1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

←  1909 November 3, 1914 1920  →

Nominee Boies Penrose Gifford Pinchot A. Mitchell Palmer Party Republican Progressive Democratic Popular vote 519,810 269,265 266,436 Percentage 46.76% 24.22% 23.97%

County results Penrose:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70% Pinchot:     30–40%     40–50% Palmer:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Senator before election Boies Penrose Republican Elected Senator Boies Penrose Republican

Theodore Roosevelt endorses Pinchot, running for U.S. Senate on Progressive ticket in Pennsylvania 1914.

The 1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 3, 1914. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Boies Penrose won re-election against Gifford Pinchot and A. Mitchell Palmer. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

General election

Candidates

• A. S. Landis (Industrialist)
• Madison F. Larkin (Prohibition)
• Alexander Mitchell Palmer, U.S. Representative from Stroudsburg (Democratic)
• Boies Penrose, incumbent Senator since 1897 (Republican)
• Gifford Pinchot, former Chief of the United States Forest Service (Progressive)
• Frederick W. Whiteside (Socialist)

Results

1914 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Boies Penrose (incumbent)	519,810	46.76%
	Progressive	Gifford Pinchot	269,265	24.22%
	Democratic	A. Mitchell Palmer	266,436	23.87%
	Socialist	Frederick W. Whiteside	37,950	3.41%
	Prohibition	Madison F. Larkin	17,585	1.58%
	Industrialist	A. S. Landis	680	0.06%
Total votes			1,111,726	100.00%

References

1. "Brumbaugh Elected Governor: Penrose Re-elected." Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Repository, November 7, 1914, p. 1 (subscription required).
2. "Rum Interests Sweep the State with Big Vote for Penrose and Brumbaugh." Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: The Lewisburg Journal, November 6, 1914, p. 1 (subscription required).
3. "Re-elected to U.S. Senate." Uniontown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Herald, November 4, 1914, p. 1 (subscription required).
4. "Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1914".