1879 United States Senate election in New York
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The 1879 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 21, 1879, by the
Background
Republican Roscoe Conkling had been re-elected in January 1873 to this seat, and his term would expire on March 3, 1879.
At the
Candidates
Republican caucus
The caucus of
Democratic caucus
The caucus of the
Office | Candidate | First ballot | Second ballot |
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U.S. Senator
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William Dorsheimer | 11 | 18 |
James F. Starbuck | 8 | 8 | |
DeWitt C. West[2] | 8 | 6 | |
Elijah Ward | 2 |
Greenback
The two Greenback assemblymen John Banfield (Chemung Co.) and George E. Williams (Oswego Co.) voted for 87-year-old Peter Cooper, a New York City inventor, industrialist and philanthropist who had run for U.S. President in 1876 on the Greenback ticket.
Result
Roscoe Conkling was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected.
Office | House | Republican
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Democrat
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Greenback
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U.S. Senator
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State Senate (32 members) |
Roscoe Conkling | 20 | William Dorsheimer | 12 | ||
State Assembly (128 members) |
Roscoe Conkling | 95 | William Dorsheimer | 23 | Peter Cooper | 2 |
Note: The votes were cast on January 21, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 22 to compare nominations, and declare the result.
Aftermath
Conkling 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, 1878 and 1879
Notes
Sources
- VICTORIOUS REPUBLICANS in NYT on November 6, 1878 [gives 1 Greenbacker elected, but Williams of Oswego is not in the list; this seems to have been a preliminary result which was later amended]
- NEW-YORK'S NEXT SENATOR; ROSCOE CONKLING RENOMINATED in NYT on January 21, 1879
- THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.; A REMARKABLE PROTEST OFFERED AND TABLED; LIEUT.-GOV. DORSHEIMER TENDERED THE EMPTY HONOR OF A NOMINATION in NYT on January 21, 1879
- CONKLING WINS THE SENATORSHIP in NYT on January 22, 1879
- CHOOSING THEIR SENATORS.; ...LIEUT.-GOV. DORSHEIMER FORMALLY ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION in NYT on January 23, 1879