United States Senate elections, 1792 and 1793

Dates vary by state

10 of the 30 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 16 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Pro-Administration	Anti-Administration
Last election	16 seats (64.0%)	9 (46.0%)
Seats before	17 (63.0%)	10 (37.0%)
Seats won	18 (62.1%)	11 (37.9%)
Seat change	1	1
Seats up	4	6

Majority faction before election

Pro-Administration

Elected Majority faction

Pro-Administration

The United States Senate elections of 1792 and 1793 were the third elections of United States Senators, coinciding with President George Washington's unanimous re-election. In these elections, terms were up for the ten senators in class 2.

As of these elections, 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 the Pro-Administration Party, and the Senators against him as the Anti-Administration Party.

As these elections were prior to ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Results summary

3rd Congress (1793–1795)

Majority Party: Pro-Administration Party (16)
Minority Party: Anti-Administration Party (13)
Other Parties: 0
Total Seats: 30
Vacant: 1 (later filled by Pro-Administration)

Change in Senate composition

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]

Before the elections

During the 2nd Congress, new Senate seats were added for the new states of Vermont and Kentucky. (Sess. 3, ch. 9, 1 Stat. 191) Vermont's elections were in 1791 and are indicated here as Senators before the 1792/93 elections. Kentucky's elections were on June 18, 1792 and are indicated here as new seats "Before the elections."

A₂	A₁	V₁
A₃	A₄	A₅	A₆	A₇	A₈	A₉	A₁₀	P₁₇	P₁₆
Majority →
P₆	P₇	P₈	P₉	P₁₀	P₁₁	P₁₂	P₁₃	P₁₄	P₁₅
P₅	P₄	P₃	P₂	P₁

Results of the election

A₄	A₃	A₂	A₁	V₁
A₅	A₆+	A₇+	A₈	A₉	A₁₀	A₁₁	P₁₈	P₁₇	P₁₆
Majority →
P₆	P₇	P₈	P₉	P₁₀	P₁₁	P₁₂	P₁₃	P₁₄	P₁₅
P₅	P₄	P₃	P₂	P₁

Beginning of the next Congress

A₄	A₃	A₂	A₁	V₁
A₅	A₆	A₇	A₈	A₉	A₁₀	A₁₁	A₁₂	A₁₃	P₁₆
Majority →
P₆	P₇	P₈	P₉	P₁₀	P₁₁	P₁₂	P₁₃	P₁₄	P₁₅
P₅	P₄	P₃	P₂	P₁

Key:

A_#	Anti-Administration
P_#	Pro-Administration
V_#	Vacant

Race summaries

Bold state names indicate a link to a separate election article.

Elections during the 2nd Congress

In these elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1793; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Kentucky	New seat			Elected June 18, 1792 to finish term ending March 4, 1793. Anti-Administration gain	√ John Brown (Anti-Administration)
Kentucky (Class 3)	New seat			Elected June 18, 1792 to finish term ending March 4, 1795. Anti-Administration gain	√ John Edwards (Anti-Administration)
Virginia (Special)	Richard Henry Lee	Anti-Administration	1788	Incumbent resigned October 8, 1792. Winner elected October 18, 1792 to finish term ending March 4, 1793. Anti-Administration hold	√ John Taylor (Anti-Administration)
Maryland (Special: Class 1)	Charles Carroll	Pro-Administration	1789	Incumbent resigned November 30, 1792. Successor elected January 10, 1793 to finish term ending March 4, 1797. Pro-Administration hold	√ Richard Potts (Pro-Administration)
Pennsylvania (Special: Class 1)	Vacant			Legislature had failed to elect in 1791-1792, leaving the seat vacant. Successor elected February 28, 1793 to finish term ending March 4, 1797. Anti-Administration gain	√ Albert Gallatin (Anti-Administration) Henry Miller (Pro-Administration) Arthur St. Clair (Anti-Administration) William Irvine (Anti-Administration)

Races leading to the 3rd Congress

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1793; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Delaware	Richard Bassett	Pro-Administration	1788	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration hold	√ John Vining (Pro-Administration)
Georgia	William Few	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent retired. Anti-Administration hold	√ James Jackson (Anti-Administration)
Kentucky	John Brown	Anti-Administration	1792 (New state)	Incumbent re-elected December 11, 1792.	√ John Brown (Anti-Administration)
Massachusetts	Caleb Strong	Pro-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected in 1793.	√ Caleb Strong (Pro-Administration)
New Hampshire	Paine Wingate	Anti-Administration	1788	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration gain	√ Samuel Livermore (Pro-Administration)
New Jersey	Philemon Dickinson	Pro-Administration	1790 (Special)	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration hold	√ Frederick Frelinghuysen (Pro-Administration)
North Carolina	Samuel Johnston	Pro-Administration	1789	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Winner elected in 1792.^[2] Anti-Administration gain	√ Alexander Martin (Anti-Administration)
Rhode Island	Joseph Stanton, Jr.	Anti-Administration	1790	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration gain	√ William Bradford (Pro-Administration)
South Carolina	Pierce Butler	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected December 5, 1792	√ Pierce Butler (Anti-Administration)
Virginia	John Taylor	Anti-Administration	1792 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1793.	√ John Taylor (Anti-Administration)

Election in 1793 during the 3rd Congress

In this special election, the winner was seated after March 4, 1793, the beginning of the next Congress.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Connecticut (Special: Class 3)	Roger Sherman	Pro-Administration	1791 (Special)	Incumbent died July 23, 1793. Successor elected December 2, 1793 to finish term ending March 4, 1795. Pro-Administration hold	√ Stephen Mitchell (Pro-Administration)

References

↑ Martis, Kenneth C. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress.
↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:nc.ussenator1.1792

External links

Party Division in the Senate, 1789–present via Senate.gov

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