1892–93 United States Senate elections

← 1890 & 1891 Dates vary by state 1894 & 1895 →
29 of the 88 seats in theUnited States Senate (as well as special elections) 45 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Arthur Pue Gorman[a] John Sherman[b] Party Democratic Republican Leader since March 4, 1889 March 4, 1891 Leader's seat Maryland Ohio Seats before 39 47 Seats won 14 9 Seats after 43 37 Seat change 4 10 Seats up 11 18   Third party Fourth party   Party Populist Silver Republican Seats before 2 New party Seats won 1 1 Seats after 3 1 Seat change 1 1 Seats up 0
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain     Democratic hold      Republican hold     Silver Republican gain      Populist gain     Legislature failed to elect
Majority Party before election Republican Elected Majority Party Democratic

The1892–93 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with former Democratic PresidentGrover Cleveland'sreturn to power. 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 1892 and 1893, 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 1.

TheRepublican Party lost nine seats, losing its majority to theDemocratic Party. The Democratic majority, however, was minimal and did not last past the next Congress.

Senate party division,53rd Congress (1893–1895)

• Majority party: Democratic (43)
• Minority party: Republican (37)
• Other parties: Populist (3); Silver (1)
• Vacant: 4
• Total seats: 88

In these special elections the winners were seated during the 52nd Congress in 1892 or in 1893 before March 4; ordered by election date.

In this special election, the winner was seated in the53rd Congress, starting March 4, 1893.

In this early regular election, the winner was seated in the54th Congress, starting March 4, 1895.

In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1893; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

In these elections, the winners were elected in 1893 after March 4, and seated in the53rd Congress.

In this election, the winner was seated in the54th Congress, starting March 4, 1895.

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1892 United States Senate election in Maryland

← 1886 January 19, 1892 1898 →
80 members of theMaryland General Assembly
Candidate Arthur Pue Gorman Lloyd Lowndes Jr. Party Democratic Republican Legislative vote 80 6 Percentage 93.02% 6.98

Arthur Pue Gorman won re-election againstLloyd Lowndes Jr. by a margin of 86.05%, or 74 votes, for the Class 1 seat.^[27]

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1892 United States Senate special election in Maryland

← 1890 January 1890 1896 →
80 members of theMaryland General Assembly
Candidate Charles Hopper Gibson William J. Vannort Party Democratic Republican Legislative vote 86 8 Percentage 76.11% 7.08%

Charles Hopper Gibson was elected to fill the seat vacated byEphraim King Wilson II by a margin of 69.03%, or 78 votes, for the Class 3 seat.^[28]

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Early election for the term beginning in 1895.

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The New York election was held on January 18, 1893, by theNew York State Legislature.

Incumbent SenatorFrank Hiscock was elected to this seat in1887, with his term to expire on March 3, 1893.

At the controversialState election in November 1891, 17 Democrats, 14 Republicans and 1 Independent were elected for a two-year term (1892-1893) in the State Senate. This was the only time a Democratic majority was seated in the State Senate between 1874 and 1910. At theState election in November 1892, 74 Democrats and 54 Republicans were elected for the session of 1893 to the Assembly. The116th New York State Legislature met from January 3 to April 20, 1893, atAlbany, New York.

TheDemocratic caucus met on January 10. 90 State legislators attended, only AssemblymanJohn Cooney, ofBrooklyn, was absent due to illness. State SenatorAmasa J. Parker Jr. presided.Edward Murphy Jr., a wealthy brewer ofTroy, and Chairman of theDemocratic State Committee, was nominated by a large majority.The New York Times had suggested earlier to nominateCarl Schurz, a former RepublicanU.S. Senator from Missouri andU.S. Secretary of the Interior, who lived now inNew York City,^[29] but the political machines of upstate bossDavid B. Hill andTammany Hall chose a loyal party machine man rather than an Ex-Republican advocate of civil service reform. Even President-electGrover Cleveland had voiced his disapproval of Murphy, to no avail.^[30]

1893 Democratic caucus

Candidate	First ballot
YEdward Murphy Jr.	85
W. Bourke Cockran	5

TheRepublican caucus met on January 11. State SenatorThomas Hunter presided. They re-nominated the incumbent U.S. SenatorFrank Hiscock by acclamation.

Edward Murphy, Jr., was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected. State Senator James T. Edwards (32nd D.), ofRandolph, voted for the defeated Republican vice presidential candidate of1892, Whitelaw Reid.

1893 United States Senator election

House	Democratic		Republican		Republican
State Senate (32 members)	YEdward Murphy Jr.	17	Frank Hiscock	12	Whitelaw Reid	1
State Assembly (128 members)	YEdward Murphy Jr.	73	Frank Hiscock	52

Note: The votes were cast on January 17, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 18 to compare nominations, and declare the result.

When Murphy took his seat, for the first time since 1849 New York was represented by two Democrats in the U.S. Senate. Murphy served a single term, remaining in the U.S. Senate until March 3, 1899. In January 1899, Murphy was defeated for re-election by RepublicanChauncey M. Depew.

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The election in Pennsylvania was held January 17, 1893. IncumbentMatthew Quay was re-elected by thePennsylvania General Assembly.^[31]

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Incumbent SenatorJohn W. Daniel (who had been firstelected in 1887) was re-elected in 1893.

Democratic incumbentJohn S. Barbour Jr. died May 14, 1892. DemocratEppa Hunton was appointed May 28, 1892, to continue until a special election.

Hunton was elected December 20, 1893, to finish the term (ending March 1895).

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Two-term RepublicanPhiletus Sawyer retired and two-term Democratic congressmanJohn L. Mitchell was elected to the next term. In the Wisconsin Legislature, Democrats had a majority, but it took 31 ballots for Democrats to pick Mitchell over fellow DemocratsJohn H. Knight andEdward S. Bragg.^[33]

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• 1892 United States elections
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• "STATESMEN OUT OF FASHION.; BREWER MURPHY OF TROY NOMINATED FOR SENATOR"(PDF).The New York Times. January 11, 1893.
• "SENATOR HISCOCK'S "EMPTY HONOR""(PDF).The New York Times. January 12, 1893.
• "EDWARD MURPHY ELECTED"(PDF).The New York Times. January 18, 1893.

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