1818–19 United States Senate elections
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The United States Senate election of 1818 and 1819 were elections for the United States Senate that had the Democratic-Republican Party gain two seats. The Federalists had only three seats being contested, of which they lost two and the third was left vacant due to a failure to elect.
As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
Results
16th Congress (1819–1821)
- Majority Party: Democratic-Republican (30)
- Minority Party: Federalist (10)
- Vacant: 2
- Total Seats: 42
Change in Senate composition
Before the elections
Composition after the September 5, 1818 special election in Tennessee.
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Beginning of the next Congress
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Race summaries
Bold states link to specific election articles.
Special elections during the 15th Congress
In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1818 or before March 4, 1819; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Massachusetts (Class 1) |
Eli Ashmun | Federalist | 1816 (Special) | Incumbent resigned May 10, 1818. Winner elected June 5, 1818. Federalist hold. |
√ Prentiss Mellen (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Georgia (Class 2) |
George M. Troup | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (Special) 1816 (Re-elected) |
Incumbent resigned September 23, 1818. Winner elected September 23, 1818. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Forsyth (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Vermont (Class 3) |
James Fisk | Democratic-Republican | 1817 (Special) | Incumbent resigned January 8, 1818 to serve as collector of customs for the district of Vermont. Winner elected October 20, 1818 to both finish the term ending March 3, 1819, and also to the following term, see below. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ William Palmer (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Illinois (Class 2) |
New State | New State. Winners elected December 3, 1818 and lots were drawn to assign them to Class 2 and Class 3. The Class 3 Senator had to run again for re-election in 1819. Two Democratic-Republican gains. |
√ Ninian Edwards (Class 3, Democratic-Republican) First ballot[1] √ Jesse B. Thomas (Class 2, Democratic-Republican) Fourth ballot Leonard White Michael Jones Joseph M. Street Robert Morrison | ||
Illinois (Class 3) |
Races leading to the 16th Congress
In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1819 (except where noted due to late election); ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Connecticut | David Daggett | Federalist | 1813 (Special) | Incumbent retired. Winner elected in 1818 or 1819. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ James Lanman (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Georgia | Charles Tait | Democratic-Republican | 1809 (Special) 1813 (Re-elected) |
Unknown if incumbent ran for re-election. Winner elected in 1818 or 1819. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Elliot (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Illinois | Ninian Edwards | Democratic-Republican | 1818 (Elected) | Incumbent re-elected in February 1819.[1] | √ Ninian Edwards (Democratic-Republican) 23 votes Michael Jones 19 votes[1] |
Indiana | Waller Taylor | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (Elected) | Incumbent re-elected in 1818. | √ Waller Taylor (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Kentucky | Isham Talbot | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (Special) | Unknown if incumbent ran for re-election. Winner elected in 1818 or 1819. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ William Logan (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Louisiana | Eligius Fromentin | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (Elected) | Incumbent retired. Winner elected in 1818 or 1819. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ James Brown (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Maryland | Robert Henry Goldsborough | Federalist | 1813 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-election. Winner elected in 1819. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Edward Lloyd (Democratic-Republican) 28.41% William Pinkney (Democratic-Republican) 27.84% Charles Carroll[disambiguation needed] (Federalist) 21.02% Robert H. Goldsborough (Federalist) 19.32% Charles Goldsborough (Federalist) 2.27% Samuel Smith (Unknown) 0.57% John Graham (Democratic-Republican) 0.57%[2] |
New Hampshire | Clement Storer | Democratic-Republican | 1817 (Special) | Unknown if incumbent ran for re-election. Winner elected in 1818 or 1819. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Fabyan Parrott (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
New York (election link) |
Rufus King | Federalist | 1813 (Elected) | style="background:#999999" | Incumbent ran for re-election. Legislature failed to elect, and the seat became vacant. Federalist loss. Incumbent would later be elected in 1820, late in the next Congress. |
John C. Spencer (Democratic-Republican: Clintonian) Samuel Young (Democratic-Republican: Bucktail) Rufus King (Federalist) John Van Ness Yates (Democratic-Republican: Bucktail) |
North Carolina | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected in 1819.[3] | √ Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Ohio | Jeremiah Morrow | Democratic-Republican | 1812 (Elected) | Incumbent retired. Winner elected in 1818 or 1819. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ William Trimble (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Pennsylvania | Abner Lacock | Democratic-Republican | 1812 (Elected) | Incumbent retired. Winner elected December 8, 1818.[4] Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Walter Lowrie (Democratic-Republican) 67.97% Isaac Weaver, Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 25.00% Not Voting 6.25% John Tod (Democratic-Republican) 0.78%[4] |
South Carolina | John Gaillard | Democratic-Republican | 1812 (Elected) | Incumbent re-elected in 1818.[5] | √ John Gaillard [data missing] |
Vermont | William Palmer | Democratic-Republican | 1818 (Elected) | James Fisk (DR) had resigned January 8, 1818 to serve as collector of customs for the district of Vermont. Winner elected October 20, 1818 to both finish the term ending March 3, 1819, see above, and also to the following term. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ William Palmer (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Special elections during the 16th Congress
In these special elections, the winners were seated in 1819 after March 4; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Georgia (Class 2) |
John Forsyth | Democratic-Republican | 1818 (Special) | Incumbent resigned February 17, 1819 to become U.S. Minister to Spain. Winner elected November 6, 1819. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Freeman Walker (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Kentucky (Class 2) |
John Crittenden | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (Elected) | Incumbent resigned March 3, 1819 to return to private practice. Winner elected December 10, 1819. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Richard M. Johnson (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
Alabama (Class 2) |
New State | New State. Winner elected December 14, 1819. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ William R. King (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] | ||
Alabama (Class 3) |
New State | New State. Winner elected December 14, 1819. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ John W. Walker (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] | ||
Maryland (Class 1) |
Alexander Hanson | Federalist | 1816 (Special) | Incumbent died April 23, 1819. Winner elected December 21, 1819. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ William Pinkney (Democratic-Republican) (2nd-place finisher to Edward Lloyd in a combined election in which both Lloyd and Pinkney were elected to the state's two seats.[2] |
Virginia (Class 2) |
John Eppes | Democratic-Republican | 1817 (Elected) | Incumbent resigned December 4, 1819 because of ill health. Winner elected December 14, 1819. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ James Pleasants (Democratic-Republican) [data missing] |
See also
References
- Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
- ^ a b c Buck, Solon J. (1917). Bill Thayer (ed.). "Illinois in 1818". University of Illinois Press. p. 304. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "MD US Senate". Our Campaigns. August 30, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ "MACON, Nathaniel, (1757 - 1837)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ a b "PA US Senate". Our Campaigns. December 20, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ "GAILLARD, John, (1765 - 1826)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 26, 2015.