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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281837%E2%80%931845%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281837%E2%80%931845%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281837%E2%80%931845%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281837%E2%80%931845%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1840–41 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1840 & 1841</span></a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>Various dates</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1844%E2%80%9345_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1844–45 United States Senate elections"><span class="nowrap">1844 & 1845</span></a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />17 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"><b>29 seats</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>30</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>13</b> </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">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats up </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1842senatemap.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1842senatemap.svg/300px-1842senatemap.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1842senatemap.svg/450px-1842senatemap.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1842senatemap.svg/600px-1842senatemap.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:#0671B0; color:#0671B0;">    </span> Democratic gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#92C5DE; color:#92C5DE;">    </span> Democratic hold</span> <br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#f3d586; color:#f3d586;">    </span> Whig hold</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Majority Party before election</b><br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig Party (US)">Whig</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>1842–43 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 1842 and 1843, 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 3</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whigs</a> lost seats but maintained control of the Senate. Although they lost three seats in the regular elections, they gained two of them back by the start of the first session in special elections. </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=1842%E2%80%9343_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/28th_United_States_Congress" title="28th United States Congress">28th Congress</a> (1843–1845) </p> <ul><li>Majority party: Whig (27)</li> <li>Minority party: Democratic (22–23)</li> <li>Other parties: (0–1)</li> <li><b>Total seats: 52–54</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Change_in_Senate_composition">Change in Senate composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Change in Senate composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Before_the_elections">Before the elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_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 July 1842 appointment in New Jersey. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="750px"> <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> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>16</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>15</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>14</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>13</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>12</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>11</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <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> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>17</sub><br /><small>Unknown</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>18</sub><br /><small>Unknown</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>19</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>20</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>1</sub> </td> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>30</sub><br /><small>Resigned</small> </th> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>29</sub><br /><small>Retired</small> </th> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>28</sub><br /><small>Unknown</small> </th> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>27</sub><br /><small>Unknown</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>26</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th></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> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>24</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>25</sub><br /><small>Ran</small> </th></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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Result_of_the_elections">Result of the elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Result of the elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="750px"> <tbody><tr> <td 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> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>16</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>15</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>14</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>13</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>12</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th width="50px" style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>11</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <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> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>17</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>18</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>19</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>20</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>21</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>22</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>23</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>1</sub> </td> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>27</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>26</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th></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> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>24</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>25</sub><br /><small>Re-elected</small> </th></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> <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=1842%E2%80%9343_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="750px"> <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> <th style="background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">V<sub>3</sub><br /><small>D Loss</small> </th> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>2</sub> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF">V<sub>1</sub> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>27</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>26</sub> </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></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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginning_of_the_first_session_of_the_next_Congress_(December_4,_1843)"><span id="Beginning_of_the_first_session_of_the_next_Congress_.28December_4.2C_1843.29"></span>Beginning of the first session of the next Congress (December 4, 1843)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Beginning of the first session of the next Congress (December 4, 1843)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="750px"> <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> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>21</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>22</sub><br /><small>Hold</small> </th> <th style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">D<sub>23</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>29</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <th style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">W<sub>28</sub><br /><small>Gain</small> </th> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>27</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="right"><b>Majority →</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#F0C862">W<sub>26</sub> </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></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=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Race summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Bold</b> states link to specific election articles. </p> <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=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Special elections during the 27th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these elections, the winners were elected during 1842 or in 1843 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="#Rhode_Island_(special)">Rhode Island</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathan_F._Dixon_I" title="Nathan F. Dixon I">Nathan F. Dixon</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td>1838 or 1839 </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent died January 29, 1842.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate special election in Rhode Island">elected</a> February 18, 1842.<br />Whig 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:#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_Sprague_(Rhode_Island,_1799%E2%80%931856)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Sprague (Rhode Island, 1799–1856)">William Sprague</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_Hampshire_(special)">New Hampshire</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Wilcox" title="Leonard Wilcox">Leonard Wilcox</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1842 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent had been appointed March 1, 1842, to continue the term of <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Franklin Pierce</a> (D), who had resigned February 28, 1842.<br />Incumbent appointee <a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire">elected</a> in June 1842.<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/Leonard_Wilcox" title="Leonard Wilcox">Leonard Wilcox</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="#Vermont_(special)">Vermont</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_C._Crafts" title="Samuel C. Crafts">Samuel C. Crafts</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td>1842 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent had been appointed April 23, 1842, to continue the term of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Prentiss" title="Samuel Prentiss">Samuel Prentiss</a> (W), who had resigned April 11, 1842, to become judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Vermont" title="United States District Court for the District of Vermont">U.S. District Court of Vermont</a>.<br />Incumbent appointee <a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate special election in Vermont">elected</a> October 26, 1842.<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/Samuel_C._Crafts" title="Samuel C. Crafts">Samuel C. Crafts</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="#South_Carolina_(special,_Class_3)">South Carolina</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_C._Preston" title="William C. Preston">William C. Preston</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1833_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1833 United States Senate special election in South Carolina">1833 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate election in South Carolina">1837</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent resigned November 29, 1842.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate special election in South Carolina">elected</a> December 23, 1842.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/George_McDuffie" title="George McDuffie">George McDuffie</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Races_leading_to_the_28th_Congress">Races leading to the 28th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Races leading to the 28th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1843; ordered by state. </p><p>All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th rowspan="2">Results </th> <th rowspan="2">Candidates </th></tr> <tr> <th>Senator </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Electoral history </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#Alabama">Alabama</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_P._Bagby" title="Arthur P. Bagby">Arthur P. Bagby</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1841_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="1841 United States Senate special election in Alabama">1841 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate election in Alabama">re-elected</a> in 1842. </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. Bagby</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="#Arkansas">Arkansas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Hundley_Sevier" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambrose Hundley Sevier">Ambrose Sevier</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><br /><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate election in Arkansas">1837</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Arkansas">re-elected</a> in 1843. </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/Ambrose_Hundley_Sevier" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambrose Hundley Sevier">Ambrose Sevier</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">Connecticut</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Perry_Smith_(politician)" title="Perry Smith (politician)">Perry Smith</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate election in Connecticut">1837</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate election in Connecticut">elected</a> in 1842 but, due to ill health and a credentials challenge, was unable to serve until May 16, 1844; nevertheless, his term began March 4, 1843.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Niles" title="John Milton Niles">John M. Niles</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="#Georgia">Georgia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Cuthbert" title="Alfred Cuthbert">Alfred Cuthbert</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate special election in Georgia">1835 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate election in Georgia">1837</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Georgia">elected</a> in 1843.<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/Walter_T._Colquitt" title="Walter T. Colquitt">Walter T. Colquitt</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="#Illinois">Illinois</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Young" title="Richard M. Young">Richard M. Young</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate election in Illinois">1837</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Illinois">elected</a> in 1843.<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/Sidney_Breese" title="Sidney Breese">Sidney Breese</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="#Indiana">Indiana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliver_H._Smith" title="Oliver H. Smith">Oliver H. Smith</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate election in Indiana">1836</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate election in Indiana">elected</a> in 1842.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Edward_A._Hannegan" title="Edward A. Hannegan">Edward A. Hannegan</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/1816_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1816 United States Senate election in Kentucky">1816</a><br />1819 <span style="font-size:85%;">(resigned)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Kentucky">1835</a><br />1841 <span style="font-size:85%;">(retired)</span><br />1842 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span><br />? <small>(special)</small> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Kentucky">re-elected</a> January 7, 1843. </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_J._Crittenden" title="John J. Crittenden">John J. Crittenden</a></b> (Whig) 88 votes</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Mentor_Johnson" title="Richard Mentor Johnson">Richard Mentor Johnson</a> (Democratic) 43 votes<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></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#Louisiana">Louisiana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Magill_Conrad" title="Charles Magill Conrad">Charles M. Conrad</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td>1842 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Interim appointee lost election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Louisiana">elected</a> in 1843 but, due to ill health, did not take the seat.<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/Alexander_Porter" title="Alexander Porter">Alexander Porter</a></b> (Whig)</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Magill_Conrad" title="Charles Magill Conrad">Charles M. Conrad</a> (Whig)</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#Maryland">Maryland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Leeds_Kerr" title="John Leeds Kerr">John L. Kerr</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1841_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1841 United States Senate special election in Maryland">1841 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Maryland">elected</a> in 1843.<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_Pearce" title="James Pearce">James Pearce</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="#Missouri">Missouri</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_F._Linn" title="Lewis F. Linn">Lewis F. Linn</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1833 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span><br />? <small>(special)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate election in Missouri">1836</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate election in Missouri">re-elected</a> in 1842. </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/Lewis_F._Linn" title="Lewis F. Linn">Lewis F. Linn</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/Leonard_Wilcox" title="Leonard Wilcox">Leonard Wilcox</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1842 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire">1842 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">elected</a> in 1843.<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/Charles_G._Atherton" title="Charles G. Atherton">Charles G. Atherton</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_York">New York</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Silas_Wright_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Silas Wright Jr.">Silas Wright Jr.</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1833_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York" title="1833 United States Senate special election in New York">1833 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1837 United States Senate election in New York">1837</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1843 United States Senate election in New York">re-elected</a> February 7, 1843. </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/Silas_Wright_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Silas Wright Jr.">Silas Wright Jr.</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a> (Whig)</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_A._Collier" title="John A. Collier">John A. Collier</a> (Whig)</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Willis_Hall" title="Willis Hall">Willis Hall</a> (Whig)</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Patterson" title="George W. Patterson">George W. Patterson</a> (Whig)</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_A._Simmons" title="George A. Simmons">George A. Simmons</a> (Whig)</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Luther_Bradish" title="Luther Bradish">Luther Bradish</a> (Whig)</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gulian_C._Verplanck" title="Gulian C. Verplanck">Gulian C. Verplanck</a> (Whig)</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#North_Carolina">North Carolina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Graham" title="William Alexander Graham">William A. Graham</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 style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in North Carolina">elected</a> in 1843.<br /><b>Democratic gain.</b> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Haywood_Jr." title="William Henry Haywood Jr.">William H. Haywood Jr.</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#Ohio">Ohio</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Allen_(governor)" title="William Allen (governor)">William Allen</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate election in Ohio">1836</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate election in Ohio">re-elected</a> in 1842. </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_Allen_(governor)" title="William Allen (governor)">William Allen</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="#Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1834_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1834 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania">1834 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1836 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">1836</a> </td> <td>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1843 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">re-elected</a> in 1843. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a></b> (Democratic) 56.06%</li> <li><span style="color:#F0C862;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Banks_(U.S._politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Banks (U.S. politician)">John Banks</a> (Whig) 40.91%</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Brodhead" title="Richard Brodhead">Richard Brodhead</a> (Democratic) 0.76%</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Gibons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Gibons (page does not exist)">John Gibons</a> 0.76%</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="#South_Carolina_(Regular)">South Carolina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/George_McDuffie" title="George McDuffie">George McDuffie</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate special election in South Carolina">1842 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td>Incumbent re-elected in 1842 or 1843. </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/George_McDuffie" title="George McDuffie">George McDuffie</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="#Vermont">Vermont</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_C._Crafts" title="Samuel C. Crafts">Samuel C. Crafts</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States Senate special election in Vermont">1842 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#F3F1E7">Incumbent retired.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Vermont">elected</a> in 1843.<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/William_Upham" title="William Upham">William Upham</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="Elections_during_the_28th_Congress">Elections during the 28th Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elections during the 28th Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In these special elections, the winners were elected in 1843 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="#South_Carolina_(special,_Class_2)">South Carolina</a><br />(Class 2) </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><br /><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1840 United States Senate election in South Carolina">1840</a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent resigned March 3, 1843.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate special election in South Carolina">elected</a> March 4, 1843.<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/Daniel_Elliott_Huger" title="Daniel Elliott Huger">Daniel Elliott Huger</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_(special,_Class_1)">Tennessee</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_O._P._Nicholson" title="Alfred O. P. Nicholson">Alfred O. P. Nicholson</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1840 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Incumbent resigned February 7, 1842.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Tennessee" title="1843 United States Senate special elections in Tennessee">elected</a> October 17, 1843.<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/Ephraim_H._Foster" title="Ephraim H. Foster">Ephraim H. Foster</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,_Class_2)">Tennessee</a><br />(Class 2) </th> <td colspan="3">Vacant since 1841 </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Legislature had failed to elect since the 27th Congress.<br />New senator <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Tennessee" title="1843 United States Senate special elections in Tennessee">elected</a> October 17, 1843.<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/Spencer_Jarnagin" title="Spencer Jarnagin">Spencer Jarnagin</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_(special)">Maine</a><br />(Class 1) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Reuel_Williams" title="Reuel Williams">Reuel Williams</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate special election in Maine">1837 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span></a> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent resigned February 15, 1843.<br />Winner was <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate special election in Maine">elected</a> December 4, 1843.<br />Democratic hold. </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Fairfield" title="John Fairfield">John Fairfield</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="#Missouri_(special)">Missouri</a><br />(Class 3) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison" title="David Rice Atchison">David Rice Atchison</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td>1843 <span style="font-size:85%;">(appointed)</span> </td> <td style="background:#EEF6FF">Incumbent had been appointed October 14, 1843, when <a href="/wiki/Lewis_F._Linn" title="Lewis F. Linn">Lewis F. Linn</a> (D) had died October 3, 1843.<br />Incumbent was subsequently <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate special election in Missouri">elected</a> sometime in 1843 after October 14.<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/David_Rice_Atchison" title="David Rice Atchison">David Rice Atchison</a></b> (Democratic)</li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:85%;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Wikipedia:Cleanup (February 2020)">data missing</span></a></i>]</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Complete_list_of_races">Complete list of races</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Complete list of races"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maryland">Maryland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit 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You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1843 United States Senate election in Maryland</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1841_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1841 United States Senate special election in Maryland">1841</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; 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/1849_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States Senate election in Maryland">1849</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:James_Alfred_Pearce,_standing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/James_Alfred_Pearce%2C_standing.jpg/137px-James_Alfred_Pearce%2C_standing.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/James_Alfred_Pearce%2C_standing.jpg/206px-James_Alfred_Pearce%2C_standing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/James_Alfred_Pearce%2C_standing.jpg/275px-James_Alfred_Pearce%2C_standing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="707" /></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/James_Pearce" title="James Pearce">James Pearce</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/James_Pearce" title="James Pearce">James Pearce</a> won election by an unknown margin of votes, for the Class 3 seat.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York">New York</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: New York"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1843 United States Senate election in New York">1843 United States Senate election in New York</a></div> <p>The election was held February 7, 1843, by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Legislature" title="New York State Legislature">New York State Legislature</a>. Silas Wright Jr. had been elected in 1833 to this seat after the resignation of <a href="/wiki/William_L._Marcy" title="William L. Marcy">William L. Marcy</a>, and had been re-elected in 1837. Wright's term would expire on March 3, 1843. At the <a href="/wiki/1842_New_York_gubernatorial_election" title="1842 New York gubernatorial election">State election in November 1842</a>, Democrat <a href="/wiki/William_C._Bouck" title="William C. Bouck">William C. Bouck</a> was elected Governor, 92 Democrats and 36 Whigs were elected to the Assembly, and 8 Democrats and 1 Whig were elected to the State Senate. The <a href="/wiki/66th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="66th New York State Legislature">66th New York State Legislature</a> met from January 3 to April 18, 1843, at <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>. The incumbent U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Silas_Wright_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Silas Wright Jr.">Silas Wright Jr.</a> was re-nominated unanimously by a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> caucus on the eve of the election. Congressman <a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a> was the candidate of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Whig_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Whig Party">Whig Party</a>. Silas Wright Jr. was the choice of both the Assembly and the Senate, and was declared elected. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <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/Silas_Wright_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Silas Wright Jr.">Silas Wright Jr.</a></b> </td> <td>Democrat </td> <td align="right"><b>17</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>77</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a> </td> <td>Whig </td> <td align="right">6 </td> <td align="right">16 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_A._Collier" title="John A. Collier">John A. Collier</a> </td> <td>Whig </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Willis_Hall_(New_York_politician)" title="Willis Hall (New York politician)">Willis Hall</a> </td> <td>Whig </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Patterson" title="George W. Patterson">George W. Patterson</a> </td> <td>Whig </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_A._Simmons" title="George A. Simmons">George A. Simmons</a> </td> <td>Whig </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Luther_Bradish" title="Luther Bradish">Luther Bradish</a> </td> <td>Whig </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulian_C._Verplanck" title="Gulian C. Verplanck">Gulian C. Verplanck</a> </td> <td>Whig </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Wright continued in the U.S. Senate, and remained in office until November 1844 when he resigned after his election as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">Governor of New York</a>. <a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Foster" title="Henry A. Foster">Henry A. Foster</a> was appointed to fill the vacancy temporarily, but the State Legislature elected <a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Dix" title="John Adams Dix">John A. Dix</a> for the remainder of Wright's term. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Pennsylvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1843 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">1843 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania</a></div> <p>The election was held January 10, 1843. Future <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a> was re-elected by the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania General Assembly</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-results_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">Senate</a>, convened on January 10, 1843, to elect a new Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1843. Incumbent <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a>, who was elected in <a href="/wiki/1834_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1834 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania">1834</a> and re-elected in <a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1836 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">1836</a>, was a successful candidate for re-election to another term. 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_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a></b> (Incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>74</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>56.06</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/John_Banks_(U.S._politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Banks (U.S. politician)">John Banks</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">54 </td> <td style="text-align:right">40.91 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Brodhead" title="Richard Brodhead">Richard Brodhead</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.76 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><i>Unknown</i> </td> <td class="fn">John Gibons </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.76 </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;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.52 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="3" align="right"><b>Totals</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>132</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennessee">Tennessee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842%E2%80%9343_United_States_Senate_elections&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Tennessee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Tennessee" title="1843 United States Senate special elections in Tennessee">1843 United States Senate special elections in Tennessee</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1841_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" title="1841 United States Senate election in Tennessee">1841</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Jarnagin" title="Spencer Jarnagin">Spencer Jarnagin</a> was nominated for U.S. Senator by the Whig caucus in the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_General_Assembly" title="Tennessee General Assembly">Tennessee General Assembly</a>. However, some of the Democrats in the legislature decided that no Senator would be preferable to a Whig. Known as the "Immortal Thirteen" by Tennessee Democrats, they refused to allow a quorum on the issue. By the time Jarnagin was eventually elected to the seat and sworn in, over two and half years, almost half of the term, had elapsed. 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States Senate elections">1802–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804%E2%80%9305_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1804–05 United States Senate elections">1804–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1806%E2%80%9307_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1806–07 United States Senate elections">1806–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1808%E2%80%9309_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1808–09 United States Senate elections">1808–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810%E2%80%9311_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1810–11 United States Senate elections">1810–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812%E2%80%9313_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1812–13 United States Senate elections">1812–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814%E2%80%9315_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1814–15 United States Senate elections">1814–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816%E2%80%9317_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1816–17 United States Senate elections">1816–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818%E2%80%9319_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1818–19 United States Senate elections">1818–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820%E2%80%9321_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1820–21 United States Senate elections">1820–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822%E2%80%9323_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1822–23 United States Senate elections">1822–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824%E2%80%9325_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1824–25 United States Senate elections">1824–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826%E2%80%9327_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1826–27 United States Senate elections">1826–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828%E2%80%9329_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1828–29 United States Senate elections">1828–29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830%E2%80%9331_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1830–31 United States Senate elections">1830–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832%E2%80%9333_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1832–33 United States Senate elections">1832–33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834%E2%80%9335_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1834–35 United States Senate elections">1834–35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836%E2%80%9337_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1836–37 United States Senate elections">1836–37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838%E2%80%9339_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1838–39 United States Senate elections">1838–39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840%E2%80%9341_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1840–41 United States Senate elections">1840–41</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1842–43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844%E2%80%9345_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1844–45 United States Senate elections">1844–45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846%E2%80%9347_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1846–47 United States Senate elections">1846–47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848%E2%80%9349_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1848–49 United States Senate elections">1848–49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850%E2%80%9351_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1850–51 United States Senate elections">1850–51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852%E2%80%9353_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1852–53 United States Senate elections">1852–53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854%E2%80%9355_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1854–55 United States Senate elections">1854–55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856%E2%80%9357_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1856–57 United States Senate elections">1856–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858%E2%80%9359_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1858–59 United States Senate elections">1858–59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860%E2%80%9361_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1860–61 United States Senate elections">1860–61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862%E2%80%9363_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1862–63 United States Senate elections">1862–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864%E2%80%9365_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1864–65 United States Senate elections">1864–65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866%E2%80%9367_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1866–67 United States Senate elections">1866–67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868%E2%80%9369_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1868–69 United States Senate elections">1868–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870%E2%80%9371_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1870–71 United States Senate elections">1870–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872%E2%80%9373_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1872–73 United States Senate elections">1872–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874%E2%80%9375_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1874–75 United States Senate elections">1874–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876%E2%80%9377_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1876–77 United States Senate elections">1876–77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878%E2%80%9379_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1878–79 United States Senate elections">1878–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880%E2%80%9381_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1880–81 United States Senate elections">1880–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882%E2%80%9383_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1882–83 United States Senate elections">1882–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884%E2%80%9385_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1884–85 United States Senate elections">1884–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1886–87 United States Senate elections">1886–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1888–89 United States Senate elections">1888–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890%E2%80%9391_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1890–91 United States Senate elections">1890–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1892–93 United States Senate elections">1892–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1894–95 United States Senate elections">1894–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1896–97 United States Senate elections">1896–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1898–99 United States Senate elections">1898–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1900–01 United States Senate elections">1900–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1902–03 United States Senate elections">1902–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1904–05 United States Senate elections">1904–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1906–07 United States Senate elections">1906–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1908–09 United States Senate elections">1908–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1910–11 United States Senate elections">1910–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1912–13 United States Senate elections">1912–13</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_(1914%E2%80%93present)" title="List of United States Senate elections (1914–present)">1914–present</a><br /><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">popular election</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regulars<br />and<br />even-year<br />specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1914 United States Senate elections">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1916 United States Senate elections">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1918 United States Senate elections">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1920 United States Senate elections">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1922 United States Senate elections">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1924 United States Senate elections">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1926 United States Senate elections">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1928 United States Senate elections">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1930 United States Senate elections">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1932 United States Senate elections">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1934 United States Senate elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1936 United States Senate elections">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1938 United States Senate elections">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1940 United States Senate elections">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1942 United States Senate elections">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1944 United States Senate elections">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1946 United States Senate elections">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1948 United States Senate elections">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1950 United States Senate elections">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1952 United States Senate elections">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1954 United States Senate elections">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1956 United States Senate elections">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1958 United States Senate elections">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1960 United States Senate elections">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1962 United States Senate elections">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1964 United States Senate elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1966 United States Senate elections">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1968 United States Senate elections">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1970 United States Senate elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1972 United States Senate elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1974 United States Senate elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1976 United States Senate elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1978 United States Senate elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1980 United States Senate elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1982 United States Senate elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1984 United States Senate elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1986 United States Senate elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1988 United States Senate elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1990 United States Senate elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1992 United States Senate elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1994 United States Senate elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1996 United States Senate elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1998 United States Senate elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2000 United States Senate elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2002 United States Senate elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2004 United States Senate elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2006 United States Senate elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2008 United States Senate elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2010 United States Senate elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2012 United States Senate elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2014 United States Senate elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2016 United States Senate elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2018 United States Senate elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2020 United States Senate elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2022 United States Senate elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2024 United States Senate elections">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2026 United States Senate elections">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2028 United States Senate elections">2028</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Odd-year<br />specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Mexico" title="1921 United States Senate special election in New Mexico">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1923 United States Senate elections">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1925 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Vermont" title="1931 United States Senate special election in Vermont">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" title="1933 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Arkansas" title="1937 United States Senate special election in Arkansas">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1941 United States Senate elections">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi" title="1947 United States Senate special election in Mississippi">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_York" title="1949 United States Senate special election in New York">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1957 United States Senate elections">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Hawaii" title="1959 United States Senate elections in Hawaii">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Texas" title="1961 United States Senate special election in Texas">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_United_States_Senate_elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="1974–75 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Washington" title="1983 United States Senate special election in Washington">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="1991 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Texas" title="1993 United States Senate special election in Texas">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2013 United States Senate elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama" title="2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Georgia" title="2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_special_elections_to_the_United_States_Senate" title="List of special elections to the United States Senate">List of all specials</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elections by state</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alabama" title="List of United States Senate elections in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Alaska" title="List of United States Senate elections in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Arizona&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Arizona (page does not exist)">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Arkansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Arkansas (page does not exist)">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_California" title="List of United States Senate elections in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Colorado" title="List of United States Senate elections in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Connecticut&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Connecticut (page does not exist)">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Delaware" title="List of United States Senate elections in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="United States Senate elections in the District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Florida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Florida (page does not exist)">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Georgia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Georgia (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Hawaii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Hawaii (page does not exist)">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Idaho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Idaho (page does not exist)">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Illinois (page does not exist)">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Indiana" title="United States Senate elections in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Iowa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Iowa (page does not exist)">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Kansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Kansas (page does not exist)">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Kentucky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Kentucky (page does not exist)">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of United States Senate elections in Louisiana (page does not exist)">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a 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