| Election Name: | 1801 U.S. Senate special election in Pennsylvania |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1801 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
| Previous Year: | Feb. 1801 |
| Next Election: | 1806 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
| Next Year: | 1806 |
| Election Date: | December 17, 1801 |
| Votes For Election: | 111 Members of the Pennsylvania legislature |
| Needed Votes: | Majority of |
| Image1: | File:GeoLogan.jpg |
| Nominee1: | George Logan |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Electoral Vote1: | 68 |
| Percentage1: | 61.26% |
| Nominee2: | Joseph Hiester |
| Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Electoral Vote2: | 30 |
| Percentage2: | 27.03% |
| Senator | |
| Before Election: | Peter Muhlenberg |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | George Logan |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party (United States) |
The 1801 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania was held on December 17, 1801. George Logan was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.[1]
The Democratic-Republican Peter Muhlenberg was elected to the United States Senate by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in February 1801. Sen. Muhlenberg resigned on June 30, 1801, after being appointed supervisor of revenue for Pennsylvania by President Thomas Jefferson.[2]
Following the resignation of Sen. Peter Muhlenberg, the Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on December 17, 1801, to elect a new Senator to fill the vacancy. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:
|-|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals| align="right" | 111| align="right" | 100.00%|}