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1820–21 United States Senate elections

1820–21 United States Senate elections

← 1818 & 1819 Dates vary by state 1822 & 1823 →
15 of the 46 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 24 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Last election 30 seats 9 seats Seats before 37 9 Seats won 11 1 Seats after 38 5 Seat change 1 4 Seats up 10 5
Results:      Dem-Republican hold      Dem-Republican gain      Federalist hold      Legislature Failed To Elect
Majority Party before election Democratic-Republican Elected Majority Party Democratic-Republican

The 1820–21 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, corresponding with James Monroe's landslide re-election. 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 1820 and 1821, 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 1.

The Democratic-Republican Party gain one-to-five seats (in the general and special elections), assuming almost complete control of the Senate.

Results summary[edit]

Senate party division, 17th Congress (1821–1823)

• Majority party: Democratic-Republican (39–43)
• Minority party: Federalist (4)
• Vacant: (3–1)
• Total seats: 46–48

Change in composition[edit]

Before the elections[edit]

Composition after the June 13 and 14, 1820 elections in Maine.

Result of the general elections[edit]

Result of the special elections in the next Congress[edit]

Race summaries[edit]

Bold states link to specific election articles.

Special elections during the preceding Congress[edit]

In these special elections, the winner was elected during 1820 or before March 4, 1821; ordered by election date.

Races leading to the next Congress[edit]

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1821; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

Special elections during the next Congress[edit]

In this special election, the winner was elected in 1821 after March 4; ordered by election date.

Connecticut[edit]

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Delaware[edit]

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Georgia (special)[edit]

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Indiana[edit]

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Kentucky (special)[edit]

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Maine[edit]

John Holmes (Democratic-Republican) was elected as one of the new states first pair of senators whose terms began with June 13, 1820, statehood. He was elected to the class 1 seat's short term, which ended March 3, 1821, and was re-elected January 31, 1821, to the term starting March 4, 1821.

John Chandler (Democratic-Republican) as elected to the class 2 seat's long term, and his term would end March 3, 1823.

Maryland[edit]

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1821 United States Senate election in Maryland

← 1819 December 7, 1821 1822 →
80 members of the Maryland General Assembly
Candidate William Pinkney Party Democratic-Republican Legislative vote - Percentage -%

William Pinkney won election by an unknown number of votes, for the Class 1 seat.^[5]

Massachusetts[edit]

Massachusetts (regular)[edit]

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Massachusetts (special)[edit]

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Mississippi[edit]

Mississippi (regular)[edit]

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Mississippi (special)[edit]

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Missouri[edit]

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New Jersey[edit]

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New York[edit]

New York (regular)[edit]

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New York (special)[edit]

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Ohio[edit]

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Pennsylvania[edit]

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Rhode Island[edit]

Rhode Island (regular)[edit]

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Rhode Island (special)[edit]

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Tennessee[edit]

Tennessee (regular)[edit]

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Tennessee (special)[edit]

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Vermont[edit]

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Virginia[edit]

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See also[edit]

• 1820 United States elections
  • 1820 United States presidential election
  • 1820–21 United States House of Representatives elections
• 16th United States Congress
• 17th United States Congress
• Elections in the United States

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
• Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160632563.