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The1893 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 17, 1893, by theNew York State Legislature to elect aU.S. Senator (Class 1) to represent the State ofNew York in theUnited States Senate.
RepublicanFrank Hiscock had been elected to this seat in1887, and his term would expire on March 3, 1893.
At the controversialState election in November 1891, 17 Democrats, 14 Republicans and 1 Independent were elected for a two-year term (1892–1893) in the State Senate. This was the only time a Democratic majority was seated in the State Senate between 1874 and 1910. At theState election in November 1892, 74 Democrats and 54 Republicans were elected for the session of 1893 to the Assembly. The116th New York State Legislature met from January 3 to April 20, 1893, atAlbany, New York.
TheDemocratic caucus met on January 10. 90 State legislators attended, only AssemblymanJohn Cooney, ofBrooklyn, was absent due to illness. State SenatorAmasa J. Parker Jr. presided.Edward Murphy Jr., a wealthy brewer ofTroy, and Chairman of theDemocratic State Committee, was nominated by a large majority.The New York Times had suggested earlier to nominateCarl Schurz, a former RepublicanU.S. Senator from Missouri andU.S. Secretary of the Interior, who lived now inNew York City,[1] but the political machines of upstate bossDavid B. Hill andTammany Hall chose a loyal party machine man rather than an ex-Republican advocate of civil service reform. Even President-electGrover Cleveland had voiced his disapproval of Murphy, to no avail.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edward Murphy Jr. | 85 | 94.44% | |
| Democratic | W. Bourke Cockran | 5 | 5.56% | |
| Total votes | 90 | 100.00% | ||
TheRepublican caucus met on January 11. State SenatorThomas Hunter presided. They re-nominated the incumbent U.S. SenatorFrank Hiscock by acclamation.
Edward Murphy Jr. was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected. State Senator James T. Edwards (32nd D.), ofRandolph, voted for the defeated Republican vice presidential candidate of1892, Whitelaw Reid.
| Office | House | Democrat | Republican | Republican | |||
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| U.S. Senator (Class 1) | State Senate (32 members) | Edward Murphy Jr. | 17 | Frank Hiscock | 12 | Whitelaw Reid | 1 |
| State Assembly (128 members) | Edward Murphy Jr. | 73 | Frank Hiscock | 52 | |||
Note: The votes were cast on January 17, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 18 to compare nominations, and declare the result.
When Murphy took his seat, New York was represented by two Democrats in the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1849. Murphy served a single term, remaining in the U.S. Senate until March 3, 1899. In January 1899, Murphy was defeated for re-election by RepublicanChauncey M. Depew.
