United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1916

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1916

November 7, 1916

Nominee Philander C. Knox Ellis L. Orvis Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 680,451 450,112 Percentage 56.3% 37.3%

U.S. Senator before election George T. Oliver Republican Elected U.S. Senator Philander C. Knox Republican

The 1916 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George T. Oliver was not a candidate for re-election. The Republican nominee, Philander C. Knox defeated Democratic nominee Ellis C. Orvis.

Knox died in October 1921, during his first term,^[1] and William E. Crow was appointed to fill the vacancy. Crow, however, also died before the expiration of the term, in August 1922.^[2] David A. Reed was appointed to fill the vacancy created by Crow's death, and was subsequently elected to complete the rest of the term expiring in March 1923 and to a full six-year term in his own right on the same day.^[3]

Major candidates

Democratic

• Ellis L. Orvis

Republican

• Philander C. Knox, former U.S. Senator and United States Secretary of State

Results

General election results[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Philander C. Knox	680,451	56.31
	Democratic	Ellis L. Orvis	450,112	37.25
	Socialist	Charles W. Ervin	45,385	3.76
	Prohibition	Herbert T. Ames	30,089	2.49
	Single Tax	Robert Colvin Macauley, Jr.	1,387	0.12
	Socialist Labor	William H. Thomas	1,022	0.09
Total votes			1,208,446	100.00

References

1. "KNOX, Philander Chase, (1853 - 1921)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
2. "CROW, William Evans, (1870 - 1922)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
3. "REED, David Aiken, (1880 - 1953)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
4. "PA US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 5 July 2012.