The 1788 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, held on September 30, 1788, was the first
United States Senate
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election held in Pennsylvania. The
Pennsylvania General Assembly
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, consisting of the
House of Representatives
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and the
Senate
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, elected Pennsylvania's first two United States Senators,
William Maclay and
Robert Morris.
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Results
Anti-Federalist
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William Maclay was elected to the two-year staggered term of the Class I seat, while Federalist
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and American Founding Father
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Robert Morris was elected to the full six-year term of the Class III seat. While no official results of the votes were recorded, the State House recorded minutes
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of its election:
Upon the expiration of Senator Maclay's term in 1791
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England, to perform a series of concerts.
* January 2 – Northwest Indian War: Big Bottom Massacre – The war begins in the Ohio Country ...
, the State House of Representatives would not be able to elect a new United States Senator due to a dispute regarding the rules and procedures of the election. The seat was finally filled in a 1793 election.[
]
See also
* 1788 and 1789 United States Senate elections
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U. ...
References
External links
Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006
from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project
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Currently, the database documents Pennsylvania's county-level vote totals for President, Governor ...
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1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and po ...