United States Senate elections, 1816

The United States Senate election of 1816 was an election for 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...

which had the Democratic-Republican Party gain four seats, and which coincided with the Presidential election

United States presidential election, 1816

The United States presidential election of 1816 came at the end of the two-term presidency of Democratic-Republican James Madison. With the Federalist Party in collapse, Madison's Secretary of State, James Monroe, had an advantage in winning the presidency against very weak opposition...

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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

15th Congress

15th United States Congress

-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Daniel D. Tompkins * President pro tempore:** John Gaillard , elected March 4, 1817** James Barbour , elected February 15, 1819- House of Representatives :*Speaker: Henry Clay -Members:...

(1817–1819)

Majority Party: Democratic-Republican (25)
Minority Party: Federalist (13)
Total Seats: 38

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections
DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR
DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR
DR
DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	F	F	F	F
F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F

In the next Congress 15th United States Congress -Leadership:- Senate :* President: Daniel D. Tompkins * President pro tempore: John Gaillard , elected March 4, 1817 James Barbour , elected February 15, 1819- House of Representatives :*Speaker: Henry Clay -Members:...
DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR
DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR
DR
DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	DR	F	F	F	F
F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F

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...

Majority

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Results

Change in Senate composition

See also