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<a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Delaware_(regular)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Delaware (regular)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Delaware_(regular)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Georgia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Georgia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Georgia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Georgia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Illinois" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Illinois"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Illinois</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Illinois-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kentucky" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kentucky"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Kentucky</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kentucky-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Louisiana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Louisiana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Louisiana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Louisiana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Maine" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Maine"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Maine</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Maine-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Maryland_(special)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Maryland_(special)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Maryland (special)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Maryland_(special)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Massachusetts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Massachusetts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Massachusetts</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Massachusetts-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Massachusetts subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Massachusetts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Massachusetts_(special,_class_2)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Massachusetts_(special,_class_2)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1</span> <span>Massachusetts (special, class 2)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Massachusetts_(special,_class_2)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Massachusetts_(regular)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Massachusetts_(regular)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2</span> <span>Massachusetts (regular)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Massachusetts_(regular)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Massachusetts_(special,_class_1)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Massachusetts_(special,_class_1)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.3</span> <span>Massachusetts (special, class 1)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Massachusetts_(special,_class_1)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Michigan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Michigan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Michigan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Michigan-sublist" 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0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1842–43 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1842 & 1843</span></a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />18 of the 52 seats in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> (with special elections)<br />27 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Majority party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Minority party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #F0C862;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig Party (US)">Whig</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">20 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>28 seats</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>29</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>11</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats after </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>27</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22 </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> 6 </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> 7 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats up </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1840senatemap.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/1840senatemap.svg/300px-1840senatemap.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/1840senatemap.svg/450px-1840senatemap.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/1840senatemap.svg/600px-1840senatemap.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="593" /></a></span><div><b>Results:</b><br /><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:#c49213; color:#c49213;">    </span> Whig gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#f3d586; color:#f3d586;">    </span> Whig hold</span><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#000000; color:#000000;">    </span> Legislature failed to elect</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Majority Party before election</b><br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected Majority Party</b> <br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig Party (US)">Whig</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1840–41 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 1840 and 1841, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to <a href="/wiki/Gridlock_(politics)" title="Gridlock (politics)">legislative deadlock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In these elections, terms were up for the senators in <a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 2</a>. </p><p>Corresponding with their party's <a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_presidential_election" title="1840 United States presidential election">success in the 1840 presidential election</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig Party</a> took control of the Senate. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results_summary">Results summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_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/27th_United_States_Congress" title="27th United States Congress">27th Congress</a> (1841–1843) </p> <ul><li>Majority party: Whig (29)</li> <li>Minority party: Democratic (22–20)</li> <li>Other parties: (0)</li> <li>Vacant: (1–3)</li> <li><b>Total seats: 52</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=1840%E2%80%9341_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=1840%E2%80%9341_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 November 25, 1840 <a href="#North_Carolina">special elections in North Carolina</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="800px"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4"> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</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>9</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>7</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>17</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>18</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>19</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>20</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>21</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>22</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>23</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>24</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>25</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>26</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</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>27</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>17</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>18</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Massachusetts_(special,_class_1)"><abbr title="Massachusetts">Mass.</abbr> (sp 1)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Resigned</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>19</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Massachusetts_(special,_class_2)"><abbr title="Massachusetts">Mass.</abbr> (sp 2)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Massachusetts_(regular)"><abbr title="Massachusetts">Mass.</abbr> (reg)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Resigned</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>20</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>21</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#North_Carolina_(regular)"><abbr title="North Carolina">N.C.</abbr> (reg)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>2</sub> </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>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>28</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ran</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>16</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>7</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>6</sub> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_elections">After the elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After 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 colspan="4"> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</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>9</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>7</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>17</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>18</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>19</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>20</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>21</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>22</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">V<sub>3</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">D Loss</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>1</sub> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>27</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>17</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>18</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Massachusetts_(special,_class_1)"><abbr title="Massachusetts">Mass.</abbr> (sp 1)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>19</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Massachusetts_(regular)"><abbr title="Massachusetts">Mass.</abbr> (reg)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#Massachusetts_(special,_class_2)"><abbr title="Massachusetts">Mass.</abbr> (sp 2)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>20</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>21</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="#North_Carolina_(regular)"><abbr title="North Carolina">N.C.</abbr> (reg)</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Re-elected</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>22</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>23</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>24</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>25</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>26</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>16</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Hold</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>7</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>6</sub> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginning_of_the_next_Congress">Beginning of the next Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_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 colspan="4"> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>6</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>16</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>15</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>14</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>13</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>12</sub> </td> <td width="50px" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>11</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>9</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>7</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>18</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>19</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">D<sub>22</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>29</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>28</sub><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gain</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>27</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>17</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>18</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>19</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>20</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>21</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>22</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>23</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>24</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>25</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>26</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>16</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>15</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>14</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>13</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>12</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>11</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>10</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>9</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>8</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>7</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>3</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>4</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>5</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>6</sub> </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-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=1840%E2%80%9341_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="Special_elections_during_the_26th_Congress">Special elections during the 26th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Special elections during the 26th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these elections, the winners were elected during 1840 or in 1841 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="#Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td colspan="3">Vacant since 1839. </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent <a href="/wiki/Samuel_McKean" title="Samuel McKean">Samuel McKean</a>'s (D) term expired and the legislature failed to elect a successor.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="1840 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">elected</a> January 14, 1840.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sturgeon" title="Daniel Sturgeon">Daniel Sturgeon</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="#Michigan">Michigan</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td colspan="3">Vacant since 1839. </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Lyon" title="Lucius Lyon">Lucius Lyon</a> (D) retired, his term expired, and the legislature failed to elect a successor.<br />New senator elected January 20, 1840.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Seymour_Porter" title="Augustus Seymour Porter">Augustus S. Porter</a></b> (Whig)</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="#New_York_(special)">New York</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td colspan="3">Vacant since 1839. </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Tallmadge" title="Nathaniel P. Tallmadge">Nathaniel P. Tallmadge</a>'s (D) term expired and the legislature failed to elect a successor.<br />Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1839%E2%80%931840_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1839–1840 United States Senate election in New York">re-elected</a> January 27, 1840 to his former position as a Whig.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Tallmadge" title="Nathaniel P. Tallmadge">Nathaniel P. Tallmadge</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Tennessee_(special)">Tennessee</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lawson_White" title="Hugh Lawson White">Hugh Lawson White</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1825_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="1825 United States Senate special election in Tennessee">1825 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1829_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="1829 United States Senate election in Tennessee">1829</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Tennessee">1835</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent resigned January 13, 1840, after refusing to vote for the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Treasury" title="Independent Treasury">Subtreasury Bill</a> as demanded by the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee legislature">Tennessee legislature</a>.<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><br />New senator elected February 26, 1840.<br /><b>Democratic 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:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_O._Anderson" title="Alexander O. Anderson">Alexander O. Anderson</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="#Connecticut_(special)">Connecticut</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Betts" title="Thaddeus Betts">Thaddeus Betts</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td>1838 or 1839 </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent died April 7, 1840.<br />New senator elected May 4, 1840.<br />Whig hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jabez_W._Huntington" title="Jabez W. Huntington">Jabez W. Huntington</a></b> (Whig)</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="#North_Carolina_(special,_class_2)">North Carolina</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Brown" title="Bedford Brown">Bedford Brown</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1829_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1829 United States Senate special election in North Carolina">1829 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in North Carolina">1835</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent resigned November 16, 1840, because he could not obey instructions of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="North Carolina General Assembly">North Carolina General Assembly</a>.<br />New senator elected November 25, 1840.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b><br />Winner was also be 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:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Person_Mangum" class="mw-redirect" title="Willie Person Mangum">Willie P. Mangum</a></b> (Whig)</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="#North_Carolina_(special,_class_3)">North Carolina</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Strange_(American_politician)" title="Robert Strange (American politician)">Robert Strange</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate special election in North Carolina">1836 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate election in North Carolina">1836</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent resigned November 16, 1840, because he could not obey instructions of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="North Carolina General Assembly">North Carolina General Assembly</a>.<br />New senator elected November 25, 1840.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Graham" title="William Alexander Graham">William A. Graham</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Maryland_(special)">Maryland</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_S._Spence" title="John S. Spence">John S. Spence</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate special election in Maryland">1836 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate election in Maryland">1837</a> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent died October 24, 1840.<br />New senator elected January 5, 1841.<br />Whig hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Leeds_Kerr" title="John Leeds Kerr">John L. Kerr</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Delaware">Delaware</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Bayard" title="Richard H. Bayard">Richard H. Bayard</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate special election in Maryland">1836 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br />1838 or 1839 </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent resigned September 19, 1839, to become Chief Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Superior_Court" title="Delaware Superior Court">Delaware Supreme Court</a>.<br />New senator elected January 12, 1841 to his former position.<br />Whig hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Bayard" title="Richard H. Bayard">Richard H. Bayard</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Massachusetts_(special)">Massachusetts</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor)" title="John Davis (Massachusetts governor)">John Davis</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">1835</a> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent resigned January 5, 1841, after being elected <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Governor of Massachusetts</a>.<br />New senator elected January 13, 1841.<br />Whig hold.<br />Winner also elected to the next term; see below. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Isaac_C._Bates" title="Isaac C. Bates">Isaac C. Bates</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Virginia_(special)">Virginia</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td colspan="3">Vacant since 1839. </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent <a href="/wiki/William_C._Rives" class="mw-redirect" title="William C. Rives">William C. Rives</a>'s (D) term expired and the legislature failed to elect a successor.<br />Incumbent re-elected January 18, 1841 to his former position as a Whig.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_C._Rives" class="mw-redirect" title="William C. Rives">William C. Rives</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Massachusetts_(special)">Massachusetts</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster" title="Daniel Webster">Daniel Webster</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1827_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1827 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">1827</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1833_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1833 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">1833</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1839_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1839 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">1839</a> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent resigned February 22, 1841, to become <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a>.<br />New senator elected February 23, 1841.<br />Whig hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Choate" title="Rufus Choate">Rufus Choate</a></b> (Whig)</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_27th_Congress">Races leading to the 27th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Races leading to the 27th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these regular elections, the winner was elected for the term beginning March 4, 1841; ordered by state. </p><p>All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral<br />history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#Alabama">Alabama</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_R._King" title="William R. King">William R. King</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1819_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="1819 United States Senate elections in Alabama">1819</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1822_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="1822 United States Senate election in Alabama">1822</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1828_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="1828 United States Senate election in Alabama">1828</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1834_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="1834 United States Senate election in Alabama">1834</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected December 14, 1840. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_R._King" title="William R. King">William R. King</a></b> (Democratic) 56.69%</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Gayle_(Alabama_politician)" title="John Gayle (Alabama politician)">John Gayle</a> (Whig) 43.31%<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></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#Arkansas">Arkansas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_S._Fulton" title="William S. Fulton">William S. Fulton</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate elections in Arkansas">1836</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1840. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_S._Fulton" title="William S. Fulton">William S. Fulton</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="#Delaware">Delaware</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clayton" title="Thomas Clayton">Thomas Clayton</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate special election in Delaware">1837 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1841. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clayton" title="Thomas Clayton">Thomas Clayton</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Georgia">Georgia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Lumpkin" title="Wilson Lumpkin">Wilson Lumpkin</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate special election in Georgia">1837 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in 1840.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_M._Berrien" title="John M. Berrien">John M. Berrien</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Illinois">Illinois</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_McCracken_Robinson" class="mw-redirect" title="John McCracken Robinson">John M. Robinson</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1830 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1830 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Illinois">1835</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired.<br />Successor elected in 1840 or 1841.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_McRoberts" title="Samuel McRoberts">Samuel McRoberts</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="#Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_J._Crittenden" title="John J. Crittenden">John J. Crittenden</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Kentucky">1835</a> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator elected in 1841.<br />Whig hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_Turner_Morehead_(Kentucky_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Turner Morehead (Kentucky politician)">James T. Morehead</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Louisiana">Louisiana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Nicholas" title="Robert C. Nicholas">Robert C. Nicholas</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate special election in Louisiana">1836 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in 1840.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Barrow" title="Alexander Barrow">Alexander Barrow</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Maine">Maine</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ruggles" title="John Ruggles">John Ruggles</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate special election in Maine">1835 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Maine">1835</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in 1840.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/George_Evans_(American_politician)" title="George Evans (American politician)">George Evans</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor)" title="John Davis (Massachusetts governor)">John Davis</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">1835</a> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent resigned January 5, 1841, after being elected <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Governor of Massachusetts</a>.<br />New senator elected January 13, 1841.<br />Whig hold.<br />Successor also elected to finish the current term, see above. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Isaac_C._Bates" title="Isaac C. Bates">Isaac C. Bates</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Michigan">Michigan</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Norvell" title="John Norvell">John Norvell</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Michigan" title="1835 United States Senate elections in Michigan">1835</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator elected in 1841.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_Woodbridge" title="William Woodbridge">William Woodbridge</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Mississippi">Mississippi</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Walker" title="Robert J. Walker">Robert J. Walker</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Mississippi">1835</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1841. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Walker" title="Robert J. Walker">Robert J. Walker</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="#New_Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hubbard" title="Henry Hubbard">Henry Hubbard</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">1835</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired to <a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election_1834&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1834 (page does not exist)">run for New Hampshire Governor</a>.<br />New senator elected in 1841.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Levi_Woodbury" title="Levi Woodbury">Levi Woodbury</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="#New_Jersey">New Jersey</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Garret_D._Wall" title="Garret D. Wall">Garret D. Wall</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">1835</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator elected February 19, 1841.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jacob_W._Miller" title="Jacob W. Miller">Jacob W. Miller</a></b> (Whig) 46</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Garret_D._Wall" title="Garret D. Wall">Garret D. Wall</a> (Democratic) 16<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#North_Carolina_(regular)">North Carolina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mangum" class="mw-redirect" title="Willie Mangum">Willie Mangum</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1840 United States Senate special elections in North Carolina">1840 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1841. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mangum" class="mw-redirect" title="Willie Mangum">Willie Mangum</a></b> (Whig)</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="#Rhode_Island">Rhode Island</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nehemiah_R._Knight" title="Nehemiah R. Knight">Nehemiah R. Knight</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1821_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="1821 United States Senate special election in Rhode Island">1821 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1823_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="1823 United States Senate election in Rhode Island">1823</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1829_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="1829 United States Senate election in Rhode Island">1829</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Rhode Island">1835</a> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator elected October 29, 1840.<br />Whig hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_F._Simmons" title="James F. Simmons">James F. Simmons</a></b> (Whig) 55 votes</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> Samuel Y. Atwell (Democratic) 24 votes</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tristram_Burges" class="mw-redirect" title="Tristram Burges">Tristram Burges</a> (Whig) 2 votes<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#South_Carolina">South Carolina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1832_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1832 United States Senate special election in South Carolina">1832 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1834_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1834 United States Senate election in South Carolina">1834</a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1840. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</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="#Tennessee">Tennessee</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_O._Anderson" title="Alexander O. Anderson">Alexander O. Anderson</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="1840 United States Senate special election in Tennessee">1840 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#999999">Incumbent retired.<br />Legislature failed to elect.<br />Democratic loss.<br />Seat would not be filled <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Tennessee" title="1843 United States Senate special elections in Tennessee">until 1843</a>. </td> <td>None. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#Virginia">Virginia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_H._Roane" title="William H. Roane">William H. Roane</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate election in Virginia">1837</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator elected in 1840.<br /><b>Whig gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_S._Archer" title="William S. Archer">William S. Archer</a></b> (Whig)</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="Special_elections_during_the_27th_Congress">Special elections during the 27th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Special elections during the 27th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this special election, the winner was elected in 1841 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="#Alabama">Alabama</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Clement_Comer_Clay" title="Clement Comer Clay">Clement Comer Clay</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1837 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent resigned November 15, 1841.<br />New senator elected November 24, 1841.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_P._Bagby" title="Arthur P. Bagby">Arthur P. 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vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>December 1841</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Maryland">1843</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 #F0C862"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Leeds_Kerr_profile.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/John_Leeds_Kerr_profile.jpg/142px-John_Leeds_Kerr_profile.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/John_Leeds_Kerr_profile.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="213" data-file-height="225" /></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/John_Leeds_Kerr" title="John Leeds Kerr">John Leeds Kerr</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="width:75px;text-align:center">% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Leeds_Kerr" title="John Leeds Kerr">John Leeds Kerr</a> won election to a full term an unknown margin of votes, for the Class 3 seat.<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> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Massachusetts"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Massachusetts" title="List of United States senators from Massachusetts">List of United States senators from Massachusetts</a> and <a href="/wiki/1840%E2%80%931841_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1840–1841 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">1840–1841 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts</a></div> <p>There were three elections due to the February 22, 1841, resignation of Whig <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster" title="Daniel Webster">Daniel Webster</a> to become <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> and the January 5, 1841, resignation of Whig <a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor)" title="John Davis (Massachusetts governor)">John Davis</a> to become <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Governor of Massachusetts</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Massachusetts_(special,_class_2)"><span id="Massachusetts_.28special.2C_class_2.29"></span>Massachusetts (special, class 2)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Massachusetts (special, class 2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IsaacBates.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/IsaacBates.jpg/125px-IsaacBates.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/IsaacBates.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="173" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>Senator <a href="/wiki/Isaac_C._Bates" title="Isaac C. Bates">Isaac C. Bates</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Whig <a href="/wiki/Isaac_C._Bates" title="Isaac C. Bates">Isaac C. Bates</a> was elected January 13, 1841, to finish Davis's term. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Massachusetts_(regular)"><span id="Massachusetts_.28regular.29"></span>Massachusetts (regular)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Massachusetts (regular)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bates was also elected January 13, 1841, to the next term. </p><p>Bates would only serve, however, until his March 16, 1845, death, and Davis was <a href="/wiki/1845_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="1845 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts">again elected</a> to the seat. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Massachusetts_(special,_class_1)"><span id="Massachusetts_.28special.2C_class_1.29"></span>Massachusetts (special, class 1)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Massachusetts (special, class 1)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RufusChoate_Southworth_Hawes-crop.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/RufusChoate_Southworth_Hawes-crop.png/125px-RufusChoate_Southworth_Hawes-crop.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/RufusChoate_Southworth_Hawes-crop.png/188px-RufusChoate_Southworth_Hawes-crop.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/RufusChoate_Southworth_Hawes-crop.png/250px-RufusChoate_Southworth_Hawes-crop.png 2x" data-file-width="754" data-file-height="975" /></a><figcaption>Senator <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Choate" title="Rufus Choate">Rufus Choate</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Whig <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Choate" title="Rufus Choate">Rufus Choate</a> was elected February 23, 1841, to finish Webster's term which would continue until 1845. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Michigan">Michigan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Michigan"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Michigan" title="List of United States senators from Michigan">List of United States senators from Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="1840 United States House of Representatives election in Michigan">1840 United States House of Representatives election in Michigan</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><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>. 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Tallmadge">Nathaniel P. Tallmadge</a> had been elected as a <a href="/wiki/Jacksonian_Democrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacksonian Democrat">Jacksonian Democrat</a> in 1833 to this seat, and his term expired March 3, 1839. An election was held February 5, 1839. Although Tallmadge received the most votes, no candidate received a majority and the seat was declared vacant due to the legislature's failure to elect. </p><p>At the State election in November 1839, 7 Whigs and 3 Democrats were elected to the State Senate, which gave the Whigs a majority, the first anti-<a href="/wiki/Bucktails" title="Bucktails">Bucktails</a>/Jacksonian/Democratic majority in 20 years. The <a href="/wiki/63rd_New_York_State_Legislature" title="63rd New York State Legislature">63rd New York State Legislature</a> met from January 7 to May 14, 1840, at <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>. The strength of the parties in the Assembly, as shown by the vote for <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_New_York_State_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the New York State Assembly">Speaker</a>, was: 68 for Whig <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Patterson" class="mw-redirect" title="George Washington Patterson">George Washington Patterson</a> and 56 for Democrat <a href="/wiki/Levi_S._Chatfield" title="Levi S. Chatfield">Levi S. Chatfield</a>. </p><p>On January 14, 1840, Nathaniel P. Tallmadge received a majority in both the Assembly and the Senate, and was declared elected. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Senate <br />(32 members)<br /> </th> <th>Assembly <br />(128 members) </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Tallmadge" title="Nathaniel P. Tallmadge">Nathaniel P. Tallmadge</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> </td> <td align="right"><b>19</b> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Beardsley" title="Samuel Beardsley">Samuel Beardsley</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Levi_Beardsley" title="Levi Beardsley">Levi Beardsley</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_C._Bouck" title="William C. Bouck">William C. Bouck</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Butler_(lawyer)" title="Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer)">Benjamin F. Butler</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Churchill_C._Cambreleng" title="Churchill C. Cambreleng">Churchill C. Cambreleng</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Denio" title="Hiram Denio">Hiram Denio</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Dix" title="John Adams Dix">John A. Dix</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Azariah_C._Flagg" title="Azariah C. Flagg">Azariah C. Flagg</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Savage_(American_politician,_born_1779)" title="John Savage (American politician, born 1779)">John Savage</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Tracy_(New_York_politician)" title="John Tracy (New York politician)">John Tracy</a> </td> <td>Democratic </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Tallmadge re-took his seat on January 27, 1840,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and remained in office until June 17, 1844, when he resigned to be appointed <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Wisconsin">Governor of Wisconsin Territory</a>. <a href="/wiki/Daniel_S._Dickinson" title="Daniel S. Dickinson">Daniel S. Dickinson</a> was appointed to fill the vacancy temporarily, and subsequently elected by the State Legislature to succeed Tallmadge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Carolina">North Carolina</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: North Carolina"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from North Carolina">List of United States senators from North Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/1841_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1841 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina">1841 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina</a></div> <p>There were three elections due to the November 16, 1840, resignations of Democrats <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Brown" title="Bedford Brown">Bedford Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Strange_(American_politician)" title="Robert Strange (American politician)">Robert Strange</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Carolina_(special,_class_2)"><span id="North_Carolina_.28special.2C_class_2.29"></span>North Carolina (special, class 2)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: North Carolina (special, class 2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whig <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mangum" class="mw-redirect" title="Willie Mangum">Willie Mangum</a> was elected November 25, 1840, to finish Brown's term that would end in March 1841. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><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>. 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Sen. McKean's term was to expire on March 4, 1839, and an election would have occurred during the winter of 1838–1839 elect a senator for the successive term. The election did not occur, however, due to significant political unrest in <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a>, the state capital, over disputed election returns during the <a href="/wiki/Buckshot_War" title="Buckshot War">Buckshot War</a>. McKean's seat was vacated when his term expired in March 1839 and remained vacant until the General Assembly elected a new senator in 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-buckshot_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buckshot-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on January 14, 1840, to elect a senator to serve out the remainder of the term that began on March 4, 1839. 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_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<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:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sturgeon" title="Daniel Sturgeon">Daniel Sturgeon</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>87 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.41% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F0C862;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig Party (US)">Whig</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ogle_(politician)" title="Charles Ogle (politician)">Charles Ogle</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">26 </td> <td style="text-align:right">19.55% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFFF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Anti-Masonic_Party" title="Anti-Masonic Party">Anti-Masonic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Biddle" title="Richard Biddle">Richard Biddle</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">17 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.78% </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;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.26% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>133 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rhode_Island">Rhode Island</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Rhode Island"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Rhode_Island" title="List of United States senators from Rhode Island">List of United States senators from Rhode Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/1841_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="1841 United States House of Representatives election in Rhode Island">1841 United States House of Representatives election in Rhode Island</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><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>. 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States Senate elections">1804–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1806%E2%80%9307_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1806–07 United States Senate elections">1806–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1808%E2%80%9309_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1808–09 United States Senate elections">1808–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810%E2%80%9311_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1810–11 United States Senate elections">1810–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812%E2%80%9313_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1812–13 United States Senate elections">1812–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814%E2%80%9315_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1814–15 United States Senate elections">1814–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816%E2%80%9317_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1816–17 United States Senate elections">1816–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818%E2%80%9319_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1818–19 United States Senate elections">1818–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820%E2%80%9321_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1820–21 United States Senate elections">1820–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822%E2%80%9323_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1822–23 United States Senate elections">1822–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824%E2%80%9325_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1824–25 United States Senate elections">1824–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826%E2%80%9327_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1826–27 United States Senate elections">1826–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828%E2%80%9329_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1828–29 United States Senate elections">1828–29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830%E2%80%9331_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1830–31 United States Senate elections">1830–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832%E2%80%9333_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1832–33 United States Senate elections">1832–33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834%E2%80%9335_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1834–35 United States Senate elections">1834–35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836%E2%80%9337_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1836–37 United States Senate elections">1836–37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838%E2%80%9339_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1838–39 United States Senate elections">1838–39</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1840–41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1842–43 United States Senate elections">1842–43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844%E2%80%9345_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1844–45 United States Senate elections">1844–45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846%E2%80%9347_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1846–47 United States Senate elections">1846–47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848%E2%80%9349_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1848–49 United States Senate elections">1848–49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850%E2%80%9351_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1850–51 United States Senate elections">1850–51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852%E2%80%9353_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1852–53 United States Senate elections">1852–53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854%E2%80%9355_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1854–55 United States Senate elections">1854–55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1856–57 United States Senate elections">1856–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1858–59 United States Senate elections">1858–59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%9361_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1860–61 United States Senate elections">1860–61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862%E2%80%9363_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1862–63 United States Senate elections">1862–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864%E2%80%9365_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1864–65 United States Senate elections">1864–65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866%E2%80%9367_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1866–67 United States Senate elections">1866–67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868%E2%80%9369_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1868–69 United States Senate elections">1868–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870%E2%80%9371_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1870–71 United States Senate elections">1870–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872%E2%80%9373_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1872–73 United States Senate elections">1872–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874%E2%80%9375_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1874–75 United States Senate elections">1874–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876%E2%80%9377_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1876–77 United States Senate elections">1876–77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1878–79 United States Senate elections">1878–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880%E2%80%9381_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1880–81 United States Senate elections">1880–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882%E2%80%9383_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1882–83 United States Senate elections">1882–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1884–85 United States Senate elections">1884–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1886–87 United States Senate elections">1886–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1888–89 United States Senate elections">1888–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890%E2%80%9391_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1890–91 United States Senate elections">1890–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1892–93 United States Senate elections">1892–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1894–95 United States Senate elections">1894–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1896–97 United States Senate elections">1896–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1898–99 United States Senate elections">1898–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1900–01 United States Senate elections">1900–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1902–03 United States Senate elections">1902–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1904–05 United States Senate elections">1904–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1906–07 United States Senate elections">1906–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1908–09 United States Senate elections">1908–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1910–11 United States Senate elections">1910–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1912–13 United States Senate elections">1912–13</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_(1914%E2%80%93present)" title="List of United States Senate elections (1914–present)">1914–present</a><br /><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">popular election</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regulars<br />and<br />even-year<br />specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1914 United States Senate elections">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1916 United States Senate elections">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1918 United States Senate elections">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1920 United States Senate elections">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1922 United States Senate elections">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1924 United States Senate elections">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1926 United States Senate elections">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1928 United States Senate elections">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1930 United States Senate elections">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1932 United States Senate elections">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1934 United States Senate elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1936 United States Senate elections">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1938 United States Senate elections">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1940 United States Senate elections">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1942 United States Senate elections">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1944 United States Senate elections">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1946 United States Senate elections">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1948 United States Senate elections">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1950 United States Senate elections">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1952 United States Senate elections">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1954 United States Senate elections">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1956 United States Senate elections">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1958 United States Senate elections">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1960 United States Senate elections">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1962 United States Senate elections">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1964 United States Senate elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1966 United States Senate elections">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1968 United States Senate elections">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1970 United States Senate elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1972 United States Senate elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1974 United States Senate elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1976 United States Senate elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1978 United States Senate elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1980 United States Senate elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1982 United States Senate elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1984 United States Senate elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1986 United States Senate elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1988 United States Senate elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1990 United States Senate elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1992 United States Senate elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1994 United States Senate elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1996 United States Senate elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1998 United States Senate elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2000 United States Senate elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2002 United States Senate elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2004 United States Senate elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2006 United States Senate elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2008 United States Senate elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2010 United States Senate elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2012 United States Senate elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2014 United States Senate elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2016 United States Senate elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2018 United States Senate elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2020 United States Senate elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2022 United States Senate elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2024 United States Senate elections">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2026 United States Senate elections">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2028 United States Senate elections">2028</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Odd-year<br />specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Mexico" title="1921 United States Senate special election in New Mexico">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1923 United States Senate elections">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1925 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Vermont" title="1931 United States Senate special election in Vermont">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" title="1933 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Arkansas" title="1937 United States Senate special election in Arkansas">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1941 United States Senate elections">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi" title="1947 United States Senate special election in Mississippi">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York" title="1949 United States Senate special election in New York">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1957 United States Senate elections">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Hawaii" title="1959 United States Senate elections in Hawaii">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Texas" title="1961 United States Senate special election in Texas">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="1974–75 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Washington" title="1983 United States Senate special election in Washington">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1991 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Texas" title="1993 United States Senate special election in Texas">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2013 United States Senate elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama" title="2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Georgia" title="2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_elections_to_the_United_States_Senate" title="List of special elections to the United States Senate">List of all specials</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elections by state</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alabama" title="List of United States Senate elections in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alaska" title="List of United States Senate elections in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Arizona&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Arizona (page does not exist)">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Arkansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Arkansas (page does not exist)">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_California" title="List of United States Senate elections in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Colorado" title="List of United States Senate elections in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Connecticut&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Connecticut (page does not exist)">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Delaware" title="List of United States Senate elections in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="United States Senate elections in the District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Florida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Florida (page does not exist)">Florida</a></li> <li><a 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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 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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 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