1902–03 United States Senate elections

← 1900 & 1901 January 15, 1902 – April 22, 1903 1904 & 1905 →
30 of the 90 seats in theU.S. Senate 46 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader William B. Allison[a] James K. Jones[b] (retired) Party Republican Democratic Leader since March 4, 1897 March 4, 1899 Leader's seat Iowa Arkansas Seats before 55 29 Seats after 57 33 Seat change 2 4 Seats up 18 8 Races won 18 11   Third party Fourth party   Party Silver Republican Populist Seats before 2 2 Seats after 0 0 Seat change 2 2 Seats up 2 2 Races won 0 0
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain     Democratic hold      Republican gain     Republican hold
Majority conference chairman before election William B. Allison Republican ElectedMajority conference chairman William B. Allison Republican

The1902–03 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 1902 and 1903, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due tolegislative deadlock.^[1] In these elections, terms were up for the senators inClass 3.

TheDemocratic Party gained four seats, but the Republicans kept their strong majority. This election marked the end of the two third parties, thePopulists andSilver Republicans. Republicans took both Populist seats (Idaho andKansas) along with one Silver Republican seat inWashington. Democrats took the other Silver Republican seat inColorado as incumbent SenatorHenry Teller was re-elected as a Democrat and flipped four Republican seats inMaryland,Kentucky,North Carolina, andNevada. Republicans flipped only one Democratic seat (Utah), but also gained both vacantDelaware seats, which had been empty due to legislative deadlock in 1898 and 1900, respectively.

Besides the double-barrel special elections in Delaware, a special election was held in Michigan.

InFlorida, the legislature failed to elect until shortly after the beginning of the58th Congress on March 4.

Senate party division,58th Congress (1903–1905)

• Majority party: Republican (57)
• Minority party: Democratic (33)
• Vacant (0)
• Total seats: 90

After the January 29, 1902, special election in New Jersey.

In these elections, the winners were elected and seated during 1902 or in 1903 before March 4.

Elections ordered by date, then state.

In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1903; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

In this election, the winner was elected in 1903 after March 4.

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In the1898–99 elections, the Delaware legislature had failed to elect a successor to Democratic senatorGeorge Gray.

Four years later, Republican congressmanL. Heisler Ball was elected in 1903 to finish the term.

He would lose re-election at the 1905 end of the term due to yet another deadlock in the state legislature.

After the advent of popular elections, Ball would return in 1919 for a single full term.

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Inthe 1900/1901 elections, the Delaware legislature had failed to elect a successor to Democratic senatorRichard R. Kenney.

Two years later, Republican state senatorJ. Frank Allee was elected in 1903 to finish the term.

Allee would retire at the end of the term in 1907.

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The Florida legislature failed to elect a senator by the March 4, 1903, beginning of the term. One-term incumbent DemocratStephen Mallory II was therefore appointed to begin the term, pending the late election.

Democratic incumbentStephen Mallory II was elected late April 22, 1903, to finish the term.

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There were two elections due to the death ofJohn H. Gear in 1900.

Five-termWilliam B. Allison was re-elected to a sixth term January 22, 1902. He wasChairman of the Senate Republican Conference, effectively the leader of the Senate.

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First-term RepublicanJohn H. Gear had died July 14, 1900, and RepublicanJonathan P. Dolliver had been appointed August 22, 1900, to finish the term ending in 1901 and to the term beginning thereafter, pending a special election.

Dolliver was elected January 22, 1902, to finish the term that would end in 1907.

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1902 United States Senate election in Maryland

← 1896 November 4, 1902 1908 →
80 members of theMaryland General Assembly
Candidate Arthur Pue Gorman Party Democratic Legislative vote - Percentage -%

Arthur Pue Gorman was elected by an unknown margin, for the Class 3 seat.^[27]

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The election in New York was held on January 20, 1903, by theNew York State Legislature.

RepublicanThomas C. Platt had previously been re-elected to this seat in1897, and his term would expire on March 3, 1903.

At theState election in November 1902, 28 Republicans and 22 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1903–1904) in the State Senate; and 89 Republicans and 61 Democrats were elected for the session of 1903 to the Assembly. State SenatorPatrick F. Trainor who had been re-elected, died on December 25, 1902, and his successorPeter J. Dooling was elected only after the senatorial election, on January 27.^[28] The126th New York State Legislature met from January 6 to April 23, 1903, atAlbany, New York.

The Republican caucus met on January 19. 25 State senators and 84 assemblymen attended, and State SenatorWilliam W. Armstrong presided. The caucus re-nominated the incumbent U.S. SenatorThomas C. Platt almost unanimously. A single vote was cast for U.S. Secretary of WarElihu Root by Assemblyman William A. Denison, ofJefferson County. Besides Denison voting against Platt, a small number of anti-Platt men did not attend the caucus. Boss Platt had forced the nomination of Attorney GeneralJohn C. Davies to theNew York Supreme Court in the 5th District, against the local Republican organization's wishes who accused Davies of incompetence. Davies was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Watson M. Rogers although the 5th District was heavily Republican. Thus boss Platt's power began to wane.

The Democratic caucus met also on January 19. All 62 State legislators attended, and Assemblyman Charles W. Hinson, ofErie County, presided. They nominatedJohn B. Stanchfield unanimously. Stanchfield had been Mayor ofElmira, and was defeated when running forGovernor of New York in1900 by RepublicanBenjamin B. Odell Jr.

Thomas C. Platt was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected. Three Republican anti-Platt men, State senators Edgar T. Brackett (28th D.),Elon R. Brown and Nathaniel A. Elsberg (15th D.), voted for Elihu Root.

Note: The votes were cast on January 20, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 21 to compare nominations, and declare the result.

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The election in Pennsylvania was held on January 20, 1903.Boies Penrose was re-elected by thePennsylvania General Assembly^[29]

The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of theHouse of Representatives and theSenate, convened on January 20, 1903. IncumbentRepublicanBoies Penrose, who was elected in1897, was a successful candidate for re-election to another term. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:

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Two-term RepublicanJames H. Kyle died July 1, 1901, and RepublicanAlfred Kittredge was appointed July 11, 1901, to continue the term, pending a special election.

RepublicanAlfred Kittredge was elected January 20, 1903, to finish the term.

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RepublicanAlfred Kittredge was elected January 21, 1903, to the next the term.

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• Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
• Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.).The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992.United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.).Washington, D.C.:U.S. Government Printing Office.ISBN 9780160632563.
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• Cox, Harold (January 31, 2007)."Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006".The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
• "PLATT IS RENOMINATED, ONE VOTE AGAINST HIM; ...Devery Protest Against an Utterance of Mr. Stanchfield in Democratic Caucus"(PDF).The New York Times. January 20, 1903.
• "MR. PLATT ELECTED AFTER DENUNCIATION"(PDF).The New York Times. January 21, 1903.

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