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1909 United States Senate election in New York

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election_name	1909 United States Senate election in New York
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1903 United States Senate election in New York
previous_year	1903
next_election	1914 United States Senate election in New York
next_year	1914
election_date	January 19, 1909
image_size	x160px
votes_for_election	Majority vote of each house needed to win
1blank	Senate
2blank	Percentage
3blank	House
4blank	Percentage
image1	File:Elihu Root (1902) (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Elihu Root
party1	Republican Party (US)
1data1	35
2data1	70.00%
3data1	90
4data1	75.00%
image2	File:Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler.jpg
nominee2	Lewis S. Chanler
party2	Democratic Party (US)
1data2	15
2data2	30.00%
3data2	30
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title	Senator
before_election	Thomas C. Platt
before_party	Republican Party (US)
after_election	Elihu Root
after_party	Republican Party (US)

The 1909 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 19, 1909, 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

Republican Thomas C. Platt had been re-elected to this seat in 1903, and his term would expire on March 3, 1909.

At the State election in November 1908, 35 Republicans and 16 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1909–1910) in the state senate; and 99 Republicans and 51 Democrats were elected for the session of 1909 to the Assembly. The 132nd New York State Legislature met from January 5 to April 30, 1909, at Albany, New York.

Candidates

Republican caucus

The Republican caucus met on January 18. State Senator J. Mayhew Wainwright presided. The caucus nominated U.S. Secretary of State Elihu Root unanimously. Root was the choice of President Theodore Roosevelt. President pro tempore of the State Senate John Raines lauded warmly Root's nomination, eulogized the retiring U.S. Senator Platt, and declared war on Governor Charles Evans Hughes's reforms.

Democratic caucus

The Democratic caucus met also on January 18. They nominated ex-lieutenant governor Lewis S. Chanler unanimously. Chanler had been elected lieutenant governor in 1906 on the Democratic/Independence League ticket, and had served under Republican governor Hughes. Chanler had just been defeated when running against Hughes for governor in November 1908.

Result

Elihu Root was the choice of both the Assembly and the state senate, and was declared elected.

Office	House	Republican
U.S. Senator (Class 3)	State Senate
(50 members)	Elihu Root	35
	State Assembly
(150 members)	Elihu Root	90

Note: The votes were cast on January 19, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 20 to compare nominations, and declare the result.

Aftermath

Root resigned as U.S. Secretary of State on January 27, 1909, and was succeeded by his Assistant Secretary Robert Bacon for the remaining five weeks of Roosevelt's presidency. Root then served a single term and remained in the U.S. Senate until March 3, 1915, when he retired. After the 74-day deadlock to elect a successor to U.S. Senator Chauncey M. Depew in 1911, the U.S. Constitution was amended, and at the State election in November 1914, for the first time a U.S. Senator was elected by statewide popular vote. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. won the nomination in the Republican primary election, and was then elected to succeed Root.

Sources

Members of the 61st United States Congress
ROOT IS CHOSEN FOR U.S. SENATOR; ...Democrats Choose Chanler in NYT on January 19, 1909
ROOT IS CHOSEN SENATOR in NYT on January 20, 1909

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