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| Office | State Senate |
| Honorific | State Senate - Abbr: St. Sen. |
| Type | Control Indicator |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | November 03, 1896 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | November 03, 1896 - 11:00pm Central |
| Term Start | January 03, 1897 - 01:00pm |
| Term End | January 03, 1899 - 11:00pm |
| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Modified | Ralphie February 19, 2025 12:52pm |
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| Description |
The legislature's website lists this party breakdown for the session, but according to their party affiliations on each seat, the following is the breakdown:
Republican - 15
People's - 10
Democrat - 4
Progressive - 3
Populist - 2
It is likely that the Populists and People's were the same party because both terms are often used interchangably when referring to the late 1890s in Washington. Given that the Progressives had yet to rise to power, it is also likely that they were mistakenly referenced and were actually members of the People's Party. Since the amounts for Republicans plus Silver Republicans in the overall numbers match the number of Republicans listed by district, and the total of the Populists, People's Party, and Progressives equal the total of the Populist/People's numbers with the Democrats stagnant, these are the likely actual breakdown:
People's - 15
Republican - 13
Democrat - 4
Silver Republican - 2
It is notable that in the House races for this cycle, the source lists only Populists without any mention of the People's Party in the overall seat breakdown despite having People's listed in the seat distribution in elections before and after.
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