A presidential election was held in Pennsylvania in 1812, as part of the 1812 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, 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 PennsylvaniaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral 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 CountyJames MadisonDemocratic-RepublicanDeWitt ClintonFederalistTotal votescast % # % #Adams 35.47% 410 64.53% 746 1,156Allegheny 59.96% 966 40.04% 645 1,611Armstrong 70.35% 121 29.65% 51 172Beaver 62.37% 383 37.62% 231 614Bedford 56.20% 721 43.80% 562 1,283Berks 81.36% 3,025 18.64% 693 3,718Bucks 49.03% 2,184 50.97% 2,270 4,454Butler 79.96% 375 20.04% 94 469Cambria 64.03% 89 35.97% 50 139Centre 85.33% 1,239 14.67% 213 1,452Chester 47.28% 2,788 52.72% 3,109 5,897Crawford 74.64% 2,455 25.36% 834 3,289Cumberland 63.29% 269 36.71% 156 425Dauphin 77.10% 1,842 22.90% 547 2,389Dauphin (late return) 95.56% 86 4.44% 4 90Delaware 32.58% 592 67.42% 1,225 1,817Erie 54.09% 152 45.91% 129 281Fayette 83.60% 999 16.40% 196 1,195Franklin 66.89% 1,513 33.11% 749 2,262Greene 64.98% 425 35.02% 229 654Huntingdon 51.11% 712 48.89% 681 1,393Indiana 62.27% 137 37.73% 83 220Lancaster 39.32% 2,438 60.68% 3,762 6,200Lehigh 82.53% 1,039 17.47% 220 1,259Luzerne 36.41% 713 63.59% 1,245 1,958Lycoming 72.38% 933 27.62% 356 1,289Mercer 79.27% 367 20.73% 96 463Mifflin 89.54% 1,053 10.46% 123 1,176Montgomery 59.12% 2,623 40.88% 1,814 4,437Northampton 80.10% 1,554 19.90% 386 1,940Northumberland 85.14% 3,415 14.86% 596 4,011Philadelphia 60.11% 6,987 39.89% 4,637 11,624Susquehanna 82.76% 725 17.24% 151 876Somerset 71.89% 422 28.11% 165 587Venango & Warren 78.44% 131 21.56% 36 167Washington 84.57% 2,334 15.43% 426 2,760Wayne 74.44% 297 25.56% 102 399Westmoreland 63.96% 818 36.04% 461 1,279York 59.77% 2,090 40.23% 1,407 3,497Source:
See also United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
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