1794–95 United States Senate elections

1794–95 United States Senate elections
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 Federalist Democratic-Republican
Seats before 16
(as Pro-Administration)		 13
(as Anti-Administration)
Seats after 19 10
Seat change 3 3
Seats up 5
(as Pro-Administration)		 5
(as Anti-Administration)
Races won 8 2

     Federalist hold      Federalist gain
     Democratic-Republican hold
Majority Faction before election


Pro-Administration

 Elected Majority Faction


Federalist

The 1794–95 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1794 and 1795, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 3.

This was the first election cycle with organized political parties in the United States, with the Federalist Party emerging from the Pro Administration coalition, and the Democratic-Republican Party emerging from the Anti-Administration coalition.

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