1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

November 1 – December 4, 1816
 
Nominee James Monroe Rufus King
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Home state Virginia New York
Running mate Daniel D. Tompkins John Eager Howard
Electoral vote 25 0
Popular vote 25,653 17,588
Percentage 59.33% 40.67%

County Results

President before election

James Madison
Democratic-Republican

Elected President

James Monroe
Democratic-Republican

The 1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1816 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 Monroe, over the Federalist candidate, Rufus King. Monroe won Pennsylvania by a margin of 18.66%.

Results

1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic-Republican James Monroe 25,653 59.33% 25
Federalist Rufus King 17,588 40.67% 0
Totals 43,241 100.0% 25

County results

County James Monroe

Democratic-Republican

Rufus King

Federalist

Total votes cast
 % #  % #
Adams31.39%20568.61%448653
Allegheny34.22%21865.78%419637
Armstrong45.22%7154.78%86157
Beaver70.04%18029.96%77257
Bedford66.20%42333.80%216639
Berks65.56%1,56334.44%8212,384
Bradford82.81%39517.19%82477
Bucks47.85%1,78952.15%1,9503,739
Butler84.15%15415.85%29183
Cambria76.53%7523.47%2398
Centre66.44%47933.56%242721
Chester55.02%1,99944.98%1,6343,633
Columbia89.47%54410.53%64608
Crawford52.49%9547.51%86181
Cumberland70.62%1,26229.38%5251,787
Dauphin66.84%51033.16%253763
Delaware42.49%34857.51%471819
Erie39.53%8560.47%130215
Fayette63.17%27136.83%158429
Franklin88.03%93411.97%1271,061
Huntingdon87.13%47412.87%70544
Greene89.74%14010.26%16156
Huntingdon51.11%71248.89%6811,393
Indiana39.79%7660.21%115191
Lancaster45.96%1,22354.04%1,4382,661
Lebanon72.27%51627.73%198714
Lehigh70.70%59629.30%247843
Luzerne54.70%37845.30%313691
Lycoming94.01%2675.99%17284
Mercer68.23%13131.77%61192
Mifflin82.55%52517.45%111636
Montgomery60.73%1,88539.27%6663,104
Northampton61.60%86038.40%5361,396
Northumberland76.32%50623.68%157663
Philadelphia46.28%1,69853.72%1,9713,669
Philadelphia City34.93%1,14865.07%2,1393,287
Pike77.99%12422.01%89159
Schuylkill83.33%12416.67%68408
Somerset82.03%25117.97%55306
Susquehanna71.60%24228.40%96338
Tioga78.90%8621.10%23109
Union86.57%52213.43%81603
Venango89.29%10010.71%12112
Washington78.74%48921.26%132621
Wayne87.23%8212.77%1294
Westmoreland57.42%41442.58%307721
York75.50%98024.50%3181,298
Source: [2]

See also

References

  1. "1816 ELECTION FOR THE EIGHTH TERM, 1817-1821". National Archives. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1816". Wilkes University. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
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