1878–79 United States Senate elections

The 1878–79 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. 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 1878 and 1879, 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.

1878–79 United States Senate elections
Dates vary by state
(And other dates for special elections)
26 of the 76 seats in the United States Senate (with special elections)
39 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader William A. Wallace Henry B. Anthony
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since March 4, 1877 March 4, 1863
Leader's seat Pennsylvania Rhode Island
Seats before 36 38
Seats won 14 10
Seats after 42 31
Seat change 6 7
Seats up 8 17
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Anti-Monopoly Independent
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 1 1
Seat change
Seats up 0 0
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Legislature failed to elect
Majority Party before election


Republican

 Elected Majority Party


Democratic

The Democratic Party re-captured control of the Senate for the first time since before the Civil War.

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