In 1884 he was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress , was re-elected in 1886 by an enlarged majority , and declined a third nomination in 1888 . In 1888 he was chairman of the New Hampshire delegation to the Republican National Convention at Chicago , where his political sagacity was well illustrated by the fact that he was one of the seconders of the nomination of the successful candidate , General Benjamin Harrison of Indiana . In 1890 he was again elected to the legislature , and during that session of the General Court was chosen United States Senator , entering upon his duties March 4 , 1891 . He was re-elected after a unanimous nomination in the Republican caucus in 1897 , and in 1903 he received the unprecedented honor of a third consecutive election for a full term , receiving every vote that was cast in the caucus
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1888 Republican National Convention
Jacob Harold Gallinger