1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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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.

1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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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 Adams   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Jefferson   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

President before election George Washington Nonpartisan Elected President John Adams Federalist

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]
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

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

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Notes

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

References

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