1930 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Special

Pennsylvania · 2 candidates · See every 1930 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 1930 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Special?

James J. Davis won the 1930 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Special. James J. Davis received 1,462,186 popular votes (71.54%). The main challenger was Sedgwick Kistler (25.61%).

See the full head-to-head between Davis and Kistler

Davis +45.9 pts · won by 938,848 votes
1,462,186 votes
523,338 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.8% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for this U.S. Senate election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.