1906 United States elections

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1906 United States elections
1904          1905         1906         1907          1908
Midterm elections
Election dayNovember 6
Incumbent president Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Next Congress 60th
Senate elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contested30 of 90 seats [1]
Net seat changeRepublican +3 [2]
1906-1907 United States Senate elections results map.svg
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold
     Legislature failed to elect
House elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contestedAll 391 voting seats
Net seat changeDemocratic +32 [2]
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested28
Net seat changeDemocratic +2
1906 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
1906 gubernatorial election results

  Democratic gain  Democratic hold
  Republican gain  Republican hold

  Silver hold

Elections were held for the 60th United States Congress. It occurred in the middle of Republican President Theodore Roosevelt's second (only full) term, during the Fourth Party System. Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress.

Democrats won several seats in the House, but Republicans retained a solid majority in the chamber. [3]

In the Senate, Republicans won moderate gains and maintained their commanding majority in the chamber. [4]

This marked the most recent time in which a sitting two-term Republican president retained both chambers of Congress after his second midterm.

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References

  1. Not counting special elections
  2. 1 2 Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
  3. "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  4. "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved June 25, 2014.