The Anti-AdministrationAlbert Gallatin had been elected to the United States Senate by the General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in February 1793. In February 1794, the United States Senate challenged his eligibility for holding the office under the citizenship requirement and he was subsequently removed from office on February 28, 1794.
ResultsEdit
Following the removal of Sen. Albert Gallatin from office after his eligibility was successfully challenged, the Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on March 31, 1794, to elect a new Senator to fill the vacancy. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:
1794, united, states, senate, special, election, pennsylvania, held, march, 1794, james, ross, elected, pennsylvania, general, assembly, united, states, senate, contents, background, results, references, external, linksbackground, editthe, anti, administration. The 1794 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania was held on March 31 1794 James Ross was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate 1 Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 References 4 External linksBackground EditThe Anti Administration Albert Gallatin had been elected to the United States Senate by the General Assembly consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate in February 1793 In February 1794 the United States Senate challenged his eligibility for holding the office under the citizenship requirement and he was subsequently removed from office on February 28 1794 Results EditFollowing the removal of Sen Albert Gallatin from office after his eligibility was successfully challenged the Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on March 31 1794 to elect a new Senator to fill the vacancy The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows State Legislature Results 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Federalist James Ross 45 51 72Unknown Robert Coleman 35 40 23Federalist Samuel Sitgreaves 1 1 15N A Not voting 6 6 70Totals 87 100 00 References Edit a b U S Senate Election 31 March 1794 PDF Wilkes University Retrieved December 12 2012 PA US Senate Special Election 1794 OurCampaigns Retrieved December 12 2012 External links EditPennsylvania Election Statistics 1682 2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics ProjectPreceded by1793 Pennsylvania U S Senate election Class I 1794 Succeeded by1797 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1794 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania amp oldid 1134156319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
