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1 General election  



1.1  Candidates  





1.2  Results  







2 Aftermath  





3 References  














1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania







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1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

← 1911 November 7, 1916 1922 →
 
Nominee Philander C. Knox Ellis L. Orvis
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 680,451 450,112
Percentage 56.31% 37.25%

U.S. senator before election

George T. Oliver
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Philander C. Knox
Republican

The 1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George T. Oliver was not a candidate for re-election.

The Republican nominee, Philander C. Knox, defeated Democratic nominee Ellis C. Orvis.

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Philander C. Knox 680,451 56.31%
Democratic Ellis L. Orvis 450,112 37.25%
Socialist Charles W. Ervin 45,385 3.76%
Prohibition Herbert T. Ames 30,089 2.49%
Single Tax Robert Colvin Macauley Jr. 1,387 0.12%
Socialist Labor William H. Thomas 1,022 0.09%
Total votes 1,208,446 100.00%

Aftermath

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Knox subsequently died in October 1921, during his first term,[2] and William E. Crow was appointed to fill the vacancy. Crow then also died before the expiration of the term, in August 1922.[3]

David A. Reed was then appointed to fill the vacancy created by Crow's death, and was subsequently elected to complete the rest of the term expiring in March 1923 and to a full six-year term in his own right on the same day.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "PA US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  • ^ "KNOX, Philander Chase, (1853 - 1921)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  • ^ "CROW, William Evans, (1870 - 1922)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  • ^ "REED, David Aiken, (1880 - 1953)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved July 5, 2012.

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