United States Senate elections, 1802 and 1803

United States Senate elections, 1802

Dates vary by state

11 of the 34 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 18 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic-Republican	Federalist
Last election	15 seats (45.5%)	17 seats (54.5%)
Seats before	17 (53.1%)	15 (46.9%)
Seats won	22 (71.0%)	9 (39.0%)
Seat change	5	6
Seats up	2	9

Majority party before election

Democratic-Republican

Elected Majority party

Democratic-Republican

The United States Senate elections of 1802 and 1803 were elections for the United States Senate which had the Democratic-Republican Party assume an overwhelming control thereof.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Change in Senate composition 1
- Before the elections 1.1
- Beginning of the 8th Congress 1.2
Complete list of races in 1802 and 1803 2
- Special elections during the 7th Congress 2.1
- Races leading to the 8th Congress 2.2
- Special elections during the 8th Congress 2.3
See also 3
References 4

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

DR₇	DR₆	DR₅	DR₄	DR₃	DR₂	DR₁
DR₈	DR₉	DR₁₀	DR₁₁	DR₁₂	DR₁₃	DR₁₄	DR₁₅	DR₁₆	V₁
Majority →								DR₁₇	V₁
F₈	F₉	F₁₀	F₁₁	F₁₂	F₁₃	F₁₄	F₁₅	DR₁₇	V₂
F₇	F₆	F₅	F₄	F₃	F₂	F₁

Beginning of the 8th Congress

DR₇	DR₆	DR₅	DR₄	DR₃	DR₂	DR₁
DR₈	DR₉	DR₁₀	DR₁₁	DR₁₂	DR₁₃	DR₁₄	DR₁₅	DR₁₆√	V₁
Majority →								DR₁₆√	V₁
F₈√	F₉O	V₃	DR₂₂+	DR₂₁+	DR₂₀+	DR₁₉+	DR₁₈+	DR₁₇√	V₂
F₇√	F₆	F₅	F₄	F₃	F₂	F₁

Key:

DR_#	Democratic-Republican
F_#	Federalist
V_#	Vacant

√	Party hold: Incumbent re-elected
O	Party hold: New senator elected from same party
+	Party gain: New senator elected from different party
No tag	Seat not up for election this time

Complete list of races in 1802 and 1803

Special elections during the 7th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1803; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
New York (Class 3)	John Armstrong, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1801 (Special)	Incumbent resigned February 5, 1802. Winner was elected February 23, 1802 to finish the term ending March 4, 1807. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican)
New Hampshire (Class 3)	James Sheafe (F)	Federalist	1801	Incumbent resigned June 14, 1802. Winner was elected June 17, 1802 to finish the term ending March 4, 1807. Federalist hold.	√ William Plumer (Federalist)
South Carolina (Class 3)	John E. Colhoun	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent died October 26, 1802. Winner was elected November 4, 1802 to finish the term ending March 4, 1807. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Pierce Butler (Democratic-Republican)

Races leading to the 8th Congress

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1803; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Connecticut	James Hillhouse	Federalist	1796	Incumbent re-elected	√ James Hillhouse (Federalist)
Delaware	Samuel White	Federalist	1801 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected	√ Samuel White (Federalist)
Maryland	John E. Howard	Federalist	1796 (Special) 1796	Democratic-Republican gain	√ Samuel Smith (Democratic-Republican)
Massachusetts	Jonathan Mason	Federalist	1800 (Special)	Federalist hold.	√ John Quincy Adams (Federalist)
New Jersey	Aaron Ogden	Federalist	1801 (Special)	Lost re-election. Legislature failed to elect and term began with the seat vacant Federalist loss.	None.
New York	Gouverneur Morris	Federalist	1800 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican gain	√ Theodorus Bailey (Democratic-Republican)
Pennsylvania	James Ross	Federalist	1794 (Special) 1797	Democratic-Republican gain	√ Samuel Maclay (Democratic-Republican)
Rhode Island	Theodore Foster	Federalist	1796	Incumbent retired. Winner elected in 1803. Democratic-Republican gain	√ Samuel J. Potter (Democratic-Republican)
Tennessee	Joseph Anderson	Democratic- Republican	1799 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Anderson (Democratic-Republican)
Vermont	Nathaniel Chipman	Federalist	1797 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. Winner elected in 1803. Democratic-Republican gain	√ Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia	Stevens Mason	Democratic- Republican	1794 (Special) 1797	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Stevens Mason (Democratic-Republican)

Special elections during the 8th Congress

In this special election, the winner was seated in 1803 some time after March 4.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Ohio (Class 1)	New seat			Ohio joined the Union in 1803. Winner was elected April 1, 1803 to finish the term ending March 4, 1809. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ John Smith (Democratic-Republican)
Ohio (Class 3)	New seat			Ohio joined the Union in 1803. Winner was elected April 1, 1803 to finish the term ending March 4, 1807. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Thomas Worthington (Democratic-Republican)
New Jersey (Class 1)	John Condit	Democratic-Republican	1803 (Appointed)	Legislature had failed to elect, leaving the seat vacant at the beginning of the Congress. Condit was then appointed September 1, 1803 to continue the term. He was then elected October 1, 1803 to finish the term ending March 4, 1809.^[1]	√ John Condit (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia (Class 1)	John Taylor	Democratic-Republican	1792 (Special) 1793	Predecessor Stevens T. Mason (DR) had died May 10, 1803, having just begun the new term. Interim appointee served from June 4, 1803, and did not seek election to finish the term. Winner was elected December 7, 1803 to finish the term ending March 4, 1809. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Abraham B. Venable (Democratic-Republican)

References

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Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov

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