1806–07 United States Senate elections

1806–07 United States Senate elections
← 1804 & 1805 Dates vary by state 1808 & 1809 →
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 27 seats 7 seats
Seats before 27 7
Seats won 10 1
Seats after 28 6
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Seats up 9 2
Results:
     Dem-Republican hold      Dem-Republican gain
     Federalist hold
Majority Party before election


Democratic-Republican

Elected Majority Party


Democratic-Republican

The 1806–07 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1806 and 1807, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.[1] In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 3.

The Democratic-Republican Party increased its overwhelming control of the Senate by one additional seat. The Federalists went into the elections with such a small share of Senate seats (7 out of 34, or 21%) that even if they had won every election, they would still have remained a minority caucus. As it was, however, they lost one of the two seats they were defending and picked up no gains from their opponents.

Results summary

Senate party division, 10th Congress (1807–1809)

  • Majority party: Democratic-Republican (28)
  • Minority party: Federalist (6)
  • Other parties: 0
  • Total seats: 34

Change in composition

Before the elections

DR7 DR6 DR5 DR4 DR3 DR2 DR1
DR8 DR9 DR10 DR11 DR12 DR13 DR14 DR15 DR16 DR17
Majority → DR18
DR27
Pa.
Retired 		DR26
N.C.
Retired 		DR25
Ohio
Unknown 		DR24
Vt.
Ran 		DR23
S.C.
Ran 		DR22
N.Y.
Ran 		DR21
Md.
Ran 		DR20
Ky.
Ran 		DR19
Ga.
Ran
F7
N.H.
Retired 		F6
Conn.
Ran 		F5 F4 F3 F2 F1

Beginning of the next Congress

DR7 DR6 DR5 DR4 DR3 DR2 DR1
DR8 DR9 DR10 DR11 DR12 DR13 DR14 DR15 DR16 DR17
Majority → DR18
DR27
Pa.
Hold 		DR26
Ohio
Hold 		DR25
N.C.
Hold 		DR24
Md.
Hold 		DR23
Ky.
Hold 		DR22
Vt.
Re-elected 		DR21
S.C.
Re-elected 		DR20
N.Y.
Re-elected 		DR19
Ga.
Re-elected
DR28
N.H.
Gain 		F6
Conn.
Re-elected 		F5 F4 F3 F2 F1
Key:
DR# Democratic-Republican
F# Federalist
V# Vacant

Race summaries

Except if/when noted, the number following candidates is the whole number vote(s), not a percentage.

Special elections during the preceding Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1806 or before March 4, 1807; ordered by election date.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral history
Georgia
(Class 3) 		James Jackson Democratic-
Republican 		1793
1795 (resigned)
1800 		Incumbent died March 19, 1806.
New senator elected June 19, 1806.
Democratic-Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John Milledge (Democratic-Republican) 41
  • ▌[FNU] Barnot (Unknown) 24
  • ▌[FNU] Telfair[a] (Unknown) 13[2]
Kentucky
(Class 3) 		John Adair Democratic-
Republican 		1805 (special) Incumbent resigned November 18, 1806 after losing re-election; see below.
New senator elected November 19, 1806, despite being younger than the constitutional minimum.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Maryland
(Class 3) 		Robert Wright Democratic-
Republican 		1801 (special) Incumbent resigned November 12, 1806 to become Governor of Maryland.
New senator elected November 25, 1806.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner also elected to the next term; see below.

Races leading to the next Congress

In these regular elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1807; ordered by state.

All the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral
history
Connecticut Uriah Tracy Federalist 1796 (special)
1801 		Incumbent re-elected in 1807.
Georgia John Milledge Democratic-
Republican 		1806 (special) Incumbent re-elected in 1806.
Kentucky John Adair Democratic-
Republican 		1805 (special) Incumbent lost re-election.
New senator elected November 13, 1806 on the fourth ballot.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Incumbent immediately resigned and a new senator was elected to finish the term; see above.
Maryland Robert Wright Democratic-
Republican 		1801 (special) Incumbent resigned November 12, 1806 to become Governor of Maryland.
New senator elected in 1806 or 1807.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner also elected to finish the current term, see above.
New Hampshire William Plumer Federalist 1802 (special) Incumbent retired.
New senator elected in 1807.
Democratic-Republican gain.
New York John Smith Democratic-
Republican 		1804 (special) Incumbent re-elected February 3, 1807.
North Carolina David Stone Democratic-
Republican 		1800 Incumbent retired to return to the State Superior Court, and then resigned early (February 17, 1807).
New senator elected in 1806 on the seventh ballot.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Ohio Thomas Worthington Democratic-
Republican 		1803 Incumbent retired or lost re-election.
New senator elected January 1, 1807.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania George Logan Democratic-
Republican 		1801 (appointed)
1801 (special) 		Incumbent retired.
New senator elected in 1806.
Democratic-Republican hold.
South Carolina John Gaillard Democratic-
Republican 		1804 (special) Incumbent re-elected December 9, 1806 on the second ballot.
Vermont Stephen R. Bradley Democratic-
Republican 		1791
1795 (lost)
1801 (special) 		Incumbent re-elected in 1806.

Special elections during the next Congress

In this special election, the winner was seated in 1807 after March 4; ordered by election date.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral history
Vermont
(Class 1) 		Israel Smith Democratic-
Republican 		1802 Incumbent resigned October 1, 1807.
New senator elected October 10, 1807.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Connecticut
(Class 3) 		Uriah Tracy Federalist 1796 (special)
1801
1807 		Incumbent died July 19, 1807.
Samuel W. Dana (Federalist) was elected to finish the term,[c] but declined the election.[11]
New senator elected October 25, 1807 on the second ballot.
Federalist hold.
Rhode Island
(Class 2) 		James Fenner Democratic-
Republican 		1804 Incumbent resigned September 1807 to become Governor of Rhode Island.
New senator elected October 26, 1807.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Georgia
(Class 2) 		George Jones Democratic-
Republican 		1807 (appointed) Predecessor Abraham Baldwin (DR) died March 4, 1807.
Incumbent appointee lost re-election.
New senator elected November 7, 1807.
Democratic-Republican hold.

Connecticut

See also: List of United States senators from Connecticut and 1806 United States House of Representatives election in Connecticut

Connecticut (regular)

Connecticut (special)

Georgia

See also: List of United States senators from Georgia and 1806 United States House of Representatives election in Georgia

Georgia (special, class 2)

Senator William H. Crawford

Democratic-Republican Abraham Baldwin died March 4, 1807. Democratic-Republican George Jones was appointed August 27. 1807 to continue the term, pending a special election. Jones ran in the November 7, 1807 special election, but lost to Democratic-Republican William H. Crawford.

Class 3

Senator John Milledge

Democratic-Republican James Jackson, who had served since 1793 died March 19, 1806.

Georgia (special, class 3)

Democratic-Republican John Milledge was elected June 19, 1806.

Georgia (regular)

Milledge was later re-elected to the next term.

Kentucky

See also: List of United States senators from Kentucky and 1806 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky

Kentucky (regular)

Kentucky (special)

Maryland

See also: List of United States senators from Maryland
1806 United States Senate elections in Maryland
← 1801 November 25, 1806 1813 →
80 members of the Maryland General Assembly
 
Candidate Philip Reed William Hayward
Party Democratic-Republican
Legislative vote 47 33
Percentage 58.75% 41.25%

The Maryland General Assembly convened to both fill the unexpired term of Robert Wright who resigned to become Governor of Maryland, and to fill the next term. This election was therefore both the regular and special.

Philip Reed won election over William Hayward by a margin of 17.50%, or 33 votes, for the Class 3 seat.[15]

New Hampshire

See also: List of United States senators from New Hampshire and 1806 United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire

New Hampshire (regular)

New Hampshire (special)

New York

Main article: 1807 United States Senate election in New York
See also: List of United States senators from New York

North Carolina

See also: List of United States senators from North Carolina

Ohio

See also: List of United States senators from Ohio

Pennsylvania

See also: List of United States senators from Pennsylvania

Rhode Island (special)

See also: List of United States senators from Rhode Island

South Carolina

See also: List of United States senators from South Carolina

Vermont

See also: List of United States senators from Vermont and 1806 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont

Vermont (regular)

Vermont (special)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Possibly Thomas Telfair
  2. ^ a b 'more than likely…fictional characters'
  3. ^ Dana 96, Asa Spalding (Democratic-Republican) 50, David Humphrey (Federalist) 8

References

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