1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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.

1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

November 1 – December 4, 1816
 
Nominee James Monroe Rufus King
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia New York
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins John Eager Howard
Electoral vote 25 0
Popular vote 25,653 17,588
Percentage 59.33% 40.67%

President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

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]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic-Republican James Monroe 25,653 59.33% 25
Federalist Rufus King 17,588 40.67% 0
Totals 43,241 100.0% 25

County results

County James Madison

Democratic-Republican

Rufus King

Federalist

Total votes cast
% # % #
Adams31.39%20568.61%448653
Allegheny34.22%21865.78%419637
Armstrong45.22%7154.78%86157
Beaver70.04%18029.96%77257
Bedford66.20%42333.80%216639
Berks65.56%1,56334.44%8212,384
Bradford82.81%39517.19%82477
Bucks47.85%1,78952.15%1,9503,739
Butler84.15%15415.85%29183
Cambria76.53%7523.47%2398
Centre66.44%47933.56%242721
Chester55.02%1,99944.98%1,6343,633
Columbia89.47%54410.53%64608
Crawford52.49%9547.51%86181
Cumberland70.62%1,26229.38%5251,787
Dauphin66.84%51033.16%253763
Delaware42.49%34857.51%471819
Erie39.53%8560.47%130215
Fayette63.17%27136.83%158429
Franklin88.03%93411.97%1271,061
Huntingdon87.13%47412.87%70544
Greene89.74%14010.26%16156
Huntingdon51.11%71248.89%6811,393
Indiana39.79%7660.21%115191
Lancaster45.96%1,22354.04%1,4382,661
Lebanon72.27%51627.73%198714
Lehigh70.70%59629.30%247843
Luzerne54.70%37845.30%313691
Lycoming94.01%2675.99%17284
Mercer68.23%13131.77%61192
Mifflin82.55%52517.45%111636
Montgomery60.73%1,88539.27%6663,104
Northampton61.60%86038.40%5361,396
Northumberland76.32%50623.68%157663
Philadelphia46.28%1,69853.72%1,9713,669
Philadelphia City34.93%1,14865.07%2,1393,287
Pike77.99%12422.01%89159
Schuylkill83.33%12416.67%68408
Somerset82.03%25117.97%55306
Susquehanna71.60%24228.40%96338
Tioga78.90%8621.10%23109
Union86.57%52213.43%81603
Venango89.29%10010.71%12112
Washington78.74%48921.26%132621
Wayne87.23%8212.77%1294
Westmoreland57.42%41442.58%307721
York75.50%98024.50%3181,298
Source: [2]

See also

References

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


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