Massachusetts 1798 U.S. Senate

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

Label:: Massachusetts 1798 U.S. Senate
Date:: 1798
State:: Massachusetts
Type:: Legislative
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. Senate/U.S. Senator
Candidates:: Samuel Dexter, scattering

Candidates:	Samuel Dexter [1]	scattering
Affiliation:	Federalist
Final Result:	-	-
State Senate[2]	-	-
House of Representatives[3]	102	54

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]"Yesterday, the Hon. Senate concurred in the above choice, unanimously, except one only." Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). June 20, 1798.

[3]"Agreeably to assignment, the House proceeded to the choice of a Senator of the United States, in the room of the Hon. Theodore Sedgwick, who declines being considered a candidate and whose time expires in March next: - The whole number of votes, was 156 - of which the Hon. Samuel Dexter, Esq. had 102, was chosen, and sent up to the Senate for concurrence." Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). June 20, 1798.

References:

Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). June 20, 1798.

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