United States Senate elections, 1792 and 1793

United States Senate elections, 1792 and 1793

Dates vary by state
10 of the 30 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Last election 16 (64.0%) 9 (46.0%) Seats before 17 (63.0%) 10 (37.0%) Seats won 18 (62.1%) 11 (37.9%) Seat change 1 1 Seats up 4 6
Majority faction before election Pro-Administration Elected Majority faction Pro-Administration

The United States Senate elections of 1792 and 1793 were the third elections of United States Senators, coinciding with President George Washington's unanimous re-election. In these elections, terms were up for the ten senators in class 2.

As of these elections, formal organized political parties had yet to form in the United States, but two political factions were present: The coalition of Senators who supported George Washington's administration were known as the Pro-Administration Party, and the Senators against him as the Anti-Administration Party.

As these elections were prior to ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Results summary

3rd Congress (1793–1795)

• Majority Party: Pro-Administration Party (16)
• Minority Party: Anti-Administration Party (13)
• Other Parties: 0
• Total Seats: 30
• Vacant: 1 (later filled by Pro-Administration)

Change in Senate composition

Note: There were no political parties in this Congress. Members are informally grouped into factions of similar interest, based on an analysis of their voting record.

Before the elections

During the 2nd Congress, new Senate seats were added for the new states of Vermont and Kentucky. (Sess. 3, ch. 9, 1 Stat. 191) Vermont's elections were in 1791 and are indicated here as Senators before the 1792/93 elections. Kentucky's elections were on June 18, 1792 and are indicated here as new seats "Before the elections."

A2	A1	V1	Template:Party shading/Active |
A3	A4	A5	A6	A7	A8	A9	A10	P17	P16
Majority →
P6	P7	P8	P9	P10	P11	P12	P13	P14	P15
P5	P4	P3	P2	P1

Results of the election

A4	A3	A2	A1	V1
A5	A6+	A7+	A8	A9	A10	A11	P18	P17	P16
Majority →
P6	P7	P8	P9	P10	P11	P12	P13	P14	P15
P5	P4	P3	P2	P1

Beginning of the next Congress

A4	A3	A2	A1	V1
A5	A6	A7	A8	A9	A10	A11	A12	A13	P16
Majority →
P6	P7	P8	P9	P10	P11	P12	P13	P14	P15
P5	P4	P3	P2	P1

Key:	A# Anti-Administration P# Pro-Administration V# Vacant

Race summaries

Bold state names indicate a link to a separate election article.

Special elections during the 2nd Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1793; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Kentucky	New seat			Elected June 18, 1792 to finish term ending March 4, 1793. Anti-Administration gain	√ John Brown (Anti-Administration)
Kentucky (Class 3)	New seat			Elected June 18, 1792 to finish term ending March 4, 1795. Anti-Administration gain	√ John Edwards (Anti-Administration)
Virginia (Special)	Richard Henry Lee	Anti-Administration	1788	Incumbent resigned October 8, 1792. Winner elected October 18, 1792 to finish term ending March 4, 1793. Anti-Administration hold	√ John Taylor (Anti-Administration)
Maryland (Special: Class 1)	Charles Carroll	Pro-Administration	1789	Incumbent resigned November 30, 1792. Successor elected January 10, 1793 to finish term ending March 4, 1797. Pro-Administration hold	√ Richard Potts (Pro-Administration)
Pennsylvania (Special: Class 1)	Vacant			Legislature had failed to elect in 1791-1792, leaving the seat vacant. Successor elected February 28, 1793 to finish term ending March 4, 1797. Anti-Administration gain	√ Albert Gallatin (Anti-Administration) Henry Miller (Pro-Administration) Arthur St. Clair (Anti-Administration) William Irvine (Anti-Administration)

Races leading to the 3rd Congress

In these general elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1793; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Delaware	Richard Bassett	Pro-Administration	1788	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration hold	√ John Vining (Pro-Administration)
Georgia	William Few	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent retired. Anti-Administration hold	√ James Jackson (Anti-Administration)
Kentucky	John Brown	Anti-Administration	1792 (New state)	Incumbent re-elected December 11, 1792.	√ John Brown (Anti-Administration)
Massachusetts	Caleb Strong	Pro-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected in 1793.	√ Caleb Strong (Pro-Administration)
New Hampshire	Paine Wingate	Anti-Administration	1788	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration gain	√ Samuel Livermore (Pro-Administration)
New Jersey	Philemon Dickinson	Pro-Administration	1790 (Special)	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration hold	√ Frederick Frelinghuysen (Pro-Administration)
North Carolina	Samuel Johnston	Pro-Administration	1789	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Anti-Administration gain	√ Alexander Martin (Anti-Administration)
Rhode Island	Joseph Stanton, Jr.	Anti-Administration	1790	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Pro-Administration gain	√ William Bradford (Pro-Administration)
South Carolina	Pierce Butler	Anti-Administration	1789	Incumbent re-elected December 5, 1792	√ Pierce Butler (Anti-Administration)
Virginia	John Taylor	Anti-Administration	1792 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1793.	√ John Taylor (Anti-Administration)

Special elections in 1793 during the 3rd Congress

In this special election, the winner was seated after March 4, 1793, the beginning of the next Congress.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Connecticut (Special: Class 3)	Roger Sherman	Pro-Administration	1791 (Special)	Incumbent died July 23, 1793. Successor elected December 2, 1793 to finish term ending March 4, 1795. Pro-Administration hold	√ Stephen Mitchell (Pro-Administration)

See also

• United States presidential election, 1792
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1792
• 3rd United States Congress

External links

• Party Division in the Senate, 1789–present via Senate.gov