United States Senate elections, 1826
The United States Senate election of 1826 was an election which had the majority Jacksonian coalition gain a seat in the United States Senate.
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
Results
20th Congress (1827–1829)
- Majority Party: Jacksonian (27)
- Minority Party: Adams (21)
- Other Parties: (0)
- Total Seats: 48
Change in Senate composition
Senate composition before the elections
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Senate composition as a result of the elections
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Complete list of races
All seats listed are Class 1 unless otherwise indicated.
Early elections
| Date | State | Incumbent | Party | Result | Candidates |
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| January 24, 1826 | Maryland Special (Class 3) |
Edward Lloyd | Jacksonian | Resigned January 14, 1826 Winner was elected to finish the term ending March 3, 1831 Anti-Jacksonian gain |
Ezekiel F. Chambers (Anti-Jacksonian) |
| New York Special (Class 3) |
Vacant | Winner elected January 14, 1826 to finish the term ending March 3, 1827, left vacant after an 1824 legislative deadlock Adams gain |
Nathan Sanford (Adams) | ||
| January 28, 1826 | Mississippi Special |
Powhatan Ellis | Jacksonian | Appointee lost election to finish term Winner elected to finish term ending March 3, 1827 Jacksonian hold |
Thomas Reed (Jacksonian) |
| May 31, 1826 | Massachusetts Special (Class 2) |
James Lloyd | Anti-Jacksonian | Resigned May 23, 1826 Winner was elected to finish the term ending March 3, 1831 Anti-Jacksonian hold |
Ezekiel F. Chambers (Anti-Jacksonian) |
Scheduled elections
| State | Incumbent | Party | Result | Candidates |
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| Connecticut | Henry W. Edwards | Jacksonian | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Adams gain |
Samuel A. Foote (Adams) |
| Delaware | Thomas Clayton | Anti-Jacksonian | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Jacksonian gain |
Louis McLane (Jacksonian) |
| Indiana | James Noble | Anti-Jacksonian | Re-elected as Adams Party | James Noble (Adams) |
| Maine | John Holmes | Anti-Jacksonian | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Jacksonian gain |
Albion K. Parris (Jacksonian) |
| Maryland | Samuel Smith | Jacksonian | Re-elected | Samuel Smith (Jacksonian) |
| Massachusetts | Elijah H. Mills | Anti-Jacksonian | Lost re-election Vacant, because winner was not elected until June 8, 1827 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Mississippi | Thomas Reed | Jacksonian | Lost re-election Jacksonian hold |
Powhatan Ellis (Jacksonian) |
| Missouri | Thomas H. Benton | Jacksonian | Re-elected | Thomas H. Benton (Jacksonian) |
| New Jersey Special |
Joseph McIlvaine | Anti-Jacksonian | Died August 19, 1826 Winner elected to finish term Adams hold |
Ephraim Bateman (Adams) |
| New Jersey General |
Winner elected to next term ("Re-elected") | Ephraim Bateman (Adams) | ||
| New York | Martin Van Buren | Jacksonian | Re-elected | Martin Van Buren (Jacksonian) |
| Ohio | Benjamin Ruggles | Anti-Jacksonian | Re-elected as Adams | Benjamin Ruggles (Adams), unopposed[1] |
| Pennsylvania | William Findlay | Jacksonian | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Jacksonian hold |
Isaac D. Barnard (Jacksonian) |
| Rhode Island | Asher Robbins | Anti-Jacksonian | Re-elected as Adams | Asher Robbins (Adams) |
| Tennessee | John H. Eaton | Jacksonian | Re-elected | John H. Eaton (Jacksonian) |
| Vermont | Horatio Seymour | Anti-Jacksonian | Re-elected as Adams | Horatio Seymour (Adams) |
| Virginia | John Randolph | Jacksonian | Appointee lost election to next term Jacksonian hold |
John Tyler (Jacksonian) |
Late elections
| Date | State | Incumbent | Party | Result | Candidates |
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| November 27, 1826 | Alabama Special (Class 3) |
Israel Pickens | Jacksonian | Appointee, [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Winner elected to finish term ending March 3, 1831 Jacksonian hold |
John McKinley (Jacksonian) |
| November 29, 1826 | South Carolina Special (Class 3) |
William Harper | Jacksonian | Appointee, [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Winner elected to finish term ending March 3, 1831 Jacksonian hold |
William Smith (Jacksonian) |
See also
References
- Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov
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