1882–83 United States Senate elections

← 1880 & 1881 Dates vary by state[a] 1884 & 1885 →
26 of the 76 seats in theUnited States Senate (with special elections) 39 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Henry B. Anthony[b] (retired) George H. Pendleton[c] Party Republican Democratic Leader since March 4, 1863 March 4, 1881 Leader's seat Rhode Island Ohio Seats before 37 37 Seats won 11 13 Seats after 37 36 Seat change 1 Seats up 11 14   Third party Fourth party   Leader William Mahone[d] Party Readjuster Independent Leader since March 4, 1881 Leader's seat Virginia Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 2 0 Seat change 1 1 Seats up 0 1
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain     Democratic hold      Republican gain     Republican hold      Readjuster gain     Legislature failed to elect
Majority Party before election Republican[1] Elected Majority Party Republican[1]

The1882–83 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As theseU.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of theSeventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen bystate legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1882 and 1883, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due tolegislative deadlock.^[2] In these elections, terms were up for the senators inClass 2.

The Republicans retained a narrow majority — 39 (and later 40) out of 76 seats — with theReadjusters in their caucus.

Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row.

Parties						Total
		Democratic	Independent	Readjuster	Republican
Before these elections		37	1	1	37	76
Not up		23	0	1	26	50
	Class 1 (1880/81 →1886/87)	9	0	1	15	25
	Class 3 (1878/79 →1884/85)	14	0	0	11	25
Up		15	1	0	13	29
	Regular: Class 2	14	1	0	11	26
	Special: Class 1	0	0	0	0	0
	Special: Class 2	1	0	0	2	3
	Special: Class 3	0	0	0	0	0
Regular election
Incumbent retired		3	1	0	3	7
	Held by same party	2	0	—	2	4
	Replaced by other party	1 Independent replaced by1 Republican 1 Republican replaced by1 Democrat 1 Democrat replaced by1 Republican				3
	Result	3	0	0	4	7
Incumbent ran		11	0	0	8	19
	Won re-election	10	0	0	4	14
	Lost re-election and gained by other party	1 Democrat replaced by1 Readjuster				1
	Lost re-election without an elected successor	1 Republican lost and legislature failed to elect				1
	Lost renomination but held by same party	0	0	0	3	3
	Result	10	0	1	7	18
Total elected		13	0	1	11	25
Net change		1	1	1		3
Result		36	0	2	37	75

After the November 15, 1882 special election in Georgia.

In these elections, the winners were seated during 1882 or in 1883 before March 4; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1883; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

In this election, the winner was elected in 1883 after March 4.

On January 25, 1882, theIowa General Assembly electedJames W. McDill (Republican) to finish the term overMoses M. Ham andDaniel Campbell.^[3]James F. Wilson (Republican) was elected to the full six-year term on January 25, 1882, overLa Vega G. Kinne andDaniel P. Stubbs.^[3]

1883 United States Senate election in West Virginia

← 1877 January 23, 1883 1889 →
Needed to win: Majority of votes cast in each House of the Legislature 62 votes cast in theHouse, 32 needed 26 votes cast in theSenate, 14 needed
Candidate John E. Kenna George Loomis Party Democratic Republican House vote 37 votes 59.7% 22 votes 35.5% Senate vote 17 votes 65.4% 7 votes 26.9%
U.S. senator before election Henry G. Davis Democratic Elected U.S. Senator John E. Kenna Democratic

On January 23, 1883, each House of the West Virginia Legislature chose a senator to replace retiring incumbent, Henry G. Davis. In both chambers, the ballot was a three-way race betweenJohn E. Kenna, a Democratic congressman, George Loomis, a state judge and former state senator, and Berkeley County resident John Tabb Janney.^[7] In the House, the final count was 37 votes for Kenna, 22 votes for Loomis, and 3 votes for Janney. In the Senate, the final count was 17 votes for Kenna, 7 votes for Loomis, and 2 votes for Janney.^[8] Kenna, having received the majority of votes in both chambers, was declared duly elected as senator.

• 1882 United States elections
  • 1882 United States House of Representatives elections
• 47th United States Congress
• 48th United States Congress

• Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
• Clark, Dan Elbert (1912).History of Senatorial Elections in Iowa.Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa.

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