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Elections were held for 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).
Maryland restores voting rights to felons after they have served their term in prison. [65] 2017. Alabama publishes a list of crimes that can lead to disqualification of the right to vote. [65] Wyoming restores the voting rights of non-violent felons. [65] 2018. The residential address law in North Dakota is upheld by the United States Supreme ...
The election was the first of four times in the 20th century in which either party won the House majority without winning the popular vote, with the subsequent three instances occurring in 1942, 1952, and 1996; Democrats won the House majority without winning the popular vote in the former election, while Republicans did so in the latter two ...
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1914 United States House of Representatives elections (58 P) 1914 United States Senate elections (1 C, 34 P) Pages in category "1914 elections in the United States"
1914 United States Senate elections ← 1912 & 1913 November 3, 1914 1916 → 32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader John W. Kern [a] Jacob H. Gallinger [b] Party Democratic Republican Leader since March 4, 1911 March 4, 1911 Leader's seat Indiana New Hampshire Seats before 53 42 Seats after 56 39 Seat change 3 3 Seats ...
Senators have been directly elected by state-wide popular vote since the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913. A senate term is six years with no term limit. Every two years a third of the seats are up for election. Some years also have a few special elections to fill vacancies.
[2] [b] Since 1824, the national popular vote has been recorded, [3] though the national popular vote has no direct effect on the winner of the election. [c] The following candidates won at least 0.1% of the national popular vote in elections held since 1824, or won at least one electoral vote from an elector who was not a faithless elector. [4 ...