1838 and 1839 United States Senate elections
Races leading to the 25th Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1839; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

1838 and 1839 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Races leading to the 25th Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1839; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Connecticut	John Niles	Democratic	1835 (Special)	Incumbent retired. Winner elected in 1838 or 1839. Whig gain.	√ Thaddeus Betts (Whig) [Data unknown/missing.]

Delaware	Richard H. Bayard	Whig	1836 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1838 or 1839.	√ Richard H. Bayard (Whig) [Data unknown/missing.]

Indiana	John Tipton	Democratic	1832 (Special) 1832	Incumbent retired. Winner elected in 1838. Whig gain.	√ Albert White (Whig) [Data unknown/missing.]

Maine	Reuel Williams	Democratic	1837 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1838 or 1839.	√ Reuel Williams (Democratic) [Data unknown/missing.]

Maryland	William Merrick	Whig	1838 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected in 1839.	√ William Merrick (Whig) [Data unknown/missing.]

Massachusetts	Daniel Webster	Whig	1827 (Special) 1833	Incumbent re-elected in 1839.	√ Daniel Webster [Data unknown/missing.]

Michigan	Lucius Lyon	Democratic	1837	Incumbent retired. Legislature failed to elect until 1840. Democratic loss.	[Data unknown/missing.]

Mississippi	Thomas H. Williams	Democratic	1838 (Appointed) 1838 or 1839 (Special)	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. Winner elected in 1838. Whig gain.	√ John Henderson (Whig) [Data unknown/missing.]

Missouri	Thomas H. Benton	Democratic	1821 1827 1833	Incumbent re-elected in 1839.	√ Thomas H. Benton [Data unknown/missing.]

New Jersey	Samuel L. Southard	Whig	1821 (Appointed) 1821 1823 (Resigned) 1833	Incumbent re-elected in 1839.	√ Samuel L. Southard (Whig)

New York	Nathaniel P. Tallmadge	Democratic	1833	Incumbent ran under a different party. Legislature failed to elect. Democratic loss.	Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (Whig) Samuel Nelson (Democratic) Samuel Beardsley (Democratic) Others

Ohio	Thomas Morris	Democratic	1833	Incumbent retired. Winner elected in 1838. Democratic hold.	√ Benjamin Tappan (Democratic) [Data unknown/missing.]

Pennsylvania	Samuel McKean	Democratic	1833	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. Legislature failed to elect until 1840 after the regularly scheduled election in December 1838 was postponed due to the Buckshot War.	None.

Rhode Island	Asher Robbins	Whig	1835 (Special) 1827 1833	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. Winner elected in 1838 or 1839. Whig hold.	√ Nathan F. Dixon (Whig) [Data unknown/missing.]

Tennessee	Ephraim H. Foster	Whig	1838 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected. Incumbent resigned before the beginning of the next term.	√ Ephraim H. Foster (Whig) [Data unknown/missing.]

Vermont	Benjamin Swift	Whig	1833	Incumbent retired. Winner elected in 1839. Whig hold.	√ Samuel S. Phelps (Whig) [Data unknown/missing.]

Virginia	William C. Rives	Democratic	1832 (Special) 1834 (Resigned) 1836 (Special)	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. Legislature failed to elect until 1841. Democratic loss.	[Data unknown/missing.]

Sentence(s)

Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, a Democratic, had been a Senate to New York in 1833.

final_sentence: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, a Democratic, had been a Senate to New York in 1833.