1870–71 United States Senate elections

Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1870 and 1871, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.Senate party division, 42nd Congress (1871–1873) After the readmission of Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi, and the special elections in Iowa and Maine.Waitman T. Willey Republican Henry G. Davis Democratic Henry G. Davis, a Democratic state legislator, was elected to replace outgoing Republican incumbent Waitman T. Willey.Davis won the Democratic caucus vote over former legislators Daniel Lamb and Benjamin H. Smith.Davis' victory was attributed to widespread support throughout the state, as well as among party leaders.
1868 & 18691872 & 1873United States SenateHenry B. AnthonyRepublicanDemocraticRhode IslandU.S. SenateSeventeenth Amendmentstate legislatureslegislative deadlockClass 2Republican PartyHiram Rhodes RevelsFoster BlodgettJohn F. LewisJohn W. Johnston42nd CongressVirginiaMississippiLiberal RepublicanJames W. GrimeselectedJames B. HowellJohn Thompson StonemanLot M. Morrill1861 (special)Joseph SegarJohn Curtiss UnderwoodJohn HemphillMorgan C. HamiltonJefferson DavisAdelbert AmesAlbert G. BrownHiram R. RevelsLouis WigfallJ. W. FlanaganMissouriDaniel T. JewettFrancis Preston Blair Jr.John B. HendersonJohn F. BenjaminMinnesotaWilliam WindomOzora P. StearnsEugene M. WilsonAmos CoggswellIgnatius L. DonnellyGeorgiaAlfred Iverson Sr.Joshua HillRobert ToombsHomer V. M. MillerAlabamaWillard Warner1868 (readmission)George GoldthwaiteArkansasAlexander McDonaldPowell ClaytonDelawareWillard Saulsbury Sr.Eli Saulsbury1871 (readmission)IllinoisRichard YatesJohn A. Logan1870 (special)George G. WrightKansasEdmund G. Ross1867 (special)Alexander CaldwellKentuckyThomas C. McCreery1868 (special)John W. StevensonLouisianaJohn S. HarrisJoseph R. WestMassachusettsHenry Wilson1855 (special)re-electedMichiganJacob M. Howard1862 (special)Thomas W. Ferry1871 (special)Morton S. WilkinsonThomas Wilson1870 (readmission)James L. AlcornNebraskaJohn M. ThayerPhineas HitchcockNew HampshireAaron H. CraginNew JerseyAlexander G. Cattell1866 (special)Frederick T. FrelinghuysenNorth CarolinaJoseph Abbottuntil January 30, 1872OregonGeorge H. WilliamsJames K. KellySouth CarolinaThomas J. RobertsonTennesseeJoseph S. Fowler1866 (readmission)Henry Cooperuntil March 15, 1871West VirginiaWaitman T. WilleyHenry G. DavisThomas M. NorwoodSenateJames H. BrownHouse voteSenate voteU.S. senatorNorthern PanhandleBenjamin H. 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