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1 Results summary  





2 Change in composition  



2.1  Before the elections  





2.2  Result of the general elections  





2.3  Results of the 1819 special elections  







3 Race summaries  



3.1  Special elections during the 15th Congress  





3.2  Races leading to the 16th Congress  





3.3  Special elections during the 16th Congress  







4 Alabama  





5 Connecticut  





6 Georgia  



6.1  Georgia (regular)  





6.2  Georgia (specials)  







7 Illinois  





8 Indiana  





9 Kentucky  



9.1  Kentucky (regular)  





9.2  Kentucky (special)  







10 Louisiana  



10.1  Louisiana (regular)  





10.2  Louisiana (special)  







11 Maryland  





12 Massachusetts (special)  





13 New Hampshire  





14 New York  





15 North Carolina  





16 Ohio  





17 Pennsylvania  





18 South Carolina  





19 Tennessee (special)  





20 Vermont  



20.1  Vermont (regular)  





20.2  Vermont (special)  







21 Virginia (special)  





22 See also  





23 References  














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1818–19 United States Senate elections

← 1816 & 1817 Dates vary by state 1820 & 1821 →

14 of the 42 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections)
22 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Last election 25 seats 13 seats
Seats before 28 12
Seats won 14 0
Seats after 30 9
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Seats up 11 3

Results:
     Dem-Republican hold      Dem-Republican gain
     Legislature Failed To Elect


Majority Party before election


Democratic-Republican

Elected Majority Party


Democratic-Republican

The 1818–19 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1818 and 1819, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.[1] In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 3.

The Democratic-Republican Party gained 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.

Results summary[edit]

Senate party division, 16th Congress (1819–1821)

Change in composition[edit]

Before the elections[edit]

After the admission of Illinois.

  DR1
DR11 DR10 DR9 DR8 DR7 DR6 DR5 DR4 DR3
Ill.
New seat
DR2
DR12 DR13 DR14 DR15 DR16 DR17 DR18 DR19 DR20
Ill.
Ran
DR21
Ind.
Ran
Majority → DR22
N.C.
Ran
F12
N.Y.
Ran
DR30
Vt.
Resigned
DR29
Pa.
Retired
DR28
Ohio
Retired
DR27
La.
Retired
DR26
N.H.
Unknown
DR25
Ky.
Unknown
DR24
Ga.
Unknown
DR23
S.C.
Ran
F11
Md.
Ran
F10
Conn.
Ran
F9 F8 F7 F6 F5 F4 F3 F2
  F1

Result of the general elections[edit]

  DR1
DR11 DR10 DR9 DR8 DR7 DR6 DR5 DR4 DR3 DR2
DR12 DR13 DR14 DR15 DR16 DR17 DR18 DR19 DR20
Ill.
Re-elected
DR21
Ind.
Re-elected
Majority → DR22
N.C.
Re-elected
DR31
Conn.
Gain
DR30
Vt.
Hold
DR29
Pa.
Hold
DR28
Ohio
Hold
DR27
N.H.
Hold
DR26
La.
Hold
DR25
Ky.
Hold
DR24
Ga.
Hold
DR23
S.C.
Re-elected
V1
N.Y.
F Loss
V2
Md.
F Loss
F9 F8 F7 F6 F5 F4 F3 F2
  F1

Results of the 1819 special elections[edit]

  DR1 DR2
DR12 DR11 DR10
Va.
Hold
DR9
Tenn.
Hold
DR8
Ky.
Hold
DR7
Ga.
Hold
DR6 DR5 DR4 DR3
DR13 DR14 DR15 DR16 DR17 DR18 DR19 DR20 DR21 DR22
Majority → DR23
DR32
Ala. Cl.2
New seat
DR31 DR30 DR29 DR28 DR27 DR26 DR25 DR24
DR33
Ala. Cl.3
New seat
DR34
Md. Cl.1
Gain
DR35
Md. Cl.3
Gain
V1 F8 F7 F6 F5 F4 F3
  F2 F1
Key:
DR# Democratic-Republican
F# Federalist
V# Vacant

Race summaries[edit]

Special elections during the 15th Congress[edit]

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1818 or before March 4, 1819; ordered by election date.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral history
Louisiana
(Class 2)
William C. C. Claiborne Democratic-Republican 1817 Incumbent died November 23, 1817.
New senator elected January 12, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
  • Mr. Livingston 5 votes
  • John MacDonough 4 votes
  • Dr. Hood 2 votes[2]
  • Massachusetts
    (Class 1)
    Eli P. Ashmun Federalist 1816 (special) Incumbent resigned May 10, 1818.
    New senator elected June 5, 1818.
    Federalist hold.
  • William King (Democratic-Republican) 37 votes
  • James Bridge 2 votes
  • Mark L. Hill (Democratic-Republican) 1 vote[3]
  • Illinois
    (Class 3)
    New State New State.
    New senators elected October 7, 1818[4] on the first and third ballot.
    Lots were drawn to assign them, respectively, to Classes 3 and 2.
    The Class 3 senator had to run again for re-election in 1819, see below.
    Two Democratic-Republican gains.
    First ballot:
  • Orange tickY Leonard White 17 votes
  • Orange tickY Jesse B. Thomas (Democratic-Republican) 15 votes
  • Orange tickY Michael Jones 10 votes
  • Joseph M. Street 3 votes
  • Robert Morrison 3 votes[5]
  • Second ballot:
  • Jesse B. Thomas (Democratic-Republican) 14 votes
  • Michael Jones 10 votes[6]
  • Third ballot:
  • Leonard White 18 votes
  • Michael Jones 1 vote[7]
  • Illinois
    (Class 2)
    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.
    New senator elected October 20, 1818 to finish the term.
    Winner also elected to the following term, see below.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • Dudley Chase (Federalist) 54 votes
  • William A. Griswold (Democratic-Republican) 11 votes
  • Paul Brigham (Democratic-Republican) 7 votes
  • Scattering 4 votes[8]
  • Georgia
    (Class 2)
    George M. Troup Democratic-Republican 1816 (special)
    1816
    Incumbent resigned September 23, 1818.
    New senator elected November 7, 1818 on the fourth ballot.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • Nicholas Ware (Democratic-Republican) 29 votes
  • John M. Dooley 10 votes[9]
  • Races leading to the 16th Congress[edit]

    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
    Senator Party Electoral
    history
    Connecticut David Daggett Federalist 1813 (special) Incumbent lost re-election.
    New senator elected October 22, 1818 on the third ballot.
    Democratic-Republican gain.
  • David Daggett (Federalist) 84 votes
  • Elijah Boardman (Democratic-Republican) 7 votes
  • Nathan Smith (Democratic-Republican) 3 votes
  • William Bristol (Democratic-Republican) 1 vote[10]
  • Georgia Charles Tait Democratic-Republican 1809 (special)
    1813
    Unknown if incumbent ran for re-election.
    New senator elected November 11, 1818.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • John Forsyth (Democratic-Republican) 53 votes[11]
  • Illinois Ninian Edwards Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent re-elected in early February 1819.[4]
  • Michael Jones 19 votes[12][4]
  • Indiana Waller Taylor Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected December 16, 1818.
  • James Scott 15 votes
  • Isaac Blackford (Democratic-Republican) 2 votes[13]
  • Kentucky Isham Talbot Democratic-Republican 1814 (special) Unknown if incumbent ran for re-election.
    New senator elected December 17, 1818.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • Richard Mentor Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 55 votes[14]
  • Louisiana Eligius Fromentin Democratic-Republican 1813 Incumbent retired.
    New senator elected on January 11, 1819, on the second ballot.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • John McDonough 9 votes
  • Abner Lawson Duncan (Democratic-Republican) 12 votes
  • Eligius Fromentin (Democratic-Republican) 1 vote[15]
  • Maryland Robert Goldsborough Federalist 1813 (special) Incumbent lost re-election.
    Legislature failed to elect and the seat became vacant.
    Federalist loss.
    None.
    New Hampshire Clement Storer Democratic-Republican 1817 (special) Unknown if incumbent ran for re-election.
    New senator elected in 1818 on the third ballot.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • William Plumer (Democratic-Republican) 54 votes
  • Jeremiah Smith (Federalist) 11 votes
  • Josiah Butler (Democratic-Republican) 5 votes
  • Clement Storer (Democratic-Republican) 1 vote[16]
  • New York Rufus King Federalist 1813 Incumbent ran for re-election.
    Legislature failed to elect and the seat became vacant.
    Federalist loss.
    Incumbent would later be re-elected in 1820, late in the next Congress.
  • Philetus Swift (Democratic-Republican)
  • Rufus King (Federalist)
  • John Van Ness Yates (Democratic-Republican: Bucktail)
  • John Wells (Federalist)
  • Samuel Young (Democratic-Republican: Bucktail)[17]
  • North Carolina Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican 1815 (special) Incumbent re-elected in 1818.[18]
  • Unopposed[19]
  • Ohio Jeremiah Morrow Democratic-Republican 1812 Incumbent retired.
    New senator elected January 30, 1819 on the fourth ballot.[20]
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • Thomas Worthington (Democratic-Republican) 25 votes
  • John E. Hamm (Democratic-Republican) 18 votes[20]
  • Pennsylvania Abner Lacock Democratic-Republican 1812 Incumbent retired.
    New senator elected December 8, 1818.[21]
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • Isaac Weaver Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 32 votes
  • Not Voting 8 votes
  • John Tod (Democratic-Republican) 1 vote[21]
  • South Carolina John Gaillard Democratic-Republican 1812 Incumbent re-elected in 1818.[22]
  • John R. Richardson 61 votes[23]
  • Vermont James Fisk Democratic-Republican 1817 (special) Incumbent resigned January 8, 1818 to serve as collector of customs for the district of Vermont.
    New senator elected October 20, 1818.
    Winner also elected to finish the term, see above.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • Dudley Chase (Federalist) 49 votes
  • William A. Griswold (Democratic-Republican) 7 votes
  • Paul Brigham (Democratic-Republican) 5 votes[24]
  • Special elections during the 16th Congress[edit]

    In these special elections, the winners were seated in 1819 after March 4; ordered by election date. The new Congress was seated December 6, 1819, so some of these late-elected senators were seated after that.

    State Incumbent Results Candidates
    Senator Party Electoral history
    Tennessee
    (Class 1)
    John H. Eaton Democratic-Republican 1818 (Appointed) Interim appointee elected October 9, 1819.
  • Parry W. Humphreys (Democratic-Republican) 29 votes[25]
  • Georgia
    (Class 2)
    John Forsyth Democratic-Republican 1818 (special) Incumbent resigned February 17, 1819 to become U.S. Minister to Spain.
    New senator elected November 6, 1819.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • Unopposed[26]
  • Kentucky
    (Class 2)
    John Crittenden Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent resigned March 3, 1819 to return to private practice.
    New senator elected December 10, 1819.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • John Adair (Federalist) 53 votes[27]
  • Virginia
    (Class 2)
    John Eppes Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent resigned December 4, 1819 because of ill health.
    New senator elected December 10, 1819.
    Democratic-Republican hold.
  • John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican) 42 votes[28]
  • Alabama
    (Class 2)
    New State New State.
    New senator elected December 14, 1819.
    Democratic-Republican gain.
  • John W. Walker (Democratic-Republican) 11 votes
  • Thomas D. Crabb 2 votes[29]
  • Alabama
    (Class 3)
    New State New State.
    New senator elected December 14, 1819.
    Democratic-Republican gain.
  • Thomas D. Crabb 7 votes
  • George Phillips 2 votes
  • William R. King (Democratic-Republican) 1 vote[30]
  • Maryland
    (Class 3)
    Vacant Legislature had failed to elect, see above.
    New senator elected late December 14, 1819 and qualified December 21, 1819.
    Democratic-Republican gain.
  • Green tickY William Pinkney (Democratic-Republican) 49 votes
  • Charles Carroll (Federalist) 37 votes
  • Robert Goldsborough (Federalist) 34 votes
  • Charles Goldsborough (Federalist) 4 votes
  • Samuel Smith (Unknown) 1 vote
  • John Graham (Democratic-Republican) 1 vote[31][32]
  • Maryland
    (Class 1)
    Alexander Hanson Federalist 1816 (special) Incumbent died April 23, 1819.
    New senator elected December 14, 1819 and qualified December 21, 1819.
    Democratic-Republican gain.

    Alabama[edit]

    Connecticut[edit]

    Georgia[edit]

    Georgia (regular)[edit]

    Georgia (specials)[edit]

    Illinois[edit]

    Indiana[edit]

    Kentucky[edit]

    Kentucky (regular)[edit]

    Kentucky (special)[edit]

    Louisiana[edit]

    Louisiana (regular)[edit]

    Louisiana (special)[edit]

    Maryland[edit]

    1819 United States Senate elections in Maryland
    ← 1816 December 14, 1819 1821 →

    80 members of the Maryland General Assembly
     
    Candidate William Pinkney Edward Lloyd
    Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
    Legislative vote 49 50
    Percentage 27.84% 28.41%

    Due to both the Class 3 seat falling vacant at the normal end of the term and the Class 1 seat falling vacant due to the death of Alexander Contee Hanson, the legislature voted for both seats simultaneously. Edward Lloyd received the most votes and won the Class 3 seat. William Pinkney received the second-most votes and won the Class 1 seat.[33]

    Massachusetts (special)[edit]

    New Hampshire[edit]

    New York[edit]

    North Carolina[edit]

    Ohio[edit]

    Pennsylvania[edit]

    South Carolina[edit]

    Tennessee (special)[edit]

    Vermont[edit]

    Vermont (regular)[edit]

    Vermont (special)[edit]

    Virginia (special)[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

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