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1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

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Field	Value
election_name	1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1909 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
previous_year	1909
next_election	1920 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
next_year	1920
election_date	November 3, 1914
image1	File:Boies Penrose 2.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Boies Penrose
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	519,810
percentage1	46.76%
image2	File:Gifford Pinchot 3c03915u.jpg
nominee2	Gifford Pinchot
party2	Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
popular_vote2	269,265
percentage2	24.22%
image3	File:PALMER, A. MITCHELL. HONORABLE LCCN2016857358 (cropped).jpg
nominee3	A. Mitchell Palmer
party3	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote3	266,436
percentage3	23.97%
map_image	1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg
map_size	260px
map_caption	County results
Penrose:
Pinchot:
Palmer:
title	Senator
before_election	Boies Penrose
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Boies Penrose
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Penrose:
Pinchot:
Palmer:

Theodore Roosevelt endorses Pinchot, running for U.S. Senate on Progressive ticket in Pennsylvania 1914.

The 1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 3, 1914. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Boies Penrose won re-election against Gifford Pinchot and A. Mitchell Palmer.

This is the first Class III senate election in Pennsylvanian history in which all voters chose the Senate seats. Prior Senate seats were chosen by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

General election

Candidates

A. S. Landis (Industrialist)
Madison F. Larkin (Prohibition)
Alexander Mitchell Palmer, U.S. Representative from Stroudsburg (Democratic)
Boies Penrose, incumbent Senator since 1897 (Republican)
Gifford Pinchot, former Chief of the United States Forest Service (Progressive)
Frederick W. Whiteside (Socialist)

Results

References

"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/842067793/?terms=%22U.S.%20Senate%22 Brumbaugh Elected Governor: Penrose Re-elected]." Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: ''The Franklin Repository'', November 7, 1914, p. 1 (subscription required).
"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/296899356/?terms=%22U.S.%20Senate%22&match=1 Rum Interests Sweep the State with Big Vote for Penrose and Brumbaugh]." Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: ''The Lewisburg Journal'', November 6, 1914, p. 1 (subscription required).
"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/81658329/?terms=%22U.S.%20Senate%22&match=1 Re-elected to U.S. Senate]." Uniontown, Pennsylvania: ''The Morning Herald'', November 4, 1914, p. 1 (subscription required).
"Our Campaigns - PA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1914".

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