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OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline December 00, 1850 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open January 14, 1851 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close January 14, 1851 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1851 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1857 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedPennsylvanian December 20, 2012 05:26pm
Data SourcesBiographical Directory of the American Congress (1971), p. 157.
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won01/14/1845
NameDaniel Sturgeon Votes72 (54.14%)
Term03/04/1845 - 03/04/1851 Margin23 (+17.29%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won01/13/1857
NameSimon Cameron Votes67 (50.38%)
Term03/04/1857 - 03/04/1861 Margin9 (+6.77%)
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Name Rep. Richard Brodhead Rep. Andrew W. Loomis Alexander E. Brown Samuel A. Purviance Rep. Samuel Calvin Secretary of the Interior Thomas M. T. McKennan Rep. John Sergeant
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Uncertified Votes 76 (57.14%) 12 (9.02%) 11 (8.27%) 4 (3.01%) 4 (3.01%) 4 (3.01%) 4 (3.01%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -64 (-48.12%) -65 (-48.87%) -72 (-54.14%) -72 (-54.14%) -72 (-54.14%) -72 (-54.14%)
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Name Not Voting Rep. George Chambers Rep. James Pollock Rep. John Dickey John Allison Rep. Charles W. Pitman Rep. Andrew Stewart
PartyNo Party Affiliation Whig Whig Whig Whig Whig Whig
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Uncertified Votes 3 (2.26%) 3 (2.26%) 2 (1.50%) 2 (1.50%) 1 (0.75%) 1 (0.75%) 1 (0.75%)
Margin-73 (-54.89%) -73 (-54.89%) -74 (-55.64%) -74 (-55.64%) -75 (-56.39%) -75 (-56.39%) -75 (-56.39%)
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