United States Senate elections, 1798 and 1799

United States Senate elections, 1798 and 1799
United States
Dates vary by state

11 of the 32 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections)
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Last election 21 seats (67.7%) 10 seats (32.3%)
Seats before 22 (68.7%) 10 (31.3%)
Seats won 23 (71.9%) 9 (28.1%)
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Seats up 5 6

Majority party before election

Federalist

Elected Majority party

Federalist

The elections of members of the United States Senate in 1798 and 1799 occurred during the middle of President John Adams's administration and had no net change in political control of the Senate.

As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by state legislatures.

Results

6th Congress (1799–1801):

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

DR6
Resigned
DR5
Ran
DR4 DR3 DR2 DR1
DR7
Ran
DR8
Ran
DR9
Ran
DR10
Unknown
F22
Retired
F21
Retired
F20
Ran
F19
Ran
F18
Ran
F17
Majority →
F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16
F6 F5 F4 F3 F2 F1

Results of the elections

DR6
Re-elected
DR5
Re-elected
DR4 DR3 DR2 DR1
DR7
Hold
DR8
Hold
DR9
Hold
V1
DR loss
F22
Hold
F21
Hold
F20
Re-elected
F19
Re-elected
F18
Re-elected
F17
Majority →
F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16
F6 F5 F4 F3 F2 F1
Key:
DR# Democratic-Republican
F# Federalist
V# Vacant

Race summaries

Special elections during the 5th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1799; ordered by election date.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral
history
New York
(Class 1)
Philip Schuyler Federalist 1789
1797
Incumbent resigned January 3, 1798.
Winner elected January 11, 1798.
(Winner later resigned, see below.)
Federalist hold.
John Sloss Hobart (Federalist)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Delaware
(Class 2)
John Vining Federalist 1792 Incumbent resigned January 19, 1798.
Winner elected January 19, 1798.
(Winner died August 11, 1798, see below.)
Federalist hold.
Joshua Clayton (Federalist)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
New York
(Class 1)
William North Federalist May 1798 (Appointed) Predecessor resigned to become Judge of the U.S. District Court of New York.
Interim appointee served until winner qualified.
Winner elected August 17, 1798.
Federalist hold.
James Watson (Federalist)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
South Carolina
(Class 2)
John Hunter Democratic-
Republican
1796 (Special) Incumbent resigned November 26, 1798.
Winner elected December 6, 1798.
(Winner also elected to next term, see below.)
Democratic-Republican hold.
Charles Pinckney (Democratic-Republican)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Tennessee
(Class 1)
Daniel Smith Democratic-
Republican
October 1798 (Appointed) Interim appointee retired when successor qualified.
Winner elected December 12, 1798.
Winner qualified upon resignation from other Senate seat on March 4, 1799.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Joseph Anderson (Democratic-Republican)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Delaware
(Class 2)
Joshua Clayton Federalist January 1798 Died August 11, 1798.
Winner elected January 17, 1799.
(Winner also elected to next term, see below.)
Federalist hold.
William H. Wells (Federalist)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

Races leading to the 6th Congress

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1799; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral
history
Delaware William H. Wells Federalist January 1799 (Special) Incumbent re-elected. William H. Wells (Federalist)
Georgia Josiah Tattnall Democratic-
Republican
1796 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Winner elected in 1798.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Abraham Baldwin (Democratic-Republican)
Kentucky John Brown Democratic-
Republican
1792 (New seat)
1792
Incumbent re-elected in 1799. John Brown (Democratic-Republican)
Massachusetts Theodore Sedgwick Federalist 1796 Incumbent retired to run for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Winner elected in 1799.
Federalist hold.
Samuel Dexter (Federalist)
New Hampshire Samuel Livermore Federalist 1792 Incumbent re-elected in 1798. Samuel Livermore (Federalist)
New Jersey Richard Stockton Federalist 1796 Incumbent retired.
Winner elected in 1799.
Federalist hold.
Jonathan Dayton (Federalist)
North Carolina Alexander Martin Democratic-
Republican
1792 Incumbent lost re-election.
Winner elected December 12, 1798.[1]
Democratic-Republican hold.
Jesse Franklin (Democratic-Republican)
Alexander Martin (Democratic-Republica)
Rhode Island Ray Greene Federalist 1797 (Special) Incumbent re-elected in 1799. Ray Greene (Federalist)
South Carolina Charles Pinckney Democratic-
Republican
1798 Incumbent re-elected December 6, 1798. Charles Pinckney (Democratic-Republican)
Tennessee Joseph Anderson Democratic-
Republican
1797 (Special) Incumbent resigned March 4, 1799 when elected to the Class 1 seat (see below).
Winner elected in 1799.
Democratic-Republican hold.
William Cocke (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia Henry Tazewell Democratic-
Republican
1794 (Special) Incumbent re-elected in 1798, but died January 24, 1799 before the term began.
(Seat remained vacant until nine months into the next term, see below.)
Democratic-Republican loss.
Henry Tazewell (Democratic-Republican)

Special elections during the 6th Congress

In this special election, the winner was seated after March 4, 1799, the beginning of the next Congress.

State Incumbent Results Candidates
Senator Party Electoral
history
Virginia Vacant Vacant Vacant Incumbent Henry Tazewell (DR) had been re-elected in 1798 but died January 24, 1799 before the term began.
Winner elected December 5, 1799.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Wilson C. Nicholas (DR)

See also

References

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