1857 United States Senate election in New York

1857 United States Senate election in New York
← 1851 February 3, 1857 1863 →

Majority vote of each house needed to win
 
Nominee Preston King Daniel E. Sickles Joel T. Headley
Party Republican Democratic Know Nothing
Senate 14 1 9
Percentage 58.33% 4.17% 37.50%
House 77 33 6
Percentage 66.38% 28.45% 5.17%

Senator before election

Hamilton Fish
Whig

Elected Senator

Preston King
Republican

The 1857 United States Senate election in New York was held on February 3, 1857 by the New York State Legislature. Incumbent Whig Senator Hamilton Fish did not stand for re-election. The seat was won by Preston King, a former U.S. Representative and member of the newly-formed Republican Party. King was the first Republican elected to represent New York, although William H. Seward had joined the party after being elected as a Whig in 1855.


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