United States Senate elections, 1858

The United States Senate election of 1858 was an election which had the Republican Party gain six additional 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

36th Congress, 1859-1861

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections
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 D D D A A
R R R R R R R A A A
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R
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 A A R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R R R R R R R R
R R R
Key:
A =American
D =Democratic
R =Republican
Majority
divider

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