United States Senate elections, 1800 and 1801

United States Senate elections, 1800 and 1801

← 1798 / 1799 Dates vary by state 1802 / 1803 →
10 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 23 seats (61.9%) 9 seats (28.1%) Seats before 22 (68.8%) 10 (31.2%) Seats won 17 (54.5%) 15 (45.5%) Seat change 5 5 Seats up 7 3
Majority party before election Federalist Elected Majority party Federalist

Federalist

Federalist

The United States Senate elections of 1800 and 1801 were elections for the United States Senate that, coinciding with their takeover of the White House, led to the Democratic-Republican Party taking control of the United States Senate. Although the Federalists began the next (7th) Congress with a slim majority, they lost their majority shortly thereafter due to mid-year special elections.

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

After the November 6, 1800 special election in New York.

In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1801; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1801; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

In these special elections, the winner was seated after March 4, 1801; ordered by election date.

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