| Election Name: | 1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Pennsylvania |
| Type: | presidential |
| Election Date: | [1] |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1796 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1796 |
| Next Election: | 1802 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1802 |
| Image1: | ThomasMcKean.gif |
| Nominee1: | Thomas McKean |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,733 |
| Percentage1: | 54.0% |
| Nominee2: | James Ross |
| Party2: | Federalist Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,021 |
| Percentage2: | 46.0% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Thomas Mifflin |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| After Election: | Thomas McKean |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was between two candidates. Incumbent governor Thomas Mifflin was not running. The race was between Federalist U.S. Senator James Ross and Democratic-Republican Thomas McKean. The retired Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, McKean was a Federalist and a Mifflin ally, as both supported strong state executive power but rejected the domestic policies of the national government.
Some historians have pointed to McKean's victory as a forecast of Thomas Jefferson's election in the 1800 United States presidential election the next year.[2]
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