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