1848–49 United States Senate Elections
The 1848–49 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these United States Senate, U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by State legislature (United States), state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1848 and 1849, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to Gridlock (politics), legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Classes of United States senators, Class 3. The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party lost seats but maintained control of the Senate. Results Senate party division, 31st United States Congress, 31st Congress (1849–1851) * Majority party: Democratic (33–36) * Minority party: Whig Party (25–24) * Other parties: Free Soil (2) * Total seats: 60–62 Change in Senate composition ...
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a single state in its entirety. Each of the 50 states is equally represented by two senators who serve staggered terms of six years, for a total of 100 senators. The vice president of the United States serves as presiding officer and president of the Senate by virtue of that office, despite not being a senator, and has a vote only if the Senate is equally divided. In the vice president's absence, the president pro tempore, who is traditionally the senior member of the party holding a majority of seats, presides over the Senate. As the upper chamber of Congress, the Senate has several powers o ...
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