1872–73 United States Senate elections

The 1872–73 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with President Ulysses S. Grant's re-election. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1872 and 1873, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 3.

1872–73 United States Senate elections
Dates vary by state
(And other dates for special elections)
24 of the 74 seats in the United States Senate (with special elections)
38 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Henry B. Anthony
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since March 4, 1863
Leader's seat Rhode Island
Last election 58 seats 9 seats
Seats before 56 17
Seats won 18 5
Seats after 54 19
Seat change 2 2
Seats up 20 3
  Third party
 
Party Liberal Republican
Last election 0 seats
Seats before 1
Seats won 0
Seats after 0
Seat change 1
Seats up 1
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Liberal Republican gain      Legislature Failed to Elect
Majority Party before election


Republican

 Elected Majority Party


Republican

The Republican Party, while still retaining a commanding majority, lost two seats. By the beginning of the Congress, however, they would lose three more: two as defections to the Liberal Republican Party, and one a resignation of Henry Wilson to become U.S. Vice President. This remains the last election in which Republicans held a 2/3 majority in the Senate.

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