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1902 United States elections

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1902 United States elections
1900        1901        1902        1903        1904
Midterm elections
Election dayNovember 4
Incumbent presidentTheodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Next Congress58th
Senate elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contested30 of 90 seats[1]
Net seat changeDemocratic +4[2]
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold
House elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contestedAll 386 voting seats
Net seat changeDemocratic +25[2]
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested27
Net seat change0
1902 gubernatorial elections results
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold
     Silver hold

Elections were held for the58th United States Congress, and occurred in the middle of Republican PresidentTheodore Roosevelt's first term, during theFourth Party System. Roosevelt had become president on September 14, 1901, upon theassassination of his predecessor,William McKinley. Republicans retained a majority in both chambers of Congress, while thePopulist Party andSilver Republican Party disappeared from Congress.

Reapportionment added twenty nine seats to theHouse. Democrats picked up several seats in the newly enlargedHouse, while Republicans made lesser gains. Republicans continued to control the chamber with a slightly diminished majority.[3]

In theSenate, Republicans and Democrats each picked up one seat, while thePopulist Party lost both its seats. Republicans maintained a commanding majority in the chamber.[4]

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References

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  1. ^Not counting special elections.
  2. ^abCongressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
  3. ^"Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. RetrievedJune 25, 2014.
  4. ^"Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. RetrievedJune 25, 2014.

Primary sources

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  • 1902 Annual Cyclopedia (1903) online; highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" for 1902; massive compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage; 865pp
  • Colby, Frank Moore ed.The International Yearbook A Compendium Of The Worlds Progress During The Year 1902 (1903) coverage of each stateonline
  • Democratic Campaign Book, Congressional Election 1902 ...online used by Democrats for facts and arguments during the campaign
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