1885 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

1885 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

←  1879 January 20, 1885 1891  →

Nominee J. Donald Cameron William A. Wallace Party Republican Democratic Leg. vote 163 69 Percentage 64.94% 27.49%

U.S. senator before election J. Donald Cameron Republican Elected U.S. Senator J. Donald Cameron Republican

The 1885 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 20, 1885. J. Donald Cameron was re-elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate. ^[1]

Results

The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on January 20, 1885, to elect a Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1885. Incumbent Republican J. Donald Cameron, who was elected in an 1877 special election and re-elected in 1879, was a successful candidate for re-election to another term. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:

State Legislature Results ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Donald Cameron (Inc.)	163	64.94
	Democratic	William A. Wallace	69	27.49
	Republican	A. W. Acheson	1	0.40
	Republican	Charles N. Brumm	1	0.40
	Republican	George Shiras Jr.	1	0.40
	N/A	Not voting	14	5.58
Totals			251	100.00%

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1884 and 1885

References

1. "U.S. Senate Election - 20 January 1885" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

External links

• Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project

Preceded by 1879

Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class III) 1885

Succeeded by 1891