1920 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

The 1920 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Boies Penrose successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating Democratic nominee John A. Farrell.

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1920

November 2, 1920
 
Nominee Boies Penrose John A. Farrell Leah C. Marion
Party Republican Democratic Prohibition
Popular vote 1,067,989 484,362 132,610
Percentage 59.9% 27.2% 7.4%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Boies Penrose
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Boies Penrose
Republican

Major candidates

Democratic

  • John A. Farrell

Republican

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Boies Penrose (incumbent) 1,067,989 59.94%
Democratic John A. Farrell 484,362 27.18%
Prohibition Leah C. Marion 132,610 7.44%
Socialist L. Birch Wilson, Jr. 67,316 3.78%
Labor Robert J. Wheeler 27,401 1.54%
Single Tax Joseph E. Jennings 2,110 0.12%
N/A Others 55 0.00%

References

  1. "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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