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1826–27 United States Senate elections

1826–27 United States Senate elections

← 1824 & 1825 Dates vary by state 1828 & 1829 →
16 of the 48 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 25 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Jacksonian Anti-Jacksonian Last election 26 seats 21 seats Seats before 26 22 Seats won 9 6 Seats after 27 20 Seat change 1 2 Seats up 8 8
Results:      Jacksonian Hold      Jacksonian Gain      Anti-Jacksonian Hold      Anti-Jacksonian Gain      Legislature Failed To Elect
Majority Party before election Jacksonian Elected Majority Party Jacksonian

The 1826–27 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 1826 and 1827, 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 majority Jacksonians gained a seat in the United States Senate. Senators who called themselves "Anti-Jacksonian" or "National Republicans" were also called "Adams" or "Adams Men."

Results summary[edit]

Senate party division, 20th Congress (1827–1829)

• Majority party: Jacksonian (27)
• Minority party: Anti-Jacksonian (20–21)
• Other parties: (0)
• Total seats: 48

Change in composition[edit]

Before the elections[edit]

At the beginning of 1826.

Result of the regular elections[edit]

Result of the special elections[edit]

Before the March 4, 1827, beginning of the new Congress.

Race summaries[edit]

Special elections during the 19th Congress[edit]

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1826 or before March 4, 1827; ordered by election date.

Races leading to the 20th Congress[edit]

In these regular elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1827; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

Elections during the 20th Congress[edit]

In this election, the winner was seated in 1827 after the new Congress began on March 4.

Alabama (special)[edit]

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Connecticut[edit]

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Delaware[edit]

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Delaware had two elections: A special for the class 2 seat and a regular election for the class 1 seat. The elections flipped both seats from Anti-Jacksonian to Jacksonian.

Delaware (special)[edit]

Anti-Jacksonian senator Nicholas Van Dyke died May 21, 1826, and Anti-Jacksonian Daniel Rodney was appointed to continue the class 2 term (ending March 3, 1829) until a special election.

Jacksonian Henry M. Ridgely was elected January 12, 1827.

Delaware (regular)[edit]

Anti-Jacksonian Thomas Clayton had served since winning an 1824 special election. It is unknown if Clayton was a candidate for re-election in 1827, but that election was won by Jacksonian Louis McLane.

Indiana[edit]

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Maine[edit]

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Maryland[edit]

Maryland (special)[edit]

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1826 United States Senate special election in Maryland

← 1825 January 24, 1826 1831 →
80 members of the Maryland General Assembly
Candidate Ezekiel F. Chambers Philip Reed Party National Republican Democratic-Republican Legislative vote 49 34 Percentage 59.04% 40.96%

Ezekiel F. Chambers won election over Philip Reed by a margin of 18.07%, or 15 votes, for the Class 3 seat.^[5]

Maryland (regular)[edit]

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1827 United States Senate election in Maryland

← 1822 January 9, 1827 1833 →
80 members of the Maryland General Assembly
Candidate Samuel Smith Did not vote Party Jacksonian democracy Legislative vote 78 5 Percentage 93.98% 6.02

Samuel Smith won election by a margin of 87.95%, or 73 votes, for the Class 1 seat.^[6]

Massachusetts[edit]

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Massachusetts (special, class 2)[edit]

Massachusetts (regular)[edit]

Massachusetts (special, class 1)[edit]

Mississippi[edit]

Jacksonian interim appointee Powhatan Ellis had served in the class 1 seat since 1825 for the term ending March 3, 1827.

He faced a special election to finish the term and a regular election to the next term.

Mississippi (special)[edit]

Jacksonian Thomas Buck Reed was elected January 27, 1826, to finish the term, but not to the next full term.

Mississippi (regular)[edit]

Jacksonian interim appointee Powhatan Ellis was elected sometime (date unknown) to the next term, and would go on to serve until 1832.

Missouri[edit]

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New Jersey[edit]

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New Jersey (regular)[edit]

New Jersey (special)[edit]

New York[edit]

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Ohio[edit]

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Pennsylvania[edit]

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Rhode Island[edit]

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South Carolina (special)[edit]

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Tennessee[edit]

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Vermont[edit]

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Virginia[edit]

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See also[edit]

• 1826 United States elections
  • 1826–27 United States House of Representatives elections
• 19th United States Congress
• 20th United States Congress

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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