1816 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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.

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%

President before election James Madison Democratic-Republican Elected President James Monroe Democratic-Republican

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 Madison Democratic-Republican		Rufus King Federalist		Total votes cast
	%	#	%	#
Adams	31.39%	205	68.61%	448	653
Allegheny	34.22%	218	65.78%	419	637
Armstrong	45.22%	71	54.78%	86	157
Beaver	70.04%	180	29.96%	77	257
Bedford	66.20%	423	33.80%	216	639
Berks	65.56%	1,563	34.44%	821	2,384
Bradford	82.81%	395	17.19%	82	477
Bucks	47.85%	1,789	52.15%	1,950	3,739
Butler	84.15%	154	15.85%	29	183
Cambria	76.53%	75	23.47%	23	98
Centre	66.44%	479	33.56%	242	721
Chester	55.02%	1,999	44.98%	1,634	3,633
Columbia	89.47%	544	10.53%	64	608
Crawford	52.49%	95	47.51%	86	181
Cumberland	70.62%	1,262	29.38%	525	1,787
Dauphin	66.84%	510	33.16%	253	763
Delaware	42.49%	348	57.51%	471	819
Erie	39.53%	85	60.47%	130	215
Fayette	63.17%	271	36.83%	158	429
Franklin	88.03%	934	11.97%	127	1,061
Huntingdon	87.13%	474	12.87%	70	544
Greene	89.74%	140	10.26%	16	156
Huntingdon	51.11%	712	48.89%	681	1,393
Indiana	39.79%	76	60.21%	115	191
Lancaster	45.96%	1,223	54.04%	1,438	2,661
Lebanon	72.27%	516	27.73%	198	714
Lehigh	70.70%	596	29.30%	247	843
Luzerne	54.70%	378	45.30%	313	691
Lycoming	94.01%	267	5.99%	17	284
Mercer	68.23%	131	31.77%	61	192
Mifflin	82.55%	525	17.45%	111	636
Montgomery	60.73%	1,885	39.27%	666	3,104
Northampton	61.60%	860	38.40%	536	1,396
Northumberland	76.32%	506	23.68%	157	663
Philadelphia	46.28%	1,698	53.72%	1,971	3,669
Philadelphia City	34.93%	1,148	65.07%	2,139	3,287
Pike	77.99%	124	22.01%	89	159
Schuylkill	83.33%	124	16.67%	68	408
Somerset	82.03%	251	17.97%	55	306
Susquehanna	71.60%	242	28.40%	96	338
Tioga	78.90%	86	21.10%	23	109
Union	86.57%	522	13.43%	81	603
Venango	89.29%	100	10.71%	12	112
Washington	78.74%	489	21.26%	132	621
Wayne	87.23%	82	12.77%	12	94
Westmoreland	57.42%	414	42.58%	307	721
York	75.50%	980	24.50%	318	1,298
^Source:[2]

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

References

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