1850–51 United States Senate elections

The United States Senate election of 1850 was an election which had the Democratic Party gain one seat in the United States Senate.

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

Senate Party Division, 32rd Congress (1851-1853)

• Majority Party: Democratic (36)

• Minority Party: Whig Party (23)

• Other Parties: Free Soiler (3)

• Total Seats: 62

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections 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 F F W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W

Beginning of the next Congress 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 F F F F V V V W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W

Key:	D = Democratic F = Free Soil W = Whig V = Vacant	Majority divider

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1850

References

• Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov