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The 1918 U.S. Senate election was held November 5 1918 coinciding with the midpoint of Woodrow Wilson’s second term as President of the United States. The Republican Party gained control with a slim 2-seat majority after picking up a net six seats. The change in control was particularly important as it meant that the Republicans were in a position to deny entry of the United States into the League of Nations the centerpiece of Wilson’s post-war foreign policy.
