United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1841
In 1841, Spencer Jarnagin was nominated for U.S. Senator by the Whig caucus in the Tennessee General Assembly. However, some of the Democrats in the legislature decided that no Senator would be preferable to a Whig. Known as the "Immortal Thirteen" by Tennessee Democrats, they refused to allow a quorum on the issue.
See also
- United States Senate special election in Tennessee, 1843
- United States Senate elections, 1840 and 1841
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