1910 and 1911 United States Senate elections
Races leading to the 62nd Congress
Table:
State

Incumbent

Results

Candidates

Senator

Party

Electoral
history

California

Frank P. Flint

Republican

1905

Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 10, 1911.[7]
Republican hold.

√ John D. Works (Republican) 92 votes
Albert Spalding (Republican) 21 votes[7]
John E. Raker (Democratic) 3 votes
William Kent (Democratic) 1 vote
Edwin A. Meserve (Republican) 1 vote[6]

Connecticut

Morgan Bulkeley

Republican

1905

Incumbent lost renomination and re-election.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[7]
Republican hold.

√ George P. McLean (Republican) 177 votes
Homer Stille Cummings (Democratic) 110 votes
Morgan Bulkeley (Republican) 1 vote[7][6]

Delaware

Henry A. du Pont

Republican

1906

Incumbent re-elected January 25, 1911.[8]

√ Henry A. du Pont (Republican) 31 votes
Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (Democratic) 21 votes[6]

Florida

James Taliaferro

Democratic

1899 (Special)
1905 (Appointed)
1905 (Special)

Incumbent lost re-election.
Legislature failed to elect.
Democratic loss.
New senator was appointed to begin the term.

Nathan P. Bryan (Democratic)[9]

Indiana

Albert J. Beveridge

Republican

1899
1905

Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[7]
Democratic gain.

√ John W. Kern (Democratic) 90 votes
Albert J. Beveridge (Republican) 60 votes[10]

Maine

Eugene Hale

Republican

1881
1887
1893
1899
1905

Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[7]
Democratic gain.

√ Charles Fletcher Johnson (Democratic) 107 votes
Frederick A. Powers (Republican) 67 votes[10]

Maryland

Isidor Rayner

Democratic

1904

Incumbent re-elected January 18, 1910.[7]

√ Isidor Rayner (Democratic) 19 votes
William P. Jackson (Republican)[3][11]

Massachusetts

Henry Cabot Lodge

Republican

1893
1899
1905

Incumbent re-elected January 18, 1911.[7][12]

√ Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) 146
Sherman L. Whipple (Democratic) 121 votes
Butler Ames (Republican) 7 votes
A. Lawrence Lowell (Republican) 2
Scattering 3 votes[7]

Michigan

Julius C. Burrows

Republican

1895 (Special)
1899
1905

Incumbent lost renomination.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[7]
Republican hold.

√ Charles E. Townsend (Republican) 112 votes
John Winship (Democratic) 14 votes[10]

Minnesota

Moses E. Clapp

Republican

1901 (Special)
1905

Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1911.[7]

√ Moses E. Clapp (Republican) 161 votes
R.T. O'Connor (Democratic) 13 votes
W.S. Hammond (Democratic) 3 votes
Thomas Van Lear (Socialist) 1 vote[13]

Mississippi

Hernando Money

Democratic

1897 (Appointed)
1899
1904

Incumbent retired.
New senator elected early January 21, 1908.[14]
Democratic hold.

√ John Sharp Williams (Democratic)
Unopposed[14]

Missouri

William Warner

Republican

1905

Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[7]
Democratic gain.

√ James A. Reed (Democratic) 104 votes
John C. McKinley (Republican) 70 votes[4]

Montana

Thomas H. Carter

Republican

1895
(1901 lost re-election)
1905

Incumbent retired.
New senator elected March 2, 1911.
Democratic gain.

√ Henry L. Myers (Democratic) 53 votes
Thomas H. Carter (Republican) 45 votes
Other 3[4]

Nebraska

Elmer Burkett

Republican

1905

Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected January 17, 1911, ratifying the popular selection made in 1910 state elections.[7][4]
Democratic gain.

√ Gilbert Hitchcock (Democratic) 117 votes
Elmer Burkett (Republican) 10 votes
Daniel W. Cook (Republican) 1 vote[4]
Absent and not voting, 5[15]

Nevada

George S. Nixon

Republican

1905

Incumbent re-elected January 24, 1911, ratifying the popular selection made in 1910 state elections.[7]

√ George S. Nixon (Republican)
Unopposed[4]

In state election:
George S. Nixon (Republican) 48.03%
Key Pittman (Democratic) 42.35%
Jud Harris (Socialist) 9.62%[16]

New Jersey

John Kean

Republican

1899
1905

Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 25, 1911.[7]
Democratic gain.

√ James Edgar Martine (Democratic) 47 votes
E.C. Stokes (Republican) 21 votes
John W. Griggs (Republican) 5 votes
James Smith Jr. (Republican) 3 votes
John Kean (Republican) 1 vote
J. Franklin Fort (Republican) 1 vote
Mahlon Pitney (Republican) 1 vote[4]

New York

Chauncey Depew

Republican

1899
1905

Incumbent ran for re-election, but legislature failed to elect.
Republican loss.
A new senator was elected late, see below.

Chauncey Depew (Republican)
William F. Sheehan (Democratic, Tammany faction)
Others, see below

North Dakota

Porter J. McCumber

Republican

1899
1905

Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1911.[7]

√ Porter J. McCumber (Republican) 129 votes
John Bruegger (Democratic) 20 votes[4]

Ohio

Charles W. F. Dick

Republican

1904 (Special)
1904

Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected January 10, 1911.
Democratic gain.

√ Atlee Pomerene (Democratic) 83 votes
Harry M. Daugherty (Republican) 17 votes
Charles W. F. Dick (Republican) 9 votes
Charles P. Taft (Republican) 7 votes
Frank Zumstein (Republican) 3 votes
Joseph G. Butler, Jr. (Republican) 2 votes
Joseph B. Foraker (Republican) 2 votes
Warren G. Harding (Republican) 2 votes
James R. Garfield (Republican) 2 votes
Renick W. Dunlap (Republican) 1 vote
Charles H. Grosvenor (Republican) 1 vote
R.R. Kinkade (Republican) 1 vote
Charles W. Stewart (Republican) 1 vote
Brand Whitlock (Independent) 1 vote[7][4]

Pennsylvania

George T. Oliver

Republican

1909 (Special)

Incumbent re-elected January 11, 1911.[7]

√ George T. Oliver (Republican) 181 votes
J. Henry Cochran (Democratic) 35 votes
Julian Kennedy (Democratic) 25 votes
James B. Riley (Democratic) 3 votes
William Flinn (Republican) 2 votes
Three others, 1 vote each, see below[17]

Rhode Island

Nelson W. Aldrich

Republican

1881 (Special)
1886
1892
1898
1905

Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 18, 1911.
Republican hold.

√ Henry F. Lippitt (Republican) 72 votes
Arthur L. Brown (Democratic) 44 votes
LeBaron B. Colt (Republican) 23 votes[5]

Tennessee

James B. Frazier

Democratic

1905 (special)

Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected January 23, 1911.
Democratic hold.

√ Luke Lea (Independent Democratic) 68 votes
Benton McMillin (Democratic) 48 votes
L.D. Tyson (Democratic) 11 votes
Gilbert D. Raine (Democratic) 2 votes
J.R. Woolridge (Republican) 2 votes[5]

Texas

Charles Allen Culberson

Democratic

1899
1905

Incumbent re-elected January 24, 1911.

√ Charles Allen Culberson (Democratic)
Unopposed[5]

Utah

George Sutherland

Republican

1905

Incumbent re-elected January 17, 1911.

√ George Sutherland (Republican) 54 votes
O.W. Powers (Democratic) 9 votes[5]

Vermont

Carroll S. Page

Republican

1908 (Special)

Incumbent re-elected October 18, 1910.

√ Carroll S. Page (Republican) 221 votes
Charles A. Prouty (Republican) 1 vote
David J. Foster (Republican) 1 vote[18]

Virginia

John W. Daniel

Democratic

1887
1893
1899
1904

Incumbent re-elected January 25, 1910.
Incumbent died June 29, 1910.
A new senator was appointed to finish the term, and reappointed to begin the new term.
The new senator was subsequently elected to finish the new term.[19]

√ John W. Daniel (Democratic) 99 votes
C. Bascom Slemp (Republican) 16 votes[18]

Washington

Samuel H. Piles

Republican

1905

Incumbent retired.
New senator elected January 17, 1911.[7][5]
Republican hold.

√ Miles Poindexter (Republican) 166 votes
George F. Cotterill (Democratic) 12 votes[5]

West Virginia

Nathan B. Scott

Republican

1899
1905

Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected February 1, 1911.[7][5]
Democratic gain.

√ William E. Chilton (Democratic)72 votes
Nathan B. Scott (Republican) 28 votes
C.C. Beury (Republican) 5 votes
John W. Davis (Democratic) 3 votes
Lewis Bennett (Democratic) 3 votes
Nathan Goff (Republican) 1 vote
Joseph H. Gaines (Republican) 1 vote[5][20]

Wisconsin

Robert M. La Follette Sr.

Republican

1905

Incumbent re-elected January 24, 1911.[7][5]

√ Robert M. La Follette Sr. (Republican) 83 votes
Charles H. Weisse (Democratic) 31 votes
Henry Kleist (Socialist Democratic) 14 votes[5]

Wyoming

Clarence D. Clark

Republican

1905

Incumbent re-elected January 24, 1911.[7][5]

√ Clarence D. Clark (Republican) 46 votes
J.B. Kendrick (Democratic) 34 votes[5]

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