The 1894–95 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1894 and 1895, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.^[1] In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 2.

Quick Facts 30 of the 88 seats in the United States Senate (as well as special elections) 45 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

1894–95 United States Senate elections

← 1892 & 1893 Dates vary by state 1896 & 1897 →
30 of the 88 seats in the United States Senate (as well as special elections) 45 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader John Sherman[lower-alpha 1] Arthur Pue Gorman[lower-alpha 2] Party Republican Democratic Leader since March 4, 1891 March 4, 1889 Leader's seat Ohio Maryland Seats before 37 44 Seats won 18 10 Seats after 39 40 Seat change 2 4 Seats up 16 14   Third party Fourth party   Party Populist Silver Seats before 3 1 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 4 1 Seat change 1 Seats up 0 0
Results of the elections:      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Republican hold      Populist gain      Legislature failed to elect
Majority Party before election Democratic Elected Majority Party Republican

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The Republican Party gained plurality control of the Senate with the support of the Populist Party and Silver Party.

Senate party division, 54th Congress (1895–1897)

• Plurality: Republican: 42
• Minority: Democrats: 39
• Other parties: Populist: 4, Silver: 2
• Total: 88
• Vacant: 1, due to failure to elect. Later filled by a Democrat

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Former brigadier general in the Confederate States Army John T. Morgan^[14] was re-elected as one of the two senators in the state of Alabama. His tenure as senator ended in 1907 when he died in office.^[15]

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Interim appointee Donelson Caffery (D) was elected May 14, 1894 to the next term. He was later (May 23, 1894) elected to finish the current term.

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Randall L. Gibson (D) had been re-elected in 1889, but died December 15, 1892. Donelson Caffery (D) was appointed by the Governor of Louisiana December 31, 1892 to continue the term, pending a special election. On May 14, 1894, Caffery was elected to the next term, and on May 23, 1894, Caffery was elected to finish the current term.

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Edward Douglass White (D) had been elected in 1891, but resigned March 12, 1894 when appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Newton C. Blanchard (D) was appointed by the Governor of Louisiana March 12, 1894 to continue the term, pending a special election. On May 23, 1894, Blanchard was elected to finish the current term, which would end March 3, 1897.

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John B. Allen (R) had been elected in 1889 as one of the first senators from Washington. In 1893, however, the Washington State Legislature failed to elect a senator for the term beginning March 4, 1893. The governor appointed Allen to serve until March 20, 1893, but the Senate rejected his credentials.

John L. Wilson (R) was elected February 1, 1895 to finish the term, that would end March 3, 1899, taking his seat February 19, 1895.

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