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The1873 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 21, 1873, by theNew York State Legislature to elect aU.S. Senator (Class 3) to represent the State ofNew York in theUnited States Senate.
RepublicanRoscoe Conkling had been elected in January 1867 to this seat, and his term would expire on March 3, 1873.
At theState election in November 1871, 21 Republicans and 11 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1872–1873) in the State Senate. In 1872, a faction of the Republican Party opposed the re-election of PresidentUlysses S. Grant and theRadical Republicans who supported him, and under the nameLiberal Republican Party nominated a joint ticket with the Democratic Party. At theState election in November 1872, 91 Republicans, 35 Democrats and 2 Independents were elected for the session of 1873 to the Assembly. The96th New York State Legislature met from January 7 to May 30, 1873, atAlbany, New York.
The caucus ofRepublican State legislators met on January 8, State Senator William B. Woodin, ofAuburn (25th D.), presided. 18 state senators and 88 assemblymen were present. They re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Conkling unanimously.
The caucus of theDemocratic State legislators nominated Ex-First Judge ofDutchess County Charles Wheaton.
Roscoe Conkling was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected.
| House | Republican | Democratic | Republican | Liberal Republican | ||||
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| State Senate (32 members) | Roscoe Conkling | 20 | Charles Wheaton[1] | 5 | William M. Evarts | 1 | Henry R. Selden | 1 |
| State Assembly (128 members) | Roscoe Conkling | 92 | Charles Wheaton | 26 | ||||
Notes:
Conkling was re-elected in 1879, and remained in office until May 17, 1881, when he resigned in protest against the distribution of federal patronage in New York by PresidentJames A. Garfield without being consulted. The crisis between theStalwart and theHalf-Breed factions of the Republican party arose when the leader of the New Yorker Half-BreedsWilliam H. Robertson was appointedCollector of the Port of New York, a position Conkling wanted to give to one of his Stalwart friends.
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