1818 United States elections

1818 United States elections

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Incumbent president	James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
Next Congress	16th
Senate elections
Overall control	Democratic-Republican hold
Seats contested	14 of 42 seats [1]
Net seat change	Democratic-Republican +3 [2]
House elections
Overall control	Democratic-Republican hold
Seats contested	All 186 voting seats
Net seat change	Democratic-Republican +13 [2]

Elections occurred in the middle of Democratic-Republican President James Monroe's first term, during the First Party System and the Era of Good Feelings. Members of the 16th United States Congress were chosen in this election. During the 16th Congress, Alabama and Maine joined the union. Democratic-Republicans continued to dominate both chambers of Congress, and slightly increased their majority in both houses of Congress in this election. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• 1818–19 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1818–19 United States Senate elections

References

1. Not counting special elections.
2. Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
3. "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
4. "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved June 25, 2014.