United States Senate elections, 1810
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The United States Senate election of 1810 was an election which had the Democratic-Republican Party increase its overwhelming control of the Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 to a five-sixths majority by gaining three additional Senators.

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

12th Congress
12th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :During this congress, one new House seat was added for the new state of Louisiana.- Senate :*President: George Clinton *President pro tempore: William H. Crawford -House of Representatives:*Speaker: Henry Clay...

 (1811–1813)
  • Majority Party: Democratic-Republican (30)

  • Minority Party: Federalist (6)

  • Other Parties: 0

  • Total Seats: 36

Senate composition before and after elections

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Senate composition at the
end of the 11th Congress
11th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: George Clinton * President pro tempore:** John Milledge ** Andrew Gregg , elected June 26, 1809** John Gaillard , elected February 28, 1810...

DR1 DR8   DR18 F7
DR2 DR8 DR19 F6
DR3 DR10 DR20 F5
DR4 DR11 DR21 F4
DR5 DR12 DR22 F3
DR6 DR13 DR23 F2
DR7 DR14 DR24 F1
  DR15 DR25  
DR16 DR26
DR17 DR27
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Senate composition at the
beginning of the 12th Congress
12th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :During this congress, one new House seat was added for the new state of Louisiana.- Senate :*President: George Clinton *President pro tempore: William H. Crawford -House of Representatives:*Speaker: Henry Clay...

DR1 DR8   DR18 V
DR2 DR8 DR19 F6
DR3 DR10 DR20 F5
DR4 DR11 DR21 F4
DR5 DR12 DR22 F3
DR6 DR13 DR23 F2
DR7 DR14 DR24 F1
  DR15 DR25  
DR16 DR26
DR17 DR27

Key:
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...

V = Vacant
[Bracketed] seat changed parties
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