United States Senate elections, 1816 and 1817

United States Senate elections, 1816 and 1817

← 1814 / 1815 Dates vary by state 1818 / 1819 →
12 of the 36 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 19 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Last election 26 seats 11 seats Seats before 23 12 Seats won 9 3 Seats after 25 13 Seat change 2 1 Seats up 9 2
Majority party before election Democratic-Republican Elected Majority party Democratic-Republican

Democratic-Republican

Democratic-Republican

The United States Senate elections of 1816 and 1817 were elections for the United States Senate that had the Democratic-Republican Party gain a net of two seats from the admission of a new state, and which coincided with the presidential election.

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

Senate Party Division, 15th Congress (1817–1819)

Composition after June 12, 1816 election in Massachusetts.

Bold states link to specific election articles.

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1816 or before March 4, 1817; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1817; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

In these special elections, the winners were elected in 1817 after March 4; ordered by election date.

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