1875 United States Senate election in New York

1875 United States Senate election in New York
← 1869 January 19–20, 1875 1881 →

Majority vote of legislature needed to win
 
Nominee Francis Kernan Edwin D. Morgan
Party Democratic Republican
Electoral vote 87 68
Percentage 55.77% 43.59%

Senator before election

Reuben Fenton
Republican

Elected Senator

Francis Kernan
Democratic

The 1875 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 19 and 20, 1875, by the New York State Legislature. The legislature, with a Republican Senate and Democratic Assembly, jointly elected Democrat Francis Kernan Senator. Kernan became the first Democrat to represent New York since 1851.


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