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The United States Senate elections of 1802 and 1803 were elections for the United States Senate which had the Democratic-Republican Party assume an overwhelming control thereof.
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
Change in Senate composition
Before the elections
DR7 | DR6 | DR5 | DR4 | DR3 | DR2 | DR1 | |||
DR8 | DR9 | DR10 | DR11 | DR12 | DR13 | DR14 | DR15 | DR16 | DR17 |
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Majority → | |||||||||
F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 | F13 | F14 | F15 | V2 | V1 |
F7 | F6 | F5 | F4 | F3 | F2 | F1 |
Beginning of the 8th Congress
DR7 | DR6 | DR5 | DR4 | DR3 | DR2 | DR1 | |||
DR8 | DR9 | DR10 | DR11 | DR12 | DR13 | DR14 | DR15 | DR16√ | DR17√ |
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Majority → | |||||||||
F8√ | F9O | V3 | V2 | V1 | DR22+ | DR21+ | DR20+ | DR19+ | DR18+ |
F7√ | F6 | F5 | F4 | F3 | F2 | F1 |
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Complete list of races in 1802 and 1803
Special elections during the 7th Congress
In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1803; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
New York (Special: Class 3) |
John Armstrong, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1801 (Special) | Incumbent resigned February 5, 1802. Winner was elected February 23, 1802. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican) |
New Hampshire (Special: Class 3) |
James Sheafe (F) | Federalist | 1801 | Incumbent resigned June 14, 1802. Winner was elected June 17, 1802. Federalist hold. |
√ William Plumer (Federalist) |
South Carolina (Special: Class 3) |
John E. Colhoun | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Incumbent died October 26, 1802. Winner was elected November 4, 1802. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Pierce Butler (Democratic-Republican) |
Races leading to the 8th Congress
In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1803; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Connecticut | James Hillhouse | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected | √ James Hillhouse (Federalist) |
Delaware | Samuel White | Federalist | 1801 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected | √ Samuel White (Federalist) |
Maryland | John E. Howard | Federalist | 1796 (Special) 1796 |
[data missing] Democratic-Republican gain |
√ Samuel Smith (Democratic-Republican) |
Massachusetts | Jonathan Mason | Federalist | 1800 (Special) | [data missing] Federalist hold. |
√ John Quincy Adams (Federalist) |
New Jersey | Aaron Ogden | Federalist | 1801 (Special) | Lost re-election. Legislature failed to elect and term began with the seat vacant Federalist loss. |
None. |
New York | Gouverneur Morris | Federalist | 1800 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican gain |
√ Theodorus Bailey (Democratic-Republican) |
Pennsylvania | James Ross | Federalist | 1794 (Special) 1797 |
[data missing] Democratic-Republican gain |
√ Samuel Maclay (Democratic-Republican) |
Rhode Island | Theodore Foster | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent retired. Winner elected in 1803. Democratic-Republican gain |
√ Samuel J. Potter (Democratic-Republican) |
Tennessee | Joseph Anderson | Democratic- Republican |
1799 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph Anderson (Democratic-Republican) |
Vermont | Nathaniel Chipman | Federalist | 1797 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-election. Winner elected in 1803. Democratic-Republican gain |
√ Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) |
Virginia | Stevens Mason | Democratic- Republican |
1794 (Special) 1797 |
Incumbent re-elected. | √ Stevens Mason (Democratic-Republican) |
Special elections during the 8th Congress
In this special election, the winner was seated in 1803 some time after March 4.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Ohio (Class 1) |
New seat | Ohio joined the Union in 1803. Winner was elected April 1, 1803. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) | ||
Ohio (Class 3) |
New seat | Ohio joined the Union in 1803. Winner was elected April 1, 1803. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Thomas Worthington (Democratic-Republican) | ||
New Jersey (Special: Class 1) |
John Condit | Democratic-Republican | 1803 (Appointed) | Legislature had failed to elect, leaving the seat vacant at the beginning of the Congress. Condit was then appointed September 1, 1803 to continue the term. He was then elected October 1, 1803 to finish the term.[1] |
√ John Condit (Democratic-Republican) |
Virginia (Special: Class 1) |
John Taylor | Democratic-Republican | 1792 (Special) 1793 |
Predecessor Stevens T. Mason (DR) had died May 10, 1803, having just begun the new term. Interim appointee served from June 4, 1803, and did not seek election to finish the term. Winner was elected December 7, 1803. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Abraham B. Venable (Democratic-Republican) |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1802
- 7th United States Congress
- 8th United States Congress
References
- Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov