1868–69 United States Senate elections

Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1868 and 1869, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.[2] William Pinkney Whyte won election by an unknown margin of votes, for the Class 1 seat to fill the vacancy created by Reverdy Johnson.[7] Philip Francis Thomas, a Democrat, was elected in 1867, however, failed to qualify for the seat due to his support for the Confederacy.The caucus of Republican State legislators met on January 16, Assemblyman John H. Selkreg presided.Speaker Truman G. Younglove had held back the appointments to the standing Assembly committees until after the caucus, and subsequent election, of a U.S.After the caucus, comparing notes, the assemblymen discovered that some of the most important committee chairmanships had been promised to a dozen different members by Speaker Younglove.In the State Senate, Republicans Matthew Hale (16th D.) and Charles Stanford (15th D.); and Democrats Cauldwell, Thomas J. Creamer, Michael Norton (5th D.) and John J. Bradley (7th D.); did not vote.
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WhyteWilliam T. HamiltonMassachusettsCharles Sumner1851 (special)re-electedMichiganZachariah ChandlerMinnesotaAlexander RamseyMississippiJefferson DavisCivil WarReconstructionMissouriJohn B. HendersonCarl SchurzNebraskaThomas TiptonNevadaWilliam M. StewartNew JerseyFrederick T. Frelinghuysen1867 (special)John P. StocktonNew YorkEdwin D. MorganReuben E. FentonHenry C. MurphyHenry S. RandallBenjamin WadeAllen G. ThurmanPennsylvaniaCharles R. BuckalewJohn ScottWilliam A. WallaceHiester ClymerWilliam Sprague IVTennesseeDavid T. Patterson1866 (readmission)elected earlyWilliam G. BrownlowWilliam B. StokesLouis WigfallVermontGeorge F. Edmunds1866 (special)VirginiaJoseph SegarWest VirginiaPeter G. Van WinkleArthur I. BoremanWisconsinJames R. DoolittleMatthew H. 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