Election Name: | 1802 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1799 |
Next Election: | 1805 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1805 |
Image1: | Thomas McKean by Charles Willson Peale.jpg |
Nominee1: | Thomas McKean |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 47,879 |
Percentage1: | 73.7% |
Party2: | Federalist Party (United States) |
Nominee2: | James Ross |
Popular Vote2: | 17,037 |
Percentage2: | 26.2% |
Map Size: | 200px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Thomas McKean |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Thomas McKean |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1802 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 12, 1802. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Thomas McKean successfully sought re-election to another term. As occurred in his prior campaign, he defeated U.S. Senator James Ross, a Federalist.