1812 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Madison
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Clinton
50-60%
60-70%
The 1812 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1812 United States presidential election . Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College ,[ 1] who voted for President and Vice President .
Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, James Madison , over the Federalist candidate, DeWitt Clinton . Madison won Pennsylvania by a margin of 25.2%. Pennsylvania was the tipping-point state this election.
Note: Election results totals only include known numbers, as verified by the source . Vote totals from several counties are missing/unknown.
County
James Madison
Democratic-Republican
DeWitt Clinton
Federalist
Total votes cast
%
#
%
#
Adams
35.47%
410
64.53%
746
1,156
Allegheny
59.96%
966
40.04%
645
1,611
Armstrong
70.35%
121
29.65%
51
172
Beaver [ 3]
62.37%
383
37.62%
231
614
Bedford
56.20%
721
43.80%
562
1,283
Berks
81.36%
3,025
18.64%
693
3,718
Bucks
49.03%
2,184
50.97%
2,270
4,454
Butler
79.96%
375
20.04%
94
469
Cambria
64.03%
89
35.97%
50
139
Centre
85.33%
1,239
14.67%
213
1,452
Chester
47.28%
2,788
52.72%
3,109
5,897
Crawford
74.64%
2,455
25.36%
834
3,289
Cumberland
63.29%
269
36.71%
156
425
Dauphin
77.10%
1,842
22.90%
547
2,389
Dauphin (late return)
95.56%
86
4.44%
4
90
Delaware
32.58%
592
67.42%
1,225
1,817
Erie
54.09%
152
45.91%
129
281
Fayette
83.60%
999
16.40%
196
1,195
Franklin
66.89%
1,513
33.11%
749
2,262
Greene
64.98%
425
35.02%
229
654
Huntingdon
51.11%
712
48.89%
681
1,393
Indiana [ 3]
62.27%
137
37.73%
83
220
Lancaster
39.32%
2,438
60.68%
3,762
6,200
Lehigh
82.53%
1,039
17.47%
220
1,259
Luzerne
36.41%
713
63.59%
1,245
1,958
Lycoming
72.38%
933
27.62%
356
1,289
Mercer
79.27%
367
20.73%
96
463
Mifflin
89.54%
1,053
10.46%
123
1,176
Montgomery
59.12%
2,623
40.88%
1,814
4,437
Northampton
80.10%
1,554
19.90%
386
1,940
Northumberland
85.14%
3,415
14.86%
596
4,011
Philadelphia
60.11%
6,987
39.89%
4,637
11,624
Susquehanna
82.76%
725
17.24%
151
876
Somerset
71.89%
422
28.11%
165
587
Venango & Warren
78.44%
131
21.56%
36
167
Washington
84.57%
2,334
15.43%
426
2,760
Wayne
74.44%
297
25.56%
102
399
Westmoreland
63.96%
818
36.04%
461
1,279
York
59.77%
2,090
40.23%
1,407
3,497
Source: [ 2]
^ While commonly labeled as the Federalist candidate, Clinton technically ran as a Democratic-Republican and was not nominated by the Federalist party itself, the latter simply deciding not to field a candidate. This did not prevent endorsements from state Federalist parties (such as in Pennsylvania), but he received the endorsement from the New York state Democratic-Republicans as well.