1814 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania

none 1814 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania March 2026 September 2023 The 1814 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania was held February 24, 1814. Jonathan Roberts was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.U.S. Senate Election - February 24, 1814 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/sen/PaSen1814A.pdf Wilkes University December 21, 2012 Background The Democratic-Republican Michael Leib was elected to the United States Senate by the General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in December 1808. Sen. Leib resigned on February 14, 1814, to become postmaster of Philadelphia.LEIB, Michael, (1760 - 1822) http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000229 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress December 21, 2012 Results Following the resignation of Sen. Michael Leib, the Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on February 24, 1814, to elect a new senator to fill the vacancy. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows: State legislature resultsPA US Senate - Special Election http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=345207 OurCampaigns December 21, 2012 Democratic-Republican Party Jonathan Roberts 82 65.08 Democratic-Republican Party Thomas Sergeant 23 18.25 Federalist Party (United States) Horace Binney 8 6.35 Federalist Party (United States) John Steele 1 0.79 Democratic-Republican Party Horatio Gates Jones 1 0.79 Federalist Party (United States) Isaac Wayne 1 0.79 N/A Not voting 10 7.94 |- |-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 126 | align="right" | 100.00% |} See also 1814–15 United States Senate elections References External links Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 1808 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class I) 1814 Dec. 1814 1814 special Pennsylvania 1814 Pennsylvania special United States Senate special United States Senate 1814 Pennsylvania 1814 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania