After Sen. Simon Cameron resigned from office, his son J. Donald Cameron was elected by the General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in 1877 to serve the remainder of the unexpired term, which was to expire on March 4, 1879.
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The Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on January 20, 1879, to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4, 1879. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:
1879, united, states, senate, election, pennsylvania, held, january, 1879, donald, cameron, elected, pennsylvania, general, assembly, united, states, senate, contents, background, results, also, references, external, linksbackground, editafter, simon, cameron,. The 1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 20 1879 J Donald Cameron was re 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 editAfter Sen Simon Cameron resigned from office his son J Donald Cameron was elected by the General Assembly consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 1877 to serve the remainder of the unexpired term which was to expire on March 4 1879 Results editThe Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on January 20 1879 to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4 1879 The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows State Legislature Results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican J Donald Cameron Inc 135 53 78 Democratic Hiester Clymer 92 36 65 Greenback Daniel Agnew 16 6 37 Republican Edward McPherson 3 1 20 Republican Russell Thayer 1 0 40 Republican Galusha A Grow 1 0 40 N A Not voting 3 1 20 Totals 251 100 00 See also editUnited States Senate elections 1878 and 1879References edit a b U S Senate Election 20 January 1879 PDF Wilkes University Retrieved December 22 2013 External links editPennsylvania Election Statistics 1682 2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project Preceded by1877 Pennsylvania U S Senate election Class III 1879 Succeeded by1885 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania amp oldid 1069187428, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
