<page_title> 1872 and 1873 United States Senate elections </page_title> <section_title> Races leading to the 43rd Congress </section_title> <table> <cell> Roscoe Conkling <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Republican <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Electoral history </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1867 <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> </cell> </table>
Republican Roscoe Conkling had been elected in 1867 to this seat.