1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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  1812 November 1 – December 4, 1816 1820  
  John Vanderlyn - James Monroe - Google Art Project.jpg Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of Rufus King (1819-1820) - Google Art Project.jpg
Nominee James Monroe Rufus King
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia New York
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins John Eager Howard
Electoral vote250
Popular vote25,65317,588
Percentage59.33%40.67%

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County Results

President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

The 1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, [1] who voted for President and Vice President.

Contents

Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, James Monroe, over the Federalist candidate, Rufus King. Monroe won Pennsylvania by a margin of 18.66%.

Results

1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic-Republican James Monroe 25,65359.33%25
Federalist Rufus King 17,58840.67%0
Totals43,241100.0%25

County results

CountyJames Monroe

Democratic-Republican

Rufus King

Federalist

Total votes cast
 %# %#
Adams 31.39%20568.61%448653
Allegheny 34.22%21865.78%419637
Armstrong 45.22%7154.78%86157
Beaver 70.04%18029.96%77257
Bedford 66.20%42333.80%216639
Berks 65.56%1,56334.44%8212,384
Bradford 82.81%39517.19%82477
Bucks 47.85%1,78952.15%1,9503,739
Butler 84.15%15415.85%29183
Cambria 76.53%7523.47%2398
Centre 66.44%47933.56%242721
Chester 55.02%1,99944.98%1,6343,633
Columbia 89.47%54410.53%64608
Crawford 52.49%9547.51%86181
Cumberland 70.62%1,26229.38%5251,787
Dauphin 66.84%51033.16%253763
Delaware 42.49%34857.51%471819
Erie 39.53%8560.47%130215
Fayette 63.17%27136.83%158429
Franklin 88.03%93411.97%1271,061
Huntingdon 87.13%47412.87%70544
Greene 89.74%14010.26%16156
Huntingdon 51.11%71248.89%6811,393
Indiana 39.79%7660.21%115191
Lancaster 45.96%1,22354.04%1,4382,661
Lebanon 72.27%51627.73%198714
Lehigh 70.70%59629.30%247843
Luzerne 54.70%37845.30%313691
Lycoming 94.01%2675.99%17284
Mercer 68.23%13131.77%61192
Mifflin 82.55%52517.45%111636
Montgomery 60.73%1,88539.27%6663,104
Northampton 61.60%86038.40%5361,396
Northumberland 76.32%50623.68%157663
Philadelphia 46.28%1,69853.72%1,9713,669
Philadelphia City 34.93%1,14865.07%2,1393,287
Pike 77.99%12422.01%89159
Schuylkill 83.33%12416.67%68408
Somerset 82.03%25117.97%55306
Susquehanna 71.60%24228.40%96338
Tioga 78.90%8621.10%23109
Union 86.57%52213.43%81603
Venango 89.29%10010.71%12112
Washington 78.74%48921.26%132621
Wayne 87.23%8212.77%1294
Westmoreland 57.42%41442.58%307721
York 75.50%98024.50%3181,298
Source: [2]

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References

  1. "1816 ELECTION FOR THE EIGHTH TERM, 1817-1821". National Archives. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1816". Wilkes University. Retrieved 4 August 2012.