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screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-election .mw-file-description img{background-color:#f8f9fa}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:380px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1856–57 United States Senate elections</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281851%E2%80%931858%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1854%E2%80%9355_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1854–55 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1854 & 1855</span></a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>Various dates</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1858–59 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1858 & 1859</span></a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />21 of the 62 seats in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> (with special elections)<br />32 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> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #F0C862;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig Party (US)">Whig</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>33 seats</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">20 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>37</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>9</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats after </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>34</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats up </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #D99FE8;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #CCCC66;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">Know Nothing</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Free_Soil_Party" title="Free Soil Party">Free Soil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 seat </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats after </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats up </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1856senatemap.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/1856senatemap.svg/380px-1856senatemap.svg.png" decoding="async" width="380" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/1856senatemap.svg/570px-1856senatemap.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/1856senatemap.svg/760px-1856senatemap.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="593" /></a></span><div><b>Results of the elections:</b><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0671B0; color:#0671B0;">    </span> Democratic gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#92C5DE; color:#92C5DE;">    </span> Democratic hold</span><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#CA0120; color:#CA0120;">    </span> Republican gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#F48882; color:#F48882;">    </span> Republican hold</span><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#9229adff; color:#9229adff;">    </span> Know Nothing Gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#000000; color:#000000;">    </span> Legislature failed to elect</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Majority Party before election</b><br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected Majority Party</b> <br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1856–57 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 1856 and 1857, 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 1</a>. </p><p>The young <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> assumed its position as one of the United States's two main political parties. The <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whigs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Free_Soil_Party" title="Free Soil Party">Free Soilers</a> were gone by the time the next Congress began. </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=1856%E2%80%9357_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/35th_United_States_Congress" title="35th United States Congress">35th Congress</a> (1857–1859) </p> <ul><li>Majority party: Democratic (37–42)</li> <li>Minority party: Republican (20)</li> <li>Other party: <a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">American</a> (4)</li> <li>Vacant: 1–0</li> <li><b>Total seats: 62–66</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=1856%E2%80%9357_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=1856%E2%80%9357_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 14, 1856 <a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1856 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">special election in Pennsylvania</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="800px"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="9"> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>7</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>8</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>19</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>22</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>25</sub> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>26</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>27</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>28</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>29</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>30</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>31</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>32</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>37</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>36</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>35</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>34</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>33</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CCCC66; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">FS<sub>2</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#CCCC66">FS<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>11</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>10</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>9</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>4</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>4</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Unknown</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>5</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>6</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>7</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>8</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>3</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="9"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_result_of_the_elections">As a result of the elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: As a result of the elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="800px"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="9"> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>7</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>8</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>19</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>22</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>25</sub> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>26</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>27</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>28</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>29</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>30</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>31</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>32</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CCCC66">FS<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background:#D99FE8; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">KN<sub>2</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">V<sub>1</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">W Loss</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>34</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>33</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>18</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>17</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected<br />Diff. party</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>16</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>15</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>14</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>9</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>1</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>2</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>3</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>4</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>5</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>8</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="9"> </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=1856%E2%80%9357_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" width="800px"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td colspan="9"> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>7</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>8</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>9</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>10</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>19</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>22</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>25</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>26</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>27</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>28</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>29</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>30</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>31</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>32</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background:#D99FE8; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">KN<sub>3</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Changed</span> </td> <td style="background:#D99FE8; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">KN<sub>4</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Changed</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>37</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>36</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>35</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>34</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Changed</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>33</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Changed</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>19</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>18</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>12</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>2</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Changed</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>3</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Changed</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>6</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>7</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>11</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">R<sub>1</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Changed</span> </td> <td colspan="9"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th>Key: </th> <td> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="background:#CCCC66">FS<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_Soil_Party" title="Free Soil Party">Free Soil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="background-color:#D99FE8">KN<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">Know Nothing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">R<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>#</sub> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="35px" style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>#</sub> </td> <td>Vacant </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race_summaries">Race summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_during_the_34th_Congress">Elections during the 34th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections during the 34th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these elections, the winners were seated during 1856 or in 1857 before March 4; ordered by election date. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td colspan="3"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Legislature had failed to elect.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1856" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1856">elected</a> January 14, 1856.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/William_Bigler" title="William Bigler">William Bigler</a></b> (Democratic) 61.65%</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Joy_Morris" title="Edward Joy Morris">Edward Joy Morris</a> (Republican) 32.33%</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span>John C. Flenniken (Unknown) 0.75%</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Missouri</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td colspan="3"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Legislature had failed to elect.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Missouri,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Missouri, 1857">elected</a> January 12, 1857.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/James_S._Green" title="James S. Green">James S. Green</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_California" title="List of United States senators from California">California</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td colspan="3"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Legislature had failed to elect.<br />Incumbent was then <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_California,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in California, 1857">elected</a> January 13, 1857.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/William_M._Gwin" title="William M. Gwin">William M. Gwin</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Delaware</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Comegys" title="Joseph P. Comegys">Joseph P. Comegys</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td>1856 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Interim appointee retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Delaware,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Delaware, 1857">elected</a> January 14, 1857.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Martin_W._Bates" title="Martin W. Bates">Martin W. Bates</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maine" title="List of United States senators from Maine">Maine</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Hamlin" title="Hannibal Hamlin">Hannibal Hamlin</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1856 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent resigned to become <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maine" title="Governor of Maine">Governor of Maine</a>.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maine,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Maine, 1857">elected</a> January 16, 1857.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b><br />Winner was not elected to the next term, see below. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Amos_Nourse" title="Amos Nourse">Amos Nourse</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Iowa" title="List of United States senators from Iowa">Iowa</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Harlan_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Harlan (senator)">James Harlan</a> </td> <td style="background:#CCCC66">Free Soil </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa,_1855" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Iowa, 1855">1855</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Election invalidated January 5, 1857.<br />Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Iowa,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Iowa, 1857">re-elected</a> January 29, 1857 as a Republican.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/James_Harlan_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Harlan (senator)">James Harlan</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Indiana" title="List of United States senators from Indiana">Indiana</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td colspan="3"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Legislature had failed to elect.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Indiana,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Indiana, 1857">elected</a> February 4, 1857.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Graham_N._Fitch" title="Graham N. Fitch">Graham N. Fitch</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Races_leading_to_the_35th_Congress">Races leading to the 35th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Races leading to the 35th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1857; ordered by state. </p><p>All of the elections involved the Class 1 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>Electoral history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_California" title="List of United States senators from California">California</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_B._Weller" title="John B. Weller">John B. Weller</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_California,_1852" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in California, 1852">1852 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />Winner <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_California,_1856" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in California, 1856">elected</a> in 1856.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/David_C._Broderick" title="David C. Broderick">David C. Broderick</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Toucey" title="Isaac Toucey">Isaac Toucey</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut,_1852" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1852">1852</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut,_1856" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1856">elected</a> in 1856.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/James_Dixon" title="James Dixon">James Dixon</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Delaware</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_A._Bayard_Jr." title="James A. Bayard Jr.">James A. Bayard Jr.</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Delaware, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Delaware, 1857">re-elected</a> in 1857. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/James_A._Bayard_Jr." title="James A. Bayard Jr.">James A. Bayard Jr.</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Florida" title="List of United States senators from Florida">Florida</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Mallory" title="Stephen Mallory">Stephen Mallory</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Florida, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Florida, 1857">re-elected</a> in 1857. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Mallory" title="Stephen Mallory">Stephen Mallory</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Indiana" title="List of United States senators from Indiana">Indiana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jesse_D._Bright" title="Jesse D. Bright">Jesse D. Bright</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana,_1844" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Indiana, 1844">1844</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana,_1850" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Indiana, 1850">1850</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana,_1856" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Indiana, 1856">re-elected</a> in 1856. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Jesse_D._Bright" title="Jesse D. Bright">Jesse D. Bright</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maine" title="List of United States senators from Maine">Maine</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Amos_Nourse" title="Amos Nourse">Amos Nourse</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maine,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Maine, 1857">1857 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Incumbent lost re-election or retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Maine,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Maine, 1857">elected</a> in 1857.<br />Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Hamlin" title="Hannibal Hamlin">Hannibal Hamlin</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maryland" title="List of United States senators from Maryland">Maryland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pratt_(Maryland_politician)" title="Thomas Pratt (Maryland politician)">Thomas Pratt</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maryland,_1850" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Maryland, 1850">1850 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Maryland, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#D99FE8">Incumbent lost re-election or retired.<br />New senator elected in 1856 or 1857.<br /><b>Know Nothing gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#D99FE8;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kennedy_(Maryland_politician)" title="Anthony Kennedy (Maryland politician)">Anthony Kennedy</a></b> (Know Nothing)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Massachusetts" title="List of United States senators from Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sumner" title="Charles Sumner">Charles Sumner</a> </td> <td style="background:#CCCC66">Free Soil </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Massachusetts,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1851">1851 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1857">re-elected</a> in 1857 as a Republican.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sumner" title="Charles Sumner">Charles Sumner</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Michigan" title="List of United States senators from Michigan">Michigan</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cass" title="Lewis Cass">Lewis Cass</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap="">1844 or 1845<br />1848 <span style="font-size:85%;">(resigned)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Michigan,_1849" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Michigan, 1849">1849 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent lost re-election or retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Michigan,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Michigan, 1857">elected</a> in January 1857.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Zachariah_Chandler" title="Zachariah Chandler">Zachariah Chandler</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Mississippi" title="List of United States senators from Mississippi">Mississippi</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Adams_(politician)" title="Stephen Adams (politician)">Stephen Adams</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi,_March_1852" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Mississippi, March 1852">1852 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent lost re-election or retired.<br />New senator elected in 1856 or 1857.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">Jefferson Davis</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Missouri</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Geyer" title="Henry S. Geyer">Henry S. Geyer</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Missouri, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Missouri, 1857">elected</a> in 1857.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Trusten_Polk" title="Trusten Polk">Trusten Polk</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Jersey" title="List of United States senators from New Jersey">New Jersey</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Renshaw_Thomson" title="John Renshaw Thomson">John Renshaw Thomson</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Jersey,_1853" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New Jersey, 1853">1853 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Jersey,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1857">re-elected</a> in 1857. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Renshaw_Thomson" title="John Renshaw Thomson">John Renshaw Thomson</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">New York</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Fish" title="Hamilton Fish">Hamilton Fish</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in New York, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in New York, 1857">elected</a> February 3, 1857.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Preston_King_(politician)" title="Preston King (politician)">Preston King</a></b> (Republican) 91</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_E._Sickles" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel E. Sickles">Daniel E. Sickles</a> (Democratic) 34</li> <li><span style="color:#D99FE8;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joel_T._Headley" title="Joel T. Headley">Joel T. Headley</a> (Know Nothing) 15</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Ohio" title="List of United States senators from Ohio">Ohio</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Wade" title="Benjamin Wade">Benjamin Wade</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Ohio, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio,_1856" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Ohio, 1856">re-elected</a> in 1856. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Wade" title="Benjamin Wade">Benjamin Wade</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Brodhead" title="Richard Brodhead">Richard Brodhead</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent lost re-election or retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1857">elected</a> January 13, 1857.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron">Simon Cameron</a></b> (Republican) 50.38%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Forney" class="mw-redirect" title="John W. Forney">John W. Forney</a> (Democratic) 43.61%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Foster" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry D. Foster">Henry D. Foster</a> (Democratic) 5.26%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Wilkins_(U.S._politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Wilkins (U.S. politician)">William Wilkins</a> (Democratic) 0.75%</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/Charles_Tillinghast_James" title="Charles Tillinghast James">Charles T. James</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap="">1850 or 1851 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island,_1856" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1856">elected</a> in 1856.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/James_F._Simmons" title="James F. Simmons">James F. Simmons</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Tennessee</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_C._Jones" title="James C. Jones">James C. Jones</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td style="background:#999999">Incumbent retired.<br />Legislature failed to elect.<br />Whig loss.<br />Seat would remain vacant until October 8, 1857; see below. </td> <td nowrap=""><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Texas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Rusk" title="Thomas Jefferson Rusk">Thomas J. Rusk</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Texas,_1846" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate elections in Texas, 1846">1846</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Texas, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Texas, 1857">re-elected</a> in 1857. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Rusk" title="Thomas Jefferson Rusk">Thomas J. Rusk</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Vermont" title="List of United States senators from Vermont">Vermont</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Foot" title="Solomon Foot">Solomon Foot</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont,_1850" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Vermont, 1850">1850</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont,_1856" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Vermont, 1856">re-elected</a> in 1856. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Foot" title="Solomon Foot">Solomon Foot</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">Virginia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Murray_Mason" class="mw-redirect" title="James Murray Mason">James M. Mason</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia,_1847" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Virginia, 1847">1847 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia,_1850" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Virginia, 1850">1850</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia,_1856" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Virginia, 1856">re-elected</a> in 1856. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/James_Murray_Mason" class="mw-redirect" title="James Murray Mason">James M. Mason</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Dodge" title="Henry Dodge">Henry Dodge</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Wisconsin,_1848" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate elections in Wisconsin, 1848">1848</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin,_1851" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1851">1851</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1857">elected</a> in 1857.<br /><b>Republican gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/James_R._Doolittle" title="James R. Doolittle">James R. Doolittle</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_during_the_35th_Congress">Elections during the 35th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections during the 35th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these elections, the winners were elected in 1857 after March 4; ordered by election date. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral history </th></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><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Bell_(New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Bell (New Hampshire)">James Bell</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire,_1855" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 1855">1855</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF1EE">Incumbent died May 25, 1857.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Hampshire,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in New Hampshire, 1857">elected</a> June 27, 1857.<br /> Republican hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Clark_(New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Clark (New Hampshire)">Daniel Clark</a></b> (Republican)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Tennessee</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td colspan="3"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Legislature had failed to elect.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Tennessee,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Tennessee, 1857">elected</a> October 8, 1857.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from South Carolina">South Carolina</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Butler" title="Andrew Butler">Andrew Butler</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1846 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span><br />? <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina,_1848" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1848">1848</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina,_1854" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1854">1854</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent died May 25, 1857.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_South_Carolina,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in South Carolina, 1857">elected</a> December 7, 1857.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <a href="/wiki/James_Henry_Hammond" class="mw-redirect" title="James Henry Hammond">James H. Hammond</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Complete_list_of_states">Complete list of states</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Complete list of states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maryland">Maryland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Maryland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maryland" title="List of United States senators from Maryland">List of United States senators from Maryland</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1857 United States Senate election in Maryland</caption><tbody><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/1851_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1851 United States Senate election in Maryland">1851</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>1857</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1863_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1863 United States Senate election in Maryland">1863</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />80 members of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_General_Assembly" title="Maryland General Assembly">Maryland General Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #D99FE8"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_Anthony_Kennedy,_standing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Senator_Anthony_Kennedy%2C_standing.jpg/100px-Senator_Anthony_Kennedy%2C_standing.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Senator_Anthony_Kennedy%2C_standing.jpg/150px-Senator_Anthony_Kennedy%2C_standing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Senator_Anthony_Kennedy%2C_standing.jpg/200px-Senator_Anthony_Kennedy%2C_standing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="847" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;width:0;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kennedy_(Maryland_politician)" title="Anthony Kennedy (Maryland politician)">Anthony Kennedy</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Legislative vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>-</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>-%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kennedy_(Maryland_politician)" title="Anthony Kennedy (Maryland politician)">Anthony Kennedy</a> won election by an unknown margin of votes, for the Class 1 seat.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York">New York</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: New York"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York,_1857" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in New York, 1857">United States Senate election in New York, 1857</a></div> <p>The New York election was held February 3, 1857, by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Legislature" title="New York State Legislature">New York State Legislature</a>. Whig <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Fish" title="Hamilton Fish">Hamilton Fish</a> had been elected in 1851 to this seat, and his term would expire on March 3, 1857. </p><p>In 1855, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Whig_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Whig Party">Whig Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Nebraska_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Nebraska Party">Anti-Nebraska Party</a> merged in New York to form the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican Party</a>. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1855" class="mw-redirect" title="New York state election, 1855">State election in November 1855</a>, 16 Republicans, 11 Americans, 4 Democrats and 1 <a href="/wiki/Temperance_movement" title="Temperance movement">Temperance</a> man were elected for a two-year term (1856–1857) in the State Senate. At the <a href="/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1856" class="mw-redirect" title="New York state election, 1856">State election in November 1856</a>, 81 Republicans, 31 Democrats and 8 Americans were elected to the Assembly for the session of 1857. The <a href="/wiki/80th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="80th New York State Legislature">80th New York State Legislature</a> met from January 6 to April 18, 1857, at <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>. </p><p>Preston King was nominated by a caucus of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> State legislators. King had been a Democratic congressman from 1843 to 1847, a <a href="/wiki/Free_Soil_Party" title="Free Soil Party">Free Soil</a> congressman from 1849 to 1853, and had joined the Republican Party upon its foundation at the State convention in September 1855. The convention nominated King for Secretary of State, but he was defeated by Joel T. Headley in a four-way race. <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_New_York" title="Secretary of State of New York">Secretary of State</a> Joel T. Headley was the candidate of the <a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">American Party</a>. State Senator Daniel E. Sickles was the candidate of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a>. </p><p>In the Assembly the vote confirmed the party caucus selections. When State Senator Sickles received votes, the same objection to his eligibility was raised as was in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York,_1833#Election" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in New York, 1833">1833</a> regarding <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Tallmadge" title="Nathaniel P. Tallmadge">Nathaniel P. Tallmadge</a>. This time, Speaker <a href="/wiki/DeWitt_C._Littlejohn" class="mw-redirect" title="DeWitt C. Littlejohn">DeWitt C. Littlejohn</a> ruled that the objection was "partially tenable and partially not so." However, the Speaker held that any member could vote for anybody, and only if the candidate received sufficient votes to win the election, a decision would be required. Otherwise, like in this case, the eligibility of an also-ran was irrelevant. </p><p>In the State Senate, only 24 votes were given. <a href="/wiki/Zenas_Clark" title="Zenas Clark">Zenas Clark</a> (Rep.) and <a href="/wiki/John_B._Halsted" title="John B. Halsted">John B. Halsted</a> (Rep.) were sick at home. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eaton_J._Richardson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eaton J. Richardson (page does not exist)">Eaton J. Richardson</a> (Rep.) <a href="/wiki/Pair_(parliamentary_convention)" title="Pair (parliamentary convention)">paired</a> with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sidney_Sweet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sidney Sweet (page does not exist)">Sidney Sweet</a> (Am.). <a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Petty" title="Joseph H. Petty">Joseph H. Petty</a> (Am.) was absent. <a href="/wiki/William_Kelly_(New_York_state_senator)" title="William Kelly (New York state senator)">William Kelly</a> (Dem.), <a href="/wiki/Mark_Spencer_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Spencer (New York City)">Mark Spencer</a> (Dem.), and the Democratic candidate Sickles himself, declined to vote. </p><p>State Senator <a href="/wiki/Justin_A._Smith" title="Justin A. Smith">Justin A. Smith</a> (Am.) raised the question if the vote for Sickles could be counted. A new <a href="/wiki/New_York_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Constitution">State Constitution</a> had been adopted in 1846, which had clarified the question of eligibility of State legislators. Smith quoted from the State Constitution: "No member of the Legislature shall receive any civil appointment within this State, <i>or to the Senate of the United States</i>, from the Governor, the Governor and Senate, or from the Legislature, during the term for which he shall have been elected; and all votes given for any such member, for any such office or appointment, shall be void." Lt. Gov. <a href="/wiki/Henry_R._Selden" title="Henry R. Selden">Henry R. Selden</a> (later a judge of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Court_of_Appeals" title="New York Court of Appeals">New York Court of Appeals</a>) decided to count the vote, holding that the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> described the eligibility for the office and devolved on the State legislatures only the power to prescribe the "times, places and manners of holding the elections for that office", thus not implying a right for the State governments to exclude any person who would be eligible under the U.S. Constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Preston King was the choice of both the Assembly and the Senate, and was declared elected. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>House </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrat</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">American</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">State Senate</a> (32 members) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Preston_King_(politician)" title="Preston King (politician)">Preston King</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>14</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sickles" title="Daniel Sickles">Daniel E. Sickles</a> </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joel_T._Headley" title="Joel T. Headley">Joel T. Headley</a> </td> <td align="right">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">State Assembly</a> (128 members) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Preston_King_(politician)" title="Preston King (politician)">Preston King</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>77</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sickles" title="Daniel Sickles">Daniel E. Sickles</a> </td> <td align="right">33 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joel_T._Headley" title="Joel T. Headley">Joel T. Headley</a> </td> <td align="right">6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Pennsylvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pennsylvania_(special)"><span id="Pennsylvania_.28special.29"></span>Pennsylvania (special)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Pennsylvania (special)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1856 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">1856 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania</a></div> <p>The Class 3 election was held on January 14, 1856. <a href="/wiki/William_Bigler" title="William Bigler">William Bigler</a> was elected by the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-results3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a> had previously convened on February 13, 1855, for the regularly scheduled Senate election for the term beginning on March 4, 1855. Two ballots were recorded on February 13, followed by three on February 27, 1855. On the fifth and final ballot during this convention, former Senator <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron">Simon Cameron</a> had led with 55 votes to future Senator <a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Buckalew" title="Charles R. Buckalew">Charles R. Buckalew</a>'s 23. No candidate was elected, however, and the hung election convention adjourned by a vote of 66 to 65. Upon the expiration of incumbent <a href="/wiki/James_Cooper_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="James Cooper (Pennsylvania politician)">James Cooper</a>'s term on March 4, 1855, the seat was vacated and would remain vacant until William Bigler's election in January 1856.<sup id="cite_ref-results2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 14, 1856, the election convention of the General Assembly re-convened and elected Democratic former <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Pennsylvania">Governor of Pennsylvania</a> William Bigler on the first ballot to serve the remainder of the term that began on March 4, 1855, and would expire on March 4, 1861. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>State legislature results<sup id="cite_ref-results3_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Bigler" title="William Bigler">William Bigler</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>82</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>61.65</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Joy_Morris" title="Edward Joy Morris">Edward Joy Morris</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">43 </td> <td style="text-align:right">32.33 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><i>Unknown</i> </td> <td class="fn">John C. Flenniken </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.75 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">N/A </td> <td class="fn">Not voting </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.26 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="right"><b>Totals</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>133</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pennsylvania_(regular)"><span id="Pennsylvania_.28regular.29"></span>Pennsylvania (regular)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pennsylvania (regular)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1856 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">1856 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania</a></div> <p>The Class 1 election in Pennsylvania was held on January 13, 1857. <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron">Simon Cameron</a> was elected by the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-results_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a> convened on January 13, 1857, to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4, 1857. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>State legislature results<sup id="cite_ref-results_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron">Simon Cameron</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>67</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>50.38</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Weiss_Forney" title="John Weiss Forney">John W. Forney</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">58 </td> <td style="text-align:right">43.61 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Donnel_Foster" title="Henry Donnel Foster">Henry D. Foster</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">7 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.26 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Wilkins_(U.S._politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Wilkins (U.S. politician)">William Wilkins</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.75 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="3" align="right"><b>Totals</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>133</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>100.00%</b> </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=1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 22,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=PA+US+Senate+-+1857&rft.pub=OurCampaigns&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ourcampaigns.com%2FRaceDetail.html%3FRaceID%3D345197&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1856%E2%80%9357+United+States+Senate+elections" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></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> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA63"><i>The New York Civil List</i></a> compiled in 1858 (see: pg. 63 for U.S. Senators [gives wrong date "February 6"]; pg. 137 for State Senators 1857; pg. 252ff for Members of Assembly 1857)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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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 href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Maine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Maine (page does not exist)">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Maryland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Maryland (page does not exist)">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Massachusetts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Massachusetts (page does not exist)">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Michigan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Michigan (page does not exist)">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Minnesota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Minnesota (page does not exist)">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Mississippi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Mississippi (page does not exist)">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Missouri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Missouri (page does not exist)">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Montana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Montana (page does not exist)">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Nebraska&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Nebraska (page does not exist)">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Nevada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Nevada (page does not exist)">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Hampshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in New Hampshire (page does not exist)">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Jersey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in New Jersey (page does not exist)">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Mexico&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in New Mexico (page does not exist)">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_York&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in New York (page does not exist)">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in North Carolina (page does not exist)">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senate elections in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Ohio" title="List of United States Senate elections in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Oklahoma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Oklahoma (page does not exist)">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Oregon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Oregon (page does not exist)">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Rhode_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Rhode Island (page does not exist)">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate elections in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_South_Dakota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in South Dakota (page does not exist)">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Tennessee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Tennessee (page does not exist)">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Texas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Texas (page does not exist)">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Utah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Utah (page does not exist)">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Vermont&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Vermont (page does not exist)">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Virginia (page does not exist)">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Washington_(state)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States 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