Following the resignation of Sen. William Wilkins, the Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on December 6, 1834, to elect a new Senator to fill the vacancy. Four ballots were recorded. The results of the fourth and final ballot of both houses combined are as follows:
1834, united, states, senate, special, election, pennsylvania, held, december, 1834, future, president, united, states, james, buchanan, elected, pennsylvania, general, assembly, united, states, senate, contents, background, results, also, references, external. The 1834 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania was held on December 6 1834 Future President of the United States James Buchanan was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate 1 Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBackground editDemocrat William Wilkins was elected to the United States Senate by the Pennsylvania General Assembly consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 1830 Sen Wilkins resigned on June 30 1834 after being appointed U S Minister to Russia by President Andrew Jackson 2 Results editFollowing the resignation of Sen William Wilkins the Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on December 6 1834 to elect a new Senator to fill the vacancy Four ballots were recorded The results of the fourth and final ballot of both houses combined are as follows State Legislature Results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James Buchanan 66 49 62Anti Masonic Amos Ellmaker 31 23 31Democratic James Clarke 26 19 55National Republican Joseph Lawrence 6 4 51Democratic Joel Sutherland 1 0 75N A Not voting 3 2 26Totals 133 100 00 See also editUnited States Senate elections 1834 and 1835References edit a b U S Senate Election 6 December 1834 PDF Wilkes University Retrieved December 22 2013 WILKINS William 1779 1865 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved December 22 2013 External links editPennsylvania Election Statistics 1682 2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics ProjectPreceded by1830 Pennsylvania U S Senate election Class III 1834 Succeeded by1836 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1834 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania amp oldid 1173557320, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
