The Political Graveyard: Pennsylvania: U.S. Senators

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Pennsylvania: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Pennsylvania, 1789-2008 (May be incomplete!)
William Maclay 1789-91 Robert Morris 1789-95 Albert Gallatin 1793-94 James Ross 1794-1803 William Bingham 1795-1801 John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg 1801 George Logan 1801-07 Samuel Maclay 1803-09 Andrew Gregg 1807-13 Michael Leib 1809-14 Abner Lacock 1813-19 Jonathan Roberts 1814-21 Walter Lowrie 1819-25 William Findlay 1821-27 William Marks 1825-31 Isaac D. Barnard 1827-31 William Wilkins 1831-34 George M. Dallas 1831-33 Samuel McKean 1833-39 James Buchanan 1834-45 Daniel Sturgeon 1840-51 Simon Cameron 1845-49 James Cooper 1849-55 Richard Brodhead 1851-57 William Bigler 1856-61 Simon Cameron 1857-61 Edgar Cowan 1861-67 David Wilmot 1861-63 Charles R. Buckalew 1863-69 Simon Cameron 1867-77 John Scott 1869-75 William A. Wallace 1875-81 J. Donald Cameron 1877-97 John I. Mitchell 1881-87 Matthew S. Quay 1887-99 Boies Penrose 1897-1921 Matthew S. Quay 1901-04 Philander C. Knox 1904-09 George T. Oliver 1909-17 Philander C. Knox 1917-21 William E. Crow 1921-22 George Wharton Pepper 1922-27 David A. Reed 1922-35 William S. Vare 1927-29 Joseph R. Grundy 1929-30 James J. Davis 1930-45 Joseph F. Guffey 1935-47 Francis J. Myers 1945-51 Edward Martin 1947-59 James H. Duff 1951-57 Joseph S. Clark, Jr. 1957-69 Hugh Scott 1959-77 Richard S. Schweiker 1969-81 H. John Heinz III 1977-91 Arlen Specter 1981- Harris Wofford 1991-95 Rick Santorum 1995- Bob Casey, Jr. 2007-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1801 Jun 30: John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, resigned.

1809 Jan 4: Samuel Maclay, resigned.

1814 Feb 14: Michael Leib, resigned.

1831 Dec 6: Isaac D. Barnard, resigned.

1834 Jun 30: William Wilkins, resigned.

1845: George Washington Woodward, defeated.

1845 Mar 5: James Buchanan, resigned.

1861 Mar 4: Simon Cameron, resigned.

1877 Mar 3: Simon Cameron, resigned.

1904 May 28: Matthew S. Quay, died in office.

1909 Mar 3: Philander C. Knox, resigned.

1914 Nov 3: Boies Penrose (Rep & Personal Liberty), elected; Gifford Pinchot (Roosevelt Progressive & Bull Moose & Washington), defeated; A. Mitchell Palmer (Dem), defeated; Frederick W. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated; Madison F. Larkin (Prohibition), defeated; A. S. Landis (Industrial), defeated.

1916 Nov 7: Philander C. Knox (Rep & Roosevelt Progressive), elected; Ellis L. Orvis (Dem), defeated; Charles W. Ervin (Socialist), defeated; Herbert T. Ames (Prohibition), defeated; Robert C. Macauley (Single Tax), defeated; William H. Thomas (Industrial), defeated.

1920 Nov 2: Boies Penrose (Rep), elected; John A. Farrell (Dem), defeated; Leah Cobb Marion (Prohibition), defeated; Birch Wilson (Socialist), defeated; Robert J. Wheeler (Labor), defeated; Joseph E. Jennings (Single Tax), defeated.

1921 Oct 12: Philander C. Knox, died in office.

1921 Dec 31: Boies Penrose, died in office.

1922 Aug 2: William E. Crow, died in office.

1922 Nov 7: George Wharton Pepper (Rep), elected; Fred B. Kerr (Dem), defeated; Earl W. Thompson (Progressive), defeated; William J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated; Frank G. Lewis (Prohibition), defeated; James A. Robinson (Single Tax), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: David A. Reed (Rep), elected; Samuel E. Shull (Dem), defeated; William J. Burke (Progressive), defeated; Rachel C. Robinson (Prohibition), defeated; Charles Sehl (Socialist), defeated; Charles J. Schoales (Single Tax), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: David A. Reed (Rep), elected; Rachel C. Robinson (Prohibition), defeated; William J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated; Thomas J. Davis (Single Tax), defeated.

1926 May 18: William B. Wilson (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1926 May 18: William S. Vare (Rep), nominated; George Wharton Pepper (Rep), defeated in primary; Gifford Pinchot (Rep), defeated in primary.

1926 May 18: Elisha Kent Kane (Prohibition), nominated; Gifford Pinchot (Prohibition), defeated in primary.

1926 May 18: Cora M. Bixler (Socialist), nominated unopposed, but withdrew.

1926 Nov 2: William S. Vare (Rep), elected; William B. Wilson (Dem & Labor), defeated; Elisha Kent Kane (Prohibition), defeated; George W. Snyder (Socialist), defeated; A. J. Carey (Workers), defeated; Robert C. Macauley (Commonwealth Land), defeated.

1928 Nov 6: David A. Reed (Rep), elected; William N. McNair (Dem), defeated; William J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated; Elisha Kent Kane (Prohibition), defeated; Charles Kutz (Labor), defeated; W. J. White (Workers), defeated; William H. Thomas (Industrial), defeated.

1930 Nov 4: James J. Davis (Rep), elected; Sedgwick Kistler (Dem), defeated; William J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated; S. W. Bierer (Prohibition), defeated; Emmett P. Cush (Communist), defeated.

1932 Apr 26: Lawrence H. Rupp (Dem), nominated; Lewis C. Cassidy (Dem), defeated in primary.

1932 Apr 26: James J. Davis (Rep), nominated; Smedley Butler (Rep), defeated in primary; William S. Adams (Rep), defeated in primary.

1932 Apr 26: William J. Van Essen (Socialist), nominated unopposed.

1932 Nov 8: James J. Davis (Rep & Liberal), elected; Lawrence H. Rupp (Dem), defeated; Edwin J. Fithian (Prohibition), defeated; William J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated; Harry M. Wicks (Communist), defeated.

1934 Nov 6: Joseph F. Guffey (Dem), elected; David A. Reed (Rep), defeated; James H. Maurer (Socialist), defeated; Edwin J. Fithian (Prohibition), defeated; Harry M. Wicks (Communist), defeated; George W. Ohls (Industrial Labor), defeated.

1938: S. Davis Wilson (Dem), defeated in primary.

1938 Nov 8: James J. Davis (Rep), elected; George H. Earle (Dem & Royal Oak), defeated; David H. H. Felix (Socialist), defeated; Forest S. Van Valin (Prohibition), defeated; Reginald B. Naugle (Pathfinders), defeated; Pat Toohey (Communist), defeated.

1940: Albert H. Ladner (Rep), defeated in primary.

1940 Nov 5: Joseph F. Guffey (Dem), elected; Jay Cooke (Rep), defeated; David H. H. Felix (Socialist), defeated; H. B. Mansell (Prohibition), defeated; Carl Reeve (Communist), defeated; Frank Knotek (Industrial Government), defeated.

1944 Nov 7: Francis J. Myers (Dem), elected; James J. Davis (Rep), defeated; J. Henry Stump (Socialist), defeated; Charles Palmer (Prohibition), defeated; Frank Knotek (Industrial Government), defeated.

1946 Nov 5: Edward Martin (Rep), elected; Joseph F. Guffey (Dem), defeated; Dale H. Learn (Prohibition), defeated; Frank Knotek (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1950: John C. Kunkel, defeated for nomination.

1952 Nov 4: Edward Martin (Rep), elected; Guy K. Bard (Dem), defeated; Ira S. Sassaman (Prohibition), defeated; William J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated; Anna Chester (Militant Workers), defeated; Frank Knotek (Industrial Government), defeated.

1956 Apr 24: Joseph S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1956 Apr 24: James H. Duff (Rep), nominated; Paul E. Sanger (Rep), defeated in primary.

1956 Nov 6: Joseph S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), elected; James H. Duff (Rep), defeated; George S. Taylor (Socialist Labor), defeated; Herbert Lewin (Militant Workers), defeated.

1958 May 20: George M. Leader (Dem), nominated; Clarence P. Bowers (Dem), defeated in primary.

1958 May 20: Hugh Scott (Rep), nominated; Weldon B. Heyburn (Rep), defeated in primary; Harrison A. Moyer (Rep), defeated in primary.

1958 Nov 4: Hugh Scott (Rep), elected; George M. Leader (Dem), defeated; George S. Taylor (Socialist Labor), defeated; Ethel Peterson (Workers), defeated.

1962 Nov 6: Joseph S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), elected; James E. Van Zandt (Rep), defeated; Arla A. Albaugh (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1964 Apr 28: Genevieve Blatt (Dem), nominated; Michael A. Musmanno (Dem), defeated in primary; David B. Roberts (Dem), defeated in primary.

1964 Apr 28: Hugh Scott (Rep), nominated; J. Henry MacFarland (Rep), defeated in primary.

1964 Nov 3: Hugh Scott (Rep), elected; Genevieve Blatt (Dem), defeated; Morris Chertov (Militant Workers), defeated; George S. Taylor (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1968 Nov 5: Richard S. Schweiker (Rep), elected; Joseph S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), defeated; Frank W. Gaydosh (Constitutional), defeated; Benson Perry (Socialist Labor), defeated; Pearl Chertov (Militant Workers), defeated.

1970 Nov 3: Hugh Scott (Rep), elected; William G. Sesler (Dem), defeated; Frank W. Gaydosh (Constitutional), defeated; W. Henry MacFarland (American Independent), defeated; Herman A. Johansen (Socialist Labor), defeated; Robin Maisel (Socialist Workers), defeated; William R. Mimms (Consumer), defeated.

1974 Nov 5: Richard S. Schweiker (Rep), elected; Peter F. Flaherty (Dem), defeated; George W. Shankey, Jr. (Constitutional), defeated.

1976 Nov 2: H. John Heinz III (Rep), elected; William J. Green (Dem), defeated; Andrew J. Watson (Constitutional), defeated; Frederick W. Stanton (Socialist Workers), defeated; Bernard Salera (Labor), defeated; Frank Kinces (Communist), defeated.

1980: C. DeLores Tucker (Dem), defeated in primary.

1980 Nov 4: Arlen Specter (Rep), elected; Peter F. Flaherty (Dem), defeated; Linda Mohrbacher (Socialist Workers), defeated; David K. Walter (Libertarian), defeated; Lee Frissell (Consumer), defeated; Frank Kinces (Communist), defeated.

1982 Nov 2: H. John Heinz III (Rep), elected; Cyril H. Wecht (Dem), defeated; Barbara I. Karkutt (Libertarian), defeated; Kipp M. Dawson (Socialist Workers), defeated; Liane Norman (Consumer), defeated.

1986 Nov 4: Arlen Specter (Rep), elected; Robert Edgar (Dem), defeated; Lance S. Haver (Consumer), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: H. John Heinz III (Rep), elected; Joseph C. Vignola (Dem), defeated; Darcy Richardson (Consumer), defeated; Henry Haller (Libertarian), defeated; Samuel Cross (Populist), defeated; Sam Blancato (New Alliance), defeated.

1991 Apr 4: H. John Heinz III, died in office.

1991 May 8: Harris Wofford, appointed.

1991 Nov 5: Harris Wofford (Dem), elected; Richard L. Thornburgh (Rep), defeated.

1992 Nov 3: Arlen Specter (Rep), elected; Lynn Yeakel (Dem), defeated; John F. Perry III (Libertarian), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Rick Santorum (Rep), elected; Harris Wofford (Dem), defeated; Diane Blough (Patriot), defeated; Donald C. Ernsberger (Libertarian), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Arlen Specter (Rep), elected; Bill Lloyd (Dem), defeated; Dean Snyder (Constitutional), defeated; Jack Iannantuono (Libertarian), defeated.

2000 Apr 4: Ronald Klink (Dem), nominated; Allyson Y. Schwartz (Dem), defeated in primary; Tom Foley (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert A. Rovner (Dem), defeated in primary; Murray Levin (Dem), defeated in primary; Phil Berg (Dem), defeated in primary.

2000 Apr 4: Rick Santorum (Rep), nominated unopposed.

2000 Nov 7: Rick Santorum (Rep), elected; Ronald Klink (Dem), defeated; John J. Featherman (Libertarian), defeated; Lester B. Searer (Constitution), defeated; Robert E. Domske (Reform), defeated.

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