1898 gubernatorial elections results Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican hold Silver hold Populist hold
Democrats picked up several seats in the House at the expense of Republicans and the Populist Party. However, Republicans continued to control the chamber with a slightly diminished majority.[3]
In the Senate, Republicans picked up several seats at the expense of the Democrats, growing the Republican majority. Several Senators continued to affiliate with third parties.[4]
The elections helped Democrats further incorporate the remaining elements of the Populist Party, many of whom had been attracted to the Democratic Party after the 1896 candidacy of William Jennings Bryan. Republican Senate gains helped ensure ratification of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish–American War and left the US in control of Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.[5]
1898, united, states, elections, occurred, middle, republican, president, william, mckinley, first, term, during, fourth, party, system, elections, took, place, shortly, after, spanish, american, members, 56th, united, states, congress, were, chosen, this, ele. The 1898 United States elections occurred in the middle of Republican President William McKinley s first term during the Fourth Party System The elections took place shortly after the Spanish American War Members of the 56th United States Congress were chosen in this election Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress 1898 United States elections 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Midterm electionsElection dayNovember 8Incumbent presidentWilliam McKinley Republican Next Congress56thSenate electionsOverall controlRepublican holdSeats contested30 of 90 seats 1 Net seat changeRepublican 8 2 House electionsOverall controlRepublican holdSeats contestedAll 357 voting seatsNet seat changeDemocratic 37 2 Gubernatorial electionsSeats contested28Net seat changeRepublican 11898 gubernatorial elections results Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican hold Silver hold Populist holdDemocrats picked up several seats in the House at the expense of Republicans and the Populist Party However Republicans continued to control the chamber with a slightly diminished majority 3 In the Senate Republicans picked up several seats at the expense of the Democrats growing the Republican majority Several Senators continued to affiliate with third parties 4 The elections helped Democrats further incorporate the remaining elements of the Populist Party many of whom had been attracted to the Democratic Party after the 1896 candidacy of William Jennings Bryan Republican Senate gains helped ensure ratification of the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish American War and left the US in control of Cuba the Philippines Guam and Puerto Rico 5 See also edit1898 United States House of Representatives elections 1898 99 United States Senate elections 1898 United States gubernatorial electionsReferences edit Not counting special elections a b Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly scheduled elections and do not take special elections into account Party Divisions of the House of Representatives United States House of Representatives Retrieved 25 June 2014 Party Division in the Senate 1789 Present United States Senate Retrieved 25 June 2014 Busch Andrew 1999 Horses in Midstream University of Pittsburgh Press pp 155 156 nbsp nbsp This American elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1898 United States elections amp oldid 1135945313, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
