1826 United States elections

none February 2026 November 2020 1826 Midterm elections Democratic-Republican Party (US)John Quincy Adams (DR) 20th Jacksonian hold 16 of 48 seatsNot counting special elections. Jacksonian +1Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account. Jacksonian gain All 213 voting seats Jacksonian +9 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 With the Federalist Party no longer active as a major political party, the major split in Congress was between supporters of Adams and supporters of Andrew Jackson, who Adams had defeated in the 1824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.Party Divisions of the House of Representatives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ United States House of Representatives June 25, 2014 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.Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm United States Senate June 25, 2014 See also 1826–27 United States House of Representatives elections 1826–27 United States Senate elections References 1826 Category:United States midterm elections