1834 and 1835 United States Senate elections

1834 and 1835 United States Senate elections
	Dates vary by state
	Dates vary by state
16 of the 48 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections); 25 seats needed for a majority
Majority Party before election; ; Anti–Jacksonian	Elected Majority Party ; ; Anti–Jacksonian

The United States Senate elections of 1834 and 1835 were elections that had the Anti-Jackson coalition maintain control of the United States Senate. However, during the 24th Congress, the Jacksonian coalition gained control of the Senate.

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

Results summary

Senate Party Division, 24th Congress (1835–1837)

Majority Party: Jacksonian (21–31)
Minority Party: Anti-Jackson (24–19)
Other Parties: Nullifier (2)
Total Seats: 48–52

Change in composition

Before the elections

						AJ₁	AJ₂	AJ₃	AJ₄
AJ₁₄	AJ₁₃	AJ₁₂	AJ₁₁	AJ₁₀	AJ₉	AJ₈	AJ₇	AJ₆	AJ₅
AJ₁₅	AJ₁₆	AJ₁₇	AJ₁₈	AJ₁₉ Del. Ran	AJ₂₀ Miss. Ran	AJ₂₁ R.I. Ran	AJ₂₂ Va. Ran	AJ₂₃ La. Unknown	AJ₂₄ N.J. Unknown
Majority →									AJ₂₅ Mass. Retired
J₁₅ Ga. Ran	J₁₆ Ill. Ran	J₁₇ N.C. Ran	J₁₈ Tenn. Ran	J₁₉ Ky. Unknown	N₁	N₂ S.C. Ran	AJ₂₇ Maine Resigned	AJ₂₆ N.H. Retired	AJ₂₅ Mass. Retired
J₁₄ Ala. Ran	J₁₃	J₁₂	J₁₁	J₁₀	J₉	J₈	J₇	J₆	J₅
						J₁	J₂	J₃	J₄

Result of the regular elections

						AJ₁	AJ₂	AJ₃	AJ₄
AJ₁₄	AJ₁₃	AJ₁₂	AJ₁₁	AJ₁₀	AJ₉	AJ₈	AJ₇	AJ₆	AJ₅
AJ₁₅	AJ₁₆	AJ₁₇	AJ₁₈	AJ₁₉ Del. Re-elected	AJ₂₀ R.I. Re-elected	AJ₂₁ Va. Re-elected	AJ₂₂ Mass. Hold	AJ₂₃ Ky. Gain	AJ₂₄ Tenn. Re-elected to different party
Plurality →									AJ₂₄ Tenn. Re-elected to different party
J₁₅ Ga. Re-elected	J₁₆ Ill. Re-elected	J₁₇ N.C. Re-elected	J₁₈ Maine Gain	J₁₉ Miss. Gain	J₂₀ N.H. Gain	J₂₁ N.J. Gain	N₁	N₂ S.C. Re-elected	V₁ La. AJ Loss[lower-alpha 1]
J₁₄ Ala. Re-elected	J₁₃	J₁₂	J₁₁	J₁₀	J₉	J₈	J₇	J₆	J₅
						J₁	J₂	J₃	J₄

Key:

AJ_#	= Anti-Jacksonian
J_#	= Jacksonian
N_#	= Nullfier
V_#	= Vacant

Race summaries

Special elections during the 23rd Congress

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1834 or before March 4, 1835; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Virginia (Class 2)	William Rives	Jacksonian	1832 (Special)	Incumbent resigned February 22, 1834. Successor elected February 26, 1834. Successor was also elected to the next term, see below. Anti-Jacksonian gain.	Y Benjamin W. Leigh (Anti-Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Pennsylvania (Class 3)	William Wilkins	Jacksonian	1832	Incumbent resigned June 30, 1834 to become U.S. Minister to Russia. New senator elected December 6, 1834. Jacksonian hold.	Y James Buchanan (Jacksonian) 66 (49.62%)[1] Amos Ellmaker (Anti-Jacksonian) 31 (23.31%) James Clarke (Jacksonian) 26 (19.55%) Joseph Lawrence (Anti-Jacksonian) 6 (4.51%) Joel Sutherland (Jacksonian) 1 (0.75%) Not voting 3 (2.26%)
Georgia (Class 3)	John Forsyth	Jacksonian	1818 (Special) 1819 (Resigned) 1829 (Special) 1830 or 1831	Incumbent resigned June 27, 1834 to become U.S. Minister to Spain. New senator elected January 12, 1835. Jacksonian hold.	Y Alfred Cuthbert (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Maryland (Class 3)	Ezekiel F. Chambers	Anti-Jacksonian	1826 (Special) 1831	Incumbent resigned December 20, 1834 to become judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. New senator elected January 13, 1835. Anti-Jacksonian hold.	Y Robert Henry Goldsborough (Anti-Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Maine (Class 2)	Peleg Sprague	Anti-Jacksonian	1829	Incumbent resigned January 1, 1835. New senator elected January 20, 1835. Successor was also elected to the next term, see below. Jacksonian gain.	Y John Ruggles (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]

Races leading to the 24th Congress

In these regular elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1835; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Alabama	William R. King	Jacksonian	1819 1822 1828	Incumbent re-elected in 1834.	Y William R. King (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Delaware	John M. Clayton	Anti-Jacksonian	1827 (Special) 1829	Incumbent re-elected in 1835.	Y John M. Clayton (Anti-Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Georgia	John Pendleton King	Jacksonian	1833 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1834.	Y John Pendleton King (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Illinois	John M. Robinson	Jacksonian	1830 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1835.	Y John M. Robinson (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Kentucky	George M. Bibb	Jacksonian	1829	Unknown if incumbent ran for re-election. New senator elected in 1835. Anti-Jacksonian gain.	Y John J. Crittenden (Anti-Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Louisiana	George A. Waggaman	Anti-Jacksonian	1831 (Special)	Unknown if incumbent ran for re-election. New senator elected in 1835, but due to ill-health, resigned without having been seated. Anti-Jacksonian loss.	Y Charles Gayarré (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Maine	Peleg Sprague	Anti-Jacksonian	1829	Incumbent resigned December 20, 1834 to become judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. New senator elected January 19, 1835. Jacksonian gain. Successor was also elected the same day to finish the term, see above.	Y John Ruggles (Jacksonian) 73.91% George Evans 26.09%[2]
Massachusetts	Nathaniel Silsbee	Anti-Jacksonian	1826 (Special) 1828	Incumbent retired. New senator elected in 1835. Anti-Jacksonian hold.	Y John Davis (Anti-Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Mississippi	George Poindexter	Anti-Jacksonian	1830 (Appointed) 1830 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected in 1835. Jacksonian gain.	Y Robert J. Walker (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
New Hampshire	Samuel Bell	Anti-Jacksonian	1823	Incumbent retired. New senator elected in 1835. Jacksonian gain.	Y Henry Hubbard (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
New Jersey	Theodore Frelinghuysen	Anti-Jacksonian	1829	Unknown if incumbent ran for re-election. New senator elected in 1835. Jacksonian gain.	Y Garret D. Wall (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
North Carolina	Bedford Brown	Jacksonian	1829 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1835.	Y Bedford Brown (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Rhode Island	Nehemiah R. Knight	Anti-Jacksonian	1821 (Special) 1823 1829	Incumbent re-elected in 1835.	Y Nehemiah R. Knight (Anti-Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
South Carolina	John C. Calhoun	Nullifier	1832 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1834.	Y John C. Calhoun (Nullifier) [data unknown/missing]
Tennessee	Hugh Lawson White	Jacksonian	1825 (Special) 1829	Incumbent re-elected in 1835 as Anti-Jacksonian. Anti-Jacksonian gain.	Y Hugh Lawson White (Anti-Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Virginia	Benjamin W. Leigh	Anti-Jacksonian	1834 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1835.	Y Benjamin W. Leigh (Anti-Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]

Special election during the 24th Congress

In this special election, the winner was seated in 1835 after March 4; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Connecticut (Class 1)	Nathan Smith	Anti-Jacksonian	1832	Incumbent died December 6, 1835. New senator elected December 21, 1835. Jacksonian gain.	Y John M. Niles (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]

Early elections during the 24th Congress

In these elections, the winners were not seated until 1837.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Michigan (Class 1)	New seat			New state. New senator was elected in November 1835 but not seated until January 6, 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio. Jacksonian gain.	Y Lucius Lyon (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]
Michigan (Class 2)	New seat			New state. New senator was elected in November 1835 but not seated until January 6, 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio. Jacksonian gain.	Y John Norvell (Jacksonian) [data unknown/missing]

Alabama

Connecticut (Special)

Delaware

Georgia

Georgia had two elections this cycle: a regular election for the class 2 seat and a special election for the class 3 seat.

Georgia (Regular)

In the class 2 seat, incumbent Jacksonian John Pendleton King, who had served since winning an 1833 special election, was re-elected sometime in 1834.

Georgia (Special)

In the class 3 seat, incumbent Jacksonian John Forsyth, who had served since winning an 1829 special election, resigned June 27, 1834 to become U.S. Minister to Spain.

Jacksonian Alfred Cuthbert was elected January 12, 1835.

Illinois

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maine had two elections this cycle, both for the class 2 seat.

Incumbent Anti-Jacksonian Peleg Sprague, who was elected in 1829, resigned January 1, 1835.

Jacksonian John Ruggles won both elections.

Maine (Regular)

Jacksonian John Ruggles was elected January 19, 1835 to the next term. He was then elected to finish the current term, see below.

Maine (Special)

Jacksonian John Ruggles was elected January 20, 1835 to finish the term that would end March 3, 1835.

Maryland (Special)

Massachusetts

Michigan

The new state of Michigan elected its new senators in 1835, both Jacksonians: Lucius Lyon (Class 1) and John Norvell (Class 2). They were not seated until January 26, 1837 due to a territorial dispute with Ohio.

Mississippi

New Hampshire

New Jersey

North Carolina

Pennsylvania (Special)

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Virginia

Virginia had two elections this cycle, both for the class 2 seat.

Incumbent Jacksonian William Rives, who had just won the 1832 special election, resigned February 22, 1834.

Anti-Jacksonian Benjamin W. Leigh won both elections.

Virginia (Regular)

Anti-Jacksonian Benjamin W. Leigh was re-elected sometime in 1835 to the next term.

Virginia (Special)

Anti-Jacksonian Benjamin W. Leigh was elected February 26, 1834 to finish the term that would end March 3, 1835. He was then elected to the next term, see above.

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Notes

Winner was elected but resigned without having been seated.

References

"U.S. Senate Election - 6 December 1834" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
"Our Campaigns - ME US Senate Race - Jan 19, 1835". www.ourcampaigns.com.

Sources

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

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[1] Winner was elected but resigned without having been seated.

[results-2] "U.S. Senate Election - 6 December 1834" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

[3] "Our Campaigns - ME US Senate Race - Jan 19, 1835". www.ourcampaigns.com.

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