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.infobox-header{font-weight:normal}@media(max-width:640px){body.skin--responsive:not(.skin-monobook):not(.skin-timeless) .mw-parser-output .ib-election .notpageimage.noresize img{height:80px!important;width:auto!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-election .mw-file-description img{background-color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-election .mw-file-description img{background-color:#f8f9fa}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:380px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1858–59 United States Senate elections</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281858%E2%80%931859%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281858%E2%80%931859%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281858%E2%80%931859%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281858%E2%80%931859%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281858%E2%80%931859%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281858%E2%80%931859%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1856–57 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1856 & 1857</span></a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>Various dates</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%9361_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1860–61 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1860 & 1861</span></a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />22 of the 66 seats in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> (with special elections)<br />34 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Majority party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Minority party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>34 seats</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">15 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>42</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>13</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats after </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>38</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats up </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #D99FE8;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #DDDDBB;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">Know Nothing</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Others </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats after </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats up </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1858senatemap.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/1858senatemap.svg/380px-1858senatemap.svg.png" decoding="async" width="380" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/1858senatemap.svg/570px-1858senatemap.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/1858senatemap.svg/760px-1858senatemap.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="593" /></a></span><div><b>Results of the elections:</b><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0671B0; color:#0671B0;">    </span> Democratic gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#92C5DE; color:#92C5DE;">    </span> Democratic hold</span><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#CA0120; color:#CA0120;">    </span> Republican gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#F48882; color:#F48882;">    </span> Republican hold</span><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#000000; color:#000000;">    </span> Legislature failed to elect</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Majority Party before election</b><br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected Majority Party</b> <br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lincoln_Douglas_Debates_1958_issue-4c.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Lincoln_Douglas_Debates_1958_issue-4c.jpg/300px-Lincoln_Douglas_Debates_1958_issue-4c.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Lincoln_Douglas_Debates_1958_issue-4c.jpg/450px-Lincoln_Douglas_Debates_1958_issue-4c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Lincoln_Douglas_Debates_1958_issue-4c.jpg/600px-Lincoln_Douglas_Debates_1958_issue-4c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="925" data-file-height="602" /></a><figcaption>U.S. postage stamp, 1958 issue, commemorating the Lincoln and Douglas debates</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>1858–59 United States Senate elections</b> were held on various dates in various states. As these <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> elections were prior to the ratification of the <a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Seventeenth Amendment</a> in 1913, senators were chosen by <a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">state legislatures</a>. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1858 and 1859, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to <a href="/wiki/Gridlock_(politics)" title="Gridlock (politics)">legislative deadlock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In these elections, terms were up for the senators in <a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 2</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> gained five additional seats in the Senate, but the Democrats retained their majority. That majority would erode in 1860 with the secession of the southern states leading up to the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>. </p><p>In Illinois, incumbent <a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas" title="Stephen A. Douglas">Stephen A. Douglas</a> (D) and challenger <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> (R) held a series of seven debates, known as the "<a href="/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Douglas_debates" title="Lincoln–Douglas debates">Lincoln–Douglas debates</a>." </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results_summary">Results summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Senate party division, <a href="/wiki/36th_United_States_Congress" title="36th United States Congress">36th Congress</a> (1859–1861) </p> <ul><li>Majority party: Democratic (38–25)</li> <li>Minority party: Republican (25–26)</li> <li>Other parties: <a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">American</a> (2)</li> <li><b>Total seats: 66–68</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Change_in_Senate_composition">Change in Senate composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Change in Senate composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Before_the_elections">Before the elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Before the elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="750px"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>7</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>8</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>22</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>19</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>25</sub> </td> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>26</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>27</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>28</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>29</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>30</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>31</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>32</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>33</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>34</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#D99FE8; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">KN<sub>4</sub><br /><small>Unknown</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>42</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>41</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>40</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>39</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>38</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>37</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>36</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>35</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#D99FE8; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">KN<sub>3</sub><br /><small>Unknown</small> </th> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>1</sub> </td> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>20</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>19</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>18</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>14</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>13</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_result_of_the_elections">As a result of the elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: As a result of the elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="750px"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>7</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>8</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>22</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>19</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>25</sub> </td> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>26</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>27</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>28</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>29</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>30</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>31</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>32</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>33</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>34</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>24</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>25</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>2</sub> </td> <th style="background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">V<sub>1</sub><br /><small>D Loss</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>38</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>37</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>36</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>35</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>23</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>22</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>21</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>20</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>19</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>18</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>14</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>13</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td>Key: </td> <td> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">Know Nothing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>#</sub> </td> <td>Vacant </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race_summaries">Race summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Race summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_elections_during_the_35th_Congress">Special elections during the 35th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Special elections during the 35th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these elections, the winners were seated during 1858 or in 1859 before March 4; ordered by election date. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">Minnesota</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2">None (new state) </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Minnesota's first senators were elected May 11, 1858.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Rice" title="Henry M. Rice">Henry M. Rice</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">Minnesota</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Minnesota's first senators were elected May 11, 1858.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1810)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Shields (politician, born 1810)">James Shields</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oregon" title="List of United States senators from Oregon">Oregon</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2">None (new state) </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Oregon's first senators were elected in August 1858 in advance of statehood.<sup id="cite_ref-OregonSpec_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OregonSpec-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Delazon_Smith" title="Delazon Smith">Delazon Smith</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oregon" title="List of United States senators from Oregon">Oregon</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Oregon's first senators were elected in August 1858 in advance of statehood.<sup id="cite_ref-OregonSpec_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OregonSpec-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lane" title="Joseph Lane">Joseph Lane</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from North Carolina">North Carolina</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clingman" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Clingman">Thomas Clingman</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1858 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td>Interim appointee elected November 23, 1858 to finish the term.<sup id="cite_ref-Byrd150_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrd150-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clingman" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Clingman">Thomas Clingman</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">South Carolina</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_P._Hayne" title="Arthur P. Hayne">Arthur P. Hayne</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1858 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Interim appointee retired when successor elected.<br />New senator elected December 3, 1858.<br />Democratic hold.<br />Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_Chesnut_Jr." title="James Chesnut Jr.">James Chesnut Jr.</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Races_leading_to_the_36th_Congress">Races leading to the 36th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Races leading to the 36th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1859; ordered by state. </p><p>All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral<br />history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Alabama" title="List of United States senators from Alabama">Alabama</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Clement_Claiborne_Clay" title="Clement Claiborne Clay">Clement Claiborne Clay</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=November_1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="November 1853 United States Senate election in Alabama (page does not exist)">1853 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1858. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Clement_Claiborne_Clay" title="Clement Claiborne Clay">Clement Claiborne Clay</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arkansas" title="List of United States senators from Arkansas">Arkansas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_K._Sebastian" title="William K. Sebastian">William K. Sebastian</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1848 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="1848 United States Senate special election in Arkansas">1848 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="1853 United States Senate election in Arkansas">1853</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1859. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_K._Sebastian" title="William K. Sebastian">William K. Sebastian</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Delaware</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_W._Bates" title="Martin W. Bates">Martin W. Bates</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1857_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="1857 United States Senate special election in Delaware">1857 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in 1858.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Willard_Saulsbury_Sr." title="Willard Saulsbury Sr.">Willard Saulsbury Sr.</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Georgia" title="List of United States senators from Georgia">Georgia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Toombs" title="Robert Toombs">Robert Toombs</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="1852 United States Senate election in Georgia">1852</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1858. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Toombs" title="Robert Toombs">Robert Toombs</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">Illinois</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas" title="Stephen A. Douglas">Stephen A. Douglas</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1846 United States Senate election in Illinois">1846</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1853 United States Senate election in Illinois">1852</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected January 5, 1859. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas" title="Stephen A. Douglas">Stephen A. Douglas</a></b> (Democratic) 54</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> (Republican) 46<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Iowa" title="List of United States senators from Iowa">Iowa</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Wallace_Jones" title="George Wallace Jones">George Wallace Jones</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="1848 United States Senate elections in Iowa">1848</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="1852 United States Senate election in Iowa">1852</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent lost renomination.<br />New senator elected January 26, 1858.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_W._Grimes" title="James W. Grimes">James W. Grimes</a></b> (Republican) 64</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_M._Samuels&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benjamin M. Samuels (page does not exist)">Benjamin M. Samuels</a> (Democratic) 41<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Burton_Thompson" title="John Burton Thompson">John B. Thompson</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">Know Nothing </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1851_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1851 United States Senate election in Kentucky">1851 <span style="font-size:85%;">(early)</span></a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in January 1858.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_W._Powell" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazarus W. Powell">Lazarus W. Powell</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" title="List of United States senators from Louisiana">Louisiana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Judah_P._Benjamin" title="Judah P. Benjamin">Judah P. Benjamin</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1852 United States Senate election in Louisiana">1852</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1859. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Judah_P._Benjamin" title="Judah P. Benjamin">Judah P. Benjamin</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maine" title="List of United States senators from Maine">Maine</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_P._Fessenden" title="William P. Fessenden">William P. Fessenden</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States Senate special election in Maine">1854 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1859. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_P._Fessenden" title="William P. Fessenden">William P. Fessenden</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Massachusetts" title="List of United States senators from Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Henry Wilson</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1855_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1855 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts">1855 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1859. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Henry Wilson</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Michigan" title="List of United States senators from Michigan">Michigan</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Stuart" title="Charles E. Stuart">Charles E. Stuart</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="1853 United States Senate election in Michigan">1853</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator elected in 1858.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kinsley_S._Bingham" title="Kinsley S. Bingham">Kinsley S. Bingham</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">Minnesota</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1810)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Shields (politician, born 1810)">James Shields</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States Senate election in Illinois">1849 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ill.)</span></a><br />1849 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ill.; election voided)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1849 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ill.; special)</span></a><br />1855 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ill.; lost)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 United States Senate elections in Minnesota">1858 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Minn.)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator elected December 15, 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTMinn_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTMinn-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Morton_S._Wilkinson" title="Morton S. Wilkinson">Morton S. Wilkinson</a></b> (Republican) 79</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1810)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Shields (politician, born 1810)">James Shields</a> (Democratic) 33</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Willis_A._Gorman" title="Willis A. Gorman">W. A. Gorman</a> (Democratic) 1<sup id="cite_ref-NYTMinn_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTMinn-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Mississippi" title="List of United States senators from Mississippi">Mississippi</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_G._Brown" title="Albert G. Brown">Albert G. Brown</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States Senate special election in Mississippi">1854 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1859. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Albert_G._Brown" title="Albert G. Brown">Albert G. Brown</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Hampshire" title="List of United States senators from New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_P._Hale" title="John P. Hale">John P. Hale</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1846 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">1846</a><br />1853 <span style="font-size:85%;">(retired)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1855_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1855 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire">1855</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1859. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_P._Hale" title="John P. Hale">John P. Hale</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Jersey" title="List of United States senators from New Jersey">New Jersey</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Wright_(United_States_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Wright (United States politician)">William Wright</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1852 or 1853 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in 1858.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_C._Ten_Eyck" title="John C. Ten Eyck">John C. Ten Eyck</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from North Carolina">North Carolina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Settle_Reid" title="David Settle Reid">David Reid</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States Senate special election in North Carolina">1854</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in 1858 or 1859.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bragg" title="Thomas Bragg">Thomas Bragg</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oregon" title="List of United States senators from Oregon">Oregon</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Delazon_Smith" title="Delazon Smith">Delazon Smith</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1859_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="1859 United States Senate elections in Oregon">1859</a> </td> <td style="background:#999999">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />Legislature failed to elect.<br />Democratic loss.<br />Seat would remain vacant until <a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="1860 United States Senate special election in Oregon">1860</a>. </td> <td><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Delazon_Smith" title="Delazon Smith">Delazon Smith</a> (Democratic)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Rhode_Island" title="List of United States senators from Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Allen_(Rhode_Island_politician)" title="Philip Allen (Rhode Island politician)">Philip Allen</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="1853 United States Senate election in Rhode Island">1853</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator elected in 1858.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Anthony" title="Henry B. Anthony">Henry B. Anthony</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">South Carolina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_P._Hayne" title="Arthur P. Hayne">Arthur P. Hayne</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1858 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Interim appointee retired.<br />New senator elected December 3, 1858.<br />Democratic hold.<br />Winner was also elected to finish the current term; see above. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_Chesnut_Jr." title="James Chesnut Jr.">James Chesnut Jr.</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Tennessee</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Bell_(Tennessee_politician)" title="John Bell (Tennessee politician)">John Bell</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">Know Nothing </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1847_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="1847 United States Senate election in Tennessee">1847</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="1853 United States Senate election in Tennessee">1853</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in 1858.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Alfred_O._P._Nicholson" title="Alfred O. P. Nicholson">Alfred O. P. Nicholson</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Texas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Sam Houston</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="1846 United States Senate elections in Texas">1846</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1847_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="1847 United States Senate election in Texas">1847</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="1853 United States Senate election in Texas">1853</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator elected in 1859.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Hemphill_(senator)" title="John Hemphill (senator)">John Hemphill</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">Virginia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_M._T._Hunter" title="Robert M. T. Hunter">Robert M. T. Hunter</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1846 United States Senate election in Virginia">1846</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1852 United States Senate election in Virginia">1852</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1858. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_M._T._Hunter" title="Robert M. T. Hunter">Robert M. T. Hunter</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_during_the_36th_Congress">Elections during the 36th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections during the 36th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this election, the winner was elected in 1859 on or after March 4; ordered by date. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Texas</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthias_Ward" title="Matthias Ward">Matthias Ward</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap="">1858 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1859_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="1859 United States Senate special election in Texas">elected</a> December 5, 1859.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Louis_Wigfall" title="Louis Wigfall">Louis Wigfall</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_leading_to_the_37th_Congress">Race leading to the 37th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Race leading to the 37th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this regular election, the winner was elected for the term beginning March 4, 1861. </p><p>This election involved a Class 3 seat. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral<br />history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Kentucky</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_J._Crittenden" title="John J. Crittenden">John J. Crittenden</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">Know Nothing </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1816_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1816 United States Senate election in Kentucky">1816</a><br />1819 <span style="font-size:85%;">(resigned)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Kentucky">1835</a><br />1841 <span style="font-size:85%;">(retired)</span><br />1842 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span><br />1842 or 1843 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Kentucky">1843</a><br />1848 <span style="font-size:85%;">(resigned)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States Senate election in Kentucky">1854</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired.<br />Winner <a href="/wiki/1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1859 United States Senate election in Kentucky">elected</a> December 12, 1859, far in advance of the term.<br />Winner wasn't seated until term began March 4, 1861.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/John_C._Breckinridge" title="John C. Breckinridge">John C. Breckinridge</a></b> (Democratic)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Illinois">Illinois</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Illinois"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1859 United States Senate election in Illinois</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1853 United States Senate election in Illinois">1853</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>January 5, 1859</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1861_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1861 United States Senate election in Illinois">1861</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_A_Douglas_-_headshot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Stephen_A_Douglas_-_headshot.jpg/105px-Stephen_A_Douglas_-_headshot.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Stephen_A_Douglas_-_headshot.jpg/158px-Stephen_A_Douglas_-_headshot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Stephen_A_Douglas_-_headshot.jpg/211px-Stephen_A_Douglas_-_headshot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1584" data-file-height="2040" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers,_1858_-_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers%2C_1858_-_crop.jpg/103px-Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers%2C_1858_-_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="103" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers%2C_1858_-_crop.jpg/154px-Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers%2C_1858_-_crop.jpg 1.5x, 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style="text-align:left">Electoral vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>54</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">46 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">166,374<sup id="cite_ref-guelzo_285_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guelzo_285-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>190,468</b><sup id="cite_ref-guelzo_285_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guelzo_285-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">45.33% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>51.90%</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_state_senate_results.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_state_senate_results.svg/168px-1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_state_senate_results.svg.png" decoding="async" width="168" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_state_senate_results.svg/253px-1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_state_senate_results.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_state_senate_results.svg/337px-1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_state_senate_results.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="810" /></a></span><div>State Senate results<br /> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#92C5DE; color:#92C5DE;">    </span> Douglas</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#F48882; color:#F48882;">    </span> Lincoln</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1859 United States Senate election in Illinois">1859 United States Senate election in Illinois</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Douglas_debate_format" title="Lincoln–Douglas debate format">Lincoln–Douglas debate format</a></div> <p>Incumbent U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Douglas">Stephen Douglas</a>, a Democrat, defeated a challenge by former U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>, the Republican nominee. Lincoln, who had been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig Party</a> prior to 1856, attacked Douglas for his perceived subservience to the <a href="/wiki/Slave_Power" title="Slave Power">Slave Power</a>, as evidenced by his support for the <a href="/wiki/Kansas-Nebraska_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas-Nebraska Act">Kansas-Nebraska Act</a> and the recent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a> ruling in the case of <i><a href="/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sanford" class="mw-redirect" title="Dred Scott v. Sanford">Dred Scott v. Sanford</a></i>. The election was extremely close, hinging on Douglas' ability to appeal to former Whigs who had resisted joining the Republicans following the decline of the Whig party after 1854. In the <a href="/wiki/October_surprise" title="October surprise">finale weeks of the campaign</a>, Douglas received the coveted endorsement of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>'s <a href="/wiki/John_J._Crittenden" title="John J. Crittenden">John J. Crittenden</a>, a prominent former Whig and Douglas' colleague in the Senate. Crittenden's support for Douglas considerably diminished Lincoln's chances of winning the election.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On election day, the statewide Republican ticket took 50.6% of the popular vote, outpolling the Democrats by a margin of 3,402 votes. Further down ballot, Republican candidates for the state legislature collectively received 24,094 more votes than the Douglas Democrats. (<a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">Buchanan Democrats</a> received almost 10,000 votes, and there were a scattering of votes for write-in candidates.) Despite this, strategically drawn district boundaries produced Democratic majorities in both houses of the state legislature: 40 Democrats and 35 Republicans were elected to the state <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>, while the Democratic margin in the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Senate</a> was 14–11. On the day of the election in the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_General_Assembly" title="Illinois General Assembly">Illinois General Assembly</a>, Douglas received 54 votes to Lincoln's 46. The change of just over 300 votes in three state legislative districts from Democrats to Republicans would have been sufficient to deny Democrats a legislative majority and defeat Douglas.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In spite of his defeat, <a href="/wiki/Lincoln-Douglas_Debates" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln-Douglas Debates">Lincoln's debates with Douglas</a> were followed nationally and established Lincoln as a leading contender for the Republican nomination in the <a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election" title="1860 United States presidential election">1860 United States presidential election</a>. In the aftermath of the senatorial election, Lincoln contacted editors looking to publish the texts of the debates. George Parsons, the Ohio Republican committee chairman, got Lincoln in touch with Ohio's main political publisher, Follett and Foster, of Columbus. They published copies of the text under the title, <i>Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois.</i> Four printings were made, and the fourth sold 16,000 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_elections" title="1858 United States elections">1858 United States elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections">1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_United_States_Congress" title="35th United States Congress">35th United States Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_United_States_Congress" title="36th United States Congress">36th United States Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Douglas_debates" title="Lincoln–Douglas debates">Lincoln–Douglas debates</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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States Senate elections">1806–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1808%E2%80%9309_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1808–09 United States Senate elections">1808–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810%E2%80%9311_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1810–11 United States Senate elections">1810–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812%E2%80%9313_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1812–13 United States Senate elections">1812–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814%E2%80%9315_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1814–15 United States Senate elections">1814–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816%E2%80%9317_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1816–17 United States Senate elections">1816–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818%E2%80%9319_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1818–19 United States Senate elections">1818–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820%E2%80%9321_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1820–21 United States Senate elections">1820–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822%E2%80%9323_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1822–23 United States Senate elections">1822–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824%E2%80%9325_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1824–25 United States Senate elections">1824–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826%E2%80%9327_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1826–27 United States Senate elections">1826–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828%E2%80%9329_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1828–29 United States Senate elections">1828–29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830%E2%80%9331_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1830–31 United States Senate elections">1830–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832%E2%80%9333_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1832–33 United States Senate elections">1832–33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834%E2%80%9335_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1834–35 United States Senate elections">1834–35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836%E2%80%9337_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1836–37 United States Senate elections">1836–37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838%E2%80%9339_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1838–39 United States Senate elections">1838–39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1840–41 United States Senate elections">1840–41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1842–43 United States Senate elections">1842–43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844%E2%80%9345_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1844–45 United States Senate elections">1844–45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846%E2%80%9347_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1846–47 United States Senate elections">1846–47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848%E2%80%9349_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1848–49 United States Senate elections">1848–49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850%E2%80%9351_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1850–51 United States Senate elections">1850–51</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/1868%E2%80%9369_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1868–69 United States Senate elections">1868–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870%E2%80%9371_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1870–71 United States Senate elections">1870–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872%E2%80%9373_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1872–73 United States Senate elections">1872–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874%E2%80%9375_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1874–75 United States Senate elections">1874–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876%E2%80%9377_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1876–77 United States Senate elections">1876–77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1878–79 United States Senate elections">1878–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880%E2%80%9381_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1880–81 United States Senate elections">1880–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882%E2%80%9383_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1882–83 United States Senate elections">1882–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1884–85 United States Senate elections">1884–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1886–87 United States Senate elections">1886–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1888–89 United States Senate elections">1888–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890%E2%80%9391_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1890–91 United States Senate elections">1890–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1892–93 United States Senate elections">1892–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1894–95 United States Senate elections">1894–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1896–97 United States Senate elections">1896–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1898–99 United States Senate elections">1898–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1900–01 United States Senate elections">1900–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1902–03 United States Senate elections">1902–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1904–05 United States Senate elections">1904–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1906–07 United States Senate elections">1906–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1908–09 United States Senate elections">1908–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1910–11 United States Senate elections">1910–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1912–13 United States Senate elections">1912–13</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_(1914%E2%80%93present)" title="List of United States Senate elections (1914–present)">1914–present</a><br /><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">popular election</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regulars<br />and<br />even-year<br />specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1914 United States Senate elections">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1916 United States Senate elections">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1918 United States Senate elections">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1920 United States Senate elections">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1922 United States Senate elections">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1924 United States Senate elections">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1926 United States Senate elections">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1928 United States Senate elections">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1930 United States Senate elections">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1932 United States Senate elections">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1934 United States Senate elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1936 United States Senate elections">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1938 United States Senate elections">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1940 United States Senate elections">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1942 United States Senate elections">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1944 United States Senate elections">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1946 United States Senate elections">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1948 United States Senate elections">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1950 United States Senate elections">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1952 United States Senate elections">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1954 United States Senate elections">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1956 United States Senate elections">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1958 United States Senate elections">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1960 United States Senate elections">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1962 United States Senate elections">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1964 United States Senate elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1966 United States Senate elections">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1968 United States Senate elections">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1970 United States Senate elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1972 United States Senate elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1974 United States Senate elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1976 United States Senate elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1978 United States Senate elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1980 United States Senate elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1982 United States Senate elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1984 United States Senate elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1986 United States Senate elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1988 United States Senate elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1990 United States Senate elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1992 United States Senate elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1994 United States Senate elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1996 United States Senate elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1998 United States Senate elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2000 United States Senate elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2002 United States Senate elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2004 United States Senate elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2006 United States Senate elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2008 United States Senate elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2010 United States Senate elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2012 United States Senate elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2014 United States Senate elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2016 United States Senate elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2018 United States Senate elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2020 United States Senate elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2022 United States Senate elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2024 United States Senate elections">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2026 United States Senate elections">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2028 United States Senate elections">2028</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Odd-year<br />specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Mexico" title="1921 United States Senate special election in New Mexico">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1923 United States Senate elections">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1925 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Vermont" title="1931 United States Senate special election in Vermont">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" title="1933 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Arkansas" title="1937 United States Senate special election in Arkansas">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1941 United States Senate elections">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi" title="1947 United States Senate special election in Mississippi">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York" title="1949 United States Senate special election in New York">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1957 United States Senate elections">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Hawaii" title="1959 United States Senate elections in Hawaii">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Texas" title="1961 United States Senate special election in Texas">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="1974–75 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Washington" title="1983 United States Senate special election in Washington">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1991 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Texas" title="1993 United States Senate special election in Texas">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2013 United States Senate elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama" title="2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Georgia" title="2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_elections_to_the_United_States_Senate" title="List of special elections to the United States Senate">List of all specials</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elections by state</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alabama" title="List of United States Senate elections in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alaska" title="List of United States Senate elections in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Arizona&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Arizona (page does not exist)">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Arkansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Arkansas (page does not exist)">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_California" title="List of United States Senate elections in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Colorado" title="List of United States Senate elections in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Connecticut&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Connecticut (page does not exist)">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Delaware" title="List of United States Senate elections in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="United States Senate elections in the District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Florida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Florida (page does not exist)">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Georgia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Georgia (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Hawaii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Hawaii (page does not exist)">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Idaho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Idaho (page does not exist)">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Illinois (page does not exist)">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Indiana" title="United States Senate elections in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a 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