Election Name: | 1865 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1859 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
Previous Year: | 1859 |
Next Election: | 1871 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
Next Year: | 1871 |
Election Date: | January 10 and 20, 1865 |
Votes For Election: | 40 members of the Massachusetts Senate 396 members of the Massachusetts House Majority vote of each house needed to win |
1Blank: | Senate |
2Blank: | Percentage |
3Blank: | House |
4Blank: | Percentage |
Image1: | Henry Wilson, VP of the United States.jpg |
Nominee1: | Henry Wilson |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
1Data1: | 35 |
2Data1: | 92.5% |
3Data1: | 207 |
4Data1: | 92.83% |
Nominee2: | John Albion Andrew |
Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
1Data2: | 3 |
2Data2: | 7.5% |
3Data2: | 12 |
4Data2: | 5.38% |
Senator | |
Before Election: | Henry Wilson |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Henry Wilson |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1865 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1865. Incumbent Republican Senator Henry Wilson was re-elected easily to a second term as a member of the Republican Party.
At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of each separate house of the Massachusetts General Court, the House and the Senate.
At the time, the Massachusetts legislature was dominated the Republican Party, whose members held nearly every seat.
On January 10, the House voted for Wilson's re-election and sent the vote to the Senate for ratification.
On January 20, the State Senate convened and ratified Wilson's re-election by an overwhelming margin.