The 1845 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 14, 1845. Incumbent

Daniel Sturgeon Daniel Sturgeon (October 27, 1789July 3, 1878) was an American physician, banker and Democratic party politician from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States S ...

was re-elected by the

Pennsylvania General Assembly The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The legislature convenes in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. In colonial times (1682–1776), the legislature was known as the Pennsylvania ...

to the United States Senate.

Results

The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

, convened on January 14, 1845, to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4, 1845. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows: , - , -bgcolor="#EEEEEE" , colspan="3" align="right" , Totals , align="right" , 133 , align="right" , 100.00%

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Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006
from the

Wilkes University Election Statistics Project The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project is a free online resource documenting Pennsylvania political election results dating back to 1796. Currently, the database documents Pennsylvania's county-level vote totals for President, Governor ...

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1845 Events January–March * January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''. * January 23 ...

Pennsylvania United States Senate January 1845 events

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