United States Senate elections, 1878
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United States Senate elections, 1878
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The United States Senate election of 1878 was an election which had the Democratic Party retake control of the United States Senate for the first time since before the Civil War.
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
[edit] Results
46th Congress (1879–1881)
- Majority Party: Democratic (42)
- Minority Party: Republican (33)
- Other Parties: Independent (1)
- Total Seats: 76
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