1914 United States elections

The 1914 United States elections elected the members of the 64th United States Congress, occurring in the middle of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's first term. Democrats retained control of both houses of Congress, the first time they were able to do so since the American Civil War (1861-1865).

1914 United States elections
1912          1913          1914          1915          1916
Midterm elections
Election dayNovember 3
Incumbent presidentWoodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Next Congress64th
Senate elections
Overall controlDemocratic hold
Seats contested33 of 96 seats
(32 Class 3 seats + 3 special elections)[1]
Net seat changeDemocratic +3


1914 United States Senate special election in Georgia1914 United States Senate election in Alabama1914 United States Senate election in Arizona1914 United States Senate election in Arkansas1914 United States Senate election in California1914 United States Senate election in Colorado1914 United States Senate election in Connecticut1914 United States Senate election in Florida1914 United States Senate election in Georgia1914 United States Senate election in Idaho1914 United States Senate election in Illinois1914 United States Senate election in Indiana1914 United States Senate election in Iowa1914 United States Senate election in Kansas1914 United States Senate election in Kentucky1914 United States Senate election in Louisiana1914 United States Senate election in Maryland1914 United States Senate election in Missouri1914 United States Senate election in Nevada1914 United States Senate election in New Hampshire1914 United States Senate election in New York1914 United States Senate election in North Carolina1914 United States Senate election in North Dakota1914 United States Senate election in Ohio1914 United States Senate election in Oklahoma1914 United States Senate election in Oregon1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania1914 United States Senate election in South Carolina1914 United States Senate election in South Dakota1914 United States Senate election in Utah1914 United States Senate election in Vermont1914 United States Senate election in Washington1914 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
1914 Senate election results

  Democratic gain   Democratic hold

  Republican hold
House elections
Overall controlDemocratic hold
Seats contestedAll 435 voting seats
Net seat changeRepublican +62
1914 House of Representatives results
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested31
Net seat changeRepublican +2
1914 North Dakota gubernatorial election1914 Alabama gubernatorial election1914 Arizona gubernatorial election1914 Arkansas gubernatorial election1914 California gubernatorial election1914 Colorado gubernatorial election1914 Connecticut gubernatorial election1914 Georgia gubernatorial election1914 Idaho gubernatorial election1914 Iowa gubernatorial election1914 Kansas gubernatorial election1914 Maine gubernatorial election1914 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1914 Michigan gubernatorial election1914 Minnesota gubernatorial election1914 Nebraska gubernatorial election1914 Nevada gubernatorial election1914 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1914 New York gubernatorial election1914 Ohio gubernatorial election1914 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1914 Oregon gubernatorial election1914 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1914 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1914 South Carolina gubernatorial election1914 South Dakota gubernatorial election1914 Tennessee gubernatorial election1914 Texas gubernatorial election1914 Vermont gubernatorial election1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1914 Wyoming gubernatorial election
1914 gubernatorial election results

  Democratic gain   Democratic hold
  Republican gain   Republican hold

  Progressive hold

Republicans won massive gains in the House, but Democrats maintained a solid majority in the chamber.[2]

In the first Senate election since the passage of the 17th Amendment, Democrats won small gains, maintaining control of the chamber.[3] This would also be the first of five times since the passage of the 17th amendment that the president's party gained Senate seats and lost House seats, something that would be repeated by Democrats in 1962 and 2022, and by Republicans in 1970 and 2018.

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  1. ^ Two Class 3 seats held both a regularly-scheduled election and a special election in 1914. These seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested.
  2. ^ "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved 25 June 2014.