Incumbent Democratic-Republican Senator Samuel Maclay, who was elected in 1802, was not a candidate for re-election to a second term. The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on December 13, 1808, to elect a new Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1809. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:
Although Leib's regular term did not begin until March 4, 1809, Leib assumed office in January 1809 following the resignation of his predecessor, Samuel Maclay. He subsequently served out the remainder of Sen. Maclay's term until his own term began in March 1809.[3]
1808, united, states, senate, election, pennsylvania, held, december, 1808, michael, leib, elected, pennsylvania, general, assembly, united, states, senate, contents, results, also, references, external, linksresults, editincumbent, democratic, republican, sen. The 1808 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on December 13 1808 Michael Leib was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate 1 Contents 1 Results 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksResults EditIncumbent Democratic Republican Senator Samuel Maclay who was elected in 1802 was not a candidate for re election to a second term The Pennsylvania General Assembly consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate convened on December 13 1808 to elect a new Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4 1809 The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows State Legislature Results 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Republican Michael Leib 90 71 43Federalist Joseph Hemphill 24 19 05Constitutional John D Coxe 11 8 73N A Not voting 1 0 79Totals 126 100 00 Although Leib s regular term did not begin until March 4 1809 Leib assumed office in January 1809 following the resignation of his predecessor Samuel Maclay He subsequently served out the remainder of Sen Maclay s term until his own term began in March 1809 3 See also EditUnited States Senate elections 1808 and 1809References Edit a b U S Senate Election 13 December 1808 PDF Wilkes University Retrieved December 21 2012 PA US Senate 1808 OurCampaigns Retrieved December 21 2012 PA US Senate Special Election OurCampaigns Retrieved December 21 2012 External links EditPennsylvania Election Statistics 1682 2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics ProjectPreceded by1802 Pennsylvania U S Senate election Class I 1808 Succeeded by1814 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1808 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania amp oldid 1069186779, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
