1854 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1854 Midterm elections Democratic Party (US)Franklin Pierce (D) 34th Democratic hold 21 of 62 seatsNot counting special elections. Republican +3Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account. Opposition gain All 234 voting seats Opposition +78 Elections were held for the 34th United States Congress during the middle of the Democratic President Franklin Pierce's term. These elections were part of the transition from the Second Party System to the Third Party System, as the Whigs collapsed as a national party and were replaced by a coalition running on the Opposition Party ticket and by the nascent Republican Party. In the House, the Democrats suffered a massive defeat, losing seats to the Opposition Party, and to the American Party.Party Divisions of the House of Representatives http://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ United States House of Representatives 25 June 2014 The latter (also known as the Know Nothings) won more seats in the House than any other third party in the history of the chamber. Nathaniel Banks, a member of the American Party and the Free Soil Party, won election as Speaker of the House after a protracted battle, defeating Democrat William Aiken, Jr..Glass Andrew The House speaker bog-down, Dec. 3, 1855 https://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/this-day-in-politics-dec-3-1855-84492.html 1 July 2014 Politico 3 December 2012 In the Senate, the Democrats retained a strong majority, while the Opposition replaced the Whigs as the second largest party in the chamber.Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm United States Senate 25 June 2014 See also 1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections 1854–55 United States Senate elections References Category:1854 elections in the United States 1854 Category:United States midterm elections