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1797 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

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Background
Results
References
External links

The 1797 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on February 16, 1797. Incumbent James Ross was re-elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.^[1]

Background

After Sen. Albert Gallatin was removed from office after his eligibility was successfully challenged, James Ross was elected by the General Assembly, consisting of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania State Senate, in 1794 to fill the remainder of the unexpired term, which was to expire on March 4, 1797.^[2]

Results

The Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on February 16, 1797, to elect a Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1797. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:

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|party = Federalist Party (United States)
|candidate = James Ross (Inc.)
|votes = 56
|percentage = 54.90
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic-Republican Party
|candidate = William Irvine
|votes = 38
|percentage = 37.25
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate no change|
|party = N/A
|candidate = Not voting
|votes = 8
|percentage = 7.84
|change =
}}
|-
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals
| align="right" | 102
| align="right" | 100.00%
|}

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|title=U.S. Senate Election - 16 February 1797|url=http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/sen/PaSen1797.pdf|publisher=Wilkes University|accessdate=21 December 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=U.S. Senate Election - 31 March 1794|url=http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/sen/PaSen1794.pdf|publisher=Wilkes University|accessdate=21 December 2012}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=PA US Senate - 1797|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=345186|publisher=OurCampaigns|accessdate=21 December 2012}}

External links

Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project

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| before= 1794
| title= Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class I)
| years= 1797
| after= 1802
}}{{S-end}}

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