1897 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

none March 2026 September 2023 1897 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Flag placeholder.svg presidential Leg. no 1891 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1891 1903 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1903 January 20, 1897 200x200px File:PENROSE, BOISE. SENATOR LCCN2016857656 (cropped).jpg Boies Penrose Republican 210 83.00% Chauncey_Forward_Black_(1839–1904),_Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania_from_1883_to_1887.jpg Chauncey Forward Black Democratic 39 15.42% U.S. Senator J. Donald Cameron Republican Party (United States) Boies Penrose Republican Party (United States) The 1897 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 19, 1897. Boies Penrose was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.U.S. Senate Election - 19 January 1897 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/sen/PaSen1897.pdf Wilkes University 22 December 2013 Results Incumbent Republican J. Donald Cameron, who was elected in an 1877 special election and subsequently re-elected in 1879, 1885 and 1891, was not a candidate for re-election to another term. The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on January 19, 1897, to elect a new senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1897. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows: State legislature results Republican Party (United States) Boies Penrose 210 83.00 Democratic Party (United States) Chauncey F. Black 39 15.42 Republican Party (United States) John Wanamaker 1 0.40 N/A Not voting 3 1.19 |- |-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 253 | align="right" | 100.00% |} See also 1896–97 United States Senate elections References External links Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 1891 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class III) 1897 1903 collapsed 1897 Pennsylvania United States Senate Category:January 1897 in the United States