1826 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

The 1826 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on December 12, 1826. Isaac D. Barnard was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.^[1]

Results

The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on December 12, 1826, to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4, 1827. Two ballots were recorded. The results of the second and final ballot of both houses combined are as follows:

State Legislature Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Jacksonian	Isaac D. Barnard	108	81.20
	Jacksonian	Samuel D. Ingham	11	8.27
	Jacksonian	Joseph Hemphill	5	3.76
	Jacksonian	James Buchanan	3	2.26
	Jacksonian	Thomas Sergeant	1	0.75
	N/A	Not voting	5	3.76
Totals			133	100.00%

References

^ ^a ^b "U.S. Senate Election - 12 December 1826" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

External links

Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project

Preceded by 1820-21	Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class I) 1826	Succeeded by 1831

[results-1] "U.S. Senate Election - 12 December 1826" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

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