The Green Papers: Political Party Breakdown of the 65th Congress of the United States, 1917-1919

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President	Party	Congress	United States Senate	House of Representatives
	Democrat	Republican	other	vacancies	Democrat	Republican	other
Wilson	Democrat	65th 1917-1919	53^CP	41	2
65TH CONGRESS- SENATE General Election of 7 November 1916 elected Class 1 Senate seats [term: 4 March 1917 to 3 March 1923] Special Elections to seats other than a Class 1 on or after the date of the 1916 General Election but before the start of the 65th Congress [4 March 1917]: Class 2 (term ending 3 March 1919) [elected on 7 November 1916]- Bert M. Fernald, Republican of MAINE [re: death of Senator Edwin C. Burleigh, 16 June 1916] Class 3 (term ending 3 March 1921) [elected on 7 November 1916]- William F. Kirby, Democrat of ARKANSAS [re: death of Senator James P. Clarke, 1 October 1916] James E. Watson, Republican of INDIANA [re: death of Senator Benjamin F. Shively, 14 March 1916] The SENATE of the 65th Congress included 2 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by the People of their respective States, as follows: 1 Progressive- Senator Hiram Johnson of CALIFORNIA (Class 1) 1 Progressive Independent- Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of NEBRASKA (Class 1) Both of the major candidates for the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1917 to 3 March 1923) from the State of NEBRASKA- incumbent Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, ordinarily a Democrat, and former Congressman John L. Kennedy, ordinarily a Republican- ran in the 7 November 1916 General Election as other than their respective Major Parties: Hitchcock as a "Progressive Independent"; Kennedy as a "Progressive". Hiram Johnson, a Progressive elected to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1917 to 3 March 1923) from the State of CALIFORNIA, delayed taking his seat in the Senate until after he had resigned as Governor of the State on 15 March 1917; nevertheless, as he had been duly elected in the General Election of 7 November 1916 by the People of the State, Senator Johnson is counted among the 2 other (as in "other than the two Major Parties") elected to the 65th Congress.

President

Party

Congress

United States Senate

House of Representatives

Democrat

Republican

other

vacancies

Democrat

Republican

other

Wilson

Democrat

65th 1917-1919

53^CP

65TH CONGRESS- SENATE

General Election of 7 November 1916 elected Class 1 Senate seats
[term: 4 March 1917 to 3 March 1923]

Special Elections to seats other than a Class 1
on or after the date of the 1916 General Election
but before the start of the 65th Congress [4 March 1917]:

Class 2 (term ending 3 March 1919)
[elected on 7 November 1916]-
- Bert M. Fernald, Republican of MAINE
  [re: death of Senator Edwin C. Burleigh, 16 June 1916]

Class 3 (term ending 3 March 1921)
[elected on 7 November 1916]-
- William F. Kirby, Democrat of ARKANSAS
  [re: death of Senator James P. Clarke, 1 October 1916]
- James E. Watson, Republican of INDIANA
  [re: death of Senator Benjamin F. Shively, 14 March 1916]

The SENATE of the 65th Congress included 2 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by the People of their respective States, as follows:

1 Progressive-
- Senator Hiram Johnson of CALIFORNIA (Class 1)
1 Progressive Independent-
- Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of NEBRASKA (Class 1)

Both of the major candidates for the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1917 to 3 March 1923) from the State of NEBRASKA- incumbent Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, ordinarily a Democrat, and former Congressman John L. Kennedy, ordinarily a Republican- ran in the 7 November 1916 General Election as other than their respective Major Parties: Hitchcock as a "Progressive Independent"; Kennedy as a "Progressive".

Hiram Johnson, a Progressive elected to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1917 to 3 March 1923) from the State of CALIFORNIA, delayed taking his seat in the Senate until after he had resigned as Governor of the State on 15 March 1917; nevertheless, as he had been duly elected in the General Election of 7 November 1916 by the People of the State, Senator Johnson is counted among the 2 other (as in "other than the two Major Parties") elected to the 65th Congress.

Modified .