1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

none March 2026 September 2023 1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1911 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1911 1922 United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania 1922 November 7, 1916 Image:Philander C Knox-H&E.jpg 150x150px Philander C. Knox Republican Party (United States) 680,451 56.31% File:3x4.svg Ellis L. Orvis Democratic Party (United States) 450,112 37.25% File:1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg 260px County resultsKnox: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Orvis: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator George T. Oliver Republican Party (United States) Philander C. Knox Republican Party (United States) The 1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George T. Oliver was not a candidate for re-election. The Republican nominee, Philander C. Knox, defeated Democratic nominee Ellis C. Orvis. General election Candidates Herbert T. Ames, Williamsport attorney (Prohibition) Charles W. Ervin (Socialist) Philander C. Knox, former U.S. Senator and United States Secretary of State (Republican) Robert Colvin Macauley Jr. (Single Tax) Ellis L. Orvis, Bellefonte attorney and retired Centre County judge (Democratic) William H. Thomas (Socialist Labor) Results General election resultsPA US Senate http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=43794 OurCampaigns 5 July 2012 Republican Party (US) Philander C. Knox 680,451 56.31% Democratic Party (US) Ellis L. Orvis 450,112 37.25% Socialist Party of America Charles W. Ervin 45,385 3.76% Prohibition Party (United States) Herbert T. Ames 30,089 2.49% Single Tax Robert Colvin Macauley Jr. 1,387 0.12% Socialist Labor Party of America William H. Thomas 1,022 0.09% 1,208,446 100.00% Aftermath Knox subsequently died in October 1921, during his first term,KNOX, Philander Chase, (1853 - 1921) http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000296 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 5 July 2012 and William E. Crow was appointed to fill the vacancy. Crow then also died before the expiration of the term, in August 1922.CROW, William Evans, (1870 - 1922) http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000938 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 5 July 2012 David A. Reed was then appointed to fill the vacancy created by Crow's death, and was subsequently elected to complete the rest of the term expiring in March 1923 and to a full six-year term in his own right on the same day.REED, David Aiken, (1880 - 1953) http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000114 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 5 July 2012 References Pennsylvania 1916 Category:1916 Pennsylvania elections