1801 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

1801 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania
102 Members of the Pennsylvania legislature; Plurality of votes needed to win
Senator before election; William Bingham; Federalist	Elected Senator ; Peter Muhlenberg; Democratic-Republican

The 1801 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on February 19, 1801. Peter Muhlenberg was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.^[1]

Results

Incumbent Federalist William Bingham, who was elected in 1795, 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 February 19, 1801, to elect a new Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1801. 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	%
	Democratic-Republican	Peter Muhlenberg	46	45.10
	Democratic-Republican	George Logan	45	44.12
		Not voting	11	10.78
Total votes			102	100

References

^ ^a ^b "U.S. Senate Election - 19 February 1801" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved September 28, 2013.

External links

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

Preceded by 1795	Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class III) 1801	Succeeded by Dec. 1801

[results-1] "U.S. Senate Election - 19 February 1801" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved September 28, 2013.

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