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.
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.[1]
Incumbent John Brown, who had previously been elected in a special election was easily reelected with no opposition and 100% of votes from the legislators.
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Richard Potts won election to fill the seat vacated by Charles Carroll over Josh Hoskins Stone by a margin of 21.84%, or 19 votes, for the Class 1 seat.[11]
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Pro-Administration Samuel Johnston lost re-election to Anti-Administration Alexander Martin for the class 2 seat. The other senator, Benjamin Hawkins, switched his support from Pro- to Anti-Administration.
There was a special election on February 28, 1793 for the Class 1 seat from Pennsylvania. Incumbent William Maclay's term had ended on March 3, 1791, but the legislature failed to elect a successor due to a disagreement on the procedure to be followed in the election.
Upon agreement between the two houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Senate, regarding the procedure to elect a new Senator, an election was finally held on February 28, 1793. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:
On February 28, 1794, the Senate determined that Gallatin did not satisfy the citizenship requirement for service and he was removed from office. He later went on to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Gallatin was replaced in the Senate by a special election in 1794.[13]
Anti-Administration senator Richard Henry Lee resigned October 8, 1792, just before the March 3, 1793 end of term. Anti-administration John Taylor of Caroline was elected October 18, 1792 to finish Lee's term and then re-elected in 1793 to the next term.
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^"Pennsylvania 1793 U.S. Senate". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives. Retrieved January 24, 2018. (referencing The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). March 6, 1793)
^"Georgia 1792 U.S. Senate". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives. Retrieved January 24, 2018. (referencing The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State (Augusta, GA). December 1, 1792.)
^"Kentucky 1792 U.S. Senate". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives. Retrieved January 24, 2018. (referencing The Mirrour (Concord, NH). January 28, 1793.; Election of United States Senators by the General Assembly (typed manuscript). Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort.)
^"New Hampshire 1792 U.S. Senate". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives. Retrieved January 24, 2018. (referencing Osborne's Newhampshire Spy (Portsmouth, NH). June 23, 1792.)
^"North Carolina 1792 U.S. Senate". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives. Retrieved January 24, 2018. (referencing Legislative Papers. State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.; Legislative Papers 1792 Box 119. State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.)
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The 1792 93 United States Senate elections were elections of United States senators that coincided with President George Washington s unanimous re election In these elections terms were up for the ten senators in class 2 1792 93 United States Senate elections 1790 amp 1791 Dates vary by state 1794 amp 1795 10 of the 30 seats in the United States Senate as well as special elections 16 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Party Pro Administration Anti AdministrationLast election 16 seats 9Seats before 17 10Seats after 18 11Seat change 1 1Seats up 4 6Races won 5 5Results Pro Administration hold Pro Administration gain Anti Administration hold Anti Administration gainMajority Faction before electionPro Administration Elected Majority Faction Pro AdministrationFormal 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 Contents 1 Results summary 2 Change in composition 2 1 Before the elections 2 2 Results of the election 2 3 Beginning of the next Congress 3 Race summaries 3 1 Elections during the 2nd Congress 3 2 Races leading to the 3rd Congress 3 3 Election in 1793 during the 3rd Congress 4 Connecticut Special 5 Delaware 6 Georgia 7 Kentucky 8 Maryland Special 9 Massachusetts 10 New Hampshire 11 New Jersey 12 North Carolina 13 Pennsylvania Special 14 Rhode Island 15 South Carolina 16 Virginia 16 1 Special 16 2 Regular 17 See also 18 References 19 External linksResults summary EditSenate party division 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 composition EditNote 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 1 Virginia s elections are considered a single race here Before the elections Edit After the June 1792 admission of Kentucky A5 A4 A3 A2 A1A6 A7Ga Ran A8Ky Ran A9N H Ran A10R I Unknown A11S C Ran A12Va Resigned Ran V1Pa P15N C Ran P17N J RetiredMajority P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P16Del Unknown P13Md sp Resigned P14Mass RanP5 P4 P3 P2 P1Results of the election Edit A5 A4 A3 A2 A1A6 A7Ga Hold A8Ky Re elected A9N C Gain A10S C Re elected A11Va Ran Re elected V1Pa P18R I Gain P16N J Hold P17N H GainMajority P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P15Del Hold P13Md sp Hold P14Mass Re electedP5 P4 P3 P2 P1Beginning of the next Congress Edit Two Pro Administration senators Benjamin Hawkins of North Carolina and John Langdon of New Hampshire changed to Anti Administration The vacant seat in Pennsylvania was filled February 28 1793 by an Anti Administration senator A5 A4 A3 A2 A1A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12N H cl 1 Changed A13N C cl 3 Changed A14Pa Late P16Majority P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15P5 P4 P3 P2 P1Key A Anti AdministrationP Pro AdministrationV VacantRace summaries EditExcept if when noted the number following candidates is the whole number vote s not a percentage Elections during the 2nd Congress Edit In these elections the winner was seated before March 4 1793 ordered by election date State Incumbent Results CandidatesSenator Party First electedKentucky Class 2 New seat Kentucky was admitted to the Union June 1 1792 Winner elected June 18 1792 Anti Administration gain Y John Brown Anti Administration 100 data unknown missing 2 Kentucky Class 3 New seat Kentucky was admitted to the Union June 1 1792 Winner elected June 18 1792 Anti Administration gain Y John Edwards Anti Administration data unknown missing Virginia Class 2 Richard Henry Lee Anti Administration 1788 Incumbent resigned October 8 1792 Winner elected October 18 1792 Anti Administration hold Y John Taylor Anti Administration 90 Arthur Lee 39 Francis Corbin 33 3 Maryland Class 1 Charles Carroll Pro Administration 1788 Incumbent resigned November 30 1792 Winner elected January 10 1793 Pro Administration hold Y Richard Potts Pro Administration data unknown missing Pennsylvania Class 1 Vacant Legislature had failed to elect in 1791 1792 leaving the seat vacant Winner elected February 28 1793 Anti Administration gain Y Albert Gallatin Anti Administration 45 Henry Miller Pro Administration 35 Arthur St Clair Anti Administration 1 William Irvine Anti Administration 1 4 Races leading to the 3rd Congress Edit In these regular elections the winner was seated on March 4 1793 ordered by state All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats State Incumbent Results CandidatesSenator Party First electedDelaware Richard Bassett Pro Administration 1788 Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re election Winner elected in 1793 Pro Administration hold Y John Vining Pro Administration data unknown missing Georgia William Few Anti Administration 1789 Incumbent lost re election Winner elected in 1793 Anti Administration hold Y James Jackson Anti Administration 35 William Few 5 George Mathews 1 5 Kentucky John Brown Anti Administration 1792 New state Incumbent re elected December 11 1792 Y John Brown Anti Administration Unopposed 6 Massachusetts Caleb Strong Pro Administration 1788 Incumbent re elected in 1793 Y Caleb Strong Pro Administration data unknown missing New Hampshire Paine Wingate Anti Administration 1788 Incumbent lost re election Winner elected in 1792 Pro Administration gain Y Samuel Livermore Pro Administration 52 Paine Wingate Federalist 28 Nathaniel Peabody 8 Abiel Foster Federalist 1 7 New Jersey Philemon Dickinson Pro Administration 1790 Special Incumbent retired Winner s election date unknown Pro Administration hold Y Frederick Frelinghuysen Pro Administration data unknown missing North Carolina Samuel Johnston Pro Administration 1789 Incumbent lost re election Winner elected in 1792 8 Anti Administration gain Y Alexander Martin Anti Administration 42 John Leigh 34 Thomas Blount 31 John Steele 31 Gaiter 28 Samuel Johnston Pro Administration 1 William Lenoir 1 Alfred Moore 1 Richard Dobbs Spaight 1 Willie Jones 0Rhode Island Joseph Stanton Jr Anti Administration 1790 Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re election Winner elected in 1793 Pro Administration gain Y William Bradford Pro Administration data unknown missing South Carolina Pierce Butler Anti Administration 1789 Incumbent re elected December 5 1792 Y Pierce Butler Anti Administration 118 Charles Pinckney 8 Zachariah Horskins 2 John Little Ward 2 John Baxter 1 John E Colhoun 1 Adam C Jones 1 Jacob Read Federalist 1 9 Virginia John Taylor Anti Administration 1792 Special Incumbent re elected in 1793 Y John Taylor Anti Administration data unknown missing Election in 1793 during the 3rd Congress Edit In this special election the winner was seated after March 4 1793 the beginning of the next Congress State Incumbent Results CandidatesSenator Party First electedConnecticut Class 3 Roger Sherman Pro Administration 1791 Special Incumbent died July 23 1793 Winner elected December 2 1793 Pro Administration hold Y Stephen Mitchell Pro Administration data unknown missing Connecticut Special EditSee also List of United States senators from Connecticut This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 Delaware EditSee also List of United States senators from Delaware This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 Georgia EditSee also List of United States senators from Georgia1792 1793 United States Senate election in Georgia 1789 1792 1793 1796 special Majority party Minority party Candidate James Jackson William FewParty Anti Federalist Anti FederalistLegislative vote 35 5Percentage 85 4 12 2 U S senator before electionWilliam FewAnti Administration Elected U S senator James JacksonAnti AdministrationOne term Anti Federalist William Few was defeated by fellow Anti Federalist James Jackson Jackson won 24 votes in the Georgia House of Representatives and 11 in the State Senate for a combined total of 35 Few won 3 in the House and 2 in the Senate for a combined total of 5 Jackson took office as a member of the 3rd United States Congress on March 4 1793 He would later resign in 1795 to run for his state s legislature United States Senate election in Georgia 1792 93 10 Party Candidate Votes in the House Votes in the Senate Total Anti Federalist James Jackson 24 11 35 85 4 Anti Federalist William Few incumbent 3 2 5 12 2 Anti Federalist George Mathews 1 1 2 4 This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 Kentucky EditSee also List of United States senators from Kentucky1792 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1792 special December 11 1792 1798 Majority party Candidate John BrownParty Anti FederalistLegislative vote Unanimous exact total unknown Percentage 100 U S senator before electionJohn BrownAnti Administration Elected U S Senator John BrownAnti AdministrationIncumbent John Brown who had previously been elected in a special election was easily reelected with no opposition and 100 of votes from the legislators This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 Maryland Special EditSee also List of United States senators from Maryland This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it November 2022 1793 United States Senate special election in Maryland 1790 December 6 1792 1796 80 members of the Maryland General Assembly Candidate Richard Potts Josh Hoskins StoneParty Federalist FederalistLegislative vote 53 34Percentage 60 92 39 08 Richard Potts won election to fill the seat vacated by Charles Carroll over Josh Hoskins Stone by a margin of 21 84 or 19 votes for the Class 1 seat 11 Massachusetts EditSee also List of United States senators from Massachusetts This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 New Hampshire EditSee also List of United States senators from New Hampshire1792 United States Senate election in New Hampshire 1788 1792 1798 Majority party Minority party Third party Candidate Samuel Livermore Paine Wingate Nathaniel PeabodyParty Federalist Anti Federalist IndependentLegislative vote 52 28 8Percentage 58 4 31 5 9 U S senator before electionPaine WingateAnti Administration Elected U S Senator Samuel LivermoreFederalistIncumbent U S Senator Paine Wingate was not reelected The New Hampshire General Court instead elected Federalist Samuel Livermore a U S Representative to the seat Livermore like his fellow senator John Langdon would go on to serve as President Pro Tempore during this term This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 New Jersey EditSee also List of United States senators from New Jersey This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 North Carolina EditSee also List of United States senators from North Carolina This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 Pro Administration Samuel Johnston lost re election to Anti Administration Alexander Martin for the class 2 seat The other senator Benjamin Hawkins switched his support from Pro to Anti Administration Pennsylvania Special EditMain article 1793 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania See also List of United States senators from Pennsylvania There was a special election on February 28 1793 for the Class 1 seat from Pennsylvania Incumbent William Maclay s term had ended on March 3 1791 but the legislature failed to elect a successor due to a disagreement on the procedure to be followed in the election The seat remained vacant until Albert Gallatin was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the seat during this election 12 Upon agreement between the two houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly the House of Representatives and the Senate regarding the procedure to elect a new Senator an election was finally held on February 28 1793 The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows State Legislature Results 12 Party Candidate Votes Anti Administration Albert Gallatin 45 51 72 Pro Administration Henry Miller 35 40 23 Pro Administration Arthur St Clair 1 1 15 Pro Administration William Irvine 1 1 15 N A Not voting 5 5 75 Total votes 87 100 On February 28 1794 the Senate determined that Gallatin did not satisfy the citizenship requirement for service and he was removed from office He later went on to serve in the U S House of Representatives Gallatin was replaced in the Senate by a special election in 1794 13 Rhode Island EditSee also List of United States senators from Rhode Island This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 South Carolina EditSee also List of United States senators from South Carolina This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 Virginia EditSee also List of United States senators from Virginia and 1793 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia Anti Administration senator Richard Henry Lee resigned October 8 1792 just before the March 3 1793 end of term Anti administration John Taylor of Caroline was elected October 18 1792 to finish Lee s term and then re elected in 1793 to the next term Special Edit Virginia special election 14 Candidate Votes John Taylor of Caroline 90 55 6Arthur Lee 39 24 1Francis Corbin 33 20 4Regular Edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2019 See also Edit1792 United States elections 1792 United States presidential election 1792 93 United States House of Representatives elections 2nd United States Congress 3rd United States CongressReferences Edit Martis Kenneth C The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress A New Nation Votes elections lib tufts edu Retrieved 2021 03 10 Virginia 1792 U S Senate Special A New Nation Votes American Election Returns 1787 1825 Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives Retrieved January 24 2018 referencing Mattern David B J C A Stagg Jeanne K Cross and Susan Holbrook Perdue ed The Papers of James Madison Congressional Series Vol 14 Charlottesville VA University of Virginia Press 1983 392 Pennsylvania 1793 U S Senate A New Nation Votes American Election Returns 1787 1825 Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives Retrieved January 24 2018 referencing The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser Philadelphia PA March 6 1793 Georgia 1792 U S Senate A New Nation Votes American Election Returns 1787 1825 Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives Retrieved January 24 2018 referencing The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State Augusta GA December 1 1792 Kentucky 1792 U S Senate A New Nation Votes American Election Returns 1787 1825 Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives Retrieved January 24 2018 referencing The Mirrour Concord NH January 28 1793 Election of United States Senators by the General Assembly typed manuscript Kentucky Historical Society Frankfort New Hampshire 1792 U S Senate A New Nation Votes American Election Returns 1787 1825 Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives Retrieved January 24 2018 referencing Osborne s Newhampshire Spy Portsmouth NH June 23 1792 North Carolina 1792 U S Senate A New Nation Votes American Election Returns 1787 1825 Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives Retrieved January 24 2018 referencing Legislative Papers State Archives of North Carolina Raleigh Legislative Papers 1792 Box 119 State Archives of North Carolina Raleigh South Carolina 1792 U S Senate A New Nation Votes American Election Returns 1787 1825 Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives Retrieved January 24 2018 referencing Rough House Journals A New Nation Votes elections lib tufts edu Retrieved 2021 03 10 Our Campaigns MD US Senate Race Dec 06 1792 www ourcampaigns com Retrieved 2022 11 04 a b U S Senate Election 28 February 1793 PDF Wilkes University Retrieved December 21 2012 GALLATIN Albert 1761 1849 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved December 21 2012 Virginia 1792 U S Senate Special A New Nation Votes American Election Returns 1787 1825 Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives Retrieved January 24 2018 referencing Mattern David B J C A Stagg Jeanne K Cross and Susan Holbrook Perdue ed The Papers of James Madison Congressional Series Vol 14 Charlottesville VA University of Virginia Press 1983 392 External links EditParty Division in the Senate 1789 present via Senate gov Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1792 93 United States Senate elections amp oldid 1136710994 South Carolina, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
