U.S. Senators from New York, 1789-2023 (May be
incomplete!)
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1844 Nov 26:
Silas
Wright, Jr., resigned.
1881 May 16:
Thomas
C. Platt, resigned;
Roscoe
Conkling, resigned.
1914 Nov 3:
James
W. Wadsworth, Jr. (Rep), elected;
James
W. Gerard (Dem & Independence League), defeated;
Bainbridge
Colby (Progressive), defeated;
Charles
E. Russell (Socialist), defeated;
Francis
E. Baldwin (Prohibition), defeated;
Erwin
A. Archer (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1916 Sep 19:
William
F. McCombs (Dem), nominated;
Thomas
F. Conway (Dem), defeated in primary.
1916 Sep 19:
William
M. Calder (Rep), nominated;
Robert
Bacon (Rep), defeated in primary.
1916 Sep 19:
Bainbridge
Colby (Progressive), nominated;
William
M. Calder (Progressive), defeated in primary.
1916 Nov 7:
William
M. Calder (Rep), elected;
William
F. McCombs (Dem & American), defeated;
Joseph
D. Cannon (Socialist), defeated;
D.
Leigh Colvin (Prohibition), defeated;
Bainbridge
Colby (Progressive & Independence League), defeated;
August
Gillhaus (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1920 Sep 14:
Harry
C. Walker (Dem), nominated;
George
R. Lunn (Dem), defeated in primary.
1920 Sep 14:
James
W. Wadsworth, Jr. (Rep), nominated;
Ella
A. Boole (Rep), defeated in primary;
George
Henry Payne (Rep), defeated in primary.
1920 Nov 2:
James
W. Wadsworth, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Harry
C. Walker (Dem), defeated;
Jacob
Panken (Socialist), defeated;
Ella
A. Boole (Prohibition), defeated;
Rose
Schneiderman (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Harry
Carlson (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Royal
S. Copeland (Dem), elected;
William
M. Calder (Rep), defeated;
Algernon
Lee (Socialist), defeated;
Coleridge
A. Hart (Prohibition), defeated;
Henry
Kuhn (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1926 Nov 2:
Robert
F. Wagner (Dem), elected;
James
W. Wadsworth, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
Franklin
W. Cristman (Independent Republican), defeated;
Jessie
W. Hughan (Socialist), defeated;
William
F. Dunne (Workers), defeated;
Joseph
Brandon (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
Royal
S. Copeland (Dem), elected;
Alanson
B. Houghton (Rep), defeated;
McAlister
Coleman (Socialist), defeated;
Robert
Minor (Workers), defeated;
Henry
Kuhn (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1932 Nov 8:
Robert
F. Wagner (Dem), elected;
George
Z. Medalie (Rep), defeated;
Charles
Solomon (Socialist), defeated;
D.
Leigh Colvin (Law Preservation), defeated;
William
W. Weinstone (Communist), defeated;
Jeremiah
D. Crowley (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1934 Nov 6:
Royal
S. Copeland (Dem), elected;
E.
Harold Cluett (Rep), defeated;
Norman
Thomas (Socialist), defeated;
Max
Bedacht (Communist), defeated;
Henry
Breckinridge (Constitutional), defeated;
William
Sheafe Chase (Law Preservation), defeated;
Olive
M. Johnson (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1938 Jun 17:
Royal
S. Copeland, died in office.
1938 Nov 8:
Robert
F. Wagner (Dem & American Labor), elected;
John
Lord O'Brian (Rep & Independent Progressive), defeated;
Herman
J. Hahn (Socialist), defeated;
O.
Martin Olson (Industrial Government), defeated.
1938 Nov 8:
James
M. Mead (Dem & American Labor), elected;
Edward
F. Corsi (Rep & Independent Progressive), defeated;
Harry
W. Laidler (Socialist), defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
James
M. Mead (Dem & American Labor), elected;
Bruce
Barton (Rep), defeated;
Stephen
W. Paine (Prohibition), defeated.
1944 Nov 7:
Robert
F. Wagner (Dem & American Labor), elected;
Thomas
J. Curran (Rep), defeated;
Eric
Hass (Industrial Government), defeated.
1946 Nov 5:
Irving
M. Ives (Rep), elected;
Herbert
H. Lehman (Dem & American Labor), defeated.
1949 Nov 8:
Herbert
H. Lehman (Dem & Liberal), elected;
John
Foster Dulles (Rep), defeated.
1950 Nov 7:
Herbert
H. Lehman (Dem & Liberal), elected;
Joe
R. Hanley (Rep), defeated;
W.
E. B. Du Bois (American Labor), defeated;
Joseph
Hansen (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Stephen
Emery (Industrial Government), defeated.
1952 Nov 4:
Irving
M. Ives (Rep), elected;
John
Cashmore (Dem), defeated;
George
S. Counts (Liberal), defeated;
Corliss
Lamont (American Labor), defeated;
Michael
Bartell (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Joseph
G. Glass (Socialist), defeated;
Nathan
L. Karp (Industrial Government), defeated.
1956 Nov 6:
Jacob
K. Javits (Rep), elected;
Robert
F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem & Liberal), defeated;
Douglas
MacArthur, defeated.
1958 Nov 4:
Kenneth
B. Keating (Rep), elected;
Frank
S. Hogan (Dem & Liberal), defeated;
Corliss
Lamont (Independent Socialist), defeated;
Stephen
Emery (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1962 Nov 6:
Jacob
K. Javits (Rep), elected;
James
B. Donovan (Dem & Liberal), defeated;
Kieran
O'Doherty (Conservative), defeated;
Carl
Feingold (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Stephen
Emery (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
Robert
F. Kennedy (Dem & Liberal), elected;
Kenneth
B. Keating (Rep), defeated;
Henry
Paolucci (Conservative), defeated;
John
Emanuel (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Richard
Garza (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1968:
Morris
Abram (Dem), defeated for nomination.
1968 Jun 6:
Robert
F. Kennedy, died in office.
1968 Jun 18:
Paul
O'Dwyer (Dem), nominated;
Eugene
H. Nickerson (Dem), defeated in primary;
Joseph
Y. Resnick (Dem), defeated in primary.
1968 Nov 5:
Jacob
K. Javits (Rep & Liberal), elected;
Paul
O'Dwyer (Dem), defeated;
James
L. Buckley (Conservative), defeated;
Herman
Ferguson (Peace and Freedom), defeated;
John
Emanuel (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Hedda
Garza (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1970 Jun 23:
Richard
Ottinger (Dem), nominated;
Paul
O'Dwyer (Dem), defeated in primary;
Theodore
C. Sorensen (Dem), defeated in primary;
Max
McCarthy (Dem), defeated in primary.
1970 Nov 3:
James
L. Buckley (Conservative & Independent Alliance), elected;
Richard
Ottinger (Dem), defeated;
Charles
E. Goodell (Rep & Liberal), defeated;
Arnold
Johnson (Communist), defeated;
Kipp
M. Dawson (Socialist Workers), defeated;
John
Emanuel (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1972:
Laurence
Radway (Dem), defeated in primary.
1974:
Lee
Alexander, defeated for nomination.
1974:
Abraham
J. Hirschfeld (Dem), defeated in primary.
1974 Nov 5:
Jacob
K. Javits (Rep & Liberal), elected;
Ramsey
Clark (Dem), defeated;
Barbara
A. Keating (Conservative), defeated;
Rebecca
Finch (Socialist Workers), defeated;
William
F. Dowling, Jr. (Courage), defeated;
Robert
E. Massi (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Mildred
Edelman (Communist), defeated;
Elijah
C. Boyd (U.S. Labor), defeated.
1976:
Bella
S. Abzug (Dem), defeated in primary;
Abraham
J. Hirschfeld (Dem), defeated in primary;
Ramsey
Clark (Dem), defeated in primary.
1976:
Peter
A. Peyser (Rep), defeated in primary.
1976 Sep 14:
Paul
O'Dwyer (Dem), defeated in primary.
1976 Nov 2:
Daniel
Patrick Moynihan (Dem & Liberal), elected;
James
L. Buckley (Rep & Conservative), defeated;
Herbert
Aptheker (Communist), defeated;
Marcia
Gallo (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Martin
E. Nixon (Libertarian), defeated;
Elijah
C. Boyd (U.S. Labor), defeated.
1980 Sep 9:
Elizabeth
Holtzman (Dem), nominated;
Bess
Myerson (Dem), defeated in primary;
John
V. Lindsay (Dem), defeated in primary;
John
J. Santucci (Dem), defeated in primary.
1980 Sep 9:
Alfonse
M. D'Amato (Rep), nominated;
Jacob
K. Javits (Rep), defeated in primary.
1980 Nov 4:
Alfonse
M. D'Amato (Rep & Conservative & Right To Life), elected;
Elizabeth
Holtzman (Dem), defeated;
Jacob
K. Javits (Liberal), defeated;
Richard
Savadel (Libertarian), defeated;
William
R. Scott (Communist), defeated;
Thomas
Soto (Workers World), defeated;
Victor
Neito (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1982:
Whitney
North Seymour, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1982 Sep 23:
Melvin
Klenetsky (Dem), defeated in primary.
1982 Nov 2:
Daniel
Patrick Moynihan (Dem & Liberal), elected;
Florence
Sullivan (Rep & Conservative & Right To Life), defeated;
James
J. McKeown (Libertarian), defeated;
Steven
Wattenmaker (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1986 Sep 9:
Mark
Green (Dem), nominated.
1986 Nov 4:
Alfonse
M. D'Amato (Rep & Conservative & Right To Life), elected;
Mark
Green (Dem), defeated;
John
Dyson (Liberal), defeated;
Frederick
D. Newman (New Alliance), defeated;
Michael
Shur (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1988:
Al
Sharpton (Dem), defeated in primary.
1988 Nov 8:
Daniel
Patrick Moynihan (Dem & Liberal), elected;
Robert
R. McMillan (Rep & Conservative), defeated;
Adelle
R. Nathanson (Right To Life), defeated;
Charlene
Mitchell (Ind), defeated;
Lydia
Bayoneta (Ind), defeated;
William
P. McMillen (Libertarian), defeated;
James
Harris (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1992:
Elizabeth
Holtzman (Dem), defeated in primary.
1992 Sep 15:
Geraldine
Ferraro (Dem), defeated in primary;
Al
Sharpton (Dem), defeated in primary.
1992 Nov 3:
Alfonse
M. D'Amato (Rep & Conservative & Right To Life), elected;
Robert
Abrams (Dem & Liberal), defeated;
Norma
Segal (Libertarian), defeated;
Mohammed
T. Mehdi (New Alliance), defeated;
Stanley
Nelson (Natural Law), defeated;
Ed
Warren (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1994 Sep 13:
Al
Sharpton (Dem), defeated in primary.
1994 Sep 13:
Henry
F. Hewes (Conservative), defeated in primary.
1994 Nov 8:
Daniel
Patrick Moynihan (Dem & Liberal), elected;
Bernadette
Castro (Rep & Conservative & Tax Cut Now), defeated;
Henry
F. Hewes (Right To Life), defeated;
Ismael
Betancourt, Jr. (Independent Fusion), defeated;
Norma
Segal (Libertarian), defeated;
Naomi
L. Craine (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1998 Sep 15:
Geraldine
Ferraro (Dem), defeated in primary;
Mark
Green (Dem), defeated in primary;
Eric
Ruano-Melendez (Dem), defeated in primary.
1998 Nov 3:
Charles
E. Schumer (Dem & Independence), elected;
Alfonse
M. D'Amato (Rep & Conservative & Right To Life), defeated;
Corinne
E. Kurtz (Marijuana Reform), defeated;
Joel
Kovel (Green), defeated;
William
P. McMillen (Libertarian), defeated;
Rose
Ana Berbeo (Socialist Workers), defeated.
2000 Nov 7:
Hillary
Clinton (Dem & Working Families), elected;
Rick
Lazio (Rep & Conservative), defeated;
Jeffrey
E. Graham (Independence), defeated;
Mark
J. Dunau (Green), defeated;
John
O. Adefope (Right To Life), defeated;
John
Clifton (Libertarian), defeated;
Louis
P. Wein (Constitution), defeated;
Jacob
J. Perasso (Socialist Workers), defeated.
2004 Nov 2:
Charles
E. Schumer (Dem & Independence), elected;
Howard
W. Mills (Rep), defeated;
Marilyn
F. O'Grady (Conservative), defeated;
David
McReynolds (Green), defeated;
Donald
Silberger (Libertarian), defeated;
Abraham
J. Hirschfeld (Builders), defeated;
Martin
Koppel (Socialist Workers), defeated.
2006 Sep 12:
John
D. Spencer (Rep), nominated.
2006 Nov 7:
Hillary
Clinton (Dem & Working Families & Independence), elected;
John
D. Spencer (Rep & Conservative), defeated;
Howie
Hawkins (Green), defeated;
Jeffrey
T. Russell (Libertarian), defeated;
Bill
Van Auken (Socialist Equality), defeated;
Róger
Calero (Socialist Workers), defeated.
2009 Jan 23:
Kirsten
E. Gillibrand, appointed.
2010 Nov 2:
Kirsten
E. Gillibrand (Dem), elected;
Randy
Credico (Libertarian), defeated.
2012:
Bob
Turner (Rep), defeated in primary.
2018 Nov 6:
Aaron
Commey (Libertarian), defeated.
2012 Nov 6:
Eric
L. Adams (Dem), elected.
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