1912 United States elections

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1912 United States elections
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Senate elections
Overall controlDemocratic gain
Seats contested32 of 96 seats[1]
Net seat changeDemocratic +4[2]
1912 Senate results

  Democratic gain   Democratic hold

  Republican gain   Republican hold
House elections
Overall controlDemocratic Hold
Seats contestedAll 435 voting members
Net seat changeDemocratic +62[2]
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested33
Net seat changeDemocratic +4
1912 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1912 Illinois gubernatorial election1912 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1912 Iowa gubernatorial election1912 Arkansas gubernatorial election1912 Kansas gubernatorial election1912 Texas gubernatorial election1912 Florida gubernatorial election1912 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1912 Michigan gubernatorial election1912 Nebraska gubernatorial election1912 South Dakota gubernatorial election1912 Minnesota gubernatorial election1912 Maine gubernatorial election1912 Colorado gubernatorial election1912 Ohio gubernatorial election1912 Tennessee gubernatorial election1912 Connecticut gubernatorial election1912 Idaho gubernatorial election1912 Georgia gubernatorial election1912 New York gubernatorial election1912 South Carolina gubernatorial election1912 Delaware gubernatorial election1912 Indiana gubernatorial election1912 Missouri gubernatorial election1912 Montana gubernatorial election1912 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1912 North Carolina gubernatorial election1912 North Dakota gubernatorial election1912 Utah gubernatorial election1912 Vermont gubernatorial election1912 Washington gubernatorial election1912 West Virginia gubernatorial election
1912 gubernatorial election results

  Democratic gain   Democratic hold

  Republican gain   Republican hold

The 1912 United States elections elected the members of the 63rd United States Congress, occurring during the Fourth Party System. Amidst a division between incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, the Democratic Party won the presidency and both chambers of Congress, the first time they accomplished that feat since the 1892 elections.

In the presidential election,

third party
candidate accomplished either feat.

Following the

1910 census, 41 seats were added to the House, setting the House at its current number of 435 seats.[4] Democrats made major gains in the House, further strengthening their majority, while the new Progressive Party won ten seats.[5]

In the last Senate election before the ratification of the 17th Amendment, Democrats made moderate gains and won control of the chamber for the first time since the 1892 election.[6]

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References

  1. ^ Not counting special elections.
  2. ^ a b Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
  3. ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  4. ^ "U.S. Senate: House of Representatives". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  5. ^ "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved 25 June 2014.


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