Election Name: | 1839 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1833 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
Previous Year: | 1833 |
Next Election: | 1841 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts |
Next Year: | 1841 (special) |
Election Date: | January 17 and 18, 1839 |
Votes For Election: | 43 Members of the Massachusetts Senate 501 Members of the Massachusetts House Majority vote of each house needed to win |
1Blank: | Senate |
2Blank: | Percentage |
3Blank: | House |
4Blank: | Percentage |
Image1: | Webster 2.gif |
Nominee1: | Daniel Webster |
Party1: | Whig Party (United States) |
1Data1: | 34 |
2Data1: | 79.07% |
3Data1: | 336 |
4Data1: | 67.06% |
Nominee2: | Benjamin F. Hallett |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
1Data2: | 9 |
2Data2: | 20.93% |
3Data2: | 165 |
4Data2: | 32.93% |
Senator | |
Before Election: | Daniel Webster |
Before Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
After Election: | Daniel Webster |
After Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
The 1839 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on January 17 and 18, 1839.
Incumbent Whig Senator Daniel Webster was easily re-elected to his third term in office.
At this time, Massachusetts elected U.S. senators by a majority of each house of the Massachusetts General Court.
The Senate voted on January 17.
The House voted on January 18.
Webster resigned his seat in 1841 to accept his appointment as Secretary of State by President William Henry Harrison. However, Webster left office in 1843 after President John Tyler pressured him to resign and was elected to this seat again in 1845.