1865 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

none March 2026 September 2023 1865 United States Senate election in Massachusetts presidential no 1859 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1859 1871 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1871 January 10 and 20, 1865 160x160px 40 members of the Massachusetts Senate396 members of the Massachusetts HouseMajority vote of each house needed to win Senate Percentage House Percentage Henry Wilson, VP of the United States.jpg Henry Wilson Republican Party (US) 37 92.50% 207 92.00% File:John Albion Andrew by Darius Cobb.jpg John Albion Andrew Republican Party (US) 3 7.5% 12 5.33% Senator Henry Wilson Republican Party (United States) Henry Wilson Republican Party (United States) The 1865 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1865. Incumbent Republican Senator Henry Wilson was re-elected easily to a second term as a member of the Republican Party. At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of each separate house of the Massachusetts General Court, the House and the Senate. Background At the time, the Massachusetts legislature was dominated by the Republican Party, whose members held nearly every seat. Election in the House On January 10, the House voted for Wilson's re-election and sent the vote to the Senate for ratification. 1865 U.S. Senate election in the HouseMassachusetts 1865 12 Henry Wilson (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 207 92.00% John Albion Andrew Republican Party (US) 12 5.33% Robert C. Winthrop DemocraticBaum 1984 71 Democratic Party (US) 4 1.78% Alexander Bullock Republican Party (US) 1 0.44% Charles Greely Loring 1 0.44% 225 100.00% Election in the Senate On January 20, the State Senate convened and ratified Wilson's re-election by an overwhelming margin. 1865 U.S. Senate election in the SenateMassachusetts United States Senator–Re-election of Hon. Henry Wilson 20 Jan 1865 The New York Times 4 https://www.nytimes.com/1865/01/21/archives/massachusetts-united-states-senator-reelection-of-hon-henry-wilson.html Henry Wilson (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 37 92.50% John Albion Andrew Republican Party (US) 3 7.50% 40 100.00% References Bibliography Massachusetts Journal of the House of Representatives [...] 1865 none Boston https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2881899&seq=7 Baum Dale The Civil War Party System: The Case of Massachusetts, 1848–1876 1984 University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill https://archive.org/details/civilwarpartysys0000baum 1865 Massachusetts United States Senate Category:Henry Wilson