The 1873 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 21, 1873.

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was re-elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the

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The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the

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and the Senate, convened on January 21, 1873, to elect a Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1873. Incumbent

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, who was elected in

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, was a successful candidate for re-election to another term. 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 {{1873 United States elections

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