1836 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1836 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Nominee Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison Party Democratic Whig Home state New York Ohio Running mate Richard Johnson Francis Granger Electoral vote 30 0 Popular vote 91,457 87,235 Percentage 51.18% 48.82%

County Results Van Buren   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Harrison   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

President before election Andrew Jackson Democratic Elected President Martin Van Buren Democratic

A presidential election was held in Pennsylvania on November 4, 1836 as part of the 1836 United States presidential election. ^[1] Voters chose 30 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic candidate, Martin Van Buren, over the Whig candidate, William Henry Harrison. Van Buren won Pennsylvania by a narrow margin of 2.36%. The result would ultimately prove decisive in Van Buren's victory; had Harrison won the state, then Van Buren would not have achieved a majority in the Electoral College, meaning that the election would have been decided in the House of Representatives.

Results

1836 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Martin Van Buren	91,457	51.18%	30
	Whig	William Henry Harrison	87,235	48.82%	0
Totals			178,692	100.0%	30

Results by county

County [3]	Martin Van Buren Democratic		William Henry Harrison Whig		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	1,186	43.83%	1,520	56.17%	-334	-12.34%	2,706
Allegheny	3,074	45.90%	3,623	54.10%	-549	-8.20%	6,697
Armstrong	1,528	60.11%	1,014	39.89%	514	20.22%	2,542
Beaver	1,075	34.11%	2,077	65.89%	-1,002	-31.78%	3,152
Bedford	1,587	45.25%	1,920	54.75%	-333	-9.50%	3,507
Berks	4,967	75.82%	1,584	24.18%	3,383	51.64%	6,551
Bradford	1,462	49.01%	1,521	50.99%	-59	-1.98%	2,983
Bucks	3,081	48.37%	3,289	51.63%	-208	-3.26%	6,370
Butler	1,008	46.37%	1,166	53.63%	-158	-7.26%	2,174
Cambria	450	44.82%	554	55.18%	-104	-10.36%	1,004
Centre	1,809	66.19%	924	33.81%	885	32.38%	2,733
Chester	3,277	45.15%	3,981	54.85%	-704	-9.70%	7,258
Clearfield	499	63.73%	284	36.27%	215	27.46%	783
Columbia	1,560	74.14%	544	25.86%	1,016	48.28%	2,104
Crawford	1,614	56.71%	1,232	43.29%	382	13.42%	2,846
Cumberland	1,904	52.89%	1,696	47.11%	208	5.78%	3,600
Dauphin	1,372	40.77%	1,993	59.23%	-621	-18.46%	3,365
Delaware	1,030	45.70%	1,224	54.30%	-194	-8.60%	2,254
Erie	1,312	38.07%	2,134	61.93%	-822	-23.86%	3,446
Fayette	2,016	54.71%	1,669	45.29%	347	9.42%	3,685
Franklin	2,155	45.56%	2,575	54.44%	-420	-8.88%	4,730
Greene	1,138	55.43%	915	44.57%	223	10.86%	2,053
Huntingdon	1,340	33.77%	2,628	66.23%	-1,288	-32.46%	3,968
Indiana	692	37.18%	1,169	62.82%	-477	-25.64%	1,861
Jefferson	244	51.59%	229	48.41%	15	3.18%	473
Juniata	627	51.27%	596	48.73%	31	2.54%	1,223
Lancaster	4,144	39.87%	6,250	60.13%	-2,106	-20.26%	10,394
Lebanon	1,168	43.99%	1,487	56.01%	-319	-12.02%	2,655
Lehigh	1,987	52.69%	1,784	47.31%	203	5.38%	3,771
Luzerne	2,008	58.66%	1,415	41.34%	593	17.32%	3,423
Lycoming	1,705	64.51%	938	35.49%	767	29.02%	2,643
McKean	150	63.83%	85	36.17%	65	27.66%	235
Mercer	1,253	38.63%	1,991	61.37%	-738	-22.74%	3,244
Mifflin	917	55.08%	748	44.92%	169	10.16%	1,665
Monroe	796	82.74%	166	17.26%	630	65.48%	962
Montgomery	3,446	58.86%	2,409	41.14%	1,037	17.72%	5,855
Northampton	2,378	62.51%	1,426	37.49%	952	25.02%	3,804
Northumberland	1,421	66.62%	712	33.38%	709	33.24%	2,133
Perry	1,107	70.06%	473	29.94%	634	40.12%	1,580
Philadelphia (City)	3,028	34.51%	5,747	65.49%	-2,719	-30.98%	8,755
Philadelphia (County)	7,957	54.90%	6,536	45.10%	1,421	9.80%	14,493
Pike	358	89.50%	42	10.50%	316	79.00%	400
Potter	162	72.97%	60	27.03%	102	45.94%	222
Schuylkill	1,380	66.76%	687	33.24%	693	33.52%	2,067
Somerset	511	21.15%	1,905	78.85%	-1,394	-57.70%	2,416
Susquehanna	1,145	57.22%	856	42.78%	289	14.44%	2,001
Tioga	1,027	71.97%	400	28.03%	627	43.94%	1,427
Union	1,143	46.26%	1,328	53.74%	-185	-7.48%	2,471
Venango	967	61.71%	600	38.29%	367	23.42%	1,567
Warren	498	66.22%	254	33.78%	244	32.44%	752
Washington	2,445	46.57%	2,805	53.43%	-360	-6.86%	5,250
Wayne	724	68.05%	340	31.95%	384	36.10%	1,064
Westmoreland	2,878	62.52%	1,725	37.48%	1,153	25.04%	4,603
York	2,756	57.89%	2,005	42.11%	751	15.78%	4,761
Totals	91,466	51.18%	87,235	48.82%	4,231	2.36%	178,701

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

References

1. "Presidential Elections". Weekly Messenger. November 12, 1836.
2. "1836 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
3. "Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1836". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved June 21, 2025.