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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/1796%E2%80%9397_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1796–97 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1796 & 1797</span></a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>Dates vary by state</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1800%E2%80%9301_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1800–01 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1800 & 1801</span></a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />11 of the 32 seats in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> (plus special elections)<br />17 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 #EA9978;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #008000;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>22</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats after </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>23</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <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> <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">5 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Races won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>6</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1798senatemap.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/1798senatemap.svg/300px-1798senatemap.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/1798senatemap.svg/450px-1798senatemap.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/1798senatemap.svg/600px-1798senatemap.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="428" /></a></span><div><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#f2bfa6; color:#f2bfa6;">    </span> Federalist hold</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#bef3be; color:#bef3be;">    </span> Democratic-Republican hold</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/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected Majority Party</b> <br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1798–99 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 1798 and 1799, 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>They occurred in the middle of President <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a>'s administration, and had no net change in political control of the Senate. </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=1798%E2%80%9399_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/6th_United_States_Congress" title="6th United States Congress">6th Congress</a> (1799–1801) </p> <ul><li>Majority party: Federalist (22)</li> <li>Minority party: Democratic-Republican (9)</li> <li>Other parties: 0</li> <li><b>Total seats: 31</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Change_in_composition">Change in composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Change in 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=1798%E2%80%9399_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> <p>After the January 19, 1798, election in Delaware. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>6</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Kentucky">Ky.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>5</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Georgia">Ga.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>1</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="10%" style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>7</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#North_Carolina">N.C.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>8</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#South_Carolina">S.C.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>9</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Tennessee">Tenn.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>10</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Virginia">Va.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>22</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Rhode_Island">R.I.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>21</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#New_Jersey">N.J.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>20</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#New_Hampshire">N.H.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>19</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Massachusetts">Mass.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>18</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Delaware">Del.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Died</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>17</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:right"><b>Majority →</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>16</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>1</sub> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_of_the_elections">Results of the elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Results of the elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>6</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Kentucky">Ky.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>5</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Georgia">Ga.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>1</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="10%" style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>7</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#North_Carolina">N.C.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>8</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#South_Carolina">S.C.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>9</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Tennessee">Tenn.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">DR<sub>10</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Virginia">Va.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>22</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#New_Jersey">N.J.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>21</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Massachusetts">Mass.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>20</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Delaware">Del.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>19</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Rhode_Island">R.I.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">F<sub>18</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#New_Hampshire">N.H.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>17</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:right"><b>Majority →</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>16</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>1</sub> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginning_of_the_next_Congress">Beginning of the next Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Beginning of the next Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>1</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#AACC99"><br />DR<sub>7</sub><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;"><br /><small><b>Re-elected</b></small></span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>8</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">V<sub>1</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Virginia">Va.</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Died</span> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>22</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>21</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>20</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>19</sub> </td> <td width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>18</sub> </td> <td rowspan="2" width="10%" style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>17</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:right"><b>Majority →</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>16</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>1</sub> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th>Key </th> <td> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#AACC99">DR<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Republican Party (United States)">Democratic-Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#F6D6C9">F<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" 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=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Race summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Except if/when noted, the number following candidates is the whole number vote(s), not a percentage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_elections_during_the_5th_Congress">Special elections during the 5th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Special elections during the 5th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1799; 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> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>First elected </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">New York</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Schuyler" title="Philip Schuyler">Philip Schuyler</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1789_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_York" title="1789 United States Senate elections in New York">1789</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#F6EDE9">Incumbent resigned January 3, 1798, due to ill health.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York,_January_1798" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New York, January 1798">elected</a> January 11, 1798.<br />Federalist hold.<br />Winner later resigned; see below. </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:#EA9978;">▌</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_Sloss_Hobart" title="John Sloss Hobart">John Sloss Hobart</a></b> (Federalist) 100</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Addison_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Addison (politician) (page does not exist)">John Addison</a> (Unknown) 25</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_Jr." title="John Armstrong Jr.">John Armstrong</a> (Democratic-Republican) 4</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Taylor_(politician)" title="John W. Taylor (politician)">John Taylor</a> (Democratic-Republican) 2</li> <li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Watson_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Watson (New York)">James Watson</a> (Federalist) 2</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span>James Cocliram<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Unknown) 1<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Vining" title="John Vining">John Vining</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1792_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="1792 United States Senate election in Delaware">1792</a> </td> <td style="background:#F6EDE9">Incumbent resigned January 19, 1798.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate special election in Delaware">elected</a> January 19, 1798.<br />Federalist hold.<br />Winner died August 11, 1798; see below. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</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/Joshua_Clayton" title="Joshua Clayton">Joshua Clayton</a></b> (Federalist) 14</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Sykes_(governor)" title="James Sykes (governor)">James Sykes</a> (Democratic-Republican) 10<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">New York</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_North" title="William North">William North</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td>1798 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#F6EDE9">Interim appointee served until winner qualified.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/August_1798_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York" title="August 1798 United States Senate special election in New York">elected</a> August 24, 1798.<br />Federalist hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</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_Watson_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Watson (New York)">James Watson</a></b> (Federalist) 87</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Taylor_(politician)" title="John W. Taylor (politician)">John Taylor</a> (Democratic-Republican) 57<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><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_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">South Carolina</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hunter_(South_Carolina_politician)" title="John Hunter (South Carolina politician)">John Hunter</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-<br />Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1796_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1796 United States Senate special election in South Carolina">1796 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF7EB">Incumbent resigned November 26, 1798.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate special election in South Carolina">elected</a> December 6, 1798.<br />Democratic-Republican hold.<br />New senator also elected to 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:#008000;">▌</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/Charles_Pinckney_(governor)" title="Charles Pinckney (governor)">Charles Pinckney</a></b> (Democratic-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_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Tennessee</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Smith_(surveyor)" title="Daniel Smith (surveyor)">Daniel Smith</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-<br />Republican </td> <td>1798 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#EEF7EB">Interim appointee retired when successor qualified.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate special election in Tennessee">elected</a> December 12, 1798.<br />Winner qualified upon retirement from other Senate seat on March 3, 1799.<br />Democratic-Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</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_Anderson_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Joseph Anderson (Tennessee politician)">Joseph Anderson</a></b> (Democratic-Republican) 17</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Cocke" title="William Cocke">William Cocke</a> (Democratic-Republican) 28<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Smith_(surveyor)" title="Daniel Smith (surveyor)">Daniel Smith</a> (Democratic-Republican) 15</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> (Democratic-Republican) 1</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Overton_(judge)" title="John Overton (judge)">John Overton</a> (Unknown) 1<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessee_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessee-8"><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_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Delaware</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Clayton" title="Joshua Clayton">Joshua Clayton</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate special election in Delaware">1798</a> </td> <td style="background:#F6EDE9">Died August 11, 1798.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1799_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="1799 United States Senate special election in Delaware">elected</a> January 17, 1799.<br />Federalist hold.<br />Winner also elected to 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:#EA9978;">▌</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_H._Wells" title="William H. Wells">William H. Wells</a></b> (Federalist) 14</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Sykes_(governor)" title="James Sykes (governor)">James Sykes</a> (Democratic-Republican) 12<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><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_New_Jersey" title="List of United States senators from New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Davenport" title="Franklin Davenport">Franklin Davenport</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td>1798 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#F6EDE9">Interim appointee served until winner qualified.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1799_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="1799 United States Senate special election in New Jersey">elected</a> February 21, 1799 on the third ballot.<br />Federalist hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</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_Schureman" title="James Schureman">James Schureman</a></b> (Federalist) 26</li> <li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henderson_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="Thomas Henderson (New Jersey politician)">Thomas Henderson</a> (Federalist) 24</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Philemon_Dickinson" title="Philemon Dickinson">Philemon Dickinson</a> (Unknown) Eliminated in earlier ballot</li> <li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Elmer" title="Jonathan Elmer">Jonathan Elmer</a> (Federalist) Eliminated in earlier ballot<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Races_leading_to_the_6th_Congress">Races leading to the 6th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Races leading to the 6th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these regular elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1799; 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> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>First elected </th></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/Joshua_Clayton" title="Joshua Clayton">Joshua Clayton</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate special election in Delaware">1798</a> </td> <td style="background:#F6EDE9">Incumbent died August 11, 1798.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1799_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="1799 United States Senate election in Delaware">elected</a> January 17, 1799.<br />Federalist 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:#EA9978;">▌</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_H._Wells" title="William H. Wells">William H. Wells</a></b> (Federalist) 14</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Sykes_(governor)" title="James Sykes (governor)">James Sykes</a> (Democratic-Republican)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/Josiah_Tattnall_(Senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Josiah Tattnall (Senator)">Josiah Tattnall</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-<br />Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1796_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="1796 United States Senate election in Georgia">1796</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF7EB">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1799_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="1799 United States Senate election in Georgia">elected</a> January 18, 1799.<br />Democratic-Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</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/Abraham_Baldwin" title="Abraham Baldwin">Abraham Baldwin</a></b> (Democratic-Republican) 42</li> <li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_P._Carnes" title="Thomas P. Carnes">Thomas P. Carnes</a> (Federalist) 37<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<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_Brown_(Kentucky_politician,_born_1757)" title="John Brown (Kentucky politician, born 1757)">John Brown</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-<br />Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1792_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1792 United States Senate elections in Kentucky">1792</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in Kentucky">re-elected</a> November 30, 1798. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</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_Brown_(Kentucky_politician,_born_1757)" title="John Brown (Kentucky politician, born 1757)">John Brown</a></b> (Democratic-Republican) 36</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Logan" title="Benjamin Logan">Benjamin Logan</a> (Unknown) 22</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Ormsby" title="Stephen Ormsby">Stephen Ormsby</a> (Democratic-Republican) 7<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/Theodore_Sedgwick" title="Theodore Sedgwick">Theodore Sedgwick</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1796_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1796 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">1796</a> </td> <td style="background:#F6EDE9">Incumbent retired to <a href="/wiki/1798%E2%80%931799_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="1798–1799 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">run for the U.S. House of Representatives</a>.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">elected</a> June 14, 1798.<br />Federalist hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</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/Samuel_Dexter" title="Samuel Dexter">Samuel Dexter</a></b> (Federalist) 102</li> <li>Others 54<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/Samuel_Livermore" title="Samuel Livermore">Samuel Livermore</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1792_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1792 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">1792</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">re-elected</a> December 21, 1798. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</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/Samuel_Livermore" title="Samuel Livermore">Samuel Livermore</a></b> (Federalist) 8</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span>Nay 4<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/Richard_Stockton_(U.S._senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Stockton (U.S. senator)">Richard Stockton</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1796_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="1796 United States Senate election in New Jersey">1796</a> </td> <td style="background:#F6EDE9">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in New Jersey">elected</a> November 1, 1798.<br />Federalist hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</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/Jonathan_Dayton" title="Jonathan Dayton">Jonathan Dayton</a></b> (Federalist) 26</li> <li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Elmer" title="Jonathan Elmer">Jonathan Elmer</a> (Federalist) 22<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/Alexander_Martin" title="Alexander Martin">Alexander Martin</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-<br />Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1792_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1792 United States Senate election in North Carolina">1792</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF7EB">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in North Carolina">elected</a> December 12, 1798, on the ninth ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Democratic-Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</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/Jesse_Franklin" title="Jesse Franklin">Jesse Franklin</a></b> (Democratic-Republican) 89</li> <li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Smith_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Benjamin Smith (North Carolina politician)">Benjamin Smith</a> (Federalist) 78</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Martin" title="Alexander Martin">Alexander Martin</a> (Democratic-Republican) Eliminated in earlier ballot</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blake_Baker_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blake Baker Jr. (page does not exist)">Blake Baker Jr.</a> (Unknown) Eliminated in earlier ballot<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </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/Ray_Greene_(politician)" title="Ray Greene (politician)">Ray Greene</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1797_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="1797 United States Senate special election in Rhode Island">1797 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in Rhode Island">re-elected</a> November 1, 1798. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</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/Ray_Greene_(politician)" title="Ray Greene (politician)">Ray Greene</a></b> (Federalist) Unanimous<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/Charles_Pinckney_(governor)" title="Charles Pinckney (governor)">Charles Pinckney</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-<br />Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in South Carolina">1798</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in South Carolina">re-elected</a> December 6, 1798. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</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/Charles_Pinckney_(governor)" title="Charles Pinckney (governor)">Charles Pinckney</a></b> (Democratic-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_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Tennessee</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Anderson_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Joseph Anderson (Tennessee politician)">Joseph Anderson</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-<br />Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1797_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="1797 United States Senate special elections in Tennessee">1797 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF7EB">Incumbent retired when elected to the Class 1 seat (see above).<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in Tennessee">elected</a> December 12, 1798.<br />Democratic-Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</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_Cocke" title="William Cocke">William Cocke</a></b> (Democratic-Republican) 28</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Anderson_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Joseph Anderson (Tennessee politician)">Joseph Anderson</a> (Democratic-Republican) 17</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Smith_(surveyor)" title="Daniel Smith (surveyor)">Daniel Smith</a> (Democratic-Republican) 15</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> (Democratic-Republican) 1</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Overton_(judge)" title="John Overton (judge)">John Overton</a> (Unknown) 1<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessee_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessee-8"><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_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">Virginia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Tazewell" title="Henry Tazewell">Henry Tazewell</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-<br />Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1794_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1794 United States Senate special elections in Virginia">1794 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in Virginia">re-elected</a> in 1798.<br />Incumbent died January 24, 1799, before the term began. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</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_Tazewell" title="Henry Tazewell">Henry Tazewell</a></b> (Democratic-Republican) 117</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a> (Democratic-Republican) 28</li> <li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Marshall" title="John Marshall">John Marshall</a> (Federalist) 13</li> <li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Breckenridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Breckenridge (page does not exist)">James Breckenridge</a> (Federalist) 10</li> <li>Others 9<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_elections_during_the_6th_Congress">Special elections during the 6th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Special elections during the 6th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this special election, the winner was seated after March 4, 1799, the beginning of the next Congress. </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> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>First elected </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">Virginia</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td colspan="3">Vacant </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Incumbent <a href="/wiki/Henry_Tazewell" title="Henry Tazewell">Henry Tazewell</a> (DR) was re-elected in 1798 but died January 24, 1799, before the term began.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1799_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1799 United States Senate special election in Virginia">elected</a> December 5, 1799 on the second ballot.<br /><b>Democratic-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:#008000;">▌</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/Wilson_Cary_Nicholas" title="Wilson Cary Nicholas">Wilson C. Nicholas</a></b> (Democratic-Republican) 111</li> <li><span style="color:#008000;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Page_(Virginia_politician)" title="John Page (Virginia politician)">John Page</a> (Democratic-Republican) 49</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ludwell_Lee" title="Ludwell Lee">Ludwell Lee</a> (Unknown) 1</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_K._Taylor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George K. Taylor (page does not exist)">George K. Taylor</a> (Unknown) 1</li> <li><span style="color:#EA9978;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Wood_(governor)" title="James Wood (governor)">James Wood</a> (Federalist) 1<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_elections" title="1798 United States elections">1798 United States elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1798–99 United States House of Representatives elections">1798–99 United States House of Representatives elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_United_States_Congress" title="5th United States Congress">5th United States Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_United_States_Congress" title="6th United States Congress">6th United States Congress</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><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 .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/1797_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1797 United States Senate election in New York">1797</a> and won.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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=1798%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm">Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present</a>, via Senate.gov</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/17th-amendment">"17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)"</a>. <i>National Archives and Records Administration</i>. February 8, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Archives+and+Records+Administration&rft.atitle=17th+Amendment+to+the+U.S.+Constitution%3A+Direct+Election+of+U.S.+Senators+%281913%29&rft.date=2022-02-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Fmilestone-documents%2F17th-amendment&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">May be "James Cocliran"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:ny.ussenate.1798">"New York 1798 U.S. Senate, Special"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=New+York+1798+U.S.+Senate%2C+Special&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Any.ussenate.1798&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). January 24, 1798.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:de.ussenator.special.1798">"Delaware 1798 U.S. Senate, Special"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=Delaware+1798+U.S.+Senate%2C+Special&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Ade.ussenator.special.1798&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing Journal of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1798. 36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:ny.ussenate.special.Aug.1798">"New York 1798 U.S. Senate, Special"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=New+York+1798+U.S.+Senate%2C+Special&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Any.ussenate.special.Aug.1798&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged August 2024">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>, citing Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). August 29, 1798.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elected instead to other seat.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tennessee-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tennessee_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tennessee_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:tn.ussenate.2.1798">"Tennessee 1798 U.S. Senate"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Nashville: The Tennessee Historical Commission, 1952.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:de.ussenator.special.1799">"Delaware 1799 U.S. Senate, Special"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=Delaware+1799+U.S.+Senate%2C+Special&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Ade.ussenator.special.1799&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing Journal of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1799.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191014192441/https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:nj.ussenate.3.1799">"New Jersey 1799 U.S. Senate, Ballot 3"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:nj.ussenate.3.1799">the original</a> on October 14, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=New+Jersey+1799+U.S.+Senate%2C+Ballot+3&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Anj.ussenate.3.1799&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing The Genius of Liberty (Morristown, NJ). February 21, 1799.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:de.ussenator.special.1799">"Delaware 1799 U.S. Senate"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=Delaware+1799+U.S.+Senate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Ade.ussenator.special.1799&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing Journal of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1799.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:ga.ussenate.1799">"Georgia 1799 U.S. Senate"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=Georgia+1799+U.S.+Senate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Aga.ussenate.1799&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). February 5, 1799.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:ky.ussenate.1798">"Kentucky 1798 U.S. Senate"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=Kentucky+1798+U.S.+Senate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Aky.ussenate.1798&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing The Palladium: A Literary and Political Weekly Repository (Frankfort, KY). December 4, 1798.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:ma.ussenate.1798">"Massachusetts 1798 U.S. Senate"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=Massachusetts+1798+U.S.+Senate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Ama.ussenate.1798&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). June 20, 1798.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:nh.ussenate.1798">"New Hampshire 1798 U.S. Senate"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Journal of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1799. 42–45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:nj.ussenate.1798">"New Jersey 1798 U.S. Senate"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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November 8, 1798.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=273400">"Our Campaigns - NC US Senate Race - Dec 12, 1798"</a>. <i>www.ourcampaigns.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.ourcampaigns.com&rft.atitle=Our+Campaigns+-+NC+US+Senate+Race+-+Dec+12%2C+1798&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourcampaigns.com%2FRaceDetail.html%3FRaceID%3D273400&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:nc.ussenator.9.1798">"North Carolina 1798 U.S. Senate, Ballot 9"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=North+Carolina+1798+U.S.+Senate%2C+Ballot+9&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Anc.ussenator.9.1798&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing Legislative Papers for 1798. Box 157. State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:ri.ussenator.1798">"Rhode Island 1798 U.S. Senate"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=Rhode+Island+1798+U.S.+Senate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Ari.ussenator.1798&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing The Newport Mercury (Newport, RI). November 6, 1798.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:va.ussenate.1798">"Virginia 1798 U.S. Senate"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 5,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tufts+Digital+Collations+and+Archives&rft.atitle=Virginia+1798+U.S.+Senate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felections.lib.tufts.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftufts%3Ava.ussenate.1798&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1798%E2%80%9399+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span>, citing Samuel Shield to Henry Tazewell. December 13, 1798.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/6t053g40x">"Virginia 1799 U.S. Senate, Special, Ballot 2"</a>. <i>Tufts Digital Collations and Archives</i>. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/1804%E2%80%9305_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1804–05 United States Senate elections">1804–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1806%E2%80%9307_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1806–07 United 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 href="/wiki/1852%E2%80%9353_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1852–53 United States Senate elections">1852–53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854%E2%80%9355_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1854–55 United States Senate elections">1854–55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1856–57 United States Senate elections">1856–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1858–59 United States Senate elections">1858–59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%9361_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1860–61 United States Senate elections">1860–61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862%E2%80%9363_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1862–63 United States Senate elections">1862–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864%E2%80%9365_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1864–65 United States Senate elections">1864–65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866%E2%80%9367_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1866–67 United States Senate elections">1866–67</a></li> <li><a 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 href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Iowa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Iowa (page does not exist)">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Kansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Kansas (page does not exist)">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Kentucky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Kentucky (page does not exist)">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Louisiana (page does not exist)">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a 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