United States Senate elections, 1846

The United States Senate election of 1846 was an election which had the Democratic Party gain four seats in the United States Senate.

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

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Results

Senate Party Division, 30th Congress (1847–1849)

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections
D D D D D D D D V
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 W W W W W V
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 D D D ID W
W W W W W W W W W W
W W W W W W W W W W
Key:
D =Democratic
ID =Independent Democrat
W =Whig
V =Vacant
Majority
divider

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