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The 1858–59 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures .
The 1858 United States elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President James Buchanan's term and marked the end of the transitional period between the Second Party System and the Third Party System. [3] Members of the 36th United States Congress were chosen in this election. In the first election since the Supreme Court decided Dred
6 1858 US Senate election. 7 1860 presidential election. Toggle 1860 presidential election subsection. 7.1 Republican Party nomination. 7.2 General election.
Douglas had first been elected to the United States Senate in 1846, and he was seeking re-election for a third term in 1858. The issue of slavery was raised several times during his tenure in the Senate, particularly with respect to the Compromise of 1850.
Pages in category "1858 United States Senate elections" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Stephen Arnold Douglas (né Douglass; April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois.A U.S. Senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party to run for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln.
The 1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 7, 1858, and December 1, 1859. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 238 representatives were elected in the new state of Oregon, the pending new state of Kansas, and the other 32 states before the first session of the 36th United ...
1858 United States Senate elections; See also. Category:1858 elections This page was last edited on 1 August 2024, at 03:31 (UTC). Text is available under ...