1848–49 United States Senate elections: Difference between revisions

== Race summaries ==

=== Special elections during the 30th Congress ===

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1848 or in 1849 before March 4; ordered by election date.

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! rowspan=2 | State

! colspan=3 | Incumbent

! rowspan=2 | Results

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! Senator

! Party

! Electoral history

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| [[List of United States Senators from Iowa|Iowa]]<br/>(Class 2)

| colspan=3 | New State

| {{Party shading/Vacant}} | Iowa was admitted to the Union December 28, 1846.<br/> Legislature failed to elect due to a three-way split that prevented any candidate from earning the required number of 30 legislators' votes.<ref name=clark>{{cite web | first=Dan Elbert | last=Clark | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXJDAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage | title=History of Senatorial Elections in Iowa | pages= 17–46, 72–79 | location=Iowa | date=1913}}</ref><br/>Seat vacant until December 7, 1848.

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| [[List of United States Senators from Iowa|Iowa]]<br/>(Class 3)

| colspan=3 | New State

| {{Party shading/Vacant}} | Iowa was admitted to the Union December 28, 1846.<br/> Legislature failed to elect due to a three-way split that prevented any candidate from earning the required number of 30 legislators' votes.<ref name=clark/><br/>Seat vacant until December 7, 1848.

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