United States Senate elections, 1804
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The United States Senate election of 1804 was an election which expanded the Democratic-Republican Party's overwhelming control over the United States Senate.
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment
, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
(1805–1807):
As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. The amendment supersedes Article I, § 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures...
, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
Results
Senate Party Division, 9th Congress9th United States Congress
- Senate :* President: George Clinton * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Nathaniel Macon -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
(1805–1807):
- Majority Party: Democratic-Republican (27)
- Minority Party: Federalist (7)
- Other Parties: 0
- Total Seats: 34
Senate composition before and after elections
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| DR = Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along... |
| F = Federalist Federalist Party (United States) The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801... |
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| [Bracketed] seat changed parties |
See also
- United States presidential election, 1804United States presidential election, 1804The United States presidential election of 1804 pitted incumbent Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson against Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney...
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1804