1824 and 1825 United States Senate elections
The United States Senate elections of 1824 and 1825 were elections for the United States Senate that saw the Jacksonians gain a majority over the Anti-Jacksonian National Republican Party.
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16 of the 48 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 25 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by state legislatures.
Results summary
Senate Party Division, 19th Congress (1825–1827)
- Majority Party: Jacksonian (26)
- Minority Party: Anti-Jacksonian (22)
- Total seats: 48
Change in composition
Before the elections
DR1 | DR1 | DR3 | DR4 | ||||||
DR14 | DR13 | DR12 | DR11 | DR10 | DR9 | DR8 | DR7 | DR6 | DR5 |
DR15 | DR16 | DR17 | DR18 | DR19 | DR20 | DR21 | DR22 | DR23 | DR24 |
Majority → | |||||||||
DR34 Ohio Ran new party |
DR33 N.C. Ran new party |
DR32 Mo. Ran new party |
DR31 Md. Ran new party |
DR30 La. Ran new party |
DR29 Conn. Ran new party |
DR28 | DR27 | DR26 | DR25 |
DR35 S.C. Ran new party |
DR36 Ala. Unknown |
DR37 Ga. Unknown |
DR38 Ill. Unknown |
DR39 Ky. Unknown |
DR40 N.H. Unknown |
DR41 Ind. Retired |
DR42 Pa. Retired |
DR43 Vt. Retired |
Fa5 N.Y. Retired |
Fa1 | Fa2 | Fa3 | Fa4 |
Election results
DR1 | DR1 | DR3 | DR4 | ||||||
DR14 | DR13 | DR12 | DR11 | DR10 | DR9 | DR8 | DR7 | DR6 | DR5 |
DR15 | DR16 | DR17 | DR18 | DR19 | DR20 | DR21 | DR22 | DR23 | DR24 |
Majority → | |||||||||
AJ6 Pa. Gain |
AJ5 Ohio Gain |
AJ4 Ind. Gain |
AJ3 Vt. Re-elected new party |
AJ2 Mo. Re-elected new party |
AJ1 La. Re-elected new party |
DR28 | DR27 | DR26 | DR25 |
V1 Conn. DR Loss |
V2 N.Y. F Loss |
J8 N.H. Gain |
J7 Ky. Gain |
J6 Ill. Gain |
J5 Ga. Gain |
J4 Ala. Gain |
J3 S.C. Re-elected new party |
J2 N.C. Re-elected new party |
J1 Md. Re-elected new party |
Fa1 | Fa2 | Fa3 | Fa4 |
Beginning of the next Congress
AJ1 | AJ2 | AJ3 | AJ4 | ||||||
AJ14 | AJ13 | AJ12 | AJ11 | AJ10 | AJ9 | AJ8 | AJ7 | AJ6 | AJ5 |
AJ15 | AJ16 | AJ17 | AJ18 | AJ19 | AJ20 | V1 | V2 | V3 | J25 |
Majority → | J24 | ||||||||
J15 | J16 | J17 | J18 | J19 | J20 | J21 | J22 | J23 | |
J14 | J13 | J12 | J11 | J10 | J9 | J8 | J7 | J6 | J5 |
J1 | J2 | J3 | J4 |
Key: |
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Race summaries
Bold states link to specific election articles.
Special elections during the 18th Congress
In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1824 or before March 4, 1825; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Delaware (Class 2) |
Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. Incumbent re-elected late January 9, 1824. Federalist gain. |
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Delaware (Class 1) |
Vacant | Caesar A. Rodney (DR) had resigned January 29, 1823 in the previous Congress. Successor elected January 13, 1824. Federalist gain. |
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Louisiana (Class 3) |
James Brown | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent resigned December 10, 1823 to become U.S. Minister to France. Successor elected January 15, 1824.[3] Democratic-Republican hold. Successor later re-elected, see below. |
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Connecticut (Class 2) |
Henry W. Edwards | Democratic-Republican | 1823 (Appointed) | Interim appointee elected May 5, 1824. |
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Louisiana (Class 2) |
Henry Johnson | Democratic-Republican | 1818 (Appointed) 1823 (Special) |
Incumbent resigned May 27, 1824 to become Governor of Louisiana. Successor elected November 19, 1824. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Illinois (Class 3) |
Ninian Edwards | Democratic-Republican | 1818 1819 |
Incumbent resigned March 3, 1824. Successor elected November 24, 1824 on the third ballot, but not to next term. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Georgia (Class 2) |
Nicholas Ware | Democratic-Republican | 1821 (Special) 1823 |
Incumbent died September 7, 1824. Successor elected December 6, 1824. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Virginia (Class 2) |
John Taylor | Democratic-Republican | 1792 (Special) 1793 |
Died August 21, 1824. Successor elected December 7, 1824. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Races leading to the 19th Congress
In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1825 (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 | |||
Alabama | William Kelly | Democratic-Republican (Jackson faction) | 1822 (Special) | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Successor elected in 1824.[7] Jacksonian gain. |
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Connecticut | James Lanman | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected in 1824[8] but disqualified. Democratic-Republican loss. |
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Georgia | John Elliott | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) | 1819 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Successor elected in 1824.[9] Jacksonian gain. |
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Illinois | Ninian Edwards | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) | 1818 1819 |
Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Successor elected in 1824 on the tenth ballot.[10] Jacksonian gain. |
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Indiana | Waller Taylor | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) | 1816 1818 |
Incumbent retired. Successor elected in 1825 on the fourth ballot.[11] Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
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Kentucky | Isham Talbot | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) | 1815 (Special) 1819 (Lost or retired) 1820 (Special) |
Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Successor elected in 1824.[12] Jacksonian gain. |
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Louisiana | Josiah S. Johnston | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) | 1824 | Incumbent re-elected in 1825 on the second ballot as an Anti-Jacksonian.[13] |
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Maryland | Edward Lloyd | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected in 1825 as a Jacksonian. |
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Missouri | David Barton | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) | 1821 | Incumbent re-elected in 1824 as an Anti-Jacksonian.[15] |
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New Hampshire | John F. Parrott | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) | 1818 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Successor elected in 1825 on the forty-first ballot.[lower-alpha 1][16] Jacksonian gain. Successor seated late March 16, 1825. |
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New York | Rufus King | Federalist (Adams-Clay faction) | 1789 1795 1796 (Resigned) 1813 1819/1820 |
Incumbent retired. Vacant due to a deadlock in the New York State Legislature.[17][18] Federalist loss. |
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North Carolina | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) | 1815 (Special) 1818 |
Incumbent re-elected in 1824 as a Jacksonian.[19] |
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Ohio | Ethan Allen Brown | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) | 1822 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-election. Successor elected in 1825 on the fourth ballot.[20] Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
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Pennsylvania | Walter Lowrie | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) | 1818 | Incumbent retired. Successor elected in February 1825 on the thirty-second ballot.[21] Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
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South Carolina | John Gaillard | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) | 1804 (Special) 1806 1812 1818 |
Incumbent re-elected in 1824 on the second ballot as a Jacksonian.[22] |
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Vermont | William A. Palmer | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) | 1818 (Special) 1818 |
Incumbent retired. Successor elected in 1824 on the fourth ballot.[23] Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
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Special elections during the 19th Congress
In these special elections, the winners were seated in 1825 after March 4; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Connecticut (Class 3) |
Vacant | Vacant due to credentials challenge. Successor elected May 4, 1825. Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
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Rhode Island (Class 2) |
James DeWolf | Anti-Jacksonian | 1820 or 1821 | Incumbent resigned October 31, 1825. Successor elected October 31, 1825. Anti-Jacksonian hold. |
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Alabama
Connecticut
Connecticut (Special, Class 2)
Connecticut (Regular)
Connecticut (Special, Class 3)
Delaware
Delaware (Special, Class 1)
Delaware (Special, Class 2)
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Georgia
Georgia (Special)
Georgia (Regular)
Illinois
Illinois (Special)
Illinois (Regular)
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Louisiana (Special)
Louisiana (Regular)
Maryland
Missouri
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island (Special)
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia (Special)
See also
- 1824 United States elections
- 1824 United States House of Representatives elections
- 18th United States Congress
- 19th United States Congress
Notes
- There were 36 ballots in 1824 in which the New Hampshire House of Representatives and New Hampshire Senate would not agree on a U.S. Senator. Balloting continued into 1825, and Woodbury was finally elected on the 5th ballot.
References
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- Party Division in the Senate, 1889-Present, via Senate.gov