United States Senate elections, 1792

The United States Senate elections of 1792 was the third election of Senators in the United States, coinciding with President George Washington's unanimous re-election. In this election, terms were up for the ten Senators in Class 2.

As of this election, 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 this election was 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)

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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]

End of the 2nd Congress

					A	A	A	A	A
P	V	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P
P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
					P	P	P	P	P

10 of the 30 Senators were up for re-election.

Results of the election

					A	A	A	A	A
P	P	V	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P
P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
					P	P	P	P	P

Vacant: Anti-Administration Albert Gallatin of Pennsylvania (class 1) was elected late in 1793.^[2]

Beginning of the 3rd Congress

					A	A	A	A	A
P	V	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
P
P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
					P	P	P	P	P

The grouping of one Senator (who was not up for election this year) changed, leading to a net gain of one seat from Pro-Administration to Anti-Administration:

John Langdon (New Hampshire class 3) changed from Pro-Administration to Anti-Administration.

Key:

A	= Anti-Administration
P	= Pro-Administration
V	= Vacant

Majority

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Complete list of races

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats, except where noted.

1792 elections

State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
Delaware	Richard Bassett	Pro-Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration hold	John Vining (Pro-Administration)
Kentucky (Class 2)	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)
New Hampshire	Paine Wingate	Anti-Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration gain	Samuel Livermore (Pro-Administration)
New Jersey	Philemon Dickinson	Pro-Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration hold	Frederick Frelinghuysen (Pro-Administration)
North Carolina	Samuel Johnston	Pro-Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Anti-Administration gain	Alexander Martin (Anti-Administration)
Rhode Island	Joseph Stanton, Jr.	Anti-Administration	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration gain	William Bradford (Pro-Administration)
South Carolina	Pierce Butler	Anti-Administration	Re-elected December 5, 1792	Pierce Butler (Anti-Administration)
Virginia	Richard Henry Lee	Anti-Administration	Resigned October 8, 1792 Winner elected October 18, 1792 to finish term ending March 4, 1793 Anti-Administration hold	John Taylor (Anti-Administration)

1793 elections

State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
Connecticut Special (Class 3)	Roger Sherman	Pro-Administration	Died July 23, 1793 Successor elected December 2, 1793 to finish term ending March 4, 1795 Pro-Administration hold	Stephen Mitchell (Pro-Administration)
Georgia	William Few	Anti-Administration	Retired Anti-Administration hold	James Jackson (Anti-Administration)
Kentucky General	John Brown	Anti-Administration	Re-elected to next term	John Brown (Anti-Administration)
Maryland Special (Class 1)	Charles Carroll	Pro-Administration	Resigned November 30, 1792 Successor elected January 10, 1793 to finish term ending March 4, 1797 Pro-Administration hold	Richard Potts (Pro-Administration)
Massachusetts	Caleb Strong	Pro-Administration	Re-elected	Caleb Strong (Pro-Administration)
Pennsylvania Special (Class 1)	Vacant		Legislature failed to elect Successor elected December 2, 1793 to finish term ending March 4, 1797 Anti-Administration gain	Albert Gallatin (Anti-Administration)
Virginia General	John Taylor	Anti-Administration	Re-elected to next term	John Taylor (Anti-Administration)

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References

^ Martis, Kenneth C. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress.
^ Albert Gallatin at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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External links

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

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