Election in Pennsylvania
1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania County Results
Adams
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Jefferson
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
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 [ edit ] County results [ edit ] 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]
See also [ edit ] ^ Greene County's returns are included in the grand totals in this article, as well as the county results table. References [ edit ]
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