United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1812

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1812

1812

 
Nominee James Madison DeWitt Clinton
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia New York
Running mate Elbridge Gerry Jared Ingersoll
Electoral vote 25 0
Popular vote 48,816 29,162
Percentage 62.60% 37.40%

President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

The 1812 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1812 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College,[1] who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, James Madison, over the Federalist candidate, DeWitt Clinton. Madison won Pennsylvania by a margin of 25.2%.

Results

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1812[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic-Republican James Madison 48,816 62.60% 25
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

County Madison % Madison # Clinton % Clinton # Total
Adams35.47%41064.53%7461,156
Allegheny59.96%96640.04%6451,611
Armstrong70.35%12129.65%51172
BeaverUnknown
Bedford56.20%72143.80%5621,283
Berks81.36%3,02518.64%6933,718
Bucks49.03%2,18450.97%2,2704,454
Butler79.96%37520.04%94469
Cambria64.03%8935.97%50139
Centre85.33%1,23914.67%2131,452
Chester47.28%2,78852.72%3,1095,897
Crawford74.64%2,45525.36%8343,289
Cumberland63.29%26936.71%156425
Dauphin77.10%1,84222.90%5472,389
Dauphin (late return)95.56%864.44%490
Delaware32.58%59267.42%1,2251,817
Erie54.09%15245.91%129281
Fayette83.60%99916.40%1961,195
Franklin66.89%1,51333.11%7492,262
Greene64.98%42535.02%229654
Huntingdon51.11%71248.89%6811,393
IndianaUnknown
Lancaster39.32%2,43860.68%3,7626,200
Lehigh82.53%1,03917.47%2201,259
Luzerne36.41%71363.59%1,2451,958
Lycoming72.38%93327.62%3561,289
Mercer79.27%36720.73%96463
Mifflin89.54%1,05310.46%1231,176
Montgomery59.12%2,62340.88%1,8144,437
Northampton80.10%1,55419.90%3861,940
Northumberland85.14%3,41514.86%5964,011
Philadelphia60.11%6,98739.89%4,63711,624
Susquehanna82.76%72517.24%151876
Somerset71.89%42228.11%165587
Venango & Warren78.44%13121.56%36167
Washington84.57%2,33415.43%4262,760
Wayne74.44%29725.56%102399
Westmoreland63.96%81836.04%4611,279
York59.77%2,09040.23%1,4073,497
Source: [2]

References

  1. "1812 ELECTION FOR THE SEVENTH TERM, 1813-1817". National Archives. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1812". Wilkes University. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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