1818 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

The 1818 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on December 8, 1818. Walter Lowrie was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.^[1]

Results

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Abner Lacock, who was elected in 1812, 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 December 8, 1818, to elect a new Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1819. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:

State Legislature Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	Walter Lowrie	87	67.97
	Democratic-Republican	Isaac Weaver	32	25.00
	Democratic-Republican	John Tod	1	0.78
	N/A	Not voting	8	6.25
Totals			128	100.00%

References

^ ^a ^b "U.S. Senate Election - 8 December 1818" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

External links

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

Preceded by 1812	Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class III) 1818	Succeeded by 1824–25

[results-1] "U.S. Senate Election - 8 December 1818" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

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