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1916 United States Senate elections
← 1914
November 7, 1916[a]
1918 →
35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
John W. Kern[b] (lost re-election)
Jacob H. Gallinger[c]
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
March 4, 1911
March 4, 1911
Leader's seat
Indiana
New Hampshire
Seats before
56
40
Seats won
17
18
Seats after
54
42
Seat change
2
2
Seats up
19
16
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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
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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