| Election Name: | 1794–95 United States Senate elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1777 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1792–93 United States Senate elections |
| Next Election: | 1796–97 United States Senate elections |
| Seats For Election: | 10 of the 30 seats in the United States Senate (plus special elections) |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Election Date: | Dates vary by state |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Races won |
| Party1: | Federalist Party |
| Seats Before1: | 16 (as Pro-Administration) |
| Seats After1: | 19 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| 1Data1: | 5 (as Pro-Administration) |
| 2Data1: | 8 |
| Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Seats Before2: | 13 (as Anti-Administration) |
| Seats After2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| 1Data2: | 5 (as Anti-Administration) |
| 2Data2: | 2 |
| Majority Faction | |
| Before Party: | Pro-Administration Party |
| After Party: | Federalist Party |
The 1794–95 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1794 and 1795, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.[1] In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 3.
This was the first election cycle with organized political parties in the United States, with the Federalist Party emerging from the Pro Administration coalition, and the Democratic-Republican Party emerging from the Anti-Administration coalition.
Senate party division, 4th Congress (1795–1797)
Note: There were no political parties in the 3rd Congress. Members are informally grouped here into factions of similar interest, based on an analysis of their voting record.[2]
After the March 31, 1794 special election in Pennsylvania.
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See also: 4th United States Congress. Seven senators who were considered "Anti-Administration" became Democratic-Republicans and eleven "Pro-Administration" became Federalists.
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Except if/when noted, the number following candidates is the whole number vote(s), not a percentage.
In these special elections, the winner was seated before March 4, 1795; ordered by election date.