1826 United States elections

1826 United States elections

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Incumbent president	John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican)
Next Congress	20th
Senate elections
Overall control	Jacksonian hold
Seats contested	16 of 48 seats [1]
Net seat change	Jacksonian +1 [2]
House elections
Overall control	Jacksonian gain
Seats contested	All 213 voting seats
Net seat change	Jacksonian +9 [2]

Elections occurred in the middle of Democratic-Republican President John Quincy Adams's term. Members of the 20th United States Congress were chosen in this election. The election took place during a transitional period between the First Party System and the Second Party System. With the Federalist Party no longer active as a major political party, the major split in Congress was between supporters of Adams and supporters of Andrew Jackson, who Adams had defeated in the 1824 Presidential election.

In the House, Jackson supporters picked up several seats, taking the majority from the faction supporting Adams. ^[3] Andrew Stevenson, a supporter of Jackson who later joined the Democratic Party, won election as Speaker of the House.

In the Senate, supporters of Jackson picked up one seat, retaining their majority. ^[4]

See also

• 1826–27 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1826–27 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.