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	9
Seats before	17	10
Seats won	7	6
Seats after	18	11
Seat change	1	1
Seats up	6	5

Majority faction before election

Pro-Administration

Elected Majority faction

Pro-Administration

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

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

Senate Party Division, 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

After the June 18, 1792 admission of Kentucky.

A₅	A₄	A₃	A₂	A₁
A₆	A₇ Ran	A₈ Ran	A₉ Ran	A₁₀ Ran	A₁₁ Unknown	A₁₂ Unknown	V₁	P₁₇ Retired	P₁₆ Unknown
Majority →									P₁₆ Unknown
P₆	P₇	P₈	P₉	P₁₀	P₁₁	P₁₂	P₁₃	P₁₄ Ran	P₁₅ Unknown
P₅	P₄	P₃	P₂	P₁

Results of the election

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

Beginning of the next Congress

Two Pro-Administration Senators became Anti-Administration.

The vacant seat was filled February 28, 1793 by an Anti-Administration Senator; he was sworn in December 1793, but his service began upon election.

A₅	A₄	A₃	A₂	A₁
A₆	A₇	A₈	A₉	A₁₀	A₁₁	A₁₂ Gain	A₁₃ Changed	A₁₄ Changed	P₁₆
Majority →									P₁₆
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 (Class 2)	New seat			Kentucky was admitted to the Union June 1, 1792. Winner elected June 18, 1792. Anti-Administration gain.	√ John Brown (Anti-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Kentucky (Class 3)	New seat			Kentucky was admitted to the Union June 1, 1792. Winner elected June 18, 1792. Anti-Administration gain.	√ John Edwards (Anti-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Virginia (Special)	Richard Henry Lee	Anti-Administration	1788	Incumbent resigned October 8, 1792. Winner elected October 18, 1792. Anti-Administration hold.	√ John Taylor (Anti-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Maryland (Special: Class 1)	Charles Carroll	Pro-Administration	1789	Incumbent resigned November 30, 1792. Winner elected January 10, 1793. Pro-Administration hold.	√ Richard Potts (Pro-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Pennsylvania (Special: Class 1)	Vacant			Legislature had failed to elect in 1791-1792, leaving the seat vacant. Winner elected February 28, 1793. 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	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Winner elected in 1793. Pro-Administration hold.	√ John Vining (Pro-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Georgia	William Few	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent lost re-election. Winner elected in 1793. Anti-Administration hold.	√ James Jackson (Anti-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Kentucky	John Brown	Anti-Administration	1792 (New state)	Incumbent re-elected December 11, 1792.	√ John Brown (Anti-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Massachusetts	Caleb Strong	Pro-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected in 1793.	√ Caleb Strong (Pro-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
New Hampshire	Paine Wingate	Anti-Administration	1788	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Winner elected in 1792. Pro-Administration gain.	√ Samuel Livermore (Pro-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
New Jersey	Philemon Dickinson	Pro-Administration	1790 (Special)	Incumbent retired. Winner's election date unknown. Pro-Administration hold.	√ Frederick Frelinghuysen (Pro-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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) 42 John Leigh 34 Thomas Blount 31 John Steele 31 Gaiter 28 Samuel Johnson (Pro-Administration) 1 William Lenoir 1 Alfred Moore 1 Richard Dobbs Spaight 1 Willie Jones 0
Rhode Island	Joseph Stanton, Jr.	Anti-Administration	1790	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Winner elected in 1793. Pro-Administration gain.	√ William Bradford (Pro-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
South Carolina	Pierce Butler	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected December 5, 1792.	√ Pierce Butler (Anti-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Virginia	John Taylor	Anti-Administration	1792 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1793.	√ John Taylor (Anti-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

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. Winner elected December 2, 1793. Pro-Administration hold.	√ Stephen Mitchell (Pro-Administration) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

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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