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1899 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Field	Value
election_name	1899 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1893 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
previous_year	1893
next_election	1905 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
next_year	1905
election_date	January 1899
image_size	x160px
votes_for_election	280 members of the Massachusetts General Court
needed_votes	141
image1	HenryCabotLodgeSr.jpg
nominee1	Henry Cabot Lodge
party1	Republican Party (United States)
electoral_vote1	190
percentage1	67.86%
image2	File:Alexander Bern Bruce.png
nominee2	Alexander B. Bruce
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
electoral_vote2	72
percentage2	25.71%
title	Senator
before_election	Henry Cabot Lodge
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Henry Cabot Lodge
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

The 1899 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1899. Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge won election to a second term easily.

At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of the combined houses of the Massachusetts General Court.

Background

Although Democrats made gains in the 1898 state elections, the General Court remained overwhelmingly Republican, assuring Lodge's re-election.

Nominating caucuses

The Republican legislative caucus unanimously re-nominated Senator Lodge by acclamation on January 10, although his chief critic within the party, State Senator Herbert Parsons of Greenfield, did not attend.

The Democrats nominated Alexander B. Bruce, the former mayor of Lawrence and candidate for governor in 1898.

Results

The vote in the House was 159 for Lodge, 65 for Bruce, and 2 for Social Democrat Winfield P. Porter.

The vote in the Senate was 31 for Lodge and 7 for Bruce. Senator Herbert Parsons refused to vote for Lodge.

References

(9 Nov 1898). "A SLUMP IN MASSACHUSETTS". The Washington Post.
(11 Jan 1899). "Henry Cabot Lodge Re-elected". The Atlanta Constitution.
(10 Jan 1899). "FOR SENATORS.: Republicans Will Hold Caucus Today". Boston Daily Globe.
(11 Jan 1899). "LODGE NAMED. Not a Vote Against Him in Republican Caucus". Boston Daily Globe.
(18 Jan 1899). "VOTING FOR SENATORS". The Hartford Courant.
(18 Jan 1899). "Henry Cabot Lodge Re-elected". The New York Times.
"MA US Senate".

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