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Candidate won Senate seat. Note: Five "anti-Nebraska" Democrats (i.e. opposed to the Kansas–Nebraska Act) voted for Trumbull rather than vote for Lincoln, a Whig. When pro-Nebraska Democrats were unable to reelect Shields, they switched their allegiance to Matteson, who had no stance on the Act.
U.S. postage stamp, 1958 issue, commemorating the Lincoln and Douglas debates. 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.
These elections corresponded with Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency. The nascent Republican Party increased their Senate seats in the regular elections, and after southern Democrats withdrew to join the Confederacy, Republicans gained control of the Senate. To establish a quorum with fewer members, a lower total seat number was taken ...
In 1854, Lincoln was elected to the Illinois legislature, but before the term began the following January he declined to take his seat so that he would be eligible to be a candidate in the upcoming U.S. Senate election.
Red shows states won by Lincoln, green by Breckinridge, orange by Bell, and blue by Douglas. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold [3] Seats contested: 22 of 66 seats [1] Net seat change: Republican +3 [2] House elections; Overall control: Republican hold: Seats contested ...
In 1855, Trumbull overcame Abraham Lincoln to win his first election as United States Senator. Lincoln endorsed Trumbull for the seat, and they became allies and co-leaders of the new Republican Party of Illinois. The 1854 elections in Illinois were a crushing defeat for supporters of the Kansas–Nebraska Act and Senator Stephen A. Douglas.
In the 1854 elections, Lincoln was elected to the Illinois legislature but declined to take his seat. [18] In the aftermath of the elections, which showed the power and popularity of the movement opposed to the Kansas–Nebraska Act, Lincoln instead sought election to the United States Senate. [ 23 ]
Red denotes states won by Lincoln, blue denotes states won by McClellan, and brown denotes Confederate states that did not participate in the election. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Republican hold: Seats contested: 14 of 50 seats [3] Net seat change: Republican +2 [4] House ...