1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1796 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College,[1] who voted for President and Vice President.
Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson, over the Federalist candidate, John Adams. Jefferson won Pennsylvania by a margin of 1.16%. Greene County's returns, which favored Jefferson, were not submitted in time to be included in the official vote totals.[note 1] As a result, the 2 highest vote-getting Adams electors received more votes than the 2 lowest vote-getting Jefferson electors and the electoral vote was split, with 14 of 15 electors casting their ballots for Jefferson.[2]
Results
| 1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic-Republican | Thomas Jefferson | 12,516 | 50.58% | 14 | |
| Federalist | John Adams | 12,229 | 49.42% | 1 | |
| Totals | 24,745 | 100.0% | 15 | ||
County results
| County[2] | John Adams
Federalist |
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican |
Total votes cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | ||
| Allegheny | 16.42% | 77 | 83.58% | 392 | 469 |
| Bedford | 5.00% | 10 | 95.00% | 190 | 200 |
| Berks | 44.79% | 576 | 55.21% | 710 | 1,286 |
| Bucks | 73.60% | 1,001 | 26.40% | 359 | 1,360 |
| Chester | 81.29% | 530 | 18.71% | 122 | 652 |
| Cumberland | 21.81% | 238 | 78.19% | 853 | 1,091 |
| Dauphin | 65.12% | 435 | 34.88% | 233 | 668 |
| Delaware | 71.07% | 312 | 28.93% | 127 | 439 |
| Fayette | 14.14% | 67 | 85.86% | 407 | 474 |
| Franklin | 41.69% | 246 | 58.31% | 344 | 590 |
| Greene | 17.32% | 44 | 82.68% | 210 | 254 |
| Huntingdon | 93.43% | 313 | 6.57% | 22 | 335 |
| Lancaster | 76.90% | 2,061 | 23.10% | 619 | 2,680 |
| Luzerne | 98.07% | 407 | 1.93% | 8 | 415 |
| Mifflin | 5.44% | 27 | 94.56% | 469 | 496 |
| Montgomery | 61.57% | 532 | 38.43% | 332 | 864 |
| Northampton | 44.65% | 371 | 55.35% | 460 | 831 |
| Northumberland & Lycoming | 15.77% | 149 | 84.23% | 796 | 945 |
| Philadelphia (City) | 38.63% | 1,091 | 61.37% | 1,733 | 2,824 |
| Philadelphia (County) | 17.88% | 399 | 82.12% | 1,832 | 2,231 |
| Somerset | 64.86% | 48 | 35.14% | 26 | 74 |
| Washington | 1.64% | 21 | 98.36% | 1,259 | 1,280 |
| Westmoreland | 5.63% | 52 | 94.37% | 872 | 924 |
| York | 95.81% | 3,222 | 4.19% | 141 | 3,363 |
| Source: [2] | |||||
Notes
- ^ Greene County's returns are included in the grand totals in this article, as well as the county results table.
References
- ^ "1796 ELECTION FOR THE THIRD TERM, 1797-1801". National Archives. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1796". Wilkes University. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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