1909 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

1909 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

← 1903 January 19, 1909 1914 →
 
Nominee Boies Penrose George M. Dimeling
Party Republican Democratic
Electoral vote 198 42
Percentage 77.04% 16.34%

Senator before election

Boies Penrose
Republican

Elected Senator

Boies Penrose
Republican

The 1909 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 19, 1909. Boies Penrose was re-elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate. This was the last Class III U.S. Senate election to be decided by the Pennsylvania General Assembly before the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which mandated direct election of U.S. Senators.[1]

  1. ^ "U.S. Senate Election - 19 January 1909" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.