United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1926

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United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1926
← 1922 November 2, 1926 1930 →
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Nominee William Scott Vare William Bauchop Wilson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 822,187 648,680
Percentage 54.6% 43.1%
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County results
U.S. senator before election

George W. Pepper
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

William Scott Vare
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1926 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican George W. Pepper, who was appointed following the death of Boies Penrose, was defeated for re-nomination by William Scott Vare.[1] Vare won the election, defeating Democratic opponent William Bauchop Wilson. He was not permitted to assume office, however, until an investigation was conducted into possible election fraud and corruption. Vare was ultimately unseated in December 1929 by the Senate, following charges of corruption.[2]

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican William Scott Vare 822,187 54.64
Democratic William B. Wilson 648,680 43.11
Prohibition Elisha K. Kane 19,523 1.30
Socialist George W. Snyder 9,869 0.66
Workers Party A. J. Carey 3,094 0.21
Commonwealth Land Robert Colvin Macauley, Jr. 1,053 0.07
N/A Others 290 0.02

References

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