United States Senate elections, 1836

The United States Senate election of 1836 was an election which had the Jacksonian coalition emerge as the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

, with the Adams, or Anti-Jackson, coalition emerge as the Whig Party

Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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

25th Congress

25th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Richard Mentor Johnson * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James K. Polk -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

(1837–1839)

Majority Party: Democratic (35)
Minority Party: Whig (17)
Other Parties: (0)
Total Seats: 52

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections
J	J	J	J	J	J
J	J	J	J	J	J	J	J	J	J
J	J	J	J	J	J	J	J	J	J
J
J	J	J	J	J	N	N	A	A	A
A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
A	A	A	A	A	A

In the next Congress 25th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Richard Mentor Johnson * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James K. Polk -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W
W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
W	W	W	W	W	W

Key:

A	=Anti-Jacksonian
D	=Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
J	=Jacksonian
N	=Nullifier
W	=Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

Majority

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Results

Change in Senate composition

See also