1922 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania

1922 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania

← 1920 November 7, 1922 1926 →
 
Nominee George Pepper Fred Kerr
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 819,507 468,330
Percentage 57.60% 32.91%

County results
Pepper:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Kerr:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

George Pepper
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

George Pepper
Republican

The 1922 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Republican Senator George Pepper, who had been appointed to the seat by Governor William Sproul following the death of Boies Penrose, was elected to fill the remaining four years on the term to which Penrose had been elected in 1920. Pepper comfortably defeated five other candidates, including Democratic nominee Fred Kerr of Clearfield County.[1]

  1. ^ "Washington's Eyes On Pennsylvania". The New York Times. May 16, 1922. Retrieved August 8, 2012.