United States Senate elections, 1836

The United States Senate election of 1836 was an election which had the Jacksonian coalition emerge as the Democratic Party, with the Adams, or Anti-Jackson, coalition emerge as the Whig Party

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

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Results

25th Congress (1837–1839)

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections
J J J J J J
J J J J J J J J J J
J J J J J J J J J J
J J J J J N N A A A
A A A A A A A A A A
A A A A A A
In the next Congress
D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D D D D D D D D D D
D
D D D D D D D D W
W W W W W W W W W W
W W W W W W
Key:
A =Anti-Jacksonian
D =Democratic
J =Jacksonian
N =Nullifier
W =Whig
Majority
divider

See also

References

Pre-17th Amendment
Post-17th Amendment