Vermont 1820 U.S. Senate

Office:: U.S. Senate (Federal)
Title:: U.S. Senator
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: Vermont 1820 U.S. Senate
Date:: 1820
State:: Vermont
Type:: Legislative
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. Senate/U.S. Senator
Candidates:: Horatio Seymour, William A. Griswold, Cornelius P. Van Ness, Orsamus C. Merrill, Chauncey Langdon, Charles Rich, David Edmond, Asa Aldis, David Fay, James Fisk, Williams, Preserved Fish

Candidates:	Horatio Seymour [1]	William A. Griswold	Cornelius P. Van Ness	Orsamus C. Merrill	Chauncey Langdon	Charles Rich	David Edmond	Asa Aldis	David Fay	James Fisk	Williams	Preserved Fish
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [2][3][4]	129	17	12	10	8	8	8	5	3	3	2	1
House of Representatives	118	16	12	9	8	8	8	5	3	3	2	1
Council	11	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The candidate referred to as Gen. Williams in newspaper reports on the election is probably Charles K. Williams.

[3]The National Standard (Middlebury, VT): "Horatio Seymour, Esq is elected a member of the Senate of the United States, by a majority of 52 votes."

[4]The Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT) and Vermont Republican and American Yeoman (Windsor, VT): "On Thursday, the two houses balloted separately for a senator of the U.S. to succeed the Hon. Isaac Tichenor, whose term of service expires on the 4th March next; when the Hon. Horatio Seymour, was duly elected ... Total maj. for Seymour 52."

References:

The National Standard (Middlebury, VT). October 24, 1820.

Rutland Vermont Herald (Rutland, VT). October 24, 1820.

Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT). October 31, 1820.

Vermont Republican and American Yeoman (Windsor, VT). October 30, 1820.

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