POPULAR VOTE OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR PRESIDENT FROM 1789-1920. (The majority of the returns given in the following table have been compiled from the official records on file in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Some were obtained from old newspapers, files and other publications issued at the time of the respective elections for which the returns are given. The data obtainable from the early records was so meagre that it was found impossible, in giving the vote for President, to follow any rule, but simply to give the vote as obtained. In several cases the vote given is for the elector receiving the highest vote on each ticket, in one or two cases it is the average vote for each set of electors, but since 1868 the vote for the first elector on the respective tickets is given.) Wednesday, January 7, 1789: George Washington (seven counties missing), Note: The first election for Presidential electors was held on the first Wednesday of January, 1789, under authority of an act passed by the General Assembly on October 4, 1788. The total of 5,930 given above is the vote cast in all the counties of the State except Allegheny, Bedford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Fayette, Huntingdon and Westmoreland for Edward Hand, the elector receiving the highest vote the vote of the said counties we have been unable to find. Tuesday, November 6, 1792: George Washington, Federalist (Henry electors, four counties missing), George Washington, Federalist (Todd electors, four counties missing), Note: The vote of 1792 is as taken from the official returns on file in the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office, and is complete except for the counties of Washington, Franklin, Huntingdon and Mifflin, which are missing. George Washington had no opposition for President, though in a majority of the counties two sets of electors were voted for, the set of fifteen which was elected and another of twelve, whilst in many counties local candidates received the entire vote, there being nearly one hundred such persons who received from 1 to 100 votes in the State. William Henry, the first elector on the ticket elected, received a total in the State, four counties missing, of 3,479. William Todd, the first of the set of twelve electors, received a total in the State, four counties missing, of 1,097. Friday, November 4, 1796: Thomas Jefferson, Republican, John Adams, Federalist, 1800: This is the only presidential election at which the electors of Pennsylvania did not have an opportunity of expressing by popular vote their choice for President. The Legislature having failed at the regular session of 1799-1800 to provide for the choosing of presidential electors in 1800, the Governor (Thomas McKean), on October 18, 1800, issued a proclamation for the assembling of the General Assembly in special session on November 5, 1800, at the court house in the borough of Lancaster, for the purpose of providing for the selection of presidential electors on behalf of Pennsylvania. The 5,930 3,479 1,097 11,947 Legislature, after a contest be- Friday, November 2, 1804: 22,311 1,429 Note: Four of the Monroe electors Friday, November 3, 1820: Friday, October 29, 1824: Andrew Jackson, R., Friday, October 31, 1828: Andrew Jackson, D., ... Friday, November 2, 1832: Andrew Jackson, D., Friday, November, 4, 1836: Martin Van Buren, D., Friday October 30, 1840: William H. Harrison, Whig, Note: The vote given of 1840 is for 30,313 1,803 35,929 5,436 4,132 1,705 101,652 50,848 01,949 66,689 91,457 37,081 144,010 143,676 340 John C. Fremont, R., Union 230,686 203,534 Note: In 1856 Pennsylvania was entitled to twenty-seven presidential electors. The three principal sets of electors voted for were: 1st, The Democratic, in the interest of James Buchanan. 2d, The Union ticket, in the interest of John C. Fremont, Republican, and Millard Fillmore, American. There were twenty-six electors on this ticket, the twenty-seventh name voted for being either that of John C. Fremont or Millard Fillmore. The total vote cast for the twenty-six Union Electors was 203,534. Of the vote for the twenty-seventh elector, John C. Fremont received 147,286, and Millard Fillmore 55,852. The 3d set of electors was a straight ticket in the interest of Millard Fillmore, American, 26,337 votes being cast for said set of electors. Tuesday, November 6, 1860: 5,071 19,274 6,103 1,683 870 .... 11,000 Note: In the case of the Republican and McKinley-Citizen parties in 1896, the electors were the same and were voted for in the interest of McKinley for President, and Hobart for Vice President. In the case of the Democratic and FreeSilver parties the electors were the same and were voted for in the interest of Bryan for President, and Sewall for Vice-President. The People's party electors were in the interest of Bryan for President, but of Watson for VicePresident, and were not the same as the Democratic electors. Tuesday, November 6, 1900: William McKinley, R., William J. Bryan, D., 712,665 424,232 Charles Hunter Corregan, Soc. Lab., 2,211 J. C. Breckenridge, D., 178,871 Tuesday, November 3, 1908: Tuesday, November 8, 1864: Abraham Lincoln, R., 448,782 Eugene W. Chafin, Pro., 36,694 Tuesday, November 3, 1868: Thomas L. Hisgen, Independence, 1,057 August Gilhaus, Soc. Lab., 1,224 Horatio Seymour, D., 313,382 Tuesday, November 5, 1912: Tuesday, November 5, 1872: Ulysses S. Grant, R., 349,589 Horace Greeley, Lib. D., 212,041 James Black, Temperance, 1,632 Eugene V. Debs, Soc., 83,614 Tuesday, November 7, 1876: Arthur E. Reimer, Indus.,. 706 R. B. Hayes, R., 884,142 Theodore Roosevelt, 444,894 Samuel J. Tilden, D., Peter Cooper, Greenback, Green Clay Smith, Pro., Anti-Mason, 83 Tuesday, November 2, 1880: James A. Garfield, R., 444,713 Winfield S. Hancock, D., Charles E. Hughes, R., 703,823 407,502 James B. Weaver, Greenback, Neal Dow, Pro., Anti-Mason, 20,643 J. Frank Hanly, Pro., 1,940 Arthur E. Reimer, Indus., 28,525 419 44 Tuesday, November 2, 1920: Warren G. Harding, R., 392,785 James M. Cox, D., 478,804 Eugene V. Debs, Soc., 16,992 Aaron S. Watkins, Pro., 15,283 James M. Cox, Indus., Parley P. Christensen, Labor, 526,091 Robert C. Macauley, Single Tax, 806 Vice-President-John Carolina, C. Calhoun, South Neither candidate for the presidency having received a majority of the electoral votes, it devolved upon the House of Representatives to choose from the three highest on list voted for, who were Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, John Quincy Adams, MasCrawford, H. sachusetts, and William Georgia. John Quincy Adams was chosen. elected President, John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun Vice-President. Carolina, to 15 1 George Washington and John Adams re FOURTH TERM-March 4, 1801, March 4, 1805.-Number of electors, 15. President-Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, Aaron Burr, New York, to vania, John Adams, Massachusetts, C. C. Pinckney, South Carolina, The vote for Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr being equal, no choice was made by the people. The House of Representatives proceeded to the choice of President, when Thomas Jefferson was elected President, and Aaron Burr, Vice-President. FIFTH TERM-March 4, 1805 to March 4, 1809.-Number of electors, 20. President-Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, Vice-President,-George Clinton, New York, Previous to this election two persons were voted for, the highest being President, the next Vice-President, the Constitution amended as it now stands. Thomas Jefferson re-elected President, and George Clinton elected Vice-President. was and George Clinton re-elected Vice-President. 25 25 James Madison re-elected President, and Elbridge Gerry elected Vice-President. 28 28 South 28 and Andrew Jackson elected President, John C. Calhoun re-elected Vice-President. TWELFTH TERM-March 4, 1833, to March 4, 1837.-Number of electors, 30. President-Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, Vice-President-William Wilkins, Pennsyl Andrew Jackson re-elected President, and Martin Van Buren, New York, elected VicePresident. THIRTEENTH TERM-March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1841.-Number of electors, 30. President-Martin Van Buren, New York, Vice-President-Richard M. Johnson, Ken 30 30 30 888 30 and SEVENTEENTH TERM-March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857.-Number of electors, 27. President-Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire, Vice-President-William R. King, Alabama, Franklin Pierce elected President, William R. King Vice-President. and 25 and EIGHTEENTH TERM-March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1861.-Number of electors, 27. 25 President James Buchanan, Pennsylvania, Vice-President-John C. Breckenridge, Ken 27 27 tucky, James Buchanan elected President, and John C. Breckenridge Vice-President. NINETEENTH TERM-March 4, 1861, 24 to March 4, 1865.-Number of electors, 27. 24 President-Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, Vice-President-Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, Abraham Lincoln elected President, and Hannibal Hamlin Vice-President. TWENTIETH TERM-March 4, 1865, to 28 March 4, 1869.-Number of electors, 26. President-Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, Vice-President-Andrew Johnson, Tennessee, Abraham Lincoln re-elected President, and Andrew Johnson eleeted Vice-President. one James Monroe elected President, 4, 1821, to 25. Daniel D. Tompkins Vice-President. NINTH TERM-March March 4, 1825.-Number of electors, York, James Monroe re-elected President, and Daniel D. Tompkins Vice-President. TENTH TERM-March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829.-Number of electors, 28. President-Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, Twenty-five electors were elected but died previous to the meeting of the electoral college, making the vote 24 as given. James A. Garfield elected President, and TWENTY-FIFTH TERM-March 4, 1885, 30 30 Indiana, Fairbanks, Theodore Roosevelt elected President, and THIRTY-FIRST TERM-March 4, 1909, York, William H. Taft elected President, and THIRTY-SECOND TERM-March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1917. Number of elec- 34 34 34 President- Theodore Roosevelt, New York, 38 38 THIRTY-THIRD TERM-March 4, 1917, to March 4, 1921. Number of electors, 38. President-Charles E. Hughes, New York, 38 TWENTY-SIXTH TERM-March 4, 1889, Benjamin Harrison elected President, and TWENTY-SEVENTH TERM-March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1897.-Number of elec- Adlai E. Stevenson Vice-President. TWENTY-EIGHTH TERM-March 4, 1897, to March 4, 1901.-Number of electors, 32. 30 32 Indiana, W. Fairbanks, Woodrow Wilson elected President, and 1921, to March 4, 1925. Number of elec 32 tors, 38. setts, 38 38 .... 38 Warren G. Harding elected President, and Calvin Coolidge Vice-President. |