1794 and 1795 United States Senate elections
The 1794 and 1795 United States Senate elections were elections that had the formation of organized political parties in the United States, with the Federalist Party emerging from the Pro Administration coalition, and the Democratic-Republican Party emerging from the Anti-Administration coalition. As these elections were prior to ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, Senators were chosen by state legislatures. Results summary. Senate Party Division, 4th Congress (1795–1797) Change in composition. Before the elections. Note: There were no political parties in the 3rd Congress. Members are informally grouped here into factions of similar  interest, based on an analysis of their voting record. After the March 31, 1794 special election in Pennsylvania. Beginning of the next Congress. Seven senators who were considered "Anti-Administration" became Democratic-Republicans and eleven "Pro-Administration" became Federalists. Race summaries. Except if/when noted, the number following candidates is the whole number vote(s), not a percentage. Special elections during the 3rd Congress. In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1795; ordered by election date. Races leading to the 4th Congress. In these regular elections, the winner was seated on March 4, 1795; ordered by state . All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats. Elections during the 4th Congress. There were no elections in 1795 after March 4. Delaware (Special). The Delaware special election was held February 7, 1795. Incumbent Senator George Read had resigned to take the position of Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. Henry Latimer defeated the former Governor of Delaware, Governor of Pennsylvania and Continental Congressmen from Delaware and Pennsylvania by one vote. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania (Regular). Incumbent Federalist Robert Morris, who was elected in 1788, was not a candidate for re-election to another term. The Pennsylvania General Assembly convened  on February 26, 1795, to elect a senator for the term beginning March 4, 1795. Virginia. Even though neither of Virginia's incumbent's terms were up, both resigned in 1794, leading to two special elections. Virginia (Special, class 1). Future-president James Monroe resigned March 27, 1794 to become U.S. Minister to France. Stevens Thomson Mason was elected November 18, 1794 and would become a Democratic-Republican in the next Congress. Virginia (Special, class 2). Incumbent John Taylor of Caroline resigned May 11, 1794. Henry Tazewell was elected November 18, 1794 and would become a Democratic-Republican in the  next Congress.