United States Senate elections, 1850

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

United States Senate elections, 1850

1850

Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Democratic Whig Free Soil Last election 35 seats 25 seats 2 seats Seats won 36 23 3 Seat change 1 2 1

Majority Party before election Democratic Party Elected Majority Party Democratic Party

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

Senate Party Division, 32nd 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 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 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 D D D F 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

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