1886–87 United States Senate elections

The 1886–87 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 1886 and 1887, 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 1.

1886–1887 United States Senate elections
Dates vary by state
25 of the 76 seats in the United States Senate (as well as special elections)
39 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader George F. Edmunds James B. Beck
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since March 4, 1885 March 4, 1885
Leader's seat Vermont Kentucky
Seats before 40 34
Seats won 13 11
Seats after 38 36
Seat change 2 2
Seats up 15 9
  Third party
 
Party Readjuster
Seats before 2
Seats won 0
Seats after 1
Seat change 1
Seats up 1
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Legislature failed to elect
Majority Party before election


Republican

 Elected Majority Party


Republican

The Republican Party lost two seats. At the beginning of the 50th Congress, therefore, Republicans had the slimmest possible majority due to a vacant Democratic seat: 38 out of 75 seats. Once that vacancy was filled, Republicans maintained control as the single Readjuster senator caucused with them.

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