Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. IIVarious
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II
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Of 9 Congressmen, 3 Whigs are chosen, and in 6 districts no choice was
effected. Hon. HORACE MANN, the Free Soil candidate, succeeded against
both the opposing candidates. To the State Senate 13 Whigs and 27 of the
Opposition were chosen; and to the House of Representatives 169 Whigs,
179 Opposition, and in 79 districts there was no choice. The vacancies
were to be filled by an election on the 25th of November. A U.S. Senator
from this State is also to be chosen, to succeed Hon. R.C. WINTHROP, who
was appointed by the Governor to supply the vacancy caused by Mr.
WEBSTER's resignation.
No more elections for Members of Congress will be held in any of the
States (except to fill vacancies) until after March 4th, 1851. The terms
of 21 Senators expire on that day--of whom 8 are Whigs, and 13
Democrats. Judging from the State elections already held there will be 6
Whigs and 15 Democrats chosen to fill their places. The U.S. Senate will
then stand thus:
Holding over 18 Whigs 23 Democrats.
New Senators 6 " 5 "
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Total 24 38
The House of Representatives comprises 233 members, of whom 127 have
already been chosen, politically divided as follows--compared with the
delegations from each State in the present Congress:
1850. 1848.
_Whig._ _Dem._ _Whig._ _Dem._
Missouri 3 2 5
Iowa 2 1 1
Vermont 3 1 3 1
Florida 1 1
Maine 2 5 2 5
South Carolina 7 7
Pennsylvania 9 15 15 9
Ohio 8 13 10 11
New York 17 17 32 2
New Jersey 1 4 4 1
Wisconsin 3 1 2
Michigan 2 1 1 2
Massachusetts[11] 3 3
Illinois 1 6 1 6
Delaware 1 1
-- -- -- --
50 77 75 52
Should the remaining 16 States be represented in the next Congress
politically as at present, the Democratic majority would be about 30. In
reference to the contingency of the next presidential election devolving
upon the House, for lack of a choice by the people, 9 of the above
States would go Democratic, five of them Whig, and one (the State of New
York), would have no vote, its delegation being equally divided. The
delegations of the same States in the present Congress are as follows,
viz., 7 Whig, 7 Democratic, and one (Iowa) equally divided.
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