1854 United States Senate election in New York

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Senate
gptkbp:aftermath Strengthening of the Republican Party
End of the Whig Party
Weakening of the Democratic Party
gptkbp:campaigns Focus on anti-slavery issues
Mobilization of grassroots support
Use of pamphlets and speeches
gptkbp:championship gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:context Pre-Civil War America
gptkbp:demographics Increasingly diverse electorate
Predominantly white male voters
gptkbp:election gptkb:election
gptkbp:election_result Seward elected to the Senate
gptkbp:election_year February 8, 1854
gptkbp:historical_context Political realignment in the 1850s
gptkbp:historical_impact Precursor to the Civil War
Influence on future elections
Foundation for Republican dominance in the North
gptkbp:historical_significance Emergence of new political coalitions
Indicator of national trends
Reflection of anti-slavery sentiment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1854 United States Senate election in New York
gptkbp:impact Shift in political landscape in New York
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Horace_Greeley
gptkb:James_W._Nye
gptkb:John_A._King
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Thurlow_Weed
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:William_M._Evarts
gptkb:Edwin_D._Morgan
gptkb:Samuel_J._Tilden
gptkb:David_Wilmot
gptkbp:location gptkb:Albany,_New_York
gptkbp:loser gptkb:John_A._King
gptkbp:major_issues gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkb:oppression
Sectional tensions
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Rise_of_the_Republican_Party
Decline of the Whig Party
gptkbp:notable_nominees gptkb:John_A._King
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkbp:outcome Seward's re-election
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York
gptkbp:result Republican victory
gptkbp:significance first election after the formation of the Republican Party
gptkbp:state gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:1855_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York
gptkbp:voter_turnout high
gptkbp:voting_method gptkb:election
Legislative vote
gptkbp:winner gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkbp:year 1854
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7