1922 United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania

none the elections held in 1922 for Pennsylvania's Class 1 Senate seat the special election also held that year for Pennsylvania's Class 3 Senate seat 1922 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania March 2026 September 2015 1922 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1916 1928 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1928 November 7, 1922 x150px File:David A Reed Crop.jpg David A. Reed Republican Party (United States) 802,146 55.61% File:3x4.svg Samuel E. Shull Democratic Party (United States) 434,583 30.13% File:WilliamJosephBurke (cropped).jpg William J. Burke Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1927) 127,180 8.82% 1922 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg 260px County resultsReed: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Shull: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% U.S. Senator David A. Reed Republican Party (United States) David A. Reed Republican Party (United States) The 1922 United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 7. David A. Reed, who was appointed in August 1922 to fill the vacancy created by the death of William E. Crow, was elected both to complete the remainder of Crow's term, ending in March 1923, and to a full six-year term in his own right, beginning upon the expiration of Crow's term.REED, David Aiken, (1880 - 1953) http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000114 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress July 5, 2012 Background Incumbent senator Philander C. Knox, who was elected in 1916 for a term set to expire in 1923, died on October 12, 1921. Pennsylvania governor William Cameron Sproul appointed state senator William E. Crow to fill the vacant seat on October 24 until a successor could be duly elected. The special election to complete Knox's term was scheduled for November 7, 1922, simultaneous with an election to the next term. On December 31, 1921, senior U.S. senator Boies Penrose also died, creating another vacancy and setting off a contest for control of the Pennsylvania Republican Party. Primary elections were held on May 16.Smull's Legislative Handbook and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania, 1921–22 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000019095707 10 Dec 2022 Pennsylvania State University 769–75 Crow, who was ill, was not a candidate in the primary election and died himself on August 2. Sproul appointed David A. Reed, who by then had been nominated by the Republican Party for both elections to this seat, to fill the vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected. Republican primaries Candidates John C. Lowry David A. Reed, Pittsburgh attorney and World War I field artillery major Withdrew William J. Burke, U.S. representative from Pittsburgh (to run in the concurrent special election to complete Boies Penrose's term)Beidleman and Mackey Withdraw Harrisburg, Pa. 8 Apr 1922 Hanover Evening Sun 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/520608948/ subscription 10 Dec 2022 William J. Burke late yesterday decided he would run as a candidate for the Republican nomination for the unexpired term of Senator Boies Penrose against Senator George Wharton Pepper and withdrew the petition he had filed to be a candidate for the full six year term allowing his petition for the Penrose term to stand. The congressman had filed petitions for both nominations. ... Congressman Burke's withdrawal leaves John C. Lowry, of Somerset, the only opponent of Major David A. Reed, of Pittsburgh. William E. Crow, interim U.S. senator Special primary 1922 U.S. Senate special Republican primary Republican Party (US) David A. Reed 817,959 99.94% 466 0.06% 818,425 100.00% Regular primary 1922 U.S. Senate Republican primary Republican Party (US) David A. Reed 768,590 89.99% Republican Party (US) John C. Lowry 85469 10.01% 854,059 100.00% General elections Candidates David A. Reed, Pittsburgh attorney and interim U.S. senator (Republican) Rachel C. Robinson (Prohibition) William J. Van Essen (Socialist) Special election results 1922 U.S. Senate special election in Pennsylvania (Class I)Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1922 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1922election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House July 9, 2014 Republican Party (US) David A. Reed (inc.) 860,483 86.17% 29.86 Prohibition Party (United States) Rachel C. Robinson 60,390 6.05% 3.56 Socialist Party of America William J. Van Essen 55,703 5.58% 1.82 Single Tax Thomas J. Davis 21,997 2.20% 2.08 287 0.00% N/A 998,860 100.00% Candidates William J. Burke, U.S. representative from Pittsburgh (representing Pennsylvania at-large) (Progressive) David A. Reed, Pittsburgh attorney and interim U.S. senator (Republican) Rachel C. Robinson (Prohibition) Charles J. Schoales (Single Tax) Charles Sehl (Socialist) Samuel E. Shull (Democratic) General election results 1922 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania Republican Party (US) David A. Reed (inc.) 802,146 55.61% 0.70 Democratic Party (US) Samuel E. Shull 434,583 30.13% 7.12 Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1927) William J. Burke 127,180 8.82% 8.82 Prohibition Party (United States) Rachel C. Robinson 41,935 2.91% 0.42 Socialist Party of America Charles Sehl 33,004 2.29% 1.47 Single Tax Charles J. Schoales 3,596 0.25% 0.13 41 0.00% N/A 1,442,485 100.00% References Pennsylvania 1922 Pennsylvania 1922 United States Senate 1922 Pennsylvania 1922 Category:1922 Pennsylvania elections