1867 United States Senate election in New York
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The 1867 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 15, 1867, by the
With large Republican majorities in both houses of the Legislature, the real contest was for Republican Party support, which was determined in a joint caucus of Senate and Assembly Republicans. A three-way race between Harris, Conkling, and Judge Noah Davis eventually gave way to a two-way contest between Conkling and Davis, with Conkling prevailing on the fifth ballot.
Background
Republican Ira Harris had been elected in February 1861 to this seat, and his term would expire on March 3, 1867.
At the
Candidates
Republican caucus
The caucus of
Candidate | Informal ballot |
First ballot |
Second ballot |
Third ballot |
Fourth ballot |
Fifth ballot |
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Roscoe Conkling | 33 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 59 | |
Noah Davis | 30 | 41 | 44 | 50 | 49 | |
Ira Harris | 32 | 24 | 18 | 6 | ||
Ransom Balcom[1] | 7 | 4 | 2 | wd | ||
Horace Greeley | 6 | wd | ||||
Charles J. Folger | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Notes:
- On the fourth ballot, 110 votes were cast, one too many, and it was annulled.
- "wd" = name withdrawn
Democratic caucus
The caucus of the
Result
Roscoe Conkling was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected.
House | Republican
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Democratic
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Democratic
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State Senate (32 members) |
Roscoe Conkling | 24 | Henry C. Murphy
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2 | George F. Comstock | 1 |
State Assembly (128 members) |
Roscoe Conkling | 78 | Henry C. Murphy
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42 |
Notes:
- The vote for Ex-Chief JudgeComstock was cast by Henry C. Murphy.
- The votes were cast on January 15, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 16 to compare nominations, and declare the result.
Aftermath
Conkling was re-elected in 1873 and 1879, and remained in office until May 17, 1881, when he resigned in protest against the distribution of federal patronage in New York by President
See also
- United States Senate elections, 1866 and 1867
Notes
- ^ Ransom Balcom (1818-1879), of Binghamton, justice of the New York Supreme Court (6th D.) 1856-77
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner, 1867 (see pg. 568 for U. S. Senators; pg. 444 for State Senators 1867; pg. 505f for Members of Assembly 1867)
- Members of the 40th United States Congress
- Result state election 1865 in The Tribune Almanac for 1866 compiled by New York Tribune
- Result state election 1866 in The Tribune Almanac for 1867 compiled by New York Tribune
- ...THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS; Hon. Roscoe Conkling, of Oneida County, Nominated for United States Senator; ...DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS; Hon. Henry C. Murphy, of Kings County, Nominated for United States Senator in NYT on January 11, 1867
- Journal of the New York State Assembly (1867; pages 98f and 103)
- Journal of the New York State Senate (1867; pages 58f and 62)