United States Senate elections, 1824 and 1825
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16 of the 48 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 25 seats needed for a majority |
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The United States Senate election of 1824 and 1825 were elections for the United States Senate that saw the Jacksonians gain a majority over the Anti-Jacksonian National Republican Party.
As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by state legislatures.
Result summary
19th Congress (1825–1827)
- Majority Party: Jacksonian (26)
- Minority Party: Anti-Jacksonian (22)
- Total seats: 48
Change in Senate composition
Before the elections
DRa1 Resigned |
DRa2 Retired |
DRa3 Unknown |
DRa4 Retired |
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DRc3 | DRc2 | DRc1 | DRa11 | DRa10 | DRa9 | DRa8 Ran |
DRa7 Ran |
DRa6 Unknown |
DRa5 Ran |
DRc4 | DRc5 | DRc6 | DRc7 | DRc8 | DRc9 | DRc10 Ran |
DRc11 Unknown |
DRc12 Ran |
DRc13 Ran |
DRj3 | DRj2 | DRj1 | DRc20 | DRc19 | DRc18 | DRc17 | DRc16 | DRc15 Retired |
DRc14 Ran |
DRj4 | DRj5 | DRj6 | DRj7 | DRj8 | DRj9 | DRj10 | DRj11 | DRj12 Unknown |
Fa5 Retired |
Fa1 | Fa2 | Fa3 | Fa4 |
Election results
J1 Gain |
AJ1 Gain |
J2 Gain |
AJ2 Gain |
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DRc3 | DRc2 | DRc1 | DRa11 | DRa10 | DRa9 | AJ3 Gain |
AJ4 Gain |
J3 Gain |
AJ5 Gain |
DRc4 | DRc5 | DRc6 | DRc7 | DRc8 | DRc9 | J4 Gain |
J5 Gain |
J6 Gain |
V1 DR Loss |
DRj3 | DRj2 | DRj1 | DRc20 | DRc19 | DRc18 | DRc17 | DRc16 | AJ6 Gain |
J7 Gain |
DRj4 | DRj5 | DRj6 | DRj7 | DRj8 | DRj9 | DRj10 | DRj11 | J8 Gain |
V2 Fa Loss |
Fa1 | Fa2 | Fa3 | Fa4 |
Beginning of the next Congress
AJ1 | AJ2 | AJ3 | AJ4 | ||||||
AJ14 | AJ13 | AJ12 | AJ11 | AJ10 | AJ9 | AJ8 | AJ7 | AJ6 | AJ5 |
AJ15 | AJ16 | AJ17 | AJ18 | AJ19 | AJ20 | V1 | V2 | V3 | J25 |
Majority → | J24 | ||||||||
J15 | J16 | J17 | J18 | J19 | J20 | J21 | J22 | J23 | |
J14 | J13 | J12 | J11 | J10 | J9 | J8 | J7 | J6 | J5 |
J1 | J2 | J3 | J4 |
Key: |
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Race summaries
Bold states link to specific election articles.
Special elections during the 18th Congress
In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1824 or before March 4, 1825; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Delaware (Class 1) |
Vacant | Caesar A. Rodney (DR) had resigned January 29, 1823 in the previous Congress. Winner elected January 8, 1824. Federalist gain. |
√ Thomas Clayton (Federalist (Adams-Clay faction), later Anti-Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Louisiana (Class 2) |
Henry Johnson | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) |
1818 (Appointed) 1823 (Special) |
Incumbent resigned May 27, 1824 to become Governor of Louisiana. Winner elected November 19, 1824. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction), later Anti-Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Illinois (Class 3) |
Ninian Edwards | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) |
1818 1819 |
Incumbent resigned March 3, 1824. Winner elected November 24, 1824, but not to next term. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John McLean (Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction)) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Georgia (Class 2) |
Nicholas Ware | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) |
1821 (Special) 1823 |
Incumbent died September 7, 1824. Winner elected December 6, 1824. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Thomas W. Cobb (Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction), later Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Virginia (Class 2) |
John Taylor | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) |
1792 (Special) 1793 |
Died August 21, 1824. Winner elected December 7, 1824. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Littleton Tazewell (Democratic-Republican (Jackson faction), later Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Races leading to the 19th Congress
In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1825 (except where noted due to late election); ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Alabama | William Kelly | Democratic-Republican (Jackson faction) |
1822 (Special) | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Winner elected in 1824 or 1825. Jacksonian gain. |
√ Henry H. Chambers (Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Connecticut | James Lanman | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) |
1819 | Re-elected, but disqualified. Vacant. |
√ James Lanman ([Data unknown/missing. You can help!]) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Georgia | John Elliott | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) |
1819 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Jacksonian gain. |
√ John M. Berrien (Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Illinois | Ninian Edwards | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) |
1818 1819 |
Winner elected to next term. Jacksonian gain. |
√ Elias Kane (Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Indiana | Waller Taylor | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) |
1816 1818 |
Incumbent retired. Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
√ William Hendricks (Anti-Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Kentucky | Isham Talbot | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) |
1815 (Special) 1819 ([Data unknown/missing. You can help!]) 1820 (Special) |
Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Winner elected in 1824 or 1825. Jacksonian gain. |
√ John Rowan (Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Louisiana | Josiah S. Johnston | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) |
1824 (Appointed) | Interim appointee elected to a full term. Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
√ Josiah S. Johnston (Anti-Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Maryland | Edward Lloyd | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) |
1819 | Re-elected as a Jacksonian. Jacksonian gain. |
√ Edward Lloyd (Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Missouri | David Barton | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) |
1821 | Re-elected as an Anti-Jacksonian. Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
√ David Barton (Anti-Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
New Hampshire | John F. Parrott | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) |
1819 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Winner took office late, on March 16, 1825. Jacksonian gain. |
√ Levi Woodbury (Anti-Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
New York | Rufus King | Federalist (Adams-Clay faction) |
1789 1795 1796 (Resigned) 1813 1819/1820 |
Retired. Vacant due to a deadlock in the New York State Legislature. Vacant. |
17 candidates |
North Carolina | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) |
1815 (Special) 1819 |
Re-elected as a Jacksonian. Jacksonian gain. |
√ Nathaniel Macon (Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Ohio | Ethan Allen Brown | Democratic-Republican. (Adams-Clay faction) |
1822 (Special) | Lost re-election. Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
√ William Henry Harrison (Anti-Jacksonian) Ethan Allen Brown (Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction)) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Pennsylvania | Walter Lowrie | Democratic-Republican. (Crawford faction) |
1819 | Retired. Winner elected in 1824/25. Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
√ William Marks (Anti-Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
South Carolina | John Gaillard | Democratic-Republican (Crawford faction) |
1804 (Special) 1806 1812 1818 |
Re-elected as a Jacksonian. Jacksonian gain. |
√ John Gaillard (Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Vermont | William A. Palmer | Democratic-Republican (Adams-Clay faction) |
1818 (Special) 1818 |
Retired. Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
√ Dudley Chase (Anti-Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Special elections during the 19th Congress
In these special elections, the winners were seated in 1825 after March 4; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Connecticut (Class 3) |
Vacant | Vacant due to credentials challenge. Winner elected May 4, 1825. Anti-Jacksonian gain. |
√ Calvin Willey (Anti-Jacksonian) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
See also
References
- Party Division in the Senate, 1889-Present, via Senate.gov