1916 United States Senate elections

1916 United States Senate elections
November 7, 1916
35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate
49 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader John W. Kern
(lost re-election)		 Jacob H. Gallinger
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


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 an additional two seats through mid-term vacancies thereby reducing Democrats to a 52–44 majority.

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