Pennsylvania 1806 Speaker of the Senate

Office:: Speaker of the Senate (State)
Title:: Speaker of the Senate
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Pennsylvania 1806 Speaker of the Senate
Date:: 1806
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: Legislative
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Speaker of the Senate/Speaker of the Senate
Candidates:: Presly Carr Lane, James Brady

Candidates:	Presly Carr Lane [1]	James Brady
Affiliation:	Republican	Federalist
Final Result: [2][3]	12	11
State Senate	12	11

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Henry Wertz Jr. and Thomas Mewhorter were absent for the vote.

[3]"So that P.C. Lane is elected speaker of the senate and Simon Snyder speaker of the house of representatives, each by a majority of ONE VOTE." The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA). December 18, 1806.

References:

Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). December 12, 1806.

The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA). December 18, 1806.

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