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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 35: Massachusetts and the compromise.—Sumner chosen senator.—1850-1851. (search)
was so spontaneous that the people had acted upon it in all parts of the State. Twenty-one Eleven Free Soilers and ten Democrats. Free Soil and Democratic senators were elected to eleven Whigs, and two hundred and twenty One hundred and thirteen Free Soilers and one hundred and seven Democrats. Free Soil and Democratic representatives to one hundred and seventy-six Whigs, Among the forty-four Whig members from Boston were Benjamin R. Curtis, Sidney Bartlett. Henry J. Gardner, Samuel Hooper, Moses Kimball, and William Schouler.—a majority for the union of ten in the Senate (to be increased when the vacancies were filled by joint ballot), and of fifty-four in the House. The existing method required United States senators to be chosen by concurrent vote of both houses. The House selected two of the three candidates for governor having the highest number of votes, and the Senate chose between the two candidates whose names were thus selected by the House. The result was ext