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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 161

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it came to a final vote, he had resigned to become secretary of war in Millard Fillmore's cabinet.
Robert Rantoul term of service was the shortest of any of the senators in our lists. Francis Malbone of Rhode Island served only thirteen days, but Robert Rantoul saw only nine days of actual service. He was elected by the Massachusetts legislature to fill our the unexpired term of Daniel Webster. Robert C. Winthrop had been appointed by the governor but the legislature failed to confirm the appointment and Mr. Rantoul was elected. When Mr. Winthrop received word of Mr. Rantoul's election he asked the senate to decide when his own term expired. No regulation had been made concerning this matter and precedents differed. Usually the appointed senator gave up the seat as soon as the senator elect appeared and was qualified, but there had

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159 it came to a final vote, he had resigned to become secretary of war in Millard Fillmore's cabinet. Robert Rantoul term of service was the shortest of any of the senators in our lists. Francis Malbone of Rhode Island served only thirteen days, but Robert Rantoul saw only nine days of actual service. He was elected by the Massachusetts legislature to fill our the unexpired term of Daniel Webster. Robert C. Winthrop had been appointed by the governor but the legislature failed to confirm the appointment and Mr. Rantoul was elected. When Mr. Winthrop received word of Mr. Rantoul's election he asked the senate to decide when his own term expired. No regulation had been made concerning this matter and precedents differed. Usually the appointed senator gave up the seat as soon as the senator elect appeared and was qualified, but there had