1849 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

none March 2026 September 2023 1849 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Flag placeholder.svg presidential Leg. no 66 1845 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1845 1856 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1856 January 10, 1849 200x200px JCooper.jpg James Cooper Whig Party (United States) 66 49.62% Richard_Brodhead_(US_Senator_from_Pennsylvania).jpg #0044C9 Richard Brodhead Democratic Party (United States) 35 26.32% U.S. Senator James Cooper Whig Party (United States) Simon Cameron Democratic Party (United States) The 1849 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 10, 1849. James Cooper was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.U.S. Senate Election - 10 January 1849 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/sen/PaSen1849.pdf Wilkes University 22 December 2013 Results Incumbent Democrat Simon Cameron, who was elected in 1845, 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 10, 1849, to elect a new senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1849. Three ballots were recorded. The results of the third and final ballot of both houses combined are as follows: State legislature results Whig Party (United States) James Cooper 66 49.62 Democratic Party (United States) Richard Brodhead 62 46.62 Free Soil Party Thaddeus Stevens 3 2.26 N/A Not voting 2 1.50 |- |-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 133 | align="right" | 100.00% |} See also 1848–49 United States Senate elections References External links Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 1845 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class III) 1849 1856 1849 Pennsylvania United States Senate