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1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

← 1792 November 4 - December 7, 1796 1800 →
 
Nominee Thomas Jefferson John Adams
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia Massachusetts
Electoral vote 14 1
Popular vote 12,306 12,217
Percentage 50.18% 49.82%

 
Nominee Aaron Burr Thomas Pinckney
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state New York South Carolina
Electoral vote 13 2

County Results

President before election

George Washington
Nonpartisan

Elected President

John Adams
Federalist

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 0.36%. 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

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1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson 12,306 50.18% 14
Federalist John Adams 12,217 49.82% 1
Totals 24,523 100.00% 15
Total valid votes 24,523 98.97% 15
Rejected votes 254 1.03% 0
Total ballots 24,777 100.00% 15

County results

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County John Adams

Federalist

Thomas Jefferson

Democratic-Republican

Total votes cast
% # % #
Allegheny 16.42% 77 83.58% 392 469
Bedford 9.09% 19 90.90% 190 209
Berks 44.38% 576 55.62% 722 1,298
Bucks 73.66% 1,001 26.34% 358 1,359
Chester 81.55% 535 18.45% 121 656
Cumberland 21.74% 238 78.26% 857 1,095
Dauphin 66.57% 464 33.43% 233 697
Delaware 70.81% 313 29.19% 129 442
Fayette 14.61% 70 85.39% 409 479
Franklin 41.08% 244 58.92% 350 594
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 4.69% 23 95.31% 467 490
Montgomery 61.57% 533 38.43% 333 866
Northampton 44.58% 370 55.42% 460 830
Northumberland & Lycoming 3.84% 32 96.16% 802 834
Philadelphia (City) 38.61% 1,091 61.39% 1,735 2,826
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% 3,224 4.19% 141 3,365
Source: [2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Greene County's returns are included in the county results table.

References

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  1. ^ "1796 ELECTION FOR THE THIRD TERM, 1797-1801". National Archives. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved July 20, 2024.