United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1920

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United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1920
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  1914 November 2, 1920 1922  

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Nominee Boies Penrose John A. Farrell Leah C. Marion
Party Republican Democratic Prohibition
Popular vote1,067,989 484,362 132,610
Percentage59.9% 27.2% 7.4%

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County results

U.S. Senator before election

Boies Penrose
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Boies Penrose
Republican

The 1920 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Boies Penrose successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating Democratic nominee John A. Farrell.

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.

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Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Boies Penrose (incumbent)1,067,98959.94%
Democratic John A. Farrell 484,362 27.18%
Prohibition Leah C. Marion 132,610 7.44%
Socialist L. Birch Wilson, Jr. 67,316 3.78%
Socialist Labor Robert J. Wheeler 27,401 1.54%
Single Tax Joseph E. Jennings 2,110 0.12%
N/A Others 55 0.00%

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References

  1. "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved 8 July 2014.