A presidential election was held in Pennsylvania in 1796, as part of the 1796 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson, over the Federalist candidate, John Adams. Jefferson won Pennsylvania by a margin of 0.36%. Greene County's returns, which favored Jefferson, were not submitted in time to be included in the official vote totals. As a result, the 2 highest vote-getting Adams electors received more votes than the 2 lowest vote-getting Jefferson electors and the electoral vote was split, with 14 of 15 electors casting their ballots for Jefferson.
Results 1796 United States presidential election in PennsylvaniaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson 12,306 50.18% 14 Federalist John Adams 12,217 49.82% 1 Totals 24,523 100.00% 15 Total valid votes 24,523 98.97% 15 Rejected votes 254 1.03% 0 Total ballots 24,777 100.00% 15
Results by county +1796 United States presidential election in PennsylvaniaCountyJohn AdamsFederalistThomas JeffersonDemocratic-RepublicanMarginTotalvotes#%#%#% Allegheny7716.42%39283.58%-315-67.16%469 Bedford199.09%19090.91%-171-81.82%209 Berks57644.38%72255.62%-146-11.24%1,298 Bucks1,00173.66%35826.34%64347.32%1,359 Chester53581.55%12118.45%41463.10%656 Cumberland23821.74%85778.26%-619-56.52%1,095 Dauphin46466.57%23333.43%23133.14%697 Delaware31370.81%12929.19%18441.62%442 Fayette7315.15%40984.85%-336-69.70%482 Franklin24841.33%35258.67%-104-17.34%600 Greene4417.32%21082.68%-166-65.36%254 Huntingdon31393.43%226.57%29186.86%335 Lancaster2,06176.90%61923.10%1,44253.80%2,680 Luzerne40798.07%81.93%39996.14%415 Mifflin234.69%46795.31%-444-90.62%490 Montgomery53361.55%33338.45%20023.10%866 Northampton37044.58%46055.42%-90-10.84%830 Northumberland & Lycoming323.84%80296.16%-770-92.32%834 Philadelphia39917.88%1,83382.12%-1,434-64.24%2,232 Philadelphia City1,09138.61%1,73561.39%-644-22.78%2,826 Somerset4864.86%2635.14%2229.72%74 Washington211.64%1,25998.36%-1,238-96.72%1,280 Westmoreland525.63%87294.37%-820-88.74%924 York3,22495.81%1414.19%3,08391.62%3,365Total12,16249.21%12,55050.79%-388-1.58%24,712
See also United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
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