United States Senate elections, 1856

United States Senate elections, 1856
United States
1856
22 of the 66 seats in the United States Senate
33 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 39 seats 1 seat
Seats won 41 20
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 19
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party American Opposition
Last election 1 seat 21 seats
Seats won 5 Steady
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 21
Majority Party before election

Democratic Party

 Elected Majority Party

Democratic Party

The United States Senate election of 1856 was an election which had the young Republican Party assume its position as one of the United States' two main political parties.

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

Results

35th Congress, 1857-1859

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 V A R
O O O O O O O O O O
O O O O O O O O O O
O
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 D D D V A A A A
A 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
O = Opposition
R = Republican
V = Vacant
Majority
divider

See also

References

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