Delaware 1824 U.S. Senate

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

Label:: Delaware 1824 U.S. Senate
Date:: 1824
State:: Delaware
Type:: Legislative
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. Senate/U.S. Senator
Candidates:: Nicholas Van Dyke, Andrew Gray, blank

Candidates:	Nicholas Van Dyke [1]	Andrew Gray	blank
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican
Final Result: [2][3]	18	9	1
General Assembly	18	9	1

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The Journal of the Delaware State Senate refers to Nicholas Van Dyke as Nicholas Vandyke.

[3]Nicholas Van Dyke already held this seat, which had expired "on the third of March last." When the first session of the 18th Congress convened in the U.S. Senate on December 1, 1823, he had not yet been re-elected and was not present. He took his seat on January 14, 1824, having been "appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Delaware, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last." Journal of the United States of America. Vol. 14. 99.

References:

Journal of the Delaware State Senate, 1824. 16-17.

Journal of the United States of America. Vol. 14. 99.

Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE). January 9, 1824.

Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE). January 13, 1824.

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