1820–21 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

none March 2026 September 2023 The 1820–1821 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on three separate dates from December 1820 to December 1821. On December 10, 1821, William Findlay was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.U.S. Senate Election - 12 December 1820; 16 January 1821 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/sen/PaSen1820.pdf Wilkes University 21 December 2012U.S. Senate Election - 10 December 1821 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/sen/PaSen1821.pdf Wilkes University 21 December 2012 Results The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on December 12, 1820, for the regularly scheduled Senate election for the term beginning on March 4, 1821. Two ballots were recorded on December 12. The election convention re-convened on January 16, 1821, when three ballots were recorded with no result, after which the convention adjourned sine die. Upon the expiration of incumbent Jonathan Roberts's term on March 4, 1821, the seat was vacated. It was vacant until the nomination convention of the General Assembly re-convened on December 10, 1821, and elected Democratic-Republican William Findlay to the seat. The results of the sixth and final ballot of both houses combined are as follows: State legislature results Democratic-Republican Party William Findlay 83 65.87 Federalist Party (United States) Isaac Wayne 18 14.29 Federalist Party (United States) John Sergeant 7 5.56 Federalist Party (United States) Samuel Sitgreaves 5 3.97 Democratic-Republican Party George Bryan 3 2.38 Democratic-Republican Party Molton Rogers 3 2.38 Democratic-Republican Party William P. Maclay 2 1.59 Democratic-Republican Party William Darlington 1 0.79 Federalist Party (United States) Samuel Breck 1 0.79 N/A Not voting 3 2.38 |- |-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 126 | align="right" | 100.00% |} See also 1820–21 United States Senate elections References External links Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 1814 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class I) 1820-21 1826 1820-21 Pennsylvania Category:1820 Pennsylvania elections Pennsylvania Category:1821 Pennsylvania elections