1798–99 United States Senate elections

Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1798 and 1799, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.They occurred in the middle of President John Adams's administration, and had no net change in political control of the Senate.Senate party division, 6th Congress (1799–1801) After the January 19, 1798, election in Delaware.In these regular elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1799; ordered by state.In this special election, the winner was seated after March 4, 1799, the beginning of the next Congress.
1796 & 17971800 & 1801United States SenateFederalistDemocratic-RepublicanU.S. SenateSeventeenth Amendmentstate legislatureslegislative deadlockClass 2John Adams6th CongressNew YorkPhilip SchuylerelectedJohn Sloss HobartJohn ArmstrongJames WatsonDelawareJohn ViningJoshua ClaytonJames SykesWilliam NorthSouth CarolinaJohn Hunter1796 (special)Charles PinckneyTennesseeDaniel SmithJoseph AndersonWilliam CockeAndrew JacksonJohn OvertonWilliam H. WellsNew JerseyFranklin DavenportJames SchuremanThomas HendersonPhilemon DickinsonJonathan ElmerGeorgiaJosiah TattnallAbraham BaldwinThomas P. CarnesKentuckyJohn Brownre-electedBenjamin LoganStephen OrmsbyMassachusettsTheodore Sedgwickrun for the U.S. House of RepresentativesSamuel DexterNew HampshireSamuel LivermoreRichard StocktonJonathan DaytonNorth CarolinaAlexander MartinJesse FranklinBenjamin SmithRhode IslandRay Greene1797 (special)VirginiaHenry Tazewell1794 (special)James MadisonJohn MarshallWilson C. NicholasJohn PageLudwell LeeJames Wood1798 United States elections1798–99 United States House of Representatives elections5th United States Congress6th United States Congress1791 Senate electionTufts UniversityUnited States Senate elections1788–19131788–891790–911792–931794–951796–971800–011802–031804–051806–071808–091810–111812–131814–151816–171818–191820–211822–231824–251826–271828–291830–311832–331834–351836–371838–391840–411842–431844–451846–471848–491850–511852–531854–551856–571858–591860–611862–631864–651866–671868–691870–711872–731874–751876–771878–791880–811882–831884–851886–871888–891890–911892–931894–951896–971898–991900–011902–031904–051906–071908–091910–111912–131914–presentpopular election1974–752020–21List of all specialsAlabamaAlaskaCaliforniaColoradoDistrict of ColumbiaIndianaNorth DakotaPennsylvaniaWyomingSpecial electionsElection disputesResults by stateList of US elections