1854–55 United States Senate elections

Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1854 and 1855, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.Those Whigs in the South who were opposed to secession ran on the "Opposition Party" ticket, and were elected to a minority.Along with the Whigs, the Senate roster also included Free Soilers, Know Nothings, and a new party: the Republicans.James Pearce won re-election by an unknown margin of votes, for the Class 3 seat.The Hard faction (led by Daniel S. Dickinson) was against it, in true Hunker fashion claiming all patronage for themselves; the Soft faction (led by William L. Marcy, which included the former Barnburners, advocated party unity as a necessity to defeat the Whigs.In the Assembly, Seward received 69 votes, given by 65 Whigs; 1 Democrat; 1 Temperance man; 1 Republican and 1 Whig-Republican.
Senator John J. Crittenden
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