United States Senate elections, 1914

United States Senate elections, 1914

November 3, 1914
34 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 51 seats 44 seats Seats before 52 43 Seats won 56 40 Seat change 4 3
Republican holds   Republican pickups   Democratic holds   Democratic pickups
Majority party before election Democratic Elected Majority party Republican

With the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, the U.S. Senate elections of 1914 was the first time that all seats up for election were popularly elected instead of chosen by their state legislatures. The election occurred in the middle of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's first term.

Tally

Three seats held by Republicans were won by Democrats:

• California: George Clement Perkins (R) retired → replaced by James D. Phelan (D)
• South Dakota: Coe I. Crawford (R) lost renomination → replaced by Edwin S. Johnson (D)
• Wisconsin: Isaac Stephenson (R) retired → replaced by Paul O. Husting (D)

One incumbent senator, not up for re-election, later changed from Progressive to Republican.

Complete list of races

Bold state indicates election article. Bold candidate indicates winner

Separate election

Date	State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
May 11, 1914	Alabama Special: Class 3	Vacant	Vacant	Joseph F. Johnston (D) died August 8, 1913. Successor elected to finish the term Democratic hold	Francis S. White (Democratic) Unopposed

November election

State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
Alabama General: Class 3	Francis S. White	Democratic	Retired Democratic hold	Oscar Underwood (Democratic) 90.2% Alex Birch (Republican) 6.8% Adolphus Longshore (Progressive) 2.35% S. F. Hinton (Socialist) 0.64%
Arizona	Marcus A. Smith	Democratic	Re-elected	Marcus A. Smith (Democratic) 53.23% Don Lorenzo Hubbell (Republican) 18.95% Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) 15.05% Bert Davis (Socialist) 7.39% J. Bernard Nelson (Progressive) 5.38%
Arkansas	James Paul Clarke	Democratic	Re-elected	James Paul Clarke (Democratic) 74.88% Harry H. Myers (Republican) 25.12%
California	George Clement Perkins	Republican	Retired Democratic gain	James D. Phelan (Democratic) 31.59% Francis J. Heney (Progressive) 28.81% Joseph R. Knowland (Republican) 28.69% Ernest Unterman (Socialist) 6.41% Frederick F. Wheeler (Prohibition) 4.51%
Colorado	Charles S. Thomas	Democratic	Re-elected	Charles S. Thomas (Democratic) 40.3% Hubert Work (Republican) 38.99% Benjamin Griffith (Progressive) 10.69% J. C. Griffiths (Socialist) 5.51% George J. Kindel (Independent) 4.52%
Connecticut	Frank B. Brandegee	Republican	Re-elected	Frank B. Brandegee (Republican) 49.77% Simeon Eben Baldwin (Democratic) 42.08% Herbert Smith (Progressive) 3.79% George Spiess (Socialist) 3.26% Frederick Platt (Prohibition) 0.75% Clarence Warner (Socialist Labor) 0.36%
Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	Re-elected	Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic) Unopposed
Georgia General: Class 3	M. Hoke Smith	Democratic	Re-elected	M. Hoke Smith (Democratic) 68.48% C. W. McClure (Republican) 31.52%
Georgia Special: Class 2	William West	Democratic	Appointee retired Democratic hold	Thomas W. Hardwick (Democratic) 68.96% G. R. Hutchins (Progressive) 31.04%
Idaho	James H. Brady	Republican	Re-elected	James H. Brady (Republican) 43.89% James H. Hawley (Democratic) 38.14% Paul Clagstone (Progressive) 9.54% Calistus Cooper (Socialist) 7.29% W. M. Duthie (Prohibition) 1.14%
Illinois	Lawrence Yates Sherman	Republican	Re-elected	Lawrence Yates Sherman (Republican) 38.46% Roger Charles Sullivan (Democratic) 36.76% Raymond Robins (Progressive) 19.99% Adolph Gernies (Socialist) 3.93% George Woolsey (Prohibition) 0.66% John M. Francis (Socialist Labor) 0.21%
Indiana	Benjamin F. Shively	Democratic	Re-elected	Benjamin F. Shively (Democratic) 42.14% Hugh T. Miller (Republican) 35.1% Albert J. Beveridge (Progressive) 16.81% Stephen N. Reynolds (Socialist) 3.36% Sumner Haynes (Prohibition) 2.15% James Matthews (Socialist Labor) 0.45%
Iowa	Albert B. Cummins	Republican	Re-elected	Albert B. Cummins (Republican) 48.19% Maurice Connolly (Democratic) 39.16% Otis Spurgeon (Independent) 5.73% Casper Schenk (Progressive) 3.53% I. S. McCullis (Socialist) 1.98% M. L. Christian (Prohibition) 1.41%
Kansas	Joseph L. Bristow	Republican	Lost renomination Republican hold	Charles Curtis (Republican) 35.53% George A. Neeley (Democratic) 34.77% Victor Murdock (Progressive) 22.94% Christian B. Hoffman (Socialist) 4.82% Earle Delay (Prohibition) 1.94%
Kentucky Special: Class 3	Johnson N. Camden, Jr.	Democratic	Appointee elected to finish the term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Johnson N. Camden, Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed
Kentucky General: Class 3			Appointee retired Democratic hold	J. C. W. Beckham (Democratic) 51.89% Augustus E. Willson (Republican) 42.53% Burton Vance (Progressive) 4.15% H. J. Robertson (Socialist) 1.44%
Louisiana	John Thornton	Democratic	Retired Democratic hold	Robert F. Broussard (Democratic) Unopposed
Maryland	John Walter Smith	Democratic	Re-elected	John Walter Smith (Democratic) 50.99% Edward C Carrington, Jr. (Republican) 43.89% V. Milton Reichard (Progressive) 1.71% Charles Develin (Socialist) 1.51% Richard H. Holme (Prohibition) 1.46% Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.45%
Missouri	William J. Stone	Democratic	Re-elected	William J. Stone (Democratic) 50.41% Thomas J. Akins (Republican) 41.58% Arthur N. Sager (Progressive) 4.47% Thomas E. Greene (Socialist) 2.76% Orange J. Hill (Prohibition) 0.59% J. W. Molineaux (Socialist Labor) 0.2%
Nevada	Francis G. Newlands	Democratic	Re-elected	Francis G. Newlands (Democratic) 37.46% Samuel Platt (Republican) 37.27% Ashley G. Miller (Socialist) 25.28%
New Hampshire	Jacob Harold Gallinger	Republican	Re-elected	Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) 51.66% Raymond Bartlett Stevens (Democratic) 44.63% Benjamin F. Grier (Prohibition) 2.38% William H. Wilkins (Socialist) 1.34%
New York	Elihu Root	Republican	Retired Republican hold	James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (Republican) 47.04% James W. Gerard (Democratic) 42.06% Bainbridge Colby (Progressive) 4.56% Charles Edward Russell (Socialist) 4.07% Francis E. Baldwin (Prohibition) 2.05% Erwin Archer (Socialist Labor) 0.23%
North Carolina	Lee Slater Overman	Democratic	Re-elected	Lee Slater Overman (Democratic) 58.1% A.A. Whitener (Republican) 41.7% Henry J. Oliver (Socialist) 0.2%
North Dakota	Asle Gronna	Republican	Re-elected	Asle Gronna (Republican) 55.82% William E. Purcell (Democratic) 33.95% W. H. Brown (Socialist) 7.14% Sever Serumgard (Independent) 3.1%
Ohio	Theodore E. Burton	Republican	Retired Republican hold	Warren G. Harding (Republican) 49.16% Timothy S. Hogan (Democratic) 39.6% Arthur Lovett Garford (Progressive) 6.31% E. K. Hitchens (Socialist) 4.93%
Oklahoma	Thomas Gore	Democratic	Re-elected	Thomas Gore (Democratic) 47.98% John B. Campbell (Republican) 29.44% W. D. Cope (Socialist) 20.99% Luther Kyle (Prohibition) 1.59%
Oregon	George Earle Chamberlain	Democratic	Re-elected	George Earle Chamberlain (Democratic) 45.5% R. A. Booth (Republican) 35.95% William Hanley (Progressive) 10.68% Benjamin Ramp (Socialist) 4.34% H. S. Stine (Prohibition) 3.52%
Pennsylvania	Boies Penrose	Republican	Re-elected	Boies Penrose (Republican) 46.76% Gifford Pinchot (Progressive) 24.22% Alexander Mitchell Palmer (Democratic) 23.97% Frederick Whiteside (Socialist) 3.41% Madison Larkin (Prohibition) 1.58% A. S. Landis (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	Re-elected	Ellison D. Smith (Democratic) 99.7% James H. Roberts (Socialist) 0.3%
South Dakota	Coe I. Crawford	Republican	Lost renomination Democratic gain	Edwin S. Johnson (Democratic) 48.32% Charles H. Burke (Republican) 44.47% E. P. Johnson (Socialist) 2.69% O. W. Butterfield (Prohibition) 2.42% H. L. Loucks (Independent) 2.11%
Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	Re-elected	Reed Smoot (Republican) 49.08% James Moyle (Democratic) 46.33% J. F. Parsons (Socialist) 4.59%
Vermont	William P. Dillingham	Republican	Re-elected	William P. Dillingham, 56.05% Charles A. Prouty (Democratic) 42.69% James H. Canfield (Socialist) 1.23%
Washington	Wesley Livsey Jones	Republican	Re-elected	Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) 37.79% William W. Black (Democratic) 26.57% Ole Hanson (Progressive) 24.12% Adam Barth (Socialist) 8.76% Arthur Caton (Prohibition) 2.77%
Wisconsin	Isaac Stephenson	Republican	Retired Democratic gain	Paul O. Husting (Democratic) 43.82% Francis E. McGovern (Republican) 43.5% Emil Seidel (Socialist) 9.67% Charles L. Hill (Prohibition) 3.01%

Senate Party Division, 64th Congress (1915–1917)

Majority Party: Democratic (56 seats)

Minority Party: Republican (40 seats)

Other Parties: 0

Total Seats: 96

Note: These numbers represent composition as result of 1914 Senatorial Elections. Actual composition often changes during term, due to deaths, resignations or party shifting.

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D P R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Beginning of the next Congress D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Key:	D = Democratic P = Progressive R = Republican V = Vacant	Majority divider

References

Source: United States Senate Official Website