United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1914

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United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1914
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  1908 November 3, 1914 1920  

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Nominee Boies Penrose Gifford Pinchot Alexander Mitchell Palmer
Party Republican Progressive Democratic
Popular vote519,810 269,265 266,436
Percentage46.76% 24.22% 23.97%

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County results

Senator before election

Boies Penrose
Republican

Elected Senator

Boies Penrose
Republican

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 Alexander Mitchell Palmer.

Boies Penrose United States Senator from Pennsylvania

Boies Penrose was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1897 until his death in 1921. Penrose was the fourth political boss of the Pennsylvania Republican political machine, following Simon Cameron, Donald Cameron, and Matthew Quay. Penrose was the longest-serving Pennsylvania Senator until Arlen Specter surpassed his record in 2005.

Gifford Pinchot American forester and politician

Gifford Pinchot was an American forester and politician. Pinchot served as the first Chief of the United States Forest Service from 1905 until his firing in 1910, and was the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1923 to 1927, and again from 1931 to 1935. He was a member of the Republican Party for most of his life, though he also joined the Progressive Party for a brief period.

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Candidates

Progressive

Democratic

Socialist

Republican

Results

Pennsylvania United States Senate election, 1914 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Boies Penrose 519,81046.76%
Progressive Gifford Pinchot 269,265 24.22%
Democratic Alexander 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%

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