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1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

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FieldValue
election_name1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
countryPennsylvania
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1911 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
previous_year1911
next_election1922 United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania
next_year1922
election_dateNovember 7, 1916
image1Image:Philander C Knox-H&E.jpg
image_size150x150px
nominee1**Philander C. Knox**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**680,451**
percentage1**56.31%**
image2File:3x4.svg
nominee2Ellis L. Orvis
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2450,112
percentage237.25%
map_imageFile:1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg
map_size260px
map_captionCounty results
**Knox:**
**Orvis:**
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionGeorge T. Oliver
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionPhilander C. Knox
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)

Knox:
Orvis:
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

Aftermath

Knox subsequently died in October 1921, during his first term, and William E. Crow was appointed to fill the vacancy. Crow then also died before the expiration of the term, in August 1922.

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.

References

References

  1. "PA US Senate". OurCampaigns.
  2. "KNOX, Philander Chase, (1853 - 1921)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
  3. "CROW, William Evans, (1870 - 1922)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
  4. "REED, David Aiken, (1880 - 1953)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
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