senate ballot |300px |House ballot |default=1}}
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Blue denotes members voting for James and red denotes those voting for Morrow.
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = Thomas H. Paynter
| before_party = Democratic Party (US)
| after_election = Ollie James
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Kentucky|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky}}
One-term Democrat Thomas H. Paynter retired and Democratic Representative Ollie James was easily elected January 16, 1912.{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1912 | page=457}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Kentucky legislative vote (in Kentucky Senate), January 9, 1912
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ollie James
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 31
| percentage = 88.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Edwin P. Morrow
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 4
| percentage = 11.4%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Kentucky legislative vote (in Kentucky House of Representatives), January 9, 1912
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ollie James
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 74
| percentage = 75.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Edwin P. Morrow
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 24
| percentage = 24.6%
}}
{{Election box end}}
The legislature formally elected James a second time January 16, 1912, to comply with a federal rule requiring an election on the second Tuesday after the meeting of the legislature.{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1912 | page=457}}
Louisiana
{{multiple image
| total_width = 250px
| caption_align = center
| header_align = center
| header = Louisiana senators
| image1 = JosephERansdell.jpg
| alt1 = Joseph E. Ransdell
| caption1 = Joseph E. Ransdell
Class 2: starting March 4, 1913
| image2 = Robert Foligny Broussard.jpg
| alt2 = Robert F. Broussard
| caption2 = Robert F. Broussard
Class 3: starting March 4, 1915
}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Louisiana|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana}}
Louisiana held two elections May 21, 1912: an election for the class 2 term that would begin March 4, 1913, and an election for the class 3 term that would begin March 4, 1915.
= Louisiana (regular, class 2) =
In the class 2 seat, Democrat Murphy J. Foster lost renomination to fellow-Democrat Joseph E. Ransdell, who later was elected unopposed to seat.
= Louisiana (regular, class 3) =
In the class 3 seat, Democrat John Thornton retired. Fellow-Democrat Robert F. Broussard was elected unopposed, but he would have to wait until term began on March 4, 1915.
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Maine
{{See also|List of United States senators from Maine|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine}}
Five-term incumbent Republican William P. Frye had died August 8, 1911, and Democrat Obadiah Gardner was appointed September 23, 1911, to continue the term, pending a special election. In this election cycle, Gardner would first win the election to finish the term and then lose re-election to the next term.
= Maine (special) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Maine special election
| country = Maine
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| ongoing = no
| election_date = April 2, 1912
| previous_election = 1907 United States Senate election in Maine
| previous_year = 1907
| next_election = 1913 United States Senate election in Maine
| next_year = 1913
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = GARDNER, OBEDIAH. SENATOR LCCN2016858132 (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = Obadiah Gardner
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 98
| percentage1 = 66.2%
| image2 = Frederick Alton Powers portrait ca. 1900.jpg
| nominee2 = Frederick A. Powers
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 56
| percentage2 = 33.8%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election = Obadiah Gardner
| before_party = Democratic Party (US)
| after_election = Obadiah Gardner
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
Democratic interim appointee Obadiah Gardner was elected April 2, 1912, to finish the term ending March 3, 1913.{{sfn | Byrd | page=118}}{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1912 | page=457}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Maine Senate vote (April 2, 1912)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Obadiah Gardner (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 20
| percentage = 76.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frederick A. Powers
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 6
| percentage = 23.1%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Maine House of Representatives vote (April 2, 1912)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Obadiah Gardner (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 78
| percentage = 60.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frederick A. Powers
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 50
| percentage = 39.1%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
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= Maine (regular) =
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Maine general election
| country = Maine
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| ongoing = no
| election_date = January 15, 1913
| previous_election = 1912 United States Senate special election in Maine
| previous_year = 1912 (special)
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Maine
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = ECBurleigh.jpg
| nominee1 = Edwin C. Burleigh
| party1 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 91
| percentage1 = 50.6%
| image2 = GARDNER, OBEDIAH. SENATOR LCCN2016858132 (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = Obadiah Gardner
| party2 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 82
| percentage2 = 45.6%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election = Edwin C. Burleigh
| before_party = Republican Party (US)
| after_election = Obadiah Gardner
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
Democrat Obadiah Gardner lost re-election January 15, 1913, to Republican Edwin C. Burleigh for the term starting March 4, 1913.
"There was no choice in the separate balloting on January 14. The next day in joint assembly, [Burleigh was elected]."{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=459}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Maine Legislature vote (January 15, 1913)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Edwin C. Burleigh (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 91
| percentage = 50.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Obadiah Gardner
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 82
| percentage = 45.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = E.M. Thompson
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 7
| percentage = 3.9%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (US)
| loser = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
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Maryland (special)
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Maryland special election
| country = Maryland
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Popular
| ongoing = no
| election_date = November 4, 1913
| previous_election = 1910 United States Senate election in Maryland
| previous_year = 1910
| next_election = 1916 United States Senate election in Maryland
| next_year = 1916
| image_size = 160x180px
| image1 = Blair lee I.jpg
| nominee1 = Blair Lee
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 112,485
| percentage1 = {{percentage|112485|198205|2}}
| image2 = Thomas Parran Sr. (Maryland Congressman).jpg
| nominee2 = Thomas Parran Sr.
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 73,300
| percentage2 = {{percentage|73300|198205|2}}
| map_image = 1913 United States Senate special election in Maryland results map by county.svg
| map_size = 275px
| map_caption = County results
Parran: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
Lee: {{legend0|#bdd3ff|30–40%}} {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}}
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election = William P. Jackson
| before_party = Republican Party (US)
| after_election = Blair Lee
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Main|1913 United States Senate special election in Maryland}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Maryland|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland}}
Democrat Isidor Rayner died November 25, 1912, and Republican William P. Jackson was appointed to continue the term, pending a special election.
Democratic state senator Blair Lee was elected November 4, 1913.
{{Election box begin no change | title=1913 Maryland U.S. Senate special election{{Cite book |last=United States Congress |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qb0-AAAAYAAJ&q=%22first+popular+election+for+the+united+states+senate%22+november+4,+1913&pg=PA42 |title=Official Congressional Directory, Volume 64, Issue 2, Part 2; Volume 65 |date=1917 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=42 |language=en |via=Google Books}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Blair Lee
| votes = 112,485
| percentage = {{percentage|112485|198205|2}}
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Thomas Parran Sr.
| votes = 73,300
| percentage = {{percentage|73300|198205|2}}
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| candidate = George Wellington
| votes = 7,033
| percentage = {{percentage|7033|198205|2}}
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| candidate = Robert Fields
| votes = 2,982
| percentage = {{percentage|2982|198205|2}}
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Prohibition Party (US)
| candidate = Finley Hendrickson
| votes = 2,405
| percentage = {{percentage|2405|198205|2}}
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 198,205
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box gain no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
| loser = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Lee presented his credentials to serve as senator on December 5, 1913, but he did not qualify until January 28, 1914, because Jackson claimed that "since [Jackson] had been appointed under the original constitutional provision, [Jackson] was entitled to hold his seat until the regularly scheduled adjournment date of the Maryland state assembly." The Senate considered Jackson's challenge but eventually rejected it and seated Lee.
Lee would only serve this one term, as he lost renomination in 1916.
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Massachusetts
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Massachusetts election
| country = Massachusetts
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| vote_type = Members'
| election_date = January 14, 1913
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| previous_election = 1905 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
| previous_year = 1905 (special)
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = John Wingate Weeks, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg
| nominee1 = John W. Weeks
| party1 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 160
| percentage1 = 58.82%
| image2 =
| nominee2 = Sherman L. Whipple
| party2 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 80
| percentage2 = 29.41%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = Winthrop M. Crane
| before_party = Republican Party (US)
| after_election = John W. Weeks
| after_party = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Main|1913 United States Senate election in Massachusetts}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Massachusetts|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts}}
Republican Winthrop M. Crane, who was first appointed in 1904, retired. Republican congressman from Newton, Massachusetts, John W. Weeks, was elected January 14, 1913, to succeed him. Republican Eben Sumner Draper had been considered a candidate for the seat, but the Republican party, then under the control of its hardline conservative faction (and in control of the legislature), chose Weeks instead.{{Cite book |last=Abrams |first=Richard |url=https://archive.org/details/conservatisminpr0000abra |title=Conservatism in a Progressive Era: Massachusetts Politics 1900-1912 |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=1964 |location=Cambridge, MA |page=285 |oclc=475077 |url-access=registration}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=1913 Republican nominating caucus{{Cite news |date=January 14, 1913 |title=REPUBLICANS READY TO ELECT MR. WEEKS BAY STATE SENATOR |page=1 |work=The Christian Science Monitor}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = John W. Weeks
| votes = 97
| percentage = 60.25%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Samuel Walker McCall
| votes = 57
| percentage = 35.40%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Curtis Guild Jr.
| votes = 5
| percentage = 3.11%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = George P. Lawrence
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.62%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Robert Luce
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.62%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 161
| percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Massachusetts legislative vote (in Massachusetts Senate){{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Jan 14, 1913 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=412868 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John W. Weeks
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 26
| percentage = 66.67%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sherman L. Whipple
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 11
| percentage = 28.21%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John A. Keliher
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 2.56%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Joseph C. Pelletier
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 2.56%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Massachusetts legislative vote (in Massachusetts House of Representatives){{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=458}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John W. Weeks
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 134
| percentage = 57.51%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sherman L. Whipple
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 69
| percentage = 29.61%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Graham Brooks
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 5
| percentage = 2.15%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John F. Meaney
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 3
| percentage = 1.29%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = James B. Carroll
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 3
| percentage = 1.29%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles A. DeCourey
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 3
| percentage = 1.29%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles Sumner Hamlin
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 0.86%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John A. Thayer
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 0.86%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John F. Fitzgerald
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 0.86%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Curtis Guild Jr.
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert Luce
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Philip J. O'Connell
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Olney
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Joseph Henry O'Neil
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Peters
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Pratt
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Sawyer
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Sweeney
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Williams
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.43%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Weeks would only serve for one six-year term. He would lose re-election in 1918 to Democrat David I. Walsh.
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Michigan
File:William Alden Smith 2.jpg|125px]]
{{See also|List of United States senators from Michigan|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan}}
Two-term Republican William A. Smith, whose Senate tenure began weeks before his first full-term began, was re-elected January 14, 1913.
{{Plainlist|
- {{Aye}} William A. Smith (Republican) 74 votes
- Alfred Lucking (Democratic) 41 votes
- Theodore Joslin (Progressive) 17 votes{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=459}}
}}
He would retire after this term.
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Minnesota
File:Knute Nelson cph.3a45938.jpg|125px]]
[[File:1912 United States Senate election in Minnesota results map by county.svg|thumb|Popular state election results by county
Nelson: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}} {{legend0|#c21b18|80–90%}}
Lawler: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
]]
{{See also|List of United States senators from Minnesota|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota}}
Three-term Republican Knute Nelson was overwhelmingly supported in a 1912 popular election.
{{Plainlist|
- {{Aye}} Knute Nelson (Republican) 62.80%
- Daniel W. Lawler (Democratic) 37.21%{{Cite web |title=MN US Senate |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267935 |access-date=October 3, 2013 |website=Our Campaigns}}
}}
The Minnesota Legislature unanimously ratified the popular vote January 21, 1913:
{{Plainlist|
- Minnesota Senate: {{Aye}} Knute Nelson (Republican) 61 votes (Unanimous)
- Minnesota House of Representatives: {{Aye}} Knute Nelson (Republican) 117 votes (Unanimous)
}}
Nelson later would be re-elected again in 1918 to a fifth term, before his 1923 death.
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Mississippi
{{See also|List of United States senators from Mississippi|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Mississippi election
| country = Mississippi
| flag_year = 1894
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1912 United States Senate elections in Mississippi
| previous_year = 1912
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Mississippi
| next_year = 1918
| election_date = 1 August 1911
| image_size = x136px
| image1 = File:Senator J.K. Vardaman, 1910 (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = James K. Vardaman
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 79,380
| percentage1 = 60.04%
| image2 = File:3x4.svg
| nominee2 = C. H. Alexander
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 31,300
| percentage2 = 23.68%
| image4 = File:LeRoy Percy, bw photo portrait, circa 1910.jpg
| nominee4 = LeRoy Percy
| party4 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote4 = 21,521
| percentage4 = 16.28%
| map_image = 1911 United States Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi results map by county.svg
| map_size =
| map_caption = County results
Vardaman:{{legend0|#BDD3FF|30-40%}} {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40-50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50-60%}} {{legend0|#6674DE|60-70%}} {{legend0|#584CDE|70-80%}}
Percy: {{legend0|#F6E8C3|40-50%}} {{legend0|#DFC27D|50-60%}} {{legend0|#BF812D|60-70%}} {{legend0|#8C510A|70-80%}}
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election = LeRoy Percy
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = James K. Vardaman
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
One-term Democrat LeRoy Percy lost renomination in mid-1911 to white supremacist James K. Vardaman, who was then elected January 16, 1912, to the seat, unopposed.{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1912 | page=457}}
Percy had won in 1910 (to finish a vacant term) despite Vardaman's support of a plurality of legislators (all white). The fractured remainder sought to thwart his extreme racial policies. A majority united behind Percy to block Vardaman's election. Percy had advocated education for blacks and worked to improve race relations by appealing to the planters' sense of noblesse oblige. Disenfranchisement of blacks made the Democratic primary the deciding competitive race for state and local offices in Mississippi.
In this rematch, Vardaman's campaign was managed by Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi (and future senator) Theodore Bilbo, who emphasized class tensions and racial segregation, attacking Percy as a representative of the aristocracy of the state and for taking a progressive stance on race relations.
Vardaman, however, would only serve one term, losing renomination in 1918, primarily due to his vote against entry into World War I.
{{Election results
|caption=Mississippi Democratic primary
|cand1=James K. Vardaman|votes1=79380
|cand2=C. H. Alexander|votes2=31300
|cand3=LeRoy Percy|votes3=21521
}}
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Montana
File:Thomas J. Walsh cph.3c02581.jpg]]
[[File:1912 United States Senate election in Montana results map by county.svg|thumb|300px|Popular state election results by county
Walsh: {{legend0|#bdd3ff|30–40%}} {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}}
Dixon: {{legend0|#C7FFAF|30–40%}} {{legend0|#C6E9AF|40–50%}} {{legend0|#AADE87|50–60%}}
Smith: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}}
No Vote: {{legend0|#808080}}
]]
{{See also|List of United States senators from Montana|1912 United States House of Representatives election in Montana}}
One-term Republican Joseph M. Dixon ran for re-election as a Progressive, but lost to Democrat Thomas J. Walsh.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Montana popular election (November 5, 1912){{Cite web |title=MT US Senate |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=97652 |access-date=October 3, 2013 |website=Our Campaigns}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thomas J. Walsh
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 28,421
| percentage = 41.17%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Joseph M. Dixon (Incumbent)
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 22,161
| percentage = 32.10%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Henry C. Smith
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 18,450
| percentage = 26.73%
}}
{{Election box end}}
The Montana Legislature then unanimously elected Walsh January 14, 1913.{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=459}}
Walsh would be re-elected four more times and serve for 20 years until his 1933 death. Dixon, meanwhile, would go on to become Governor of Montana from 1921 to 1925.
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Nebraska
{{See also|List of United States senators from Nebraska|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska}}
First-term Republican Norris Brown lost renomination to George W. Norris, who was then elected January 21, 1913.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Nebraska Democratic primary (April 19, 1912){{Cite web |title=NE US Senate |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=611343 |access-date=October 3, 2013 |website=Our Campaigns}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ashton C. Shallenberger
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 27,581
| percentage = 57.61%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William H. Thompson
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 11,993
| percentage = 25.05%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Willis E. Reed
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 5,244
| percentage = 10.95%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert F. Smith
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 3,061
| percentage = 6.39%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Nebraska Republican primary (April 19, 1912)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George W. Norris
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 38,893
| percentage = 53.98%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Norris Brown (Incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 33,156
| percentage = 46.02%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Nebraska popular vote (November 5, 1912){{Cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924093347841&view=1up&seq=94 |title=Senate journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska. 1913. |journal=Senate and House Journals of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska |year=1935 |page=62 |language=en}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George W. Norris
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 126,022
| percentage = 52.96%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ashton C. Shallenberger
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| percentage = 47.04%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Despite the Democratic majority, the Nebraska legislature elected Republican Norris unanimously, upholding the popular vote.{{Cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924093347841&view=1up&seq=187 |title=Senate journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska. 1913. |journal=Senate and House Journals of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska |year=1935 |page=153 |language=en}}
{{Blockquote|"The Democratic Legislature will be called upon to elect a Republican for United States Senator. Ninety-five per cent.{{sic}} of the candidates for the Legislature, in accordance with the Oregon plan, signed "Statement No. 1," which provides that, in the event of election, they will vote for the candidate for United States Senator who obtains the preference vote of the people. Although Congressman Norris, a Progressive Republican, has won the preference vote, returns indicate that a Democratic legislature has been elected."{{Cite news |date=November 8, 1912 |title=Wilson's Nebraska Lead 31,000. |page=4 |work=The New York Times |url=https://nyti.ms/2XGpk1J}}}}
Norris would serve for thirty years, winning two more elections as a Republican and one as an Independent but losing re-election in 1942.
Nevada (special)
File:PITTMAN, KEY. SENATOR LCCN2016858404 (cropped).jpg ]]
[[File:1912 United States Senate special election in Nevada results map by county.svg|thumb|200px|Popular state election results by county
Pittman: {{legend0|#bdd3ff|30–40%}} {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}}
Massey: {{legend0|#ffc8cd|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}}
]]
{{See also|List of United States senators from Nevada|1912 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada}}
Republican senator George S. Nixon died June 5, 1912. Republican former-judge William A. Massey was appointed July 1, 1912, to continue the term that would end in 1917, pending a special election. In November 1912, Massey lost the popular vote for the special election to Democratic attorney Key Pittman was elected by the Nevada Legislature January 28, 1913.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Nevada popular vote (November 5, 1912){{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - NV US Senate - Special Race - Nov 05, 1912 |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36483 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Key Pittman
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 7,942
| percentage = 39.78%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William A. Massey (Incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 7,853
| percentage = 39.34%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George A. Steele
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| votes = 2,740
| percentage = 13.73%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sardis Summerfield
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 1,428
| percentage = 7.15%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Pittman had a small plurality in the November 1912 popular vote, but the legislature elected him almost unanimously.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Nevada Senate vote (January 28, 1913){{Cite journal |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112108077089?urlappend=%3Bseq=115 |title=The Journal of the Senate of the Special Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada. 1912 |journal=Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate |year=1913 |location=Carson City, Nevada |page=21 |hdl=2027/uiug.30112108077089?urlappend=%3Bseq=115 |language=en}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Key Pittman
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 20
| percentage = 90.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George A. Steele
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 9.1%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Nevada House of Representatives vote (January 28, 1913){{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3000518&view=1up&seq=130 |title=The Journal of the Assembly of the Special Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada. 1912. |year=1913 |location=Carson City, Nevada |page=28 |language=en}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Key Pittman
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 50
| percentage = 98.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George A. Steele
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 2.0%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
| loser = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Massey died the next year, and Pittman would go on to serve for 27 more years and win re-election four times, serving as President pro tempore throughout the New Deal.
New Hampshire
{{Infobox election
| election_name = New Hampshire election
| country = New Hampshire
| type = presidential
| seats_for_election = Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house
| vote_type = Members'
| ongoing = no
| election_date = March 26, 1913 (late)
| previous_election = 1907 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
| previous_year = 1907
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = 125x136px
| image1 = HenryFHollis.jpg
| nominee1 = Henry F. Hollis
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| popular_vote1 = 189
| percentage1 = 50.94%
| image2 = GJHBartlett.jpg
| nominee2 = John H. Bartlett
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| popular_vote2 = 121
| percentage2 = 32.62%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election = Henry E. Burnham
| before_party = Republican Party (US)
| after_election = Henry F. Hollis
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from New Hampshire|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire}}
Two-term Republican Henry E. Burnham decided to retire. The New Hampshire legislature failed to elect a new senator after 42 votes, so the March 4, 1913, term begin with the seat vacant.
Finally, on March 26, 1913, on the 43rd vote, Democrat Henry F. Hollis was elected with the required majority, albeit slight. Hollis was a former candidate for U.S. House of Representatives (in 1900), and twice for Governor of New Hampshire (in 1902 and 1904).
{{Election box begin no change
| title=New Hampshire legislative vote, class 2 (March 13, 1913){{Cite web |title=NH US Senate |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=413165 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |website=Our Campaigns}}{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=459}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Henry F. Hollis
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 189
| percentage = 50.94%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John H. Bartlett
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 121
| percentage = 32.62%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Henry B. Quinby
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 18
| percentage = 4.85%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Edward N. Pearson
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 14
| percentage = 3.77%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert P. Bass
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 12
| percentage = 3.24%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sherman E. Burroughs
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 5
| percentage = 1.35%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Gordon Woodbury
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 3
| percentage = 0.81%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Clarence E. Carr
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 0.54%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = William D. Swart
| party = Unknown
| votes = 2
| percentage = 0.54%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thomas Chalmers
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Eaton Chandler
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Scammon
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Bertram Ellis
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Henry C. Wells
| party = Unknown
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.27%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
| loser = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Hollis would retire after a single term and be replaced, in a popular vote, by Republican Henry W. Keyes.
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New Jersey
{{See also|List of United States senators from New Jersey|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey}}
One-term incumbent Republican Frank O. Briggs lost re-election to Democratic state judge (and former member of the U.S. House) William Hughes. The New Jersey Legislature elected Hughes January 28, 1913.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=New Jersey Senate election, January 28, 1913{{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068119448&view=1up&seq=1382 |title=Journal of the Senate of the State of New Jersey. 1913. |year=1845 |language=en}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Hughes
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 12
| percentage = 57.14%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank O. Briggs (Incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 9
| percentage = 42.86%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=New Jersey General Assembly election, January 28, 1913
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Hughes
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 51
| percentage = 86.44%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank O. Briggs (Incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 8
| percentage = 13.56%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=New Jersey Legislative election, January 28, 1913{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=459}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Hughes
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 63
| percentage = 78.75%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank O. Briggs (Incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 17
| percentage = 21.25%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
| loser = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Briggs, died just a few months later on May 8, 1913. Hughes would not serve the complete term, dying January 30, 1918, just before the next scheduled election.
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New Mexico
{{See also|List of United States senators from New Mexico|1912 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico}}
= New Mexico (initial) =
File:Albert B. Fall.jpg|125px]]
File:CATRON, T.B. SENATOR LCCN2016858197 (cropped).jpg|125px]]
New Mexico became a new state January 6, 1912, with senators in classes 1 (ending 1917) and 2 (ending 1913). On March 27, 1912, the state elected its initial senators on the eighth ballot:{{Cite news |date=March 28, 1912 |title=NEW MEXICO SENATORS. |work=The New York Times |url=https://nyti.ms/2UjIjia |access-date=March 26, 2020}} Republican Thomas B. Catron, an early advocate for New Mexico statehood who had marshaled the territorial Republican Party to lobby Republicans at the national level for New Mexico's admission to the Union,{{Cite book |last=Prince |first=Le Baron Bradford |url=https://archive.org/details/newmexicosstrug01pringoog |title=New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood |publisher=New Mexican Printing Company |year=1910 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newmexicosstrug01pringoog/page/n101 91]}}{{Cite book |last=Larson |first=Robert W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OlME56WpfAC&q=%22thomas+b+catron%22+statehood&pg=PA98 |title=New Mexico's Quest for Statehood, 1846-1912 |date=August 15, 2013 |isbn=9780826329479 |page=98|publisher=UNM Press }}{{Cite book |last=McCord |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7cM-bMFblxAC&q=%22thomas+b+catron%22+statehood&pg=PA52 |title=Santa Fe Living Treasures: Our Elders, Our Hearts |year=2009 |isbn=9780865347205 |page=52|publisher=Sunstone Press }} and Republican Albert B. Fall, a powerful attorney, former territorial attorney general, future Secretary of the Interior, and instigator of the Teapot Dome scandal)
Catron made a personal alliance with Fall, ensuring that each of them would be elected. This alliance antagonized New Mexicans of Spanish heritage, who had hoped that one of their own would become a Senator.{{Cite news |date=April 7, 1912 |title=New Mexico Natives Bitter Over Defeat |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/04/07/100358751.pdf}}
| class=wikitable
| {{Plainlist|
}} |
= New Mexico (regular) =
Fall's term would end in March 1913, so he was up for re-election shortly after his initial term began.
The bitterness over Catron and Fall's alliance made Fall a target of the local Republican Party, as they believed Fall had not contributed sufficiently to their efforts to secure New Mexico's statehood, and was not worthy of their nomination. The selection of Catron and Fall also disappointed Hispanics, who had hoped that one of their own would be selected. Fall was also severely disliked by Democrats.
After various votes, the legislature re-elected Fall January 28, 1913. Governor McDonald, on the advice of his Democratic legal advisor, Summers Burkhart, said that the legislature's procedure had been illegal, and failed to sign the credentialing papers in an attempt to oust Fall by forcing a special session of the legislature and a new vote.{{Cite book |last=Twitchell |first=Ralph Emerson |title=The Leading Facts of New Mexican History |publisher=Torch Press |year=1911 |volume=V |location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa |page=122 |oclc=3828708 |ref={{sfnRef|Twitchell}}}} The attempt failed; Fall won the special legislative election.{{sfn|Twitchell|page=203}}
North Carolina
[[File:1912 United States Senate Democratic primary in North Carolina results map by county.svg|thumb|300px|Democratic primary results by county
Simmons: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80–90%}}
Kitchin: {{legend0|#87de87|40–50%}} {{legend0|#5bc75b|50–60%}} {{legend0|#41b742|60–70%}} {{legend0|#309a30|70–80%}} {{legend0|#217821|80–90%}} {{legend0|#165016|>90%}}
Clark: {{legend0|#ffac8e|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ff8e65|40–50%}}
No Vote: {{legend0|#808080}}
]]
File:SIMMONS, F.M. SENATOR LCCN2016857186 (cropped).jpg]]
{{See also|List of United States senators from North Carolina|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina}}
Two-term Democrat Furnifold Simmons was easily re-elected January 21, 1913. Simmons was a staunch segregationist, white supremacist and a leading perpetrator of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= North Carolina Democratic primary (November 5, 1912{{efn|Date might be incorrect, as it is the date of the general popular election.}}){{Cite web |title=NC US Senate - D Primary |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=117331 |access-date=May 31, 2020 |website=Our Campaigns}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Furnifold Simmons (Incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 84,687
| percentage = 57.18%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William W. Kitchin (Governor)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 47,010
| percentage = 31.74%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Walter Clark (State judge)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 16,418
| percentage = 11.09%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title= North Carolina legislative election (January 22, 1913){{Cite web |date=January 22, 1913 |title=NC US Senate |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=253144 |access-date=May 31, 2020 |website=Our Campaigns}}{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=459}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Furnifold Simmons (Incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 144
| percentage = 88.34%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Cyrus Thompson (N.C. Secretary of State)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 19
| percentage = 11.66%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Simmons would be re-elected twice more after this and serve until 1931, when he fell out with the national Democratic Party.
Oklahoma
File:Sen. Robert Latham Owen, half-length portrait, facing right LCCN95514693 (cropped).jpg]]
[[File:1912 United States Senate election in Oklahoma results map by county.svg|thumb|300px|Popular state election results by county
Owen: {{legend0|#bdd3ff|30–40%}} {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
Dickerson: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}}
]]
{{See also|List of United States senators from Oklahoma|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma}}
One term Democrat Robert L. Owen was re-elected over token opposition from Governor of Oklahoma Charles N. Haskell in the Democratic primary and perennial Republican candidate Joseph Dickerson.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Oklahoma Democratic primary (August 6, 1912){{Cite web |title=OK US Senate - D Primary |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=491774 |access-date=May 31, 2020 |website=Our Campaigns}}, citing 1947 Oklahoma Almanac, p. 90
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert L. Owen (Incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 80,204
| percentage = 64.32%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles N. Haskell
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 44,483
| percentage = 35.68%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes =
| percentage = 7.52%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Oklahoma popular election (November 5, 1912){{Cite web |title=OK US Senate |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=268217 |access-date=May 31, 2020 |website=Our Campaigns}}, citing United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997 The Official Results Michael J. Dubin
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert L. Owen (Incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 126,418
| percentage = 50.43%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Joseph Dickerson
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 83,429
| percentage = 33.28%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Wills
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| votes = 40,860
| percentage = 16.3%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes =
| percentage = 15.13%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Owen was formally and unanimously elected by the Oklahoma Legislature January 21, 1913.{{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0001685213&view=1up&seq=264 |title=Journal of the Senate of the Fourth Legislature of the State of Oklahoma |language=en}}{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=459}}
Owen would run for U.S. president (failing to achieve his party's nomination), and then serve a third and final term as the young state's initial Class 2 senator, retiring in 1925.
Oregon
[[File:1912 United States Senate election in Oregon results map by county.svg|thumb|250px|Popular state election results by county
Lane: {{legend0|#dfeeff|20–30%}} {{legend0|#bdd3ff|30–40%}}
Selling: {{legend0|#ffe0ea|20–30%}} {{legend0|#ffc8cd|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}}
Bourne: {{legend0|#E6E6E6|30–40%}}
]]
{{See also|List of United States senators from Oregon|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon}}
One-term Republican Jonathan Bourne Jr. had championed direct-election of senators but lost renomination as a Republican. He then ran in the popular election as a "Popular Government" candidate, but also lost re-election. Democratic Mayor of Portland Harry Lane was elected.
The ballot was cluttered. In addition to the Lane and Ben Selling, candidate of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, progressive Republicans had other electoral alternatives, including the candidate and the incumbent senator Jonathan Bourne Jr., who had failed to win the renomination of the Republican party and ran as the "Popular Government" nominee as a result. Meanwhile, Benjamin F. Ramp stood for the Socialists and yet another candidate was the nominee of the Prohibition Party.{{Cite web |editor-last=Leip |editor-first=Dave |title=1912 Senatorial General Election Results - Oregon, Atlas of US Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=41&year=1912&f=0&off=3&elect=0 |via=www.uselectionatlas.org}} Each of these six candidates took more than 5% of the vote — a fact which enabled the Lane to win election with a plurality of the vote in solidly Republican Oregon. Intent on proving himself a man of the people, Harry Lane set what might be a record for campaign frugality in his victorious effort, with his entire race run for $75 plus travel expenses.{{Cite book |last=Johnston |first=Robert D. |title=The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon. |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2003 |location=Princeton, NJ |page=30}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Oregon popular vote, class 2 (November 5, 1912)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Harry Lane
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 40,172
| percentage = 30.07%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ben Selling
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 38,453
| percentage = 28.79%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Jonathan Bourne Jr. (Incumbent)
| party = Popular Government
| votes = 25,929
| percentage = 19.41%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Benjamin F. Ramp
| party = Socialist Party (US)
| votes = 11,093
| percentage = 8.31%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = A. E. Clark
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 11,083
| percentage = 8.30%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = B. Lee Paget
| party = Prohibition Party (US)
| votes = 6,848
| percentage = 5.13%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
| loser = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
The Oregon Legislature thereupon elected Lane to the seat January 21, 1913,{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | page=459}} ratifying the popular selection made in the November 1912 elections.
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Election by the Oregon Senate, January 21, 1913{{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433019341654&view=1up&seq=132 |title=Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon |year=1913 |page=126 |language=en}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Harry Lane
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 28
| percentage = 93.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ben Selling
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 6.7%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Both senators voting for Selling declared that they voted to protest a new system of nomination.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Election by the Oregon House of Representatives election, January 21, 1913{{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433019341662&view=1up&seq=129 |title=Journal of the House the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon |year=1913 |page=123 |language=en}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Harry Lane
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 59
| percentage = 98.3%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ben Selling
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 1.7%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Lane died in office on May 23, 1917.
Rhode Island
{{See also|List of United States senators from Rhode Island|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island}}
Three-term Republican George P. Wetmore retired and was replaced by Republican judge LeBaron Colt January 21, 1913.
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Election by the Rhode Island Senate, January 21, 1913
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = LeBaron Colt
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 32
| percentage = 82.1%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Addison P. Munroe
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 5
| percentage = 12.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George W. Parks
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 2
| percentage = 5.1%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 39
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Both senators voting for Selling declared that they voted to protest a new system of nomination.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Election by the Rhode Island House of Representatives election, January 21, 1913{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ky8tAQAAMAAJ |title=Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |year=1914 |page=165 |language=en}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = LeBaron Colt
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 56
| percentage = 56.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Addison P. Munroe
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 37
| percentage = 37.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = George W. Parks
| party = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
| votes = 7
| percentage = 7.0%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 100
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
The following day, the Joint Assembly formally declared Colt elected. Colt resigned February 7, 1913, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in which he'd served since 1891.
{{Blockquote|When asked concerning his ideas on national issues Judge Colt replied that he was still a member of the court, and until his resignation he did not think it would be dignified or courteous to talk upon the subject."{{sfn | The New York Times, January 22, 1913 | page=4}}}}
Colt would be re-elected in 1918, and die near the end of that second term on August 18, 1924.
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South Carolina
File:Benjamintillman.jpg|125px]]
{{Main|1913 United States Senate election in South Carolina}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from South Carolina|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina}}
The South Carolina race was mostly a Democratic primary election held the previous summer on August 27, 1912. The Democratic Party of South Carolina organized primary elections for the U.S. Senate beginning in 1896 and the General Assembly would confirm the choice of the Democratic voters.
Incumbent Democrat Benjamin Tillman, serving since 1895, drew opposition in the Democratic primary for the first time during his career. He had long avoided any opposition because of his influence in the Democratic Party in the state, but by 1912 he had moderated his positions and lost the radical edge that had allowed him to build up a hard core following of support. The radicals in the state electorate had thrown their support to Coleman Livingston Blease in the gubernatorial election of 1910 and the Bleasites were determined to knock his chief opponent, Tillman, out of office. W. Jasper Talbert emerged as the candidate of the Bleasites and Nathaniel B. Dial entered the race as an alternative to the two. The voters of the state split their support between the Tillmanite and Bleasite factions as both Tillman and Blease won their respective primaries.
Tillman won the Democratic primary.
| class=wikitable
! colspan=3 | South Carolina Democratic primary{{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - SC US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 27, 1912 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=783591 |access-date=June 3, 2020 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}} |
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! Candidate ! Votes ! % |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 73,148 | align="right" | 52.7 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 37,141 | align="right" | 26.8 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 28,476 | align="right" | 20.5 |
Tillman was then re-elected January 28, 1913, by the General Assembly for another six-year term.
Election by the South Carolina legislature:
- Vote in the South Carolina Senate: Unanimous (37 votes of 37 senators voting){{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068281982&view=1up&seq=252 |title=Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina 1913. |pages=246–247 |language=en}}
- Vote in the South Carolina House of Representatives: Unanimous (114 votes of the 114 members voting)
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South Dakota
{{See also|List of United States senators from South Dakota|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in South Dakota}}
Two-term Republican Robert J. Gamble lost renomination.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= South Dakota Republican primary, June 4, 1912{{Cite web |title=SD US Senate - R Primary |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=610401 |access-date=June 3, 2020 |website=Our Campaigns}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thomas Sterling
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 25,896
| percentage = 35.00%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert J. Gamble (Incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 25,161
| percentage = 34.01%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Richard Olsen Richards
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 16,983
| percentage = 22.96%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Melvin Grigsby
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 5,941
| percentage = 8.03%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 73,981
| percentage = 12.67%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Republican Thomas Sterling was then elected January 22, 1913, with 97 votes{{sfn | United States Senators Chosen, 1913 | pages=459–460}}
Tennessee
{{See also|List of United States senators from Tennessee|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee}}
One-term Democrat Robert Love Taylor died March 31, 1912, and Republican Newell Sanders was appointed in his place, pending a special election. Sanders was not a candidate either election
The Tennessee legislature elected two senators: one to the next term and one to finish the current term.
= Tennessee (regular) =
File:John Knight Shields.jpg]]
Chief Justice Of The Tennessee Supreme Court John K. Shields was elected January 23, 1913, to the next term beginning March 4, 1913. He had not been a candidate in the special election.
{{Election box begin no change
| title = General election by the Tennessee Legislature, January 23, 1913 (Seventh Ballot){{Cite book |title=House journal of the Fifty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. 1913-1913B. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112110909360?urlappend=%3Bseq=138 |language=en | publisher=McQuiddy Printing Company | location=Nashville, Tennessee | year=1913 | pages=132–133|hdl = 2027/uiug.30112110909360?urlappend=%3Bseq=138}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John K. Shields
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 69
| percentage = 52.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles T. Cates Jr.
| party = Independent Democratic
| votes = 61
| percentage = 46.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Present but not voting
| party =
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.8%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 130
| percentage = 96%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Shields would be re-elected in 1918, but lose renomination in 1924.
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= Tennessee (special) =
Democrat William R. Webb, the founder of the Webb School and former Confederate soldier, was elected January 23, 1913, to finish the term ending March 3, 1913. Webb was not a candidate in the general election.
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Special election by the Tennessee Legislature, January 24, 1913{{Cite book |title=House journal of the Fifty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. 1913-1913B. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112110909360?urlappend=%3Bseq=148 |language=en | publisher=McQuiddy Printing Company | location=Nashville, Tennessee | year=1913 | pages=142–143|hdl = 2027/uiug.30112110909360?urlappend=%3Bseq=148}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William R. Webb
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 73
| percentage = 57.0%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = M. T. Bryan
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 53
| percentage = 41.4%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = J. A. Clement
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = C. W. Tyler
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.8%
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 128
| percentage = 96%
}}
{{Election box end}}
The election was then made unanimous by motion of the joint convention.
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Texas
{{Infobox election
| flag_image = Flag of Texas.svg
| type = legislative
| previous_election = 1907 United States Senate election in Texas
| previous_year = 1907
| next_election = 1918 United States Senate election in Texas
| next_year = 1918
| image_size = x115px
| election_date = January 28, 1913
| seats_for_election = Needed to win: Majority of votes cast in both houses{{efn|Senate ballot: 29 votes cast, 15 needed for a majority
House ballot: 142 votes cast, 71 needed for a majority}}
| 1blank = {{Nowrap|Senate ballot}}
| 2blank = {{Nowrap|House ballot}}
| image1 = Senator Morris Sheppard (cropped).jpg
| candidate1 = Morris
Sheppard
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| 1data1 = 17 (58.6%)
| 2data1 = 87 (61.2%)
| image2 = RienziMJohnston (cropped).jpg
| candidate2 = Rienzi M.
Johnston
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| 1data2 = 12 (41.3%)
| 2data2 = 54 (38.0%)
| image3 = Choice B. Randell.jpg
| candidate3 = Choice B. Randell
| party3 = Democratic Party (United States)
| 1data3 = —
| 2data3 = 1 (0.70%)
| map_image = 290px
| map_size = 290px
| map_caption = Senate ballot
| map2_image = 290px
| map2_size = 290px
| map2_caption = House ballot
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
{{legend|#698dc5|Sheppard|border=1}}
{{legend|#999999ff|Not Voting|border=1}}
{{Col-break}}
{{legend|#bfd2f1|Johnston|border=1}}
{{Col-break}}
{{legend|#32a332ff|Randall|border=1}}
{{Col-end}}
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = Rienzi M. Johnston
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Morris Sheppard
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| election_name = 1913 United States Special Senate election in Texas
}}
{{See also|List of United States senators from Texas|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas}}
Two-term Democrat Joseph Weldon Bailey resigned January 3, 1913, and Democrat Rienzi M. Johnston was appointed January 4, 1913, to continue the term, pending a special election. In fact, Texas held would hold two elections January 28, 1913: a special election for the term ending March 3, 1913, and a general election for the next term starting March 4, 1913, both were won by Democratic congressman Morris Sheppard.
= Texas (special) =
There was a Democratic Primary July 27, 1912. Morris Sheppard, C. B. Randell, Mat Zollner, and Jake Wolters were candidates. Sheppard received a plurality of the vote.{{Cite book |year=1913 |title=Journal of the Senate of Texas begin the Regular Session of the Thirty-Third Legislature |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068359564?urlappend=%3Bseq=170 |language=en |location=Austin, Texas |publisher=Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., Printers |pages=162–163|hdl=2027/mdp.39015068359564?urlappend=%3Bseq=170 }}{{Cite book |last=Kingston |first=Mike |title=The Texas Almanac's Political History of Texas |last2=Attlesey |first2=Sam |last3=Crawford |first3=Mary G. |publisher=Eakin Press |year=1992 |isbn=0-89015-855-X |edition=1st |location=Austin, Texas |pages=118–121 |language=en}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Texas Democratic Primary (1912)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Morris Sheppard
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 182,907
| percentage = 48.94%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jacob F. Wolters
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 146,214
| percentage = 39.12%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Choice B. Randell
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 40,693
| percentage = 10.89%
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Matthew Zollner|votes=3,960|percentage=1.06%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=373,774|percentage=100.00%}}
{{Election box end}}
Appointee Rienzi M. Johnston ran for but lost election to finish the shortened term.
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Special election by the Texas Legislature, January 29, 1913{{Cite book |year=1913 |title=Journal of the Senate of Texas begin the Regular Session of the Thirty-Third Legislature |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068359564?urlappend=%253Bseq=182 |language=en |location=Austin, Texas |publisher=Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., Printers |pages=174|hdl=2027/mdp.39015068359564?urlappend=%3Bseq=182 }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Morris Sheppard
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 104
| percentage = 60.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Rienzi M. Johnston
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 66
| percentage = 38.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Choice B. Randell
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.6%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Following his brief 25-day Senate term, Johnston returned to Houston and resumed his role as editor of the Houston Post. He retired from the newspaper business in 1919.{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fjo38|title=Johnston, Rienzi Melville|date=June 15, 2010|website=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=March 17, 2018}}
= Texas (regular) =
Perhaps due to the overwhelming support for the special election, Sheppard had no opposition in the subsequent general election.
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Special election by the Texas Legislature, January 29, 1913{{Cite book |year=1913 |title=Journal of the Senate of Texas begin the Regular Session of the Thirty-Third Legislature |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068359564?urlappend=%3Bseq=183 |language=en |location=Austin, Texas |publisher=Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., Printers |pages=175|hdl=2027/mdp.39015068359564?urlappend=%3Bseq=183 }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Morris Sheppard
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 172
| percentage = 100.0%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Sheppard would win re-election four times, serving until his death in 1941.
Virginia
{{See also|List of United States senators from Virginia|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia}}
Virginia held non-binding primaries September 7, 1911, for both the class 2 seat held by Democrat Thomas S. Martin, who was running for re-election, and the class 1 seat held by Democrat Claude Swanson, who had been appointed to fill a vacancy.{{Cite news |date=September 9, 1911 |title=Martin-Swanson Majority Swells |page=1 |work=Newport Daily Press |location=Newport News, Virginia |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/189496906 |url-access=subscription}}
= Virginia (special) =
File:Claude Augustus Swanson.jpg|125px]]
Democrat John W. Daniel died June 29, 1910, and Democrat Claude A. Swanson, a former Governor of Virginia and former Congressman, was appointed August 1, 1910, to finish the term ending March 1911 and again appointed February 28, 1911, to begin the 1911–1917 term, pending a special election.
Swanson won the class 1 Democratic primary for the term ending in 1917 with 67,495 votes over (future senator) Carter Glass's 28,757 votes.{{Cite book |last=Bell |first=James B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D5JNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA107 |title=Congressional Directory, 62nd Congress, 2nd Session |date=1911 |publisher=US Government Printing Office |location=Washington, DC |page=107}}
On January 24, 1912, the Virginia General Assembly unanimously elected Swanson.{{Cite news |date=January 25, 1912 |title=Return Martin to Senate: Virginia Assembly Re-Elects him Senator, also Elects Swanson |page=1 |work=Belvidere Daily Republican |location=Belvidere, IL |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/69559130 |url-access=subscription}}{{Cite news |date=January 25, 1912 |title=Returned to United States Senate by Vieginia |page=8 |work=New Philadelphia Daily Times |location=New Philadelphia, Ohio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/87033631 |url-access=subscription}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Virginia Senate election, January 23, 1912{{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433014926095&view=1up&seq=192 |title=Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia |year=1912 |page=184}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Claude A. Swanson (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 34
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Virginia House of Delegates election, January 23, 1912
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Claude A. Swanson (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 83
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Virginia (regular) =
File:Thomas Staples Martin (cropped).jpg|125px]]
Three-term incumbent Democrat Thomas S. Martin won the Democratic primary for the class 2 term ending in 1919, receiving 57,120 votes to 25,005 for William Atkinson Jones.
On January 24, 1912, the Virginia General Assembly unanimously elected Martin.
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Virginia Senate election, January 23, 1912
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thomas S. Martin (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 34
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Virginia House of Delegates election, January 23, 1912
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thomas S. Martin (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 85
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
West Virginia
File:Nathan Goff, Jr. - Brady-Handy.jpg
{{See also|List of United States senators from West Virginia|1912 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia}}
Democrat Clarence Watson had been elected in 1911 to finish a vacant term, but he lost re-election February 21, 1913, to Republican federal judge Nathan Goff Jr. after multiple deadlocked ballots.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Election in the joint assembly of the West Virginia Legislature, February 21, 1913{{Cite book |year=1913 |title=Journal of the Senate of the state of West Virginia |url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112105338435 |location=Charleston, West Virginia |page=790|hdl=2027/uiug.30112105338435 }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Nathan Goff Jr.
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 60
| percentage = 56.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Clarence W. Watson (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 43
| percentage = 40.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Robert W. Dailey
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John W. Davis
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John W. Hamilton
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.9%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Goff would remain a judge until April 1, 1913, before taking his Senate seat. He would only serve the one term, retiring in 1919 due to ill-health and having barely cast any roll call votes throughout his Senate career. Goff held onto his seat despite being almost entirely absent from his duties in the Senate.
Wyoming
{{See also|List of United States senators from Wyoming|1912 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming}}
Four-term Republican Francis E. Warren was re-elected January 28, 1913.
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Election in the Wyoming Senate, January 28, 1913 {{Cite book |year=1913 |title=Senate Journal of the Twelfth State Legislature of Wyoming 1913 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b2884355?urlappend=%3Bseq=96 |language=en |location=Laramie, Wyoming |publisher=The Laramie Republican Company |page=88|hdl=2027/uc1.b2884355?urlappend=%3Bseq=96 }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Francis E. Warren (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 16
| percentage = 61.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John B. Kendrick
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 10
| percentage = 38.5%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Election in the Wyoming House of Representatives, January 28, 1913 {{Cite book |year=1913 |title=House Journal of the Twelfth State Legislature of Wyoming 1913 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b2884145?urlappend=%253Bseq=103 |language=en |location=Laramie, Wyoming |publisher=The Laramie Republican Company |pages=89–90|hdl=2027/uc1.b2884145?urlappend=%3Bseq=103 }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Francis E. Warren (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (US)
| votes = 29
| percentage = 51.8%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John B. Kendrick
| party = Democratic Party (US)
| votes = 27
| percentage = 48.2%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Not voting
| party =
| votes = 1
| percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Kendrick would be elected to the other seat in 1916.
Warren would be re-elected two more times, becoming the Dean of the United States Senate, and serve until his death in 1929.
See also
Notes
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References
{{reflist}}
Sources
- {{Cite web |title=United States Senate |url=https://www.senate.gov}}
- {{Cite news |date=January 22, 1913 |title=COLT MADE SENATOR |page=4 |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/01/22/100249881.html?pageNumber=4 |ref={{sfnRef|The New York Times, January 22, 1913}}}}, with election stories from Rhode Island, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Minnesota, South Dakota, Oregon, Delaware, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Wyoming, Idaho, West Virginia, and Illinois. Some are results and some are deadlocks.
- {{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044015182322;view=1up;seq=497 |title=The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1912 |date=1912 |publisher=The Tribune Association |location=New York |pages=455–458 |chapter=United States Senators Chosen, 1911 |ref={{sfnRef|United States Senators Chosen, 1911}} |via=Hathi Trust Digital Library}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026454366;view=1up;seq=487 |title=The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1913 |date=1913 |publisher=The Tribune Association |location=New York |page=457 |chapter=United States Senators Chosen, 1912 |ref={{sfnRef|United States Senators Chosen, 1912}} |via=Hathi Trust Digital Library}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026454499&view=1up&seq=494 |title=The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1914 |date=1914 |publisher=The Tribune Association |location=New York |pages=458–460 |chapter=United States Senators Chosen, 1913 |ref={{sfnRef|United States Senators Chosen, 1913}} |via=Hathi Trust Digital Library}}
- {{Cite book |last=Byrd |first=Robert C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PeHByMYxVm8C |title=The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992 |date=October 1, 1993 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=9780160632563 |editor-last=Wolff |editor-first=Wendy |edition=volume 4 Bicentennial |location=Washington, D.C. |ref={{sfnRef|Byrd}} |author-link=Robert Byrd |via=Google Books |department=United States Senate Historical Office}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Fazio |first=Steven A. |date=Spring 1970 |title=Marcus Aurelius Smith: Arizona Delegate and Senator |journal=Arizona and the West |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=23–62 |jstor=40168029}}
- {{Cite book |last=Goff |first=John S. |title=Arizona Territorial Officials Volume III: The Delegates to Congress 1863-1912 |publisher=Black Mountain Press |year=1985 |location=Cave Creek, Arizona |oclc=12559708}}
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