1922 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania

The 1922 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Republican Senator George Pepper, who had been appointed to the seat by Governor William Sproul following the death of Boies Penrose, was elected to fill the remaining four years on the term to which Penrose had been elected in 1920. Pepper comfortably defeated five other candidates, including Democratic nominee Fred Kerr of Clearfield County.[1]

United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, 1922

November 7, 1922

Nominee George Pepper Fred Kerr Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 819,507 468,330 Percentage 57.6% 32.9%

U.S. senator before election George Pepper Republican Elected U.S. Senator George Pepper Republican

Major candidates

Democratic

• Fred Kerr

Republican

• George Pepper, incumbent Senator and lecturer[2]

Results

General election results[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	George Pepper	819,507	57.6%
	Democratic	Fred Kerr	468,330	32.9%
	Progressive	Earl Thompson	57,075	4.1%
	Socialist	William Van Essen	38,440	2.7%
	Prohibition	Frank Lewis	34,089	2.4%
	Single Tax	James Robinson	5,356	0.4%
	N/A	Other	59	0.0%

References

1. "Washington's Eyes On Pennsylvania". The New York Times. May 16, 1922. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
2. "PEPPER, George Wharton". The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. The United States Congress. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
3. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1922" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved 9 July 2014.