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  Benton Democrat
POLITICAL PARTY DETAILS
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AbbreviationBnD
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CountryUnited States
Established0000-00-00
Disbanded0000-00-00
ContributorThomas Walker
Last EditedRBH - October 18, 2007 06:35pm
DescriptionThomas Hart Benton's declaration of oppositon to slavery led to a split of Democrats in Missouri into Pro-Benton and Anti-Benton camps for several elections.

Congressmen elected as Benton Democrats include John S. Phelps, Thomas Hart Benton, and Francis Blair.

Phelps went on to serve as a Democrat and an Anti-Benton Democrat. Benton served one term before losing in 1854. Blair was elected as a Benton Democrat in 1856, and was a Republican by 1858.

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MOST RECENT RACES
12/07/1857 US House Speaker Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Lost 0.44% (-56.44%)
08/04/1856 MO Governor Thomas Hart "Old Bullion" Benton Lost 23.97% (-16.82%)
08/04/1856 MO District 4 Shelton J. Howe Lost 2.44% (-54.36%)
08/04/1856 MO District 5 Thomas L. Price Lost 26.00% (-15.58%)
08/04/1856 MO District 6 P. B. Larrimore Lost 0.66% (-57.40%)
08/04/1856 MO District 7 John D. Stephenson Lost 16.30% (-36.26%)
08/04/1856 MO District 1 Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Won 43.84% (+3.53%)
08/07/1854 MO District 1 Thomas Hart "Old Bullion" Benton Lost 45.84% (-8.32%)
08/07/1854 MO District 2 Tully Cornick Lost 45.86% (-8.28%)
08/07/1854 MO District 4 Shelton J. Howe Lost 19.08% (-22.88%)
08/07/1854 MO District 5 Thomas L. Price Lost 35.50% (-10.63%)
08/07/1854 MO District 6 Waldo Porter Johnson Lost 48.90% (-2.21%)
08/01/1853 MO District 7 Albert Jackson Lost 22.77% (-17.07%)
08/01/1853 MO District 7 Fermin A. Rosier Lost 15.68% (-24.16%)
08/02/1852 MO District 1 Thomas Hart "Old Bullion" Benton Won 45.37% (+4.53%)
08/02/1852 MO District 4 Austin Augustus King Lost 26.02% (-20.66%)
08/05/1850 MO District 1 Fermin A. Rosier Lost 31.00% (-8.55%)
08/05/1850 MO District 2 Ezra Hunt Lost 2.06% (-50.78%)
08/05/1850 MO District 4 James B. Gardenhire Lost 25.61% (-11.92%)
08/05/1850 MO District 5 John S. Phelps Won 50.03% (+15.90%)