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The 1897 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 19, 1897. Boies Penrose was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.^[1]

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Incumbent Republican J. Donald Cameron, who was elected in an 1877 special election and subsequently re-elected in 1879, 1885 and 1891, was not a candidate for re-election to another term. The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on January 19, 1897, to elect a new Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1897. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:

State Legislature Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Boies Penrose	210	83.00
	Democratic	Chauncey F. Black	39	15.42
	Republican	John Wanamaker	1	0.40
	N/A	Not voting	3	1.19
Totals			253	100.00%

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^ ^a ^b "U.S. Senate Election - 19 January 1897" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

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Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project

Preceded by 1891	Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election (Class III) 1897	Succeeded by 1903

[results-1] "U.S. Senate Election - 19 January 1897" (PDF). Wilkes University. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

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