1836–37 United States Senate elections

1836–37 United States Senate elections
Dates vary by state
17 of the 52 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections)
27 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Democratic Whig Nullifier
Last election 22 24 2
Seats before 31 19 2
Seats won 12 5 0
Seats after 34 17 1
Seat change 3 2 1
Seats up 9 7 1
Results:
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Whig hold
Majority Party before election


Jacksonian

 Elected Majority Party


Democratic

The 1836–37 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 1836 and 1837, 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.

In this election cycle, the Jacksonian coalition emerged as the Democratic Party, and the Adams, or Anti-Jackson, coalition emerged as the Whig Party.

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