1804–05 United States Senate elections
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The United States Senate elections of 1804 and 1805 were elections that expanded the Democratic-Republican Party's overwhelming control over the United States Senate.
As these elections were prior to the ratification of the seventeenth amendment, senators were chosen by state legislatures.
Results
Senate Party Division, 9th Congress (1805–1807):
- Majority Party: Democratic-Republican (27)
- Minority Party: Federalist (7)
- Other Parties: 0
- Total Seats: 34
Change in Senate composition
Before the elections
DR7 | DR6 | DR5 | DR4 | DR3 | DR2 | DR1 | |||
DR8 | DR9 | DR10 | DR11 | DR12 | DR13 | DR14 | DR15 | DR16 | DR17 |
Majority → | DR18 | ||||||||
F8 | F9 | DR25 | DR24 | DR23 | DR22 | DR21 | DR20 | DR19 | |
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F7 | F6 | F5 | F4 | F3 | F2 | F1 |
Beginning of the 9th Congress
DR7 | DR6 | DR5 | DR4 | DR3 | DR2 | DR1 | |||
DR8 | DR9 | DR10 | DR11 | DR12 | DR13 | DR14 | DR15 | DR16 | DR17 |
Majority → | DR18 | ||||||||
DR27 Gain |
DR26 Gain |
DR25 Hold |
DR24 Hold |
DR23 Hold |
DR22 Hold |
DR21 Re-elected |
DR20 Re-elected |
DR19 Re-elected | |
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F7 Re-elected |
F6 Re-elected |
F5 | F4 | F3 | F2 | F1 |
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Race summaries
Bold states link to specific election articles.
Special elections during the 8th Congress
In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1804 or before March 4, 1805; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
New York (Class 3) |
John Armstrong, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1800 (Special) 1801 (Resigned 1802) 1803 (Appointed) |
Interim appointee resigned December 3, 1804 to become U.S. Senator from Class 1 seat. Winner elected February 23, 1804. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed[1] |
New York (Class 1) |
Theodorus Bailey | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Resigned January 16, 1804 to become Postmaster of New York City. Winner elected February 25, 1804. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Armstrong, Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 92.2% Jacob Radcliff (Federalist) 4.4% Egbert Benson (Federalist) 3.3%[2] |
Rhode Island (Class 1) |
Samuel J. Potter | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Died October 14, 1804. Winner elected October 29, 1804. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Benjamin Howland (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Delaware (Class 2) |
William H. Wells | Federalist | 1799 (Special) 1799 |
Resigned November 6, 1804. Winner elected November 13, 1804. Winner also elected to the next term, see below. Federalist hold. |
√ James A. Bayard (Federalist) [data missing] |
New York (Class 1) |
John Armstrong, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1804 (Special) | Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France Winner elected November 23, 1804. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Samuel Latham Mitchill (Democratic-Republican) 83.3% Rufus King (Federalist) 15.6% David Thomas (Democratic-Republican) 1.1%[3] |
Virginia (Class 1) |
Andrew Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1804 (Appointed) | Interim appointee resigned December 3, 1804 to become U.S. Senator from Class 1 seat. Winner elected December 4, 1804. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ William B. Giles (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Virginia (Class 2) |
William B. Giles | Democratic-Republican | 1804 (Appointed) | Interim appointee resigned December 3, 1804 to become U.S. Senator from Class 2 seat. Winner elected December 4, 1804. Winner also elected to the next term, see below. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Andrew Moore (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
South Carolina (Class 3) |
Pierce Butler | Democratic-Republican | 1802 (Special) | Resigned November 21, 1804. Winner elected December 6, 1804. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Gaillard (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Races leading to the 9th Congress
In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1805; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Delaware | James A. Bayard | Federalist | November 1804 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William H. Wells (Federalist) [data missing] |
Georgia | Abraham Baldwin | Democratic- Republican |
1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Abraham Baldwin (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Kentucky | John Brown | Democratic- Republican |
1792 (New seat) 1792 1799 |
[data missing] Democratic-Republican hold |
√ Buckner Thruston (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Massachusetts | Timothy Pickering | Federalist | 1803 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Timothy Pickering (Federalist) [data missing] |
New Hampshire | Simeon Olcott | Federalist | 1801 (Special) | [data missing] Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Nicholas Gilman (Federalist) [data missing] |
New Jersey | Jonathan Dayton | Federalist | 1799 | [data missing] Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Aaron Kitchell (Federalist) [data missing] |
North Carolina | Jesse Franklin | Democratic- Republican |
1798 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ James Turner (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Rhode Island | Christopher Ellery | Democratic- Republican |
1801 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ James Fenner (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
South Carolina | Thomas Sumter | Democratic- Republican |
1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Sumter (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Tennessee | William Cocke | Democratic- Republican |
1799 (Special) | [data missing] Democratic-Republican hold |
√ Daniel Smith (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Virginia | William B. Giles | Democratic- Republican |
August 1804 (Appointed: Class 1) December 1804 (Special) |
Incumbent re-elected. | √ William B. Giles (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Special elections during the 9th Congress
In this special election, the winner was seated in 1805 after March 4.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Kentucky (Class 3) |
John Breckinridge | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Resigned August 7, 1805 to become U.S. Attorney General. Winner elected November 8, 1805. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Adair (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
See also
- United States presidential election, 1804
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1804
- 8th United States Congress
- 9th United States Congress
References
- ^ "NY US Senate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ^ "NY US Senate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ^ "NY US Senate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov