1792–93 United States Senate elections

Senate 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 ==

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. Virginia's elections are considered a single race here. Before the elections After the June 1792 admission of Kentucky. Results of the election === Beginning of the next Congress === 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. == Race summaries ==

Elections during the 2nd Congress In these elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1793; ordered by election date. Races leading to the 3rd Congress In these regular elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1793; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats. Election in 1793 during the 3rd Congress In this special election, the winner was seated after March 4, 1793, the beginning of the next Congress. == Connecticut (special) ==

One-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. == Kentucky ==

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. == Maryland (special) ==

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. == Massachusetts ==

Incumbent 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. == New Jersey ==

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) ==

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. 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. == Rhode Island ==

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 Regular ==See also==