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1905 United States Senate election in New York

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Field	Value
election_name	1905 United States Senate election in New York
country	New York
flag_year	1905
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1899 United States Senate election in New York
previous_year	1899
next_election	1911 United States Senate election in New York
next_year	1911
election_date	January 17, 1905
image_size	x160px
votes_for_election	Majority vote of each house needed to win
1blank	Senate
2blank	Percentage
3blank	House
4blank	Percentage
image1	CMDepew.jpg
nominee1	Chauncey Depew
party1	Republican Party (United States)
1data1	36
2data1	73.47%
3data1	100
4data1	69.44%
image2	File:Smith Mead Weed (New York State Assemblyman).jpg
nominee2	Smith M. Weed
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
1data2	13
2data2	26.53%
3data2	44
4data2	30.55%
title	Senator
before_election	Chauncey Depew
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Chauncey Depew
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

The 1905 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 17, 1905. Incumbent Senator Chauncey Depew was re-elected to a second term in office. He was renominated unanimously after former Governor Frank S. Black dropped his challenge, and easily won the election given the Republican Party's large majorities in both houses.

Background

Republican Chauncey M. Depew had been elected to this seat in 1899, and his term would expire on March 3, 1905.

At the State election in November 1904, large Republican majorities were elected for a two-year term (1905–1906) in the State Senate, and for the session of 1905 to the Assembly. The 128th State Legislature met from January 3, 1905, on at Albany, New York.

Candidates

Republican caucus

Late in 1904, Ex-Governor Frank S. Black tried to be nominated to succeed Depew. Black was supported by Governor Benjamin B. Odell Jr., but after intense fighting behind the scenes, Odell finally dropped Black and accepted Depew's re-election which had been supported by his fellow Senator Thomas C. Platt and Speaker S. Frederick Nixon.

The Republican caucus met on January 16. They re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Chauncey M. Depew unanimously.

Democratic caucus

The Democratic caucus met also on January 16. They nominated again Smith M. Weed who had been the candidate of the Democratic minority in the U.S. Senate election of 1887.

Candidate	First ballot
√ Smith M. Weed	42
D-Cady Herrick	14

Result

Chauncey M. Depew was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected.

Office	House	Republican	Democrat
State Senate
(50 members)	√ Chauncey M. Depew	36	Smith M. Weed
State Assembly
(150 members)	√ Chauncey M. Depew	100	Smith M. Weed

Note: The votes were cast on January 17, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 18 to compare nominations, and declare the result.

Aftermath

Depew remained in the U.S. Senate until March 3, 1911. In 1911, Depew was defeated for re-election by Democrat James A. O'Gorman after a deadlock of two months and a half.

Notes

Sources

Members of the 59th United States Congress

References

[[Smith Mead Weed]] (1834-1920), lawyer and businessman, of [[Plattsburgh, New York. Plattsburgh]], assemblyman 1865-67, 1871, 1873 and 1874; delegate to the [[1876 Democratic National Convention. 1876]] and [[1884 Democratic National Convention]]s

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