Dates vary by state 1810 / 1811 → 28 6 27 7 Winner Democratic-Republican | 27 seats 7 seats 8 4 1 1 | |
The United States Senate elections of 1808 and 1809 were elections that had the Federalist Party gain one seat in the United States Senate, and which coincided with the 1808 presidential election. The Federalists had gone into the elections with such a small share of Senate seats (6 out of 34, or 18%) that even if they had won every election, they would have still remained a minority caucus.
Contents
- Results summary
- Special elections during the preceding Congress
- Races leading to the next Congress
- Special elections during the next Congress
- References
As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.
Results summary
Senate Party Division, 11th Congress (1809–1811)
Special elections during the preceding Congress
In these special elections, the winner was elected during 1808 or before March 4, 1809; ordered by election date.
Races leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1809; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.
Special elections during the next Congress
In this special election, the winner was elected in 1809 after March 4; ordered by election date.