1792–93 United States Senate elections

← 1790 & 1791 Dates vary by state 1794 & 1795 →
10 of the 30 seats in the United States Senate (as well as special elections) 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Last election 16 seats 9 Seats before 17 10 Seats after 18 11 Seat change 1 1 Seats up 4 6 Races won 5 5
Results:      Pro-Administration hold      Pro-Administration gain      Anti-Administration hold      Anti-Administration gain
Majority Faction before election Pro-Administration Elected Majority Faction Pro-Administration

The 1792–93 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with President George Washington's unanimous re-election. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1792 and 1793, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.^[1] In these elections, terms were up for the ten senators in Class 2.

Formal organized political parties had yet to form in the United States, but two political factions were present: The coalition of Senators who supported George Washington's administration were known as the Pro-Administration Party, and the Senators against him as the Anti-Administration Party.

Results summary

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.^[2]

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

Except if/when noted, the number following candidates is the whole number vote(s), not a percentage.

Elections during the 2nd Congress

In these elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1793; ordered by election date.