The United States Senate election of 1810 was an election which had the Democratic-Republican Party increase its overwhelming control of the Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 to a five-sixths majority by gaining three additional Senators.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment

Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. The amendment supersedes Article I, § 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures...

, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Results

12th Congress

12th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :During this congress, one new House seat was added for the new state of Louisiana.- Senate :*President: George Clinton *President pro tempore: William H. Crawford -House of Representatives:*Speaker: Henry Clay...

 (1811–1813)

• Majority Party: Democratic-Republican (30)

• Minority Party: Federalist (6)

• Other Parties: 0

• Total Seats: 36

Senate composition before and after elections

EWLINE Senate composition at the end of the 11th Congress 11th United States Congress - House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: George Clinton * President pro tempore:** John Milledge ** Andrew Gregg , elected June 26, 1809** John Gaillard , elected February 28, 1810... DR1 DR8   DR18 F7 DR2 DR8 DR19 F6 DR3 DR10 DR20 F5 DR4 DR11 DR21 F4 DR5 DR12 DR22 F3 DR6 DR13 DR23 F2 DR7 DR14 DR24 F1   DR15 DR25   DR16 DR26 DR17 DR27

EWLINE Senate composition at the beginning of the 12th Congress 12th United States Congress - House of Representatives :During this congress, one new House seat was added for the new state of Louisiana.- Senate :*President: George Clinton *President pro tempore: William H. Crawford -House of Representatives:*Speaker: Henry Clay... DR1 DR8   DR18 V DR2 DR8 DR19 F6 DR3 DR10 DR20 F5 DR4 DR11 DR21 F4 DR5 DR12 DR22 F3 DR6 DR13 DR23 F2 DR7 DR14 DR24 F1   DR15 DR25   DR16 DR26 DR17 DR27

Key:
	DR = Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...
	F = Federalist Federalist Party (United States) The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801...
	V = Vacant
	[Bracketed] seat changed parties