1863 United States Senate election in New York

none March 2026 September 2023 1863 United States Senate election in New York presidential no Flag of New York (1858–1896).svg 1857 United States Senate election in New York 1857 1869 United States Senate election in New York 1869 February 3, 1863 x160px 158 votes in the New York State Legislature 80 Joint ballot Percentage File:Edwin D. Morgan (3x4 cropped).jpg Edwin D. Morgan Union 86 54.4% File:Erastus Corning (cropped).jpg Erastus Corning Democratic Party (US) 70 44.3% Senator Preston King Republican Party (United States) Edwin D. Morgan Union The 1863 United States Senate election in New York was held on February 3, 1863. The Union candidate Edwin D. Morgan defeated the Democratic candidate Erastus Corning on the joint ballot of the Senate and the Assembly. Background Republican Preston King was elected in 1857. King's term was due to expire on March 4, 1863, with the end of the 37th United States Congress.Congressional Quarterly 1985 596 The 86th New York State Legislature convened on January 6, 1863, following general elections held in 1862. Thirty senators elected in 1861 were held over from the 85th Legislature. The incoming legislature consisted of 23 Unionists and nine Democrats in the Senate and 64 Unionists and 64 Democrats in the Assembly.Greeley 1863 52 A long struggle to elect a speaker ensued in the closely divided Assembly. The Union candidate Henry Sherwood and the Democratic candidate Gilbert Dean received 63 votes each on the first ballot.New York 1863b 6 Voting continued for several days without a majority for either candidate. Failure to organize the chamber threatened to postpone the election of a U.S. senator indefinitely. Sherwood and Dean withdrew their candidacies on January 16; the Union members then switched their votes to Democrat Theophilus C. Callicot, in exchange for Callicot's support for the Union candidate in the senatorial election.A New Phase in the Struggle for the Speakership https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1863/01/17/80269976.pdf New York Times January 17, 1863 A Democratic filibuster continued the contest until January 26, when Callicot defeated the replacement Democratic candidate Eliphaz Trimmer on the 92nd ballot.New York 1863b 84The Triumph of Moderation, and of Law and Order https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1863/01/27/80271638.pdf New York Times January 27, 1863 Nominations Union Party The Union members of the legislature held a caucus on February 2, 1863. Morgan, King, Daniel S. Dickinson, Charles B. Sedgwick, David D. Field, Henry J. Raymond, Ward Hunt, and Henry R. Selden were candidates. Morgan was nominated with a majority on the second ballot.Nomination of Ex-Governor for United States Senator by the Union Caucus https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1863/02/03/80272293.pdf New York Times February 3, 1863 + 1863 New York Union U.S. senatorial caucus Candidate U.S. senatorial ballot Informal 1st 2nd Edwin D. Morgan 25 39 50 Preston King 19 16 11 Daniel S. Dickinson 15 11 13 Charles B. Sedgwick 11 7 1 David D. Field 7 5 2 Henry J. Raymond 6 8 9 Ward Hunt 4 Henry R. Selden 1 Blank 1 TOTAL 89 86 86 Democratic Party The Democratic members of the legislature held a caucus on February 2, 1863. The meeting found it inexpedient to nominate a candidate and advised members to vote their conscience in the senatorial election. The caucus met again on February 3 and voted to reconsider the previous day's motion. Erastus Corning defeated Fernando Wood on the first ballot.The Democratic Caucus https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1863-02-04/ed-1/ New York Herald February 4, 1863 + 1863 New York Democratic U.S. senatorial caucus Candidate 1st Erastus Corning 28 Fernando Wood 25 Scattering 18 TOTAL 71 General election The Senate and the Assembly met separately on February 3 to hold an election for the next term. Morgan was nominated by the Senate with 23 votes to 7 for Corning.New York 1863a 95–96 In the Assembly, Morgan led on the first ballot with 64 votes, one less than a majority, Speaker Callicot having voted for John A. Dix. The Union members then switched their votes to Dix, who was nominated by the Assembly on the second ballot with 65 votes to 63 for Corning.New York 1863b 151–52 The two chambers being in disagreement, the Legislature convened in joint session. Morgan defeated Corning on the first joint ballot.New York 1863b 154 Result + 1863 United States Senate election in New York Party Candidate State Assembly State Senate Joint session 1st ballot 2nd ballot 1st ballot 1st ballot Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Union Edwin D. Morgan 64 50.00 colspan="2" 23 76.67 86 54.43 Democratic Erastus Corning 62 48.44 63 49.22 7 23.33 70 44.30 Union John A. Dix 1 0.78 65 50.78 colspan="2" 1 0.63 Democratic Fernando Wood 1 0.78 colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" Union Daniel S. Dickinson colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" 1 0.63 Total votes 128 100.00 128 100.00 30 100.00 158 100.00 Votes needed to win 65 50.01 65 50.01 16 50.01 80 50.01 See also 1862–63 United States Senate elections Notes Bibliography Primary sources Greeley Horace The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1863 1863 none New York https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.ax0001661107&seq=1 New York Journal of the Senate [...] 1863a none Albany https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_the_Senate_of_the_State_of_Ne/9L8aAQAAIAAJ New York Journal of the Assembly [...] 1863b none Albany https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_the_Assembly_of_the_State_of/aTctAQAAMAAJ Secondary sources Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections 2nd 1985 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. 978-0-87187-339-2 https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0000unse 1863 New York United States Senate Category:February 1863 in the United States