United States Senate elections, 1822 and 1823

Dates vary by state

16 of the 48 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 25 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic-Republican	Federalist
Last election	39 seats	4 seats
Seats before	44	4
Seats won	14	1
Seats after	44	3
Seat change		1
Seats up	14	2

Majority party before election

Democratic-Republican

Elected Majority party

Democratic-Republican

The United States Senate elections of 1822 and 1823 were elections for the United States Senate that had the Democratic-Republican Party continue almost complete control of the Senate.

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

Senate Party Division, 18th Congress (1823–1825)

Composition after the January 24, 1822 election in Delaware.

Bold states link to specific election articles.

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1822 or before March 4, 1823; ordered by election date.

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1823; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

In these special elections, the winners were elected in 1823 after March 4; ordered by election date.