United States Senate elections, 1814
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The United States Senate election of 1814 was an election which had the Democratic-Republican Party lose two seats, but still retain an overwhelming control of, the United States 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...

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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

14th Congress
14th United States Congress
- Senate :* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: John Gaillard of South Carolina, first elected December 4, 1815- House of Representatives :* Speaker: Henry Clay of Kentucky-Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 (1815–1817)
  • Majority Party: Democratic-Republican (21)
  • Minority Party: Federalist (11)
  • Other Parties: 1
  • Total Seats: 33
  • Vacant: 3

Senate composition before and after elections

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Senate composition at the
end of the 13th Congress
13th United States Congress
- Senate :* President: Elbridge Gerry , until November 23, 1814, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore: Joseph B. Varnum , December 6, 1813 – February 3, 1814** John Gaillard , elected November 25, 1814- House of Representatives :...

DR1 DR9   DR19 F8
DR2 DR10 DR20 F7
DR3 DR11 DR21 F6
DR4 DR12 DR22 F5
DR5 DR13 DR23 F4
DR6 DR14 DR24 F3
DR7 DR15 V F2
DR8 DR16 ? F1
  DR17 F10  
DR18 F9
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Senate composition at the
beginning of the 14th Congress
14th United States Congress
- Senate :* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: John Gaillard of South Carolina, first elected December 4, 1815- House of Representatives :* Speaker: Henry Clay of Kentucky-Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

DR1 DR9   DR19 F8
DR2 DR10 DR20 F7
DR3 DR11 DR21 F6
DR4 DR12 V F5
DR5 DR13 V F4
DR6 DR14 V F3
DR7 DR15 ? F2
DR8 DR16 F11 F1
  DR17 F10  
DR18 F9

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...

[Bracketed] seat changed parties
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
? = Unknown

See also

  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1814
  • 14th United States Congress
    14th United States Congress
    - Senate :* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: John Gaillard of South Carolina, first elected December 4, 1815- House of Representatives :* Speaker: Henry Clay of Kentucky-Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

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