1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

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1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
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November 2, 1790 (1790-11-02) 1793  
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Candidate Thomas Mifflin Arthur St. Clair
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote27,9742,864
Percentage90.7%9.3%

1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County Results


Mifflin:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%

     90-100%

Governor before election

Thomas Mifflin (as President of Pennsylvania)
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Thomas Mifflin
Democratic-Republican

The 1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was the first gubernatorial election after the establishment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a U.S. state. Thomas Mifflin, the incumbent President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was elected as the first Governor of Pennsylvania. He defeated Federalist candidate Arthur St. Clair, former Revolutionary War general and President of the Continental Congress, by a wide margin.

Results

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1790 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic-Republican Thomas Mifflin 27,974 90.71
Federalist Arthur St. Clair 2,8639.29
Independent Charles Thomson 20.00
Total votes30,840 100.00

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References

  1. "Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1790". House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 3 July 2012.