Election Name: | 1801 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1795 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Previous Year: | 1795 |
Next Election: | 1801 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania |
Next Year: | Dec. 1801 |
Election Date: | February 19, 1801 |
Votes For Election: | 102 Members of the Pennsylvania legislature |
Needed Votes: | Plurality of |
Image1: | File:Peter Muhlenberg2.jpg |
Nominee1: | Peter Muhlenberg |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Electoral Vote1: | 46 |
Percentage1: | 45.10% |
Nominee2: | George Logan |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Electoral Vote2: | 45 |
Percentage2: | 44.12% |
Senator | |
Before Election: | William Bingham |
Before Party: | Federalist Party (United States) |
After Election: | Peter Muhlenberg |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party (United States) |
The 1801 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on February 19, 1801. Peter Muhlenberg was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.[1]
Incumbent Federalist William Bingham, who was elected in 1795, 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 February 19, 1801, to elect a new Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1801. Two ballots were recorded. The results of the second and final ballot of both houses combined are as follows: