1916_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island

Arkansas special election
← 1914 1920 →
	County results; Kirby: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Remmel: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; James Paul Clarke; Democratic	Elected U.S. senator ; William F. Kirby; Democratic

Arizona election
← 1912 1922 →
	Election results by county; Ashurst: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%; Kibbey: 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Henry F. Ashurst; Democratic	Elected U.S. senator ; Henry F. Ashurst; Democratic

1916 United States Senate elections
35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate; 49 seats needed for a majority
	; Results of the elections:; Democratic gain Democratic hold; Republican gain Republican hold; No election
Majority conference chairman before election; John W. Kern; Democratic	Elected Majority conference chairman ; Thomas S. Martin; Democratic

1916 United States Senate elections

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The 1916 United States Senate elections were elections that coincided with the re-election of President Woodrow Wilson. This was the first election since the enactment of the Seventeenth Amendment that all 32 Class 1 Senators were selected by direct or popular elections instead of state legislatures. Republicans gained a net of two seats from the Democrats, and then a furthered seat through mid-term vacancies thereby reducing Democrats to a 53-43 majority.

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State	Senator	Replaced by
Arkansas	James P. Clarke	William F. Kirby
California	John D. Works	Hiram Johnson
Maine (special)	Edwin C. Burleigh	Bert M. Fernald
New Mexico	Thomas B. Catron	Andrieus A. Jones
New York	James A. O'Gorman	William M. Calder
Pennsylvania	George T. Oliver	Philander C. Knox

State	Senator	Replaced by
Delaware	Henry A. du Pont	Josiah O. Wolcott
Florida	Nathan P. Bryan	Park Trammell
Indiana (special)	Thomas Taggart	James E. Watson
Indiana	John W. Kern	Harry S. New
Maine	Charles F. Johnson	Frederick Hale
Maryland	Blair Lee I	Joseph I. France
Minnesota	Moses E. Clapp	Frank B. Kellogg
New Jersey	James E. Martine	Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Rhode Island	Henry F. Lippitt	Peter G. Gerry
Tennessee	Luke Lea	Kenneth McKellar
Utah	George Sutherland	William H. King
West Virginia	William E. Chilton	Howard Sutherland
Wyoming	Clarence D. Clark	John B. Kendrick

State	Senator	Replaced by
Idaho (Class 3)	James H. Brady	John F. Nugent
Kentucky (Class 2)	Ollie Murray James	George B. Martin
Louisiana (Class 3)	Robert F. Broussard	Walter Guion
Missouri (Class 3)	William J. Stone	Xenophon P. Wilfley
Nevada (Class 3)	Francis G. Newlands	Charles Henderson
New Hampshire (Class 3)	Jacob H. Gallinger	Irving W. Drew
New Jersey (Class 2)	William Hughes	David Baird Sr.
Oregon (Class 2)	Harry Lane	Charles L. McNary
South Carolina (Class 2)	Benjamin Tillman	Christie Benet

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D₃₉ Ark. (sp) Died	D₄₀ Ind. (sp) Ran	D₄₁ Fla. Ran	D₄₂ Ind. (reg) Ran	D₄₃ Maine (reg) Ran	D₄₄ Md. Ran	D₄₅ Miss. Ran	D₄₆ Mo. Ran	D₄₇ Mont. Ran	D₄₈ Neb. Ran
Majority →									D₄₉ Nev. Ran
R₃₉ Wis. Ran	R₄₀ Wyo. Ran	D₅₆ W.Va. Ran	D₅₅ Va. Ran	D₅₄ Texas Ran	D₅₃ Tenn. Ran	D₅₂ Ohio Ran	D₅₁ N.Y. Retired	D₅₀ N.J. Ran	D₄₉ Nev. Ran
R₃₈ Wash. Ran	R₃₇ Vt. Ran	R₃₆ Utah Ran	R₃₅ R.I. Ran	R₃₄ Pa. Retired	R₃₃ N.D. Ran	R₃₂ N.M. Retired	R₃₁ Minn. Ran	R₃₀ Mich. Ran	R₂₉ Mass. Ran
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅ Calif. Retired	R₂₆ Conn. Ran	R₂₇ Del. Ran	R₂₈ Maine (sp) Died
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D₃₉ Ark. (sp) Hold	D₄₀ Del. Gain	D₄₁ Fla. Hold	D₄₂ Miss. Re-elected	D₄₃ Mo. Re-elected	D₄₄ Mont. Re-elected	D₄₅ Neb. Re-elected	D₄₆ Nev. Re-elected	D₄₇ N.M. Gain	D₄₈ Ohio Re-elected
Majority →									D₄₉ R.I. Gain
R₃₉ Vt. Re-elected	R₄₀ Wash. Re-elected	R₄₁ W.Va. Gain	R₄₂ Wis. Re-elected	D₅₄ Wyo. Gain	D₅₃ Va. Re-elected	D₅₂ Utah Gain	D₅₁ Texas Re-elected	D₅₀ Tenn. Hold	D₄₉ R.I. Gain
R₃₈ Pa. Hold	R₃₇ N.D. Re-elected	R₃₆ N.Y. Gain	R₃₅ N.J. Gain	R₃₄ Minn. Hold	R₃₃ Mich. Re-elected	R₃₂ Mass. Re-elected	R₃₁ Md. Gain	R₃₀ Maine (sp) Hold	R₂₉ Maine (reg) Gain
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State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Maine (Class 2)	Edwin C. Burleigh	Republican	1913	Incumbent died June 16, 1916. A new senator elected September 11, 1916. Republican hold.	▌Y Bert M. Fernald (Republican) 54.28% ▌Kenneth C. M. Sills (Democratic) 45.49% ▌Frederick Shepherd (Prohibition) 0.23%^[1]
Arkansas (Class 3)	James P. Clarke	Democratic	1903 1909 1914	Incumbent died October 1, 1916. New senator elected November 7, 1916. Democratic hold.	▌Y William F. Kirby (Democratic) 69.27% ▌Harmon L. Remmel (Republican) 30.73%^[2]
Indiana (Class 3)	Thomas Taggart	Democratic	1916 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election to finish term. New senator elected November 7, 1916. Republican gain.	▌Y James E. Watson (Republican) 47.66% ▌Thomas Taggart (Democratic) 46.29% ▌Edward Henry (Socialist) 3.08% ▌William H. Hickman (Prohibition) 2.29% ▌John F. Clifford (Progressive) 0.68%^[3]

State	Party of winner	Margin
Indiana (special)	Republican (flip)	1.37%
Indiana	Republican (flip)	1.63%
Maryland	Republican (flip)	1.7%
West Virginia	Republican (flip)	1.97%
Missouri	Democratic	3.12%
Ohio	Democratic	3.14%
Connecticut	Republican	3.93%
Nebraska	Democratic	4.1%
Delaware	Democratic (flip)	4.9%
New Mexico	Democratic (flip)	5.06%
Wyoming	Democratic (flip)	6.0%
Massachusetts	Republican	6.37%
Nevada	Democratic	6.53%
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Motana	Democratic	7.66%
Maine (special)	Republican	8.79%
Rhode Island	Democratic (flip)	8.82%
Tennessee	Democratic	9.67%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry F. Ashurst (incumbent)	29,873	55.36
	Republican	Joseph Henry Kibbey	21,261	39.40
	Socialist	W. S. Bradford	2,827	5.24
Majority			8,612	15.96
Total votes			53,961	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William F. Kirby	110,293	69.27
	Republican	Harmon L. Remmel	48,922	30.73
Majority			61,371	38.55
Total votes			159,215	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hiram Johnson	574,667	61.09%
	Democratic	George S. Patton	277,852	29.54%
	Socialist	Walter Thomas Mills	49,341	5.25%
	Prohibition	Marshall W. Atwood	38,797	4.12%
Total votes			907,900	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George P. McLean (inc.)	107,020	50.17%
	Democratic	Homer Stille Cummings	98,649	46.24%
	Socialist	Martin F. Plunkett	5,279	2.48%
	Prohibition	Wilbur G. Manchester	1,768	0.83%
	Socialist Labor	Otto Ruckser	619	0.29%
Total votes			213,335	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josiah O. Wolcott	25,434	49.67%
	Republican	Henry A. du Pont (incumbent)	22,925	44.77%
	Progressive	Hiram R. Burton	2,361	4.61%
	Socialist	William C. Ferris	490	0.96%
Total votes			51,210	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Park Trammell	58,391	82.86%
	Republican	William R. O'Neal	8,774	12.45%
	Socialist	R. L. Goodwin	3,304	4.69%
Total votes			70,469	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Eli Watson	335,193	47.66
	Democratic	Thomas Taggart (incumbent)	325,577	46.29
	Socialist	Edward Henry	21,626	3.08
	Prohibition	William H. Hickman	16,095	2.29
	Progressive	John F. Clifford	4,798	0.68
Total votes			703,289	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Stewart New	337,089	47.77%
	Democratic	John W. Kern (incumbent)	325,588	46.14%
	Socialist	Joseph Zimmerman	21,558	3.06%
	Prohibition	Elwood Haynes	15,598	2.21%
	Progressive	John N. Dyer	4,272	0.61%
	Socialist Labor	Ira J. Decker	1,562	0.22%
Total votes			705,667	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bert M. Fernald	81,369	54.27%
	Democratic	Kenneth C. Sills	68,201	45.49%
	Prohibition	Frederick A. Shepherd	348	2.29%
		Others	11	0.01%
Total votes			149,929	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick Hale	79,481	52.72%
	Democratic	Charles F. Johnson (incumbent)	69,486	46.09%
	Socialist	James F. Carey	1,510	1.00%
	Prohibition	Arthur C. Johnson	279	0.19%
	Write-in		7	0.01%
Total votes			150,763	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph I. France	113,662	49.32%	12.34
	Democratic	David John Lewis	109,740	47.62%	9.13
	Prohibition	James W. Frizzell	3,325	1.44%	0.23
	Socialist	Sylvester L. Young	2,590	1.12%	0.29
	Labor	Robert E. Long	1,143	0.50%	N/A
Total votes			230,460	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Cabot Lodge (incumbent)	267,177	51.68%
	Democratic	John F. Fitzgerald	234,238	45.31%
	Socialist	William N. McDonald	15,558	3.01%
	Write-in	All others	26	0.00%
Total votes			516,999	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Townsend (incumbent)	364,657	56.34%
	Democratic	Lawrence Price	257,954	39.85%
	Socialist	Edward O. Foss	15,614	2.41%
	Prohibition	John Y. Johnston	7,569	1.17%
	Socialist Labor	Herman Richter	924	0.14%
	Independent	Henry Ford (write-in)	566	0.09%
Total votes			677,284	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank B. Kellogg	185,159	48.58%
	Democratic	Daniel W. Lawler	117,541	30.84%
	Prohibition	W. G. Calderwood	78,425	20.58%
Total votes			381,125	100.00%
Majority			67,618	17.74%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Sharp Williams (incumbent)	74,290	100%
Total votes			74,290	100
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James A. Reed (incumbent)	396,166	50.56%
	Republican	Walter S. Dickey	371,710	47.44%
	Socialist	Kate Richards O'Hare	14,654	1.87%
	Socialist Labor	Joseph Scheidler	962	0.12%
Total votes			783,492	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry L. Myers (incumbent)	85,585	51.06%
	Republican	Charles N. Pray	72,753	43.40%
	Socialist	Henry La Beau	9,292	5.54%
Total votes			167,630	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gilbert Hitchcock (incumbent)	143,082	49.98%
	Republican	John L. Kennedy	131,359	45.88%
	Socialist	E. E. Olmstead	7,425	2.59%
	Prohibition	D. B. Gilbert	4,429	1.55%
Total votes			286,295	100.00%
	Democratic hold

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Gains, losses, and holds

Retirements

Defeats

Post-election changes

Change in composition

Before the elections

Elections results

Race summaries

Special elections during the 64th Congress

Elections leading to the 65th Congress

Closest races

Arizona

Arkansas (special)

California

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Indiana

Indiana (special)

Indiana (regular)

Maine

Maine (special)

Maine (regular)

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Dakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

See also

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Key Pittman (incumbent)	12,765	38.81%
	Republican	Samuel Platt	10,618	32.28%
	Socialist	Ashley Grant Miller	9,507	28.91%
Total votes			32,890	100.00%
	Democratic hold

	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr.	244,715	55.99%
Democratic	James E. Martine (incumbent)	170,019	38.90%
Socialist	William C. Doughty	13,358	3.06%
Prohibition	Livingston Barbour	7,178	0.11%
Socialist Labor	Rudolph Katz	1,826	0.42%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrieus A. Jones	33,981	51.01%
	Republican	Frank A. Hubbell	30,609	45.95%
	Socialist	W. P. Metcalf	2,028	3.04%
Total votes			66,618	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William M. Calder	839,314	54.32%
	Democratic	William F. McCombs	605,933	39.22%
	Socialist	Joseph D. Cannon	61,167	3.96%
	Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin	19,302	1.25%
	Progressive	Bainbridge Colby	15,339	0.99%
	Socialist Labor	August Gillhaus	4,086	0.26%
Total votes			1,545,141	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Porter J. McCumber (incumbent)	57,714	53.85%
	Democratic	John Burke	40,988	38.24%
	Socialist	E. R. Fry	8,472	7.91%
Total votes			107,174	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Atlee Pomerene (incumbent)	571,488	49.26%
	Republican	Myron Herrick	535,391	46.15%
	Socialist	C. E. Ruthenberg	38,186	3.29%
	Prohibition	Aaron S. Watkins	12,060	1.04%
	Independent	Jacob Coxey	2,965	0.26%
Total votes			1,160,091	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Philander C. Knox	680,451	56.31
	Democratic	Ellis L. Orvis	450,112	37.25
	Socialist	Charles W. Ervin	45,385	3.76
	Prohibition	Herbert T. Ames	30,089	2.49
	Single Tax	Robert Colvin Macauley, Jr.	1,387	0.12
	Socialist Labor	William H. Thomas	1,022	0.09
Total votes			1,208,446	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter G. Gerry	47,048	52.94%
	Republican	Henry F. Lippitt (incumbent)	39,211	44.12%
	Socialist	Frederick W. Hurst	1,996	2.25%
	Prohibition	Frank J. Sibley	454	0.51%
	Socialist Labor	Peter McDermott	168	0.19%
Total votes			88,877	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth McKellar (incumbent)	143,718	54.42%
	Republican	Ben W. Hooper	118,174	44.75%
	Socialist	H. H. Magnum	2,193	0.83%
Total votes			264,085	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles A. Culberson (incumbent)	303,035	81.30%
	Republican	Alex W. Atcheson	48,788	13.09%
	Socialist	F. A. Hickey	18,616	4.99%
	Prohibition	F. H. Combeau	2,319	0.62%
Total votes			372,758	100.00%
	Democratic hold