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1795 United States Senate election in New York

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Field	Value
election_name	1795 United States Senate election in New York
country	New York
previous_year	1789
previous_election	1789 United States Senate elections in New York
next_year	1796 (special)
next_election	1796 United States Senate special election in New York
type	presidential
ongoing	no
election_date	January 27, 1795
image_size	x180px
image1	File:Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of Rufus King (1819-1820) - Google Art Project.jpg
nominee1	Rufus King
party1	Federalist Party (United States)
electoral_vote1	35
percentage1	53.03%
image2	File:Thomas Tillotson.jpg
nominee2	Thomas Tillotson
party2	Federalist Party (United States)
electoral_vote2	30
percentage2	45.45%
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Rufus King
before_party	Federalist Party (United States)
after_election	Rufus King
after_party	Federalist Party (United States)

The 1795 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 27, 1795, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator (Class 3) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.

Background

In July 1789, Philip Schuyler and Rufus King had been elected to the U.S. Senate. King had drawn the long term which would expire on March 3, 1795.

At the State election in April 1794, Federalist majorities were elected to both houses of the 18th New York State Legislature which met from January 6 to 14 at Poughkeepsie, New York, and from January 20 to April 9, 1795, at New York City.

Result

King's name was proposed for re-election in the Senate, and passed narrowly with 12 Yeas and 11 Nays.

In the Assembly, two alternatives were proposed: State Senator Thomas Tillotson and Judge John Lawrence.

Aftermath

Rufus King was appointed U.S. Minister to Great Britain, and resigned from the U.S. Senate on May 23, 1796. A special election to fill the vacancy was held in November 1796.

References

Sources

The New York Civil List compiled in 1858 (see: pg. 62 for U.S. Senators; pg. 115 for State Senators 1794–95; page 168f for Members of Assembly 1794–95)
Members of the Fourth United States Congress
History of Political Parties in the State of New-York by Jabez Delano Hammond (page 88)

References

"A New Nation Votes".

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