See main article: 1796 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania |
| Country: | Pennsylvania |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1792 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania |
| Previous Year: | 1792 |
| Next Election: | 1800 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania |
| Next Year: | 1800 |
| Election Date: | November 4 - December 7, 1796 |
| Image1: | ThomasJeffersonStateRoomPortrait.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Thomas Jefferson |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Home State1: | Virginia |
| Electoral Vote1: | 14 |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,306 |
| Percentage1: | 50.18% |
| Nominee2: | John Adams |
| Party2: | Federalist Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Massachusetts |
| Electoral Vote2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,217 |
| Percentage2: | 49.82% |
| Image4: | Burr.jpg |
| Nominee4: | Aaron Burr |
| Party4: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Home State4: | New York |
| Electoral Vote4: | 13 |
| Image5: | Thomas Pinckney.jpg |
| Nominee5: | Thomas Pinckney |
| Party5: | Federalist Party (United States) |
| Home State5: | South Carolina |
| Electoral Vote5: | 2 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | George Washington |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan candidate |
| After Election: | John Adams |
| After Party: | Federalist Party (United States) |
The 1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1796 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
| 1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic-Republican | Thomas Jefferson | 12,306 | 50.18% | 14 | |
| Federalist | John Adams | 12,217 | 49.82% | 1 | |
| Totals | 24,523 | 100.00% | 15 | ||
| ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total valid votes | 24,523 | 98.97% | 15 | |
| ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Rejected votes | ! style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 254 | 1.03% | 0 |
| ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Total ballots | 24,777 | 100.00% | 15 | |
| County | John AdamsFederalist | Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republican | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | |||||
| 16.42% | 77 | 83.58% | 392 | 469 | ||
| 9.09% | 19 | 90.90% | 190 | 209 | ||
| 44.38% | 576 | 55.62% | 722 | 1,298 | ||
| 73.66% | 1,001 | 26.34% | 358 | 1,359 | ||
| 81.55% | 535 | 18.45% | 121 | 656 | ||
| 21.74% | 238 | 78.26% | 857 | 1,095 | ||
| 66.57% | 464 | 33.43% | 233 | 697 | ||
| 70.81% | 313 | 29.19% | 129 | 442 | ||
| 14.61% | 70 | 85.39% | 409 | 479 | ||
| 41.08% | 244 | 58.92% | 350 | 594 | ||
| 17.32% | 44 | 82.68% | 210 | 254 | ||
| 93.43% | 313 | 6.57% | 22 | 335 | ||
| 76.90% | 2,061 | 23.10% | 619 | 2,680 | ||
| 98.07% | 407 | 1.93% | 8 | 415 | ||
| 4.69% | 23 | 95.31% | 467 | 490 | ||
| 61.57% | 533 | 38.43% | 333 | 866 | ||
| 44.58% | 370 | 55.42% | 460 | 830 | ||
| 3.84% | 32 | 96.16% | 802 | 834 | ||
| 38.61% | 1,091 | 61.39% | 1,735 | 2,826 | ||
| 17.88% | 399 | 82.12% | 1,832 | 2,231 | ||
| 64.86% | 48 | 35.14% | 26 | 74 | ||
| 1.64% | 21 | 98.36% | 1,259 | 1,280 | ||
| 5.63% | 52 | 94.37% | 872 | 924 | ||
| 95.81% | 3,224 | 4.19% | 141 | 3,365 | ||
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