1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|
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County Results
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Adams
60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%
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Jefferson
50–60% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%
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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 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
| 1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
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| Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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Percentage
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Electoral votes
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Democratic-Republican
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Thomas Jefferson
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12,306
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50.18%
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14
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Federalist
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John Adams
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12,217
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49.82%
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1
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| Totals
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24,523
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100.00%
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15
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| Total valid votes
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24,523
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98.97%
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15
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| Rejected votes
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254
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1.03%
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0
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| Total ballots
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24,777
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100.00%
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15
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County results
| County
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John Adams
Federalist
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican
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Total votes cast
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| %
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#
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%
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#
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| Allegheny |
16.42% |
77 |
83.58% |
392 |
469
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| Bedford |
9.09% |
19 |
90.90% |
190 |
209
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| Berks |
44.38% |
576 |
55.62% |
722 |
1,298
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| Bucks |
73.66% |
1,001 |
26.34% |
358 |
1,359
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| Chester |
81.55% |
535 |
18.45% |
121 |
656
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| Cumberland |
21.74% |
238 |
78.26% |
857 |
1,095
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| Dauphin |
66.57% |
464 |
33.43% |
233 |
697
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| Delaware |
70.81% |
313 |
29.19% |
129 |
442
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| Fayette |
14.61% |
70 |
85.39% |
409 |
479
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| Franklin |
41.08% |
244 |
58.92% |
350 |
594
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| Greene |
17.32% |
44 |
82.68% |
210 |
254
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| Huntingdon |
93.43% |
313 |
6.57% |
22 |
335
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| Lancaster |
76.90% |
2,061 |
23.10% |
619 |
2,680
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| Luzerne |
98.07% |
407 |
1.93% |
8 |
415
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| Mifflin |
4.69% |
23 |
95.31% |
467 |
490
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| Montgomery |
61.57% |
533 |
38.43% |
333 |
866
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| Northampton |
44.58% |
370 |
55.42% |
460 |
830
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| Northumberland & Lycoming |
3.84% |
32 |
96.16% |
802 |
834
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| Philadelphia (City) |
38.61% |
1,091 |
61.39% |
1,735 |
2,826
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| Philadelphia (County) |
17.88% |
399 |
82.12% |
1,832 |
2,231
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| Somerset |
64.86% |
48 |
35.14% |
26 |
74
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| Washington |
1.64% |
21 |
98.36% |
1,259 |
1,280
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| Westmoreland |
5.63% |
52 |
94.37% |
872 |
924
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| York |
95.81% |
3,224 |
4.19% |
141 |
3,365
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| Source: [2]
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See also
Notes
- ^ Greene County's returns are included in the county results table.
References
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