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The 1852–53 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with the 1852 presidential 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 1852 and 1853, 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 senators in Class 2.
The Democratic Party gained two seats in the Senate. Only six of the twenty senators up for election were re-elected.
Results summary
Senate party division, 33rd Congress (1853–1855)
- Majority party: Democratic (35–38)
- Minority party: Whig Party (19–17)
- Other parties: Free Soiler (2–5); Know Nothing (1)
- Vacant: 5–1
- Total seats: 62