United States Senate elections, 1838

United States Senate elections, 1838

1836 ← November 1838 → 1840

? seats in the United States Senate   Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Whig Last election 35 seats 17 seats Seats won 30 22 Seat change 5 5

Majority Party before election Democratic Party Elected Majority Party Democratic Party

The United States Senate election of 1838 was an election which had the Democratic Party lose five seats in the United States Senate.

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

Results

26th Congress (1839–1841)

• Majority Party: Democratic (29)
• Minority Party: Whig (21, later increased to 23)

• Total Seats: 52

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	←Majority
	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	W
W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
W	W	W	W	W	W

In the next Congress

D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	←Majority
	D	D	V	V	W	W	W	W	W
W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
W	W	W	W	W	W

Key:	D = Democratic W = Whig V = Vacant

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1838
• 26th United States Congress

References

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