state, but Congress did not act upon on his proposal. Although Carey's proposal was unsuccessful, Governor Warren still ordered an election for delegates to a constitutional convention to write a state constitution. On March 26, 1890, Carey introduced legislation to admit Wyoming as a state, passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 139 to 127 in favor, and passed the Senate with 29 to 18 in favor. The legislation was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison on July 10, 1890. Although Wyoming had a population of less than 60,000 at the time of its statehood, Carey stated that it did not matter as several other states had been admitted with populations lower than Wyoming's. United States Senate Following Wyoming's statehood, the first state legislature held a session at the order of Governor Warren. On November 12, 1890, the state legislature voted on the appointment of its two senators to the United States Senate. Carey defeated George W. Baxter while Warren defeated M. C. Brown, John McCormick, H. R. Mann, and Henry A. Coffeen. In 1895, he ran for reelection, but the state legislature unanimously voted in favor of Francis E. Warren due to Carey's opposition to the free silver movement. Interlude In 1894, he was named as honorary chancellor of Union College and was given an honorary LL. D. During the 1896 United States presidential election he stated that Governor William McKinley would narrowly defeat William Jennings Bryan. In 1897, a constitutional convention was held in Delaware where a letter from Carey in support of women's suffrage was read on February 16. On September 6, he and his brother, Davis Carey, were thrown from a carriage. Joseph Carey received cuts on his head while Davis was uninjured. Governor Election In May 1910, Carey announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for the Wyoming gubernatorial election. In June, he and former state Treasurer William C. Irvine, who served as Carey's campaign manager, campaigned across Wyoming. On September 10, he announced that he would run as an independent in the gubernatorial election in order to break the Republican political machine that controlled Wyoming. On September 21, he defeated William L. Kuykendall for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. In the general election, he defeated Republican nominee William E. Mullen and Socialist nominee W. W. Paterson and won every county. Tenure On January 21, 1911, nine senators, six governors, and