1877 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania

none March 2026 September 2023 1877 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Flag placeholder.svg presidential Leg. no 66 1873 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1873 1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1879 March 20, 1877 200x200px James_Donald_Cameron_Brady-Handy.jpg J. Donald Cameron Republican 147 61.65% Andrew H. Dill.jpg Andrew H. Dill Democratic 92 32.33% U.S. Senator Simon Cameron Republican Party (United States) Edgar Cowan Republican Party (United States) The 1877 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania was held on March 20, 1877. J. Donald Cameron was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.U.S. Senate Election - 20 March 1877 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/sen/PaSen1877.pdf Wilkes University 22 December 2013 Background Republican Simon Cameron was elected to the United States Senate by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in 1867 and was re-elected in 1873. Sen. Cameron resigned on March 12, 1877.CAMERON, Simon, (1799 - 1889) http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000068 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 22 December 2013 Results Following the resignation of Sen. Simon Cameron, the Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on March 20, 1877, to elect a new senator to fill the vacancy. Former United States secretary of war J. Donald Cameron, Simon Cameron's son, was elected to complete his father's term, set to expire on March 4, 1879.CAMERON, James Donald, (1833 - 1918) http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000065 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 22 December 2013 The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows: State legislature results Republican Party (United States) J. Donald Cameron 147 58.57 Democratic Party (United States) Andrew H. Dill 92 36.65 Democratic Party (United States) Hiester Clymer 1 0.40 Democratic Party (United States) Andrew G. Curtin 1 0.40 Democratic Party (United States) John Jackson 1 0.40 N/A Not voting 9 3.59 |- |-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 251 | align="right" | 100.00% |} See also 1876–77 United States Senate elections References External links Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 1873 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class III) 1877 1879 1877 special Pennsylvania 1877 Pennsylvania special United States Senate 1877 special United States Senate 1877 special Pennsylvania 1877 collapsed