1808 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

November 4 - December 7, 1808
 
Nominee James Madison Charles C. Pinckney
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia South Carolina
Running mate George Clinton Rufus King
Electoral vote 20 0
Popular vote 42,508 11,735
Percentage 78.37% 21.63%

President before election

Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

The 1808 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1808 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 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, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Madison won Pennsylvania by a margin of 56.74%.

Results

1808 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic-Republican James Madison 42,508 78.37% 20
Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 11,735 21.63% 0
Totals 54,243 100.0% 20

County results

County James Madison

Democratic-Republican

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Federalist

Total votes cast
 % #  % #
Adams53.08%41446.92%366780
Allegheny75.48%98224.52%3191,301
Armstrong100.00%1780.00%0178
Beaver100.00%2430.00%0243
Bedford71.14%66828.86%271939
Berks93.04%3,2066.96%2403,446
Bucks60.01%1,66039.99%1,1062,766
Butler85.22%29414.78%51345
Cambria89.86%6210.14%769
Centre & Clearfield95.55%8584.45%40898
Chester66.57%2,54533.43%1,2783,823
Crawford64.51%26935.49%148417
Cumberland79.25%1,77220.75%4642,236
Dauphin90.14%2,1209.86%2322,352
Delaware45.12%70354.88%8551,558
Erie69.93%20030.07%86286
Fayette88.76%89211.24%1131,005
Franklin81.46%1,41918.54%3231,742
Greene98.06%3531.94%7360
Huntingdon63.39%35536.61%205560
Indiana & Jefferson94.29%1325.71%8140
Lancaster98.88%2,5601.12%292,589
Luzerne52.84%45647.16%407863
Lycoming74.29%59825.71%207805
Mercer100.00%2880.00%0288
Mifflin96.34%7893.66%30819
Montgomery78.61%2,44421.39%6653,109
Northampton79.67%2,27320.33%5802,853
Northumberland93.63%2,6886.37%1832,871
Philadelphia (County)75.10%3,40723.90%1,0704,477
Philadelphia (City)60.02%2,83139.98%1,8864,717
Somerset88.07%38411.93%52436
Venango & Warren83.02%8816.98%18106
Washington91.95%1,7948.05%1571,951
Wayne88.56%17811.44%23201
Westmoreland80.73%59519.27%142737
York91.55%1,8108.45%1671,977
Source: [2]

See also

References

  1. "1808 ELECTION FOR THE SIXTH TERM, 1809-1813". National Archives. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1808". Wilkes University. Retrieved August 4, 2012.


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