The 1857 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 13, 1857.

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was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the

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Results

The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the

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and the Senate, convened on January 13, 1857, to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4, 1857. 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%

References

External links

Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006
from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project {{S-end 1857

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, ...