The 1882–83 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators we
John E Kenna
Henry B. Anthony Brady Handy
Mahone, Hon. Senator of Virginia, Brig. Gen. in Civil War Crop
Readjuster Party
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The Readjuster Party was a bi-racial state-level political party formed in Virginia across party lines in the late 1870s during the turbulent period following the Reconstruction era that sought to red
1882–83 United States Senate elections
…these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 2. The Republicans retained a narrow majority — 39 (and later 40) out of 76 seats — with the Readjusters in their caucus. Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row…
'Death to Bourbonism' Cartoon
South Side Railroad Depot on Rock Street in Petersburg; it served as the office of William Mahone when his Readjuster Party dominated Virginia politics.
1882 broadside produced by the Readjuster Party
An 1881 engraving published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting John E. Massey addressing the delegates at the Readjuster state convention in Richmond on June 3, 1881