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1796 United States Senate special election in New York

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Field	Value
election_name	1796 United States Senate special election in New York
country	New York
previous_year	1795
previous_election	1795 United States Senate election in New York
next_year	1800 (special)
next_election	November 1800 United States Senate special election in New York
type	presidential
ongoing	no
election_date	November 9, 1796
image_size	x180px
image1	File:John Laurance (1750–1810) 1909 19.jpeg
nominee1	John Laurance
party1	Federalist Party (United States)
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Rufus King
before_party	Federalist Party (United States)
after_election	John Laurence
after_party	Federalist Party (United States)

The 1796 United States Senate special election in New York was held on November 9, 1796, 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

Rufus King had been re-elected in 1795 to a second term in the U.S. Senate (1795–1801). On May 23, 1796, he resigned after having been appointed U.S. Minister to Great Britain, leaving the State Legislature to fill the vacancy.

At the State election in April 1796, Federalist majorities were elected to both houses of the 20th New York State Legislature which met from November 1 to 11, 1796, at New York City, and from January 3 to April 3, 1797, at Albany, New York.

Candidates

United States District Judge for the District of New York John Laurance was the candidate of the Federalist Party.

Result

Laurance was the choice of both the State Senate and the State Assembly, and was declared elected.

Office	House	Federalist candidate	Democratic-Republican candidate
U.S. Senator	State Senate (42 members)	John Laurance
	State Assembly (96 members)	John Laurance

Aftermath

Laurance took his seat on December 8, 1796, and resigned in August 1800. A special election to fill the vacancy was held in November 1800.

Sources

The New York Civil List compiled in 1858 (see: pg. 62 for U.S. Senators; pg. 116 for State Senators 1796–97; page 170f for Members of Assembly 1796–97) [gives name as "Lawrence"]
Members of the Fourth United States Congress
Members of the Sixth United States Congress
History of Political Parties in the State of New-York by Jabez Delano Hammond (pages 103f) [gives name as "Lawrence"]

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