- Source: 1855 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
The 1855 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held in the 8th Wisconsin Legislature between January 30, 1855, and February 1, 1855. Incumbent Democratic U.S. senator Isaac P. Walker did not run for re-election. Former U.S. representative Charles Durkee was elected United States senator on the eighth ballot, and became the first Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
This was the first U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin after the creation of the Republican Party. Republicans held a majority in the Wisconsin State Assembly, with 44 of 82 seats; Democrats held a narrow majority in the Wisconsin Senate, with 13 of 25 seats. As the Republican Party was a new creation, party loyalties were still in flux, with several members of the legislature not officially aligned with either major party.
With 44 seats in the Assembly and 11 seats in the Senate, Republicans technically held a bare majority of the total legislator votes, but they struggled for three days to unify behind their candidate. Durkee ultimately received 53 of the 55 votes of Republican legislators. The two holdouts who did not vote for Durkee were representatives Joseph Schrage of Sheboygan County and Mitchell L. Delaney of Washington County. To secure the necessary 54 votes, Durkee won the vote of independent (later Republican) Alexander Randall.
Major candidates
= Democratic
=Byron Kilbourn, former mayor of Milwaukee
Harrison Carroll Hobart, former state senator and state representative
Morgan Lewis Martin, state representative and former delegate to the Wisconsin Territory
= Republican
=Charles Durkee, former U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
James Duane Doty, former governor of the Wisconsin Territory, former U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
Results
= Votes on January 30, 1855
=The legislature met in joint session on January 30 and took three votes in succession to try to pick a U.S. senator.
No person securing the majority, the convention voted to adjourn until 11am the following day.
= Votes on January 31, 1855
=The legislature re-convened in joint session on Wednesday, January 31, and took three more votes for U.S. senator.
No person securing the majority, the convention voted to adjourn until 3pm the following day.
= Votes on February 1, 1855
=The legislature re-convened in joint session on Thursday, February 1, and took two more votes for U.S. senator, finally achieving a majority on the 2nd vote of the day, the 8th ballot overall.
Charles Durkee, having received a majority of the 107 votes of the legislature, was declared elected U.S. senator.
See also
1854–55 United States Senate elections
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