1897 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

1897 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

←  1891 January 20, 1897 1903  →

Nominee Boies Penrose Chauncey Forward Black Party Republican Democratic Leg. vote 210 15.42 Percentage 83.00% 37.01%

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

The 1897 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 19, 1897. Boies Penrose was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate. ^[1]

Results

Incumbent Republican J. Donald Cameron, who was elected in an 1877 special election and subsequently re-elected in 1879, 1885 and 1891, was not a candidate for re-election to another term. The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on January 19, 1897, to elect a new Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1897. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:

State Legislature Results ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Boies Penrose	210	83.00
	Democratic	Chauncey F. Black	39	15.42
	Republican	John Wanamaker	1	0.40
	N/A	Not voting	3	1.19
Totals			253	100.00%

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1896 and 1897

References

1. "U.S. Senate Election - 19 January 1897" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

External links

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

Preceded by 1891

Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class III) 1897

Succeeded by 1903