1848 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

none related races 1848-49 United States Senate elections March 2026 January 2025 1848 United States Senate election in Wisconsin Wisconsin presidential no 1849 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1849 1851 June 8, 1848 Legislative x150px Isaac P. Walker.jpg Isaac P. Walker Democratic Party (United States) 61 77.22% Henry Dodge portrait.jpg Henry Dodge Democratic Party (United States) 60 75.95% Collins alexander l 1880.png Alexander L. Collins Whig Party (United States) 18 22.78% Edward Vernon Whiton - Wisconsin Supreme Court - DSC03193.JPG Edward V. Whiton Whig Party (United States) 17 21.52% U.S. senators None Isaac P. Walker (Class 3)Henry Dodge (Class 1) Democratic Party (United States) The 1848 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature on June 8, 1848. This was the first U.S. Senate election held in Wisconsin after it was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Former Wisconsin Territory legislator Isaac P. Walker and former Wisconsin Territory governor Henry Dodge were elected to Wisconsin's Class 3 and Class 1 U.S. Senate seats, respectively, on a single ballot in which each Wisconsin legislator voted for two candidates. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89096563820 Journal of the Senate of the State of Wisconsin 1848 Wisconsin Legislature In Convention of Both Houses 20-21 March 1, 2025 HathiTrust In the 1848 legislative term, Democrats held large majorities in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, so had more than enough votes to elect two Democratic United States senators. Major candidates Democratic Isaac P. Walker, former speaker of the Wisconsin Territory House of Representatives. Henry Dodge, former governor of the Wisconsin Territory and former delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Wisconsin Territory. Whig Alexander L. Collins, village president of Madison, Wisconsin, and former member of the Wisconsin Territory Council. Edward V. Whiton, former speaker of the Wisconsin Territory House of Representatives, and former member of the Wisconsin Territory Council. Results The 1st Wisconsin Legislature took one vote for U.S. senators on the fourth day of the legislative session, June 8, 1848. Each member was allowed to vote for two candidates, with 79 members voting, five absent, and one vacant seat. 1st Vote of the 1st Wisconsin Legislature, June 8, 1848 (top two) Democratic Party (United States) Isaac P. Walker 61Walker received a vote from each Democratic member except senator Henry M. Billings and representatives James M. Campbell and Ezra Durgin (who were absent), and Archibald Nichols (who voted for the Whig nominees), he received one cross-over vote from Whig representative Jonathan Daugherty. 77.22% Democratic Party (United States) Henry Dodge 60Dodge received a vote from each Democratic member except senator Henry M. Billings and representatives James M. Campbell and Ezra Durgin (who were absent), and Archibald Nichols (who voted for the Whig nominees). 75.95% Whig Party (United States) Alexander L. Collins 18Collins received a vote from each Whig member except representatives William Caldwell and James Gilmore (who were absent), and Jonathan Daugherty (who voted for other candidates), he received one cross-over vote from Democratic representative Archibald Nichols. 22.78% Whig Party (United States) Edward V. Whiton 17Whiton received a vote from each Whig member except representatives William Caldwell and James Gilmore (who were absent), and Jonathan Daugherty and Charles Doty (who voted for other candidates), he received one cross-over vote from Democratic representative Archibald Nichols. 21.52% Whig Party (United States) John Hubbard Tweedy 1Tweedy received one vote from Whig representative Jonathan Daugherty. 1.27% Whig Party (United States) William S. Hamilton 1Hamilton received one vote from Whig representative Charles Doty. 1.27% Absent 5 40 50.63% 79 92.94% Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Notes References 1848 Wisconsin United States Senate