United States Senate elections, 1824

The United States Senate election of 1824 was an election for the United States Senate which saw the Jacksonians gain a majority over the Anti-Jacksonian National Republican Party.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by state legislatures.

Result summary

19th Congress (1825–1827)

• Majority Party: Jacksonian (26)
• Minority Party: Anti-Jacksonian (22)
• Total seats: 48

List of races

All seats listed are class 3 unless otherwise indicated.

State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
Alabama	William Kelly	Democratic-Republican (Jackson faction)	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Jacksonian gain	Henry H. Chambers (Jacksonian)
Connecticut	James Lanman	Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction)	Re-elected, but disqualified Vacant	James Lanman ([Data unknown/missing. You can help!])
Delaware Special (Class 1)	Vacant	Vacant	Caesar A. Rodney had resigned in previous Congress Winner elected January 8, 1824 to finish term ending March 3, 1827 Federalist gain	Thomas Clayton (Federalist (Adams-Clay faction), later Anti-Jacksonian)
Georgia	John Elliott	Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction)	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Jacksonian gain	John M. Berrien (Jacksonian)
Georgia Special (Class 2)	Nicholas Ware	Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction)	Died September 7, 1824 Winner elected December 6, 1824 to finish term ending March 3, 1829 Democratic-Republican hold	Thomas W. Cobb (Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction), later Jacksonian)
Illinois Special	Ninian Edwards	Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)	Resigned Winner was elected November 24, 1824 to finish term ending March 3, 1825, but not to next term Democratic-Republican hold	John McLean (Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction))
Illinois General			Winner elected to next term Jacksonian gain	Elias Kane (Jacksonian)
Indiana	Waller Taylor	Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Anti-Jacksonian gain	William Hendricks (Anti-Jacksonian)
Kentucky	Isham Talbot	Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Jacksonian gain	John Rowan (Jacksonian)
Louisiana General	Josiah S. Johnston	Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)	Interim appointee elected to a full term Anti-Jacksonian gain	Josiah S. Johnston (Anti-Jacksonian)
Louisiana Special (Class 2)	Henry Johnson	Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)	Resigned May 27, 1824 to become Governor of Louisiana Winner elected November 19, 1824 to finish term ending March 3, 1829 Democratic-Republican hold	Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction), later Anti-Jacksonian)
Maryland	Edward Lloyd	Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction)	Re-elected as a Jacksonian Jacksonian gain	Edward Lloyd (Jacksonian)
Missouri	David Barton	Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)	Re-elected as a Anti-Jacksonian Anti-Jacksonian gain	David Barton (Anti-Jacksonian)
New Hampshire	John F. Parrott	Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Winner took office late, on March 16, 1825 Jacksonian gain	Levi Woodbury (Jacksonian)
New York	Rufus King	Federalist (Adams-Clay faction)	Retired Vacant due to a deadlock in the New York State Legislature Vacant	Multiple
North Carolina	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction)	Re-elected as a Jacksonian Jacksonian gain	Nathaniel Macon (Jacksonian)
Ohio	Ethan Allen Brown	Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)	Lost re-election Anti-Jacksonian gain	William Henry Harrison (Anti-Jacksonian)
Pennsylvania	Walter Lowrie	Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction)	Retired Anti-Jacksonian gain	William Marks (Anti-Jacksonian)
South Carolina	John Gaillard	Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction)	Re-elected as a Jacksonian Jacksonian gain	John Gaillard (Jacksonian)
Vermont	William A. Palmer	Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)	Retired Anti-Jacksonian gain	Dudley Chase (Anti-Jacksonian)
Virginia Special (Class 2)	John Taylor	Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction)	Died August 21, 1824 Winner elected December 7, 1824 to finish term ending March 3, 1829 Democratic-Republican hold	Littleton Tazewell (Democratic-Republican (Jackson faction), later Jacksonian)

Elections after the Congress started

Date	State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
May 4, 1825	Connecticut Special	Vacant		Vacant due to credentials challenge Anti-Jacksonian gain	Calvin Willey (Anti-Jacksonian)

In 1826, New York elected its class 3 U.S. Senator, late into this Congress

Change in Senate composition

End of previous Congress Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc Dj Dj Dj Fa Dj Dj Dj Dj Dj Dj Dj Dj Dj Fa Fa Fa Fa

Beginning of the next Congress AJ AJ V V AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ J J AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J V

Key: AJ = Anti-Jacksonian DRa = Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay) DRc = Democratic-Republican (Crawford) DRj = Democratic-Republican (Jackson) Fa = Federalist (Adams-Clay) J = Jacksonian V = Vacant = Majority divider

References

• Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1824
• 19th United States Congress