1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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 two highest vote-getting Adams electors received more votes than the two lowest vote-getting Jefferson electors and the electoral vote was split, with 14 of 15 electors casting their ballots for Jefferson.^[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1796^[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]	Adams %	Adams #	Jefferson %	Jefferson #	Total
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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[2] Greene County's returns are included in the grand totals in this article, as well as the county results table.

[electoral-1] "1796 ELECTION FOR THE THIRD TERM, 1797-1801". National Archives. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

[results-3] "Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1796". Wilkes University. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

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