1812 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1812 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Nominee James Madison DeWitt Clinton Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican [a] Alliance — Federalist Home state Virginia New York Running mate Elbridge Gerry Jared Ingersoll Electoral vote 25 0 Popular vote 48,816 29,162 Percentage 62.60% 37.40%

Madison   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Clinton   50–60%   60–70%

President before election James Madison Democratic-Republican Elected President James Madison Democratic-Republican

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 other Democratic-Republican and Federalist supported candidate, DeWitt Clinton. Madison won Pennsylvania by a margin of 25.2%.

Results

1812 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic-Republican	James Madison (incumbent)	48,816	62.60%	25
	Democratic-Republican/Federalist	DeWitt Clinton	29,162	37.40%	0
Totals			77,978	100.0%	25

Note: Election results totals only include known numbers, as verified by the source. Vote totals from several counties are missing/unknown.

County results

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]

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Notes

1. 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.

References

1. "1812 ELECTION FOR THE SEVENTH TERM, 1813-1817". National Archives. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
2. "Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1812". Wilkes University. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
3. "Presidential Results: Pennsylvania, 1812". Vote Archive. Retrieved May 29, 2023.