United States Senate elections, 1868

The United States Senate election of 1868 was an election which had the Republican Party gain five seats in the United States Senate, enlarging their already overwhelming majority to the largest amount of seats ever controlled by the party.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Results

Senate Party Division, 41st Congress (1869–1871)

• Majority Party: Republican (62)
• Minority Party: Democratic (12)
• Other Parties: (0)
• Total Seats: 74

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections V V V V V D D R R R D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R V V V V V R R

In the next Congress D D D D D D D R R R R R D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Key:	D = Democratic R = Republican V = Vacant	Majority divider

See also

• United States presidential election, 1868
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1868

References

• Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov