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1797 United States Senate election in New York

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Field	Value
election_name	1797 United States Senate election in New York
election_date	January 24, 1797
vote_type	presidential
country	New York (state)
ongoing	no
previous_year	1791
previous_election	1791 United States Senate election in New York
next_year	Jan. 1798
next_election	January 1798 United States Senate special election in New York
image_size	x200px
votes_for_election	Majority approval in both houses needed to win
1blank	Senate
3blank	House
4blank	House %
image1	File:Schuyler.jpg
candidate1	Philip Schuyler
party1	Federalist Party
1data1	*Unanimous*
3data1	85
4data1	98.8%
before_election	Aaron Burr
before_party	Democratic-Republican Party
after_election	Philip Schuyler
after_party	Federalist Party
title	U.S. senator
posttitle	Elected U.S. Senator
type	presidential

The 1797 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 24, 1797, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator (Class 1) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate. Incumbent Senator Aaron Burr's name was not placed into nomination for a second term. Former Senator Philip Schuyler was elected.

Background

Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr had been elected in 1791 after the Assembly rejected incumbent Philip Schuyler.

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

Ex-U.S. Senator (in office 1789–1791) Philip Schuyler, now a State Senator, ran again as the candidate of the Federalist Party.

Result

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

House	Philip Schuyler	James Kent
State Senate	Unanimous
State Assembly	85	1

Aftermath

Schuyler resigned on January 3, 1798, because of ill health, and a special election to fill the vacancy was held on January 11, 1798.

References

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 election date as "January 24"]
Members of the Fifth United States Congress
History of Political Parties in the State of New-York by Jabez Delano Hammond (pages 105f) [gives election date as "31st of March" which is not likely, Burrs term having expired on March 4 and there being no controversy about the election]
Life of General Philip Schuyler, 1733-1804 by Bayard Tuckerman (page 258) [says: Schuyler was elected "almost unanimously."]

References

"A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825".

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