The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on January 13, 1857, to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4, 1857. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:
1857, united, states, senate, election, pennsylvania, held, january, 1857, simon, cameron, elected, pennsylvania, general, assembly, united, states, senate, results, editthe, pennsylvania, general, assembly, consisting, house, representatives, senate, convened. The 1857 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 13 1857 Simon Cameron was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate 1 Results editThe Pennsylvania General Assembly consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate convened on January 13 1857 to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4 1857 The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows State Legislature Results 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Simon Cameron 67 50 38Democratic John W Forney 58 43 61Democratic Henry D Foster 7 5 26Democratic William Wilkins 1 0 75Totals 133 100 00 References edit a b U S Senate Election 13 January 1857 PDF Wilkes University Retrieved December 22 2012 PA US Senate 1857 OurCampaigns Retrieved December 22 2012 External links editPennsylvania Election Statistics 1682 2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics ProjectPreceded by1851 Pennsylvania U S Senate election Class I 1857 Succeeded by1861 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1857 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania amp oldid 1175242244, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
