Douglas, however, won the senatorship by a vote in the legislature of 54 to 46.
Charles was forced to resigr the senatorship of Rome and the signoria of Lombardy and Tuscany.
Douglas, in their contest for the United States senatorship, was held at Ottawa.
Seymour did not re-enter political life, refusing to be considered for the United States senatorship from New York in 1876.
He protested against the queen's autocratic behaviour, and resigned both the premiership and his senatorship. He was elected landtmarskalk at the diet of 1720, and contributed, on the resignation of Ulrica Leonora, to the election of Frederick of Hesse as king of Sweden, whose first act was to restore to him the office of prime minister.