United States Senate elections, 1852 and 1853

The United States Senate elections of 1852 and 1853 were elections which had the Democratic Party gain two seats in the United States Senate, and which coincided with the 1852 Presidential election. Only six of the twenty Senators up for election were re-elected. As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

United States Senate elections, 1852 and 1853

The United States Senate elections of 1852 and 1853 were elections which had the Democratic Party gain two seats in the United States Senate, and which coincided with the 1852 Presidential election. Only six of the twenty Senators up for election were re-elected. As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.