New Hampshire 1800 U.S. Senate
- Office:
- U.S. Senate (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- New Hampshire 1800 U.S. Senate
- Date:
- 1800
- State:
- New Hampshire
- Type:
- Legislative
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. Senate/U.S. Senator
- Candidates:
- James Sheafe, John Langdon, scattering
Candidates: | James Sheafe | John Langdon | scattering |
---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | |
Final Result: [1][2][3][4] | 83 | 12 | 38 |
House of Representatives | 83 | 12 | 38 |
Senate | 10 | - | 2 |
Notes:
[1]"The Hon. James Sheafe was yesterday elected, by the General Court, a Senator of the U. States, to take his seat on the 4th of March next, in the room of Mr. Langdon, whose time will then expire." Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). June 14, 1800.
[2]"To close the scene of Federal Triumph, the Hon. JAMES SHEAFE is elected Senator to Congress, 80 against 50." The United States Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). June 21, 1800.
[3]"As Senator to Congress Mr. Sheaffe had 83 votes, the other candidate 50." The Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). July 24, 1800.
[4]"Nevertheless, the Federalists had an irreducible majority of some thirty votes, which they used like a bludgeon to impose their will upon the state. John Langdon's term in the Senate was soon to expire, and his implacable foes no longer harbored any sentimental admiration for his revolutionary services. Brushing aside Republican efforts to postpone the election or to distribute the Federalist vote among several favorite sons, the bloc of eighty-seven in the house nominated James Sheafe, a Portsmouth merchant and ex-Tory, to replace John Langdon, the Portsmouth merchant and ex-federalist. Langdon received only twelve votes. The senate concurred in Sheafe's election by ten votes to two, and on March 4, 1801, he took the Senate seat that Langdon had occupied for twelve years." The Ninth State: New Hampshire's Formative Years. 182.
References:
Journal of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1800. 59-64.
Journal of the New Hampshire State Senate, 1800. 41.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). June 14, 1800.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). June 17, 1800.
The United States Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). June 21, 1800.
The Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). July 24, 1800.
Turner, Lynn Warren. The Ninth State: New Hampshire's Formative Years. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1983. 182.
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