1851 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The 1851 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1851. Free Soil Party candidate Charles Sumner was elected by a coalition of Free-Soil and Democratic legislators over Whig incumbent Robert C. Winthrop, who had been appointed to finish the term of retiring Senator Daniel Webster.
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40 members of the Massachusetts Senate 396 members of the Massachusetts House Majority vote of each house needed to win | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of each separate house of the Massachusetts General Court, the House and the Senate.
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