United States Senate elections, 1796 and 1797

Dates vary by state

11 of the 32 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 17 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Federalist	Democratic-Republican
Last election	20 seats	10 seats
Seats before	19	12
Seats won	9	1
Seats after	20	10
Seat change	1	2
Seats up	8	3

Majority party before election

Federalist

Elected Majority party

Federalist

The United States Senate elections of 1796 and 1797 were elections for the United States Senate which, coinciding with John Adams's election as President, had the ruling Federalist Party gain one seat.

As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Senate Party Division, 5th Congress (1797–1799)

After the August 2, 1796 admission of Tennessee.

In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1797; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1797; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

In these special elections, the winners were seated after March 4, 1797, the beginning of the next Congress.

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