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Pro-Administration
The United States Senate election of 1788 and 1789 were the first elections for the United States Senate, which coincided with the election of President George Washington. As of this election, formal organized political parties had yet to form in the United States, but two political factions were present: The coalition of senators who supported George Washington's administration were known as "Pro-Administration," and the senators against him as "Anti-Administration."
As this election was prior to the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, senators were chosen by State legislatures.
Note: There were no political parties in this Congress. Members are informally grouped into factions of similar interest, based on an analysis of their voting record.[1]
Bold state names indicate a link to a separate election article.