1891 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

1891 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

←  1885 January 20, 1891 1897  →

Nominee J. Donald Cameron Chauncey Forward Black Party Republican Democratic Leg. vote 144 94 Percentage 56.69% 37.01%

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

The 1891 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 20, 1891. 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, 1891, to elect a Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1891. Incumbent Republican J. Donald Cameron, who was elected in an 1877 special election and re-elected in 1879 and 1885, 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.)	144	56.69
	Democratic	Chauncey F. Black	94	37.01
	Republican	Austin L. Taggart	7	2.76
	Republican	Theodore L. Flood	3	1.18
	Democratic	J. C. Sibley	1	0.39
	Republican	Harry White	1	0.39
	N/A	Not voting	4	1.57
Totals			254	100.00%

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1890 and 1891

References

1. "U.S. Senate Election - 20 January 1891" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

External links

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

Preceded by 1885

Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class III) 1891

Succeeded by 1897