PaSen 1926

Pennsylvania Senatorial Election Returns 1926
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democratic	Plurality	Winner	Labor	Socialist	Prohibition	Commonwealth Land	Workers Communist	Scattering	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Other
		William S. Vare	William B. Wilson			William B. Wilson	George W. Snyder	Elisha Kent Kane	Robert O. Macauley	A. J. Carey
Pennsylvania	1504697	822178	615550	206628	R	33130	9869	19523	1063	3094	290	54.64	40.91	4.45
Adams	7991	2641	5180	-2539	D	43	24	85	2	12	4	33.05	64.82	2.13
Allegheny	162861	99436	57090	42346	R	3528	1051	1345	98	280	33	61.06	35.05	3.89
Armstrong	9741	3605	5488	-1883	D	469	35	111	7	26	0	37.01	56.34	6.65
Beaver	15406	7613	6978	635	R	417	127	201	18	52	0	49.42	45.29	5.29
Bedford	5537	1967	3273	-1306	D	181	19	77	3	17	0	35.52	59.11	5.36
Berks	34702	12006	19401	-7395	D	353	2538	334	30	35	5	34.60	55.91	9.50
Blair	19100	6911	10591	-3680	D	1087	81	383	12	35	0	36.18	55.45	8.37
Bradford	10181	3436	5930	-2494	D	421	37	333	3	21	0	33.75	58.25	8.01
Bucks	17076	8397	8063	334	R	278	72	238	7	16	5	49.17	47.22	3.61
Butler	10038	3014	6423	-3409	D	346	39	189	10	17	0	30.03	63.99	5.99
Cambria	29888	12824	14099	-1275	D	2109	220	502	50	83	1	42.91	47.17	9.92
Cameron	1399	648	655	-7	D	41	3	42	4	6	0	46.32	46.82	6.86
Carbon	14308	5567	7953	-2386	D	568	50	126	17	27	0	38.91	55.58	5.51
Centre	9500	3578	5520	-1942	D	179	19	188	10	6	0	37.66	58.11	4.23
Chester	21668	9489	11316	-1827	D	332	72	405	17	33	4	43.79	52.22	3.98
Clarion	7573	1798	5272	-3474	D	311	28	153	5	6	0	23.74	69.62	6.64
Clearfield	14469	5243	7776	-2533	D	991	52	362	13	32	0	36.24	53.74	10.02
Clinton	6044	2010	3621	-1611	D	307	28	67	5	6	0	33.26	59.91	6.83
Columbia	10405	3195	6780	-3585	D	183	20	195	9	22	1	30.71	65.16	4.13
Crawford	8553	3182	4894	-1712	D	176	27	260	10	4	0	37.20	57.22	5.58
Cumberland	14017	4175	9327	-5152	D	270	29	189	9	10	8	29.79	66.54	3.67
Dauphin	32857	14303	17154	-2851	D	900	134	322	11	21	12	43.53	52.21	4.26
Delaware	33836	18636	13919	4717	R	460	113	634	31	43	0	55.08	41.14	3.79
Elk	6501	4241	1861	2380	R	244	23	121	1	10	0	65.24	28.63	6.14
Erie	16003	8045	6969	1076	R	468	85	387	14	35	0	50.27	43.55	6.18
Fayette	19640	10071	8759	1312	R	395	126	250	7	32	0	51.28	44.60	4.12
Forest	858	334	413	-79	D	25	6	77	0	2	1	38.93	48.14	12.94
Franklin	9858	3461	6097	-2636	D	124	27	129	3	13	4	35.11	61.85	3.04
Fulton	2481	677	1764	-1087	D	11	7	18	0	4	0	27.29	71.10	1.61
Greene	6298	1487	4636	-3149	D	97	11	49	6	12	0	23.61	73.61	2.78
Huntingdon	5871	1901	3373	-1472	D	395	34	157	6	4	1	32.38	57.45	10.17
Indiana	10335	4203	5034	-831	D	694	60	309	11	23	1	40.67	48.71	10.62
Jefferson	11065	3510	6216	-2706	D	1049	37	220	8	25	0	31.72	56.18	12.10
Juniata	3419	952	2290	-1338	D	124	9	36	2	5	1	27.84	66.98	5.18
Lackawanna	46192	28872	16153	12719	R	393	153	532	35	54	0	62.50	34.97	2.53
Lancaster	41138	23318	16376	6942	R	647	90	617	18	43	29	56.68	39.81	3.51
Lawrence	11335	4032	6809	-2777	D	243	58	158	7	25	3	35.57	60.07	4.36
Lebanon	7530	3376	3760	-384	D	161	69	148	1	14	1	44.83	49.93	5.23
Lehigh	25734	11980	12898	-918	D	316	148	314	23	41	14	46.55	50.12	3.33
Luzerne	66432	37117	24587	12530	R	2788	472	839	96	533	0	55.87	37.01	7.12
Lycoming	14830	4190	9203	-5013	D	717	70	615	13	21	1	28.25	62.06	9.69
McKean	7765	3203	3677	-474	D	316	30	514	5	18	2	41.25	47.35	11.40
Mercer	12701	4079	7942	-3863	D	317	61	274	9	18	1	32.12	62.53	5.35
Mifflin	4507	1333	2905	-1572	D	154	28	80	1	6	0	29.58	64.46	5.97
Monroe	5415	1441	3756	-2315	D	75	15	111	6	11	0	26.61	69.36	4.03
Montgomery	37020	17325	18106	-781	D	371	216	839	36	26	101	46.80	48.91	4.29
Montour	3307	1096	2009	-913	D	108	6	70	8	9	1	33.14	60.75	6.11
Northampton	27694	11428	15185	-3757	D	327	141	480	28	65	40	41.27	54.83	3.90
Northumberland	22139	8747	12149	-3402	D	562	201	356	36	88	0	39.51	54.88	5.61
Perry	6301	2274	3875	-1601	D	73	13	49	4	9	4	36.09	61.50	2.41
Philadelphia	384469	306553	70782	235771	R	2842	1578	2026	159	529	0	79.73	18.41	1.86
Pike	2464	929	1430	-501	D	47	11	34	5	6	2	37.70	58.04	4.26
Potter	2998	1026	1773	-747	D	76	20	93	5	5	0	34.22	59.14	6.64
Schuylkill	42364	22432	17722	4710	R	1417	235	296	49	213	0	52.95	41.83	5.22
Snyder	2481	926	1433	-507	D	58	10	45	4	5	0	37.32	57.76	4.92
Somerset	7831	3144	4080	-936	D	342	50	181	7	27	0	40.15	52.10	7.75
Sullivan	1589	733	759	-26	D	31	6	46	7	5	2	46.13	47.77	6.10
Susquehanna	5654	2345	2916	-571	D	197	22	153	8	12	1	41.48	51.57	6.95
Tioga	5793	2067	3078	-1011	D	421	5	216	1	5	0	35.68	53.13	11.19
Union	3619	999	2465	-1466	D	99	6	41	5	4	0	27.60	68.11	4.28
Venango	8567	2708	5192	-2484	D	371	32	240	7	16	1	31.61	60.60	7.79
Warren	6396	2402	3405	-1003	D	125	44	412	2	6	0	37.55	53.24	9.21
Washington	23370	8709	13360	-4651	D	780	207	183	12	118	1	37.27	57.17	5.57
Wayne	6980	3217	3427	-210	D	95	38	175	4	23	1	46.09	49.10	4.81
Westmoreland	38403	17468	19203	-1735	D	634	484	471	13	130	0	45.49	50.00	4.51
Wyoming	4333	1672	2398	-726	D	113	14	116	2	18	0	38.59	55.34	6.07
York	27867	8481	18622	-10141	D	338	93	305	8	16	4	30.43	66.82	2.74

Source: The Pennsylvania Manual, 1930, p. 435
The credentials of William Vare as Senator Elect were presented to the Senate and referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Meanwhile, Vare was not permitted to take his seat and on 6 December 1929, was declared not entitled to a seat. A special election for a replacment Senator was held on 4 November 1930.

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