United States Senate elections, 1826

The United States Senate election of 1826 was an election which had the majority Jacksonian coalition gain a seat in the United States Senate.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Results

20th Congress (1827–1829)

• Majority Party: Jacksonian (27)
• Minority Party: Adams (21)
• Other Parties: (0)
• Total Seats: 48

Change in Senate composition

End of previous Congress AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ J AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ AJ J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J

Beginning of the next Congress A A A V A A A A A A A A A A J J J A A A A A A A J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J

Key: A = Adams AJ = Anti-Jacksonian J = Jacksonian V = Vacant = Majority divider

Complete list of races

All seats listed are Class 1 unless otherwise indicated.

Early elections

Date	State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
January 24, 1826	Maryland Special (Class 3)	Edward Lloyd	Jacksonian	Resigned January 14, 1826 Winner was elected to finish the term ending March 3, 1831 Anti-Jacksonian gain	Ezekiel F. Chambers (Anti-Jacksonian)
	New York Special (Class 3)	Vacant		Winner elected January 14, 1826 to finish the term ending March 3, 1827, left vacant after an 1824 legislative deadlock Adams gain	Nathan Sanford (Adams)
January 28, 1826	Mississippi Special	Powhatan Ellis	Jacksonian	Appointee lost election to finish term Winner elected to finish term ending March 3, 1827 Jacksonian hold	Thomas Reed (Jacksonian)
May 31, 1826	Massachusetts Special (Class 2)	James Lloyd	Anti-Jacksonian	Resigned May 23, 1826 Winner was elected to finish the term ending March 3, 1831 Anti-Jacksonian hold	Ezekiel F. Chambers (Anti-Jacksonian)

Scheduled elections

State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
Connecticut	Henry W. Edwards	Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Adams gain	Samuel A. Foote (Adams)
Delaware	Thomas Clayton	Anti-Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Jacksonian gain	Louis McLane (Jacksonian)
Indiana	James Noble	Anti-Jacksonian	Re-elected as Adams Party	James Noble (Adams)
Maine	John Holmes	Anti-Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Jacksonian gain	Albion K. Parris (Jacksonian)
Maryland	Samuel Smith	Jacksonian	Re-elected	Samuel Smith (Jacksonian)
Massachusetts	Elijah H. Mills	Anti-Jacksonian	Lost re-election Vacant, because winner was not elected until June 8, 1827	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Mississippi	Thomas Reed	Jacksonian	Lost re-election Jacksonian hold	Powhatan Ellis (Jacksonian)
Missouri	Thomas H. Benton	Jacksonian	Re-elected	Thomas H. Benton (Jacksonian)
New Jersey Special	Joseph McIlvaine	Anti-Jacksonian	Died August 19, 1826 Winner elected to finish term Adams gain	Ephraim Bateman (Adams)
New Jersey General			Winner elected to next term	Ephraim Bateman (Adams)
New York	Martin Van Buren	Jacksonian	Re-elected	Martin Van Buren (Jacksonian)
Ohio	Benjamin Ruggles	Anti-Jacksonian	Re-elected as Adams	Benjamin Ruggles (Adams), unopposed
Pennsylvania	William Findlay	Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Jacksonian hold	Isaac D. Barnard (Jacksonian)
Rhode Island	Asher Robbins	Anti-Jacksonian	Re-elected as Adams	Asher Robbins (Adams)
Tennessee	John H. Eaton	Jacksonian	Re-elected	John H. Eaton (Jacksonian)
Vermont	Horatio Seymour	Anti-Jacksonian	Re-elected as Adams	Horatio Seymour (Adams)
Virginia	John Randolph	Jacksonian	Appointee lost election to next term Jacksonian hold	John Tyler (Jacksonian)

Late elections

Date	State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
November 27, 1826	Alabama Special (Class 3)	Israel Pickens	Jacksonian	Appointee, [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Winner elected to finish term ending March 3, 1831 Jacksonian hold	John McKinley (Jacksonian)
November 29, 1826	South Carolina Special (Class 3)	William Harper	Jacksonian	Appointee, [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Winner elected to finish term ending March 3, 1831 Jacksonian hold	William Smith (Jacksonian)

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1826
• 20th United States Congress

References

• Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov