1897 United States Senate election in New York
…State Legislature to elect a U.S. senator (Class 3) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate. Democrat David B. Hill had been elected to this seat in 1891 and his term was set to expire on March 3, 1897. At the State election in November 1895, 36 Republicans and 14 Democrats were elected for a three-year…