United States Senate elections, 1800 and 1801
.svg.png){kind=small} | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 of the 32 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
The United States Senate elections of 1800 and 1801 were elections for the United States Senate that, coinciding with their takeover of the White House, led to the Democratic-Republican Party taking control of the United States Senate. Although the Federalists began the next (7th) Congress with a slim majority, they lost their majority shortly thereafter due to mid-year special elections.
As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
Change in Senate composition
Before the elections
After the November 6, 1800 special election in New York.
| DR6 | DR5 | DR4 | DR3 | DR2 | DR1 | ||||
| DR7 | DR8 | DR9 Ran |
DR10 Ran |
DR11 Retired |
F21 Retired |
F20 Retired |
F19 Unknown |
F18 Ran |
F17 Ran |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majority → | |||||||||
| F16 Ran | |||||||||
| F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 | F13 | F14 | F15 Ran | |
| F6 | F5 | F4 | F3 | F2 | F1 | ||||
Result of the elections
| DR6 | DR5 | DR4 | DR3 | DR2 | DR1 | ||||
| DR7 | DR8 | DR9 Re-elected |
DR10 Hold |
DR11 Gain |
DR12 Gain |
DR13 Gain |
DR14 Gain |
V1 F loss |
F17 Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majority → | |||||||||
| F16 Re-elected | |||||||||
| F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 | F13 | F14 | F15 Re-elected | |
| F6 | F5 | F4 | F3 | F2 | F1 | ||||
Beginning of the 7th Congress
| DR6 | DR5 | DR4 | DR3 | DR2 | DR1 | ||||
| DR7 | DR8 | DR9 | DR10 | DR11 | DR12 | DR13 | DR14 | DR15 | F17 |
| Majority → | |||||||||
| F16 | |||||||||
| F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 | F13 | F14 | F15 | |
| F6 | F5 | F4 | F3 | F2 | F1 | ||||
Later in the 7th Congress (end of 1801)
| DR6 | DR5 | DR4 | DR3 | DR2 | DR1 | ||||
| DR7 | DR8 | DR9 | DR10 | DR11 | DR12 | DR13 | DR14 Hold |
DR15 Hold |
DR16 Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majority → | |||||||||
| DR17 Gain | |||||||||
| F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 | F13 | F14 Hold |
DR18 Gain | |
| F6 | F5 | F4 | F3 | F2 | F1 | ||||
| Key: |
|
|---|
Race summaries
Except if/when noted, the number following candidates is the whole number vote(s), not a percentage.
Special elections during the preceding Congress
In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1801; ordered by election date.
| State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
| New York (Class 1) |
James Watson | Federalist | 1798 (Special) | Incumbent resigned March 19, 1800, to become Naval Officer of the Port of New York. New senator elected April 3, 1800. Federalist hold. |
√ Gouverneur Morris (Federalist) 79 (56.8%) Peter Gansevoort (Democratic-Republican) 59 (42.4%) Thomas Morris 1 (0.7%)[1] |
| Massachusetts (Class 2) |
Samuel Dexter | Federalist | 1799 1796 |
Incumbent resigned May 30, 1800 to become U.S. Secretary of War. New senator elected June 6, 1800. Federalist hold. |
√ Dwight Foster (Federalist) 158 (100%)[2] |
| New York (Class 3) |
John Laurance | Federalist | 1796 (Special) | Incumbent resigned August 1800. New senator elected November 6, 1800. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ John Armstrong (Democratic-Republican) 141 (98.7%) Peter Gansevoort (Democratic-Republican) 2 (1.3%)[3] |
| Massachusetts (Class 1) |
Benjamin Goodhue | Federalist | 1796 (Special) 1796 |
Incumbent resigned November 8, 1800. New senator elected November 14, 1800. Federalist hold. |
√ Jonathan Mason (Federalist) [Data unknown/missing.] |
| Maryland (Class 3) |
James Lloyd | Federalist | 1797 (Special) | Incumbent resigned December 1, 1800. New senator elected December 12, 1800. Federalist hold. |
√ William Hindman (Federalist) 49 (55.1%) Richard T. Earle (Democratic-Republican) 40 (44.9%)[4] |
| New Jersey (Class 1) |
James Schureman | Federalist | 1799 (Special) | Incumbent resigned February 16, 1801. New senator elected February 28, 1801. Federalist hold. |
√ Aaron Ogden (Federalist) [Data unknown/missing.] |
Races leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1801; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.
| State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
| Connecticut | Uriah Tracy | Federalist | 1796 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected in May 1801. | √ Uriah Tracy (Federalist) 131 Asher Miller (Democratic-Republican) 30 Roger Griswold (Federalist) 10 Ephraim Kirby (Democratic-Republican) 6 Chauncey Goodrich 3 Stephen T. Hosmer 1[5] |
| Georgia | James Gunn | Federalist | 1789 1794 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected November 19, 1800. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ James Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 58 Thomas P. Carnes (Federalist) 9[6] |
| Kentucky | Humphrey Marshall | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected November 20, 1800. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ John Breckinridge (Democratic-Republican) 68 John Adair (Federalist) 13[7] |
| Maryland | William Hindman | Federalist | 1797 (Special) | Legislature failed to elect. Incumbent was later appointed to begin the next term. |
None. |
| New Hampshire | John Langdon | Democratic- Republican |
1788 1794 or 1795 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected June 21, 1800. Federalist gain. |
√ James Sheafe (Federalist) 83 John Langdon (Democratic-Republican) 12 Other 38[8] |
| New York | John Armstrong | Democratic- Republican |
1800 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected January 27, 1801. | √ John Armstrong (Democratic-Republican) 76 Unanimous[9] |
| North Carolina | Timothy Bloodworth | Democratic- Republican |
1795 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected November 27, 1800. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ David Stone (Democratic-Republican) 94 William R. Davie (Federalist) 72 Richard D. Spaight 8 Matthew Locke (Democratic-Republican) 1[10] |
| Pennsylvania | William Bingham | Federalist | 1795 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected February 18, 1801.[11] Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Peter Muhlenberg (Democratic-Republican) 50.0% George Logan (Democratic-Republican) 48.9% William Jones (Democratic-Republican) 1.0% |
| South Carolina | Jacob Read | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1800 on the second ballot. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ John E. Colhoun (Democratic-Republican) 75 John Ward (Federalist) 73[12] |
| Vermont | Elijah Paine | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected October 21, 1800. | √ Elijah Paine (Federalist) 108 S. R. Bradley (Democratic-Republican) 68 N. Niles 3 Chamberlain 2 Hall 1[13] |
Special elections during the next Congress
In these special elections, the winner was seated after March 4, 1801; ordered by election date.
| State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
| Rhode Island (Class 2) |
Ray Greene | Federalist | 1797 (Special) 1798 |
Incumbent resigned March 5, 1801. New senator elected May 6, 1801. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Christopher Ellery (Democratic-Republican) [Data unknown/missing.] |
| New Hampshire (Class 2) |
Samuel Livermore | Federalist | 1798 (Special) | Incumbent resigned June 12, 1801. New senator elected June 17, 1801. Federalist hold. |
√ Simeon Olcott (Federalist) 97 John Langdon 56 Others 4[14] |
| Vermont (Class 3) |
Elijah Paine | Federalist | 1794 1800 |
Incumbent resigned September 1, 1801. New senator elected October 14, 1801. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Stephen R. Bradley (Democratic-Republican) 102 William Chamberlain (Federalist) 85 Nathaniel Niles (Democratic-Republican) 1[15] |
| Maryland (Class 3) |
William Hindman | Federalist | 1800 (Appointed) | Incumbent appointee did not run to finish the term New senator elected November 12, 1801 on the second ballot. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Robert Wright (Democratic-Republican) 60 William Winder (Federalist) 26[16] |
| South Carolina (Class 2) |
Charles Pinckney | Democratic- Republican |
1798 (Special) 1798 |
Incumbent resigned June 6, 1801. New senator elected December 3, 1801. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Thomas Sumter (Democratic-Republican) 90 John Rutledge (Federalist) 47 Thomas Evans 1[17] |
| Pennsylvania (Class 3) |
Peter Muhlenberg | Democratic- Republican |
1801 | Incumbent resigned June 30, 1801. New senator elected December 17, 1801.[18] Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ George Logan (Democratic-Republican) 63.6% Joseph Hiester (Federalist) 28.0% Other 8.4% |
See also
References
- ↑ "New York 1800 U.S. Senate, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 25, 2018. , citing Journal of the New York Assembly, 1800. 265. The Albany Centinel (Albany, NY). April 4, 1800. Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). April 10, 1800. The Centinel of Liberty, or George-town and Washington Advertiser (Georgetown, DC). April 15, 1800.
- ↑ "Massachusetts 1800 U.S. Senate, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 25, 2018. , citing Hampshire Gazette (Northhampton). June 11, 1800. The Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). July 3, 1800.
- ↑ "New York 1800 U.S. Senate, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 25, 2018. , citing Journal of the New York Assembly, 1800. 10, 11. Journal of the New York State Senate, 1800. 8. American Citizen and General Advertiser (New York, NY). November 10, 1800. The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 11, 1800. Columbian Museum and Savannah Advertiser (Savannah, GA). November 19, 1800. Universal Gazette (Washington, DC). November 20, 1800.
- ↑ "Maryland 1800 U.S. Senate, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 25, 2018. , citing Votes and Proceedings of the Maryland State Senate, 1800. 26. Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). December 24, 1800. Mattern, David B., J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne K. Cross and Susan Holbrook Perdue, ed. The Papers of James Madison, Congressional Series. Vol. 17. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1991. 435-436.
- ↑ "Connecticut 1801 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). May 17, 1801. Impartial Journal (Stonington, CT). June 2, 1801. The Bee (New London, CT). June 3, 1801. The Bee (Hudson, NY). November 16, 1802.
- ↑ "Georgia 1800 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing Columbian Museum and Savannah Advertiser (Savannah, GA). November 25, 1800.
- ↑ "Kentucky 1800 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing The Palladium: A Literary and Political Weekly Repository (Frankfort, KY). November 25, 1800.
- ↑ "New Hampshire 1800 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing The Ninth State: New Hampshire's Formative Years. 182.
- ↑ "New York 1801 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing The Albany Centinel (Albany, NY). January 30, 1801.
- ↑ "New York 1801 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing Legislative Papers for 1800. Box 176. State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh. Raleigh Register, and North-Carolina Weekly Advertiser (Raleigh, NC). December 2, 1800.
- ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=345434
- ↑ "South Carolina 1800 U.S. Senate, Ballot 2". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC). December 15, 1800.
- ↑ "Vermont 1800 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 4, 2018. , citing Journal of the New York Assembly, 1800. 265. The Albany Centinel (Albany, NY). April 4, 1800. Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). April 10, 1800. The Centinel of Liberty, or George-town and Washington Advertiser (Georgetown, DC). April 15, 1800.
- ↑ "New Hampshire 1801 U.S. Senate, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). June 18, 1801.
- ↑ "New Hampshire 1801 U.S. Senate, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). October 20, 1801.
- ↑ "Maryland 1801 U.S. Senate, Ballot 2". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 4, 2018. , citing The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). November 21, 1796.
- ↑ "South Carolina 1801 U.S. Senate, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 5, 2018. , citing The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State (Augusta, GA). December 12, 1801.
- ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=345554
- Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.