The 1795 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on February 26, 1795. William Bingham was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the

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Incumbent Federalist Robert Morris, who was elected in

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, was not a candidate for re-election to another term. The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the

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and the Senate, convened on February 26, 1795, to elect a new Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1795. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:

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

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