PaGov 1805

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1805
County	Total Vote	Independent Democratic	Democratic	Plurality	Winner	Pct Ind	Pct Dem
		Thomas McKean	Simon Snyder
Pennsylvania	82127	43644	38483	-5161	ID	53.14	46.86
Adams	1116	852	264	-588	ID	76.34	23.66
Allegheny	2036	1125	911	-214	ID	55.26	44.74
Beaver	998	514	484	-30	ID	51.50	48.50
Bedford	1547	1020	527	-493	ID	65.93	34.07
Berks	5725	3718	2007	-1711	ID	64.94	35.06
Bucks	4054	2462	1592	-870	ID	60.73	39.27
Butler	637	268	369	101	D	42.07	57.93
Centre	1230	203	1027	824	D	16.50	83.50
Chester	5121	2691	2430	-261	ID	52.55	47.45
Clearfield	57	16	41	25	D	28.07	71.93
Crawford	753	310	443	133	D	41.17	58.83
Cumberland	2993	1222	1771	549	D	40.83	59.17
Dauphin	3151	1039	2112	1073	D	32.97	67.03
Delaware	1577	1101	476	-625	ID	69.82	30.18
Erie	631	254	377	123	D	40.25	59.75
Fayette	2583	1558	1025	-533	ID	60.32	39.68
Franklin	2597	1228	1369	141	D	47.29	52.71
Greene	962	352	610	258	D	36.59	63.41
Huntingdon	1645	622	1023	401	D	37.81	62.19
Lancaster	6285	3978	2307	-1671	ID	63.29	36.71
Luzerne	1085	670	415	-255	ID	61.75	38.25
Lycoming	1289	728	561	-167	ID	56.48	43.52
Mercer	731	298	433	135	D	40.77	59.23
Mifflin	1389	144	1245	1101	D	10.37	89.63
Montgomery	4291	2361	1930	-431	ID	55.02	44.98
Northampton	4263	3054	1209	-1845	ID	71.64	28.36
Northumberland	4456	1254	3202	1948	D	28.14	71.86
Philadelphia City	3487	2071	1416	-655	ID	59.39	40.61
Philadelphia	4501	2036	2465	429	D	45.23	54.77
Somerset & Cambria	1420	872	548	-324	ID	61.41	38.59
Warren & Venango	438	171	267	96	D	39.04	60.96
Washington	3387	1088	2299	1211	D	32.12	67.88
Wayne	306	117	189	72	D	38.24	61.76
Westmoreland, Armstrong & Indiana	2756	2364	392	-1972	ID	85.78	14.22
York	2630	1883	747	-1136	ID	71.60	28.40

Source: Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. . . One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five, pages 44-45 (17 December 1805)
The returns for Philadelphia City and County were consolidated in the official report, as were those of Centre and Clearfield counties. The separate returns for these counties were taken from the United States Gazette (Philadelphia), 24 October 1805.
The official return reported 395 votes cast for Samuel Snyder in Bucks County. These have not been included in plurality or percentage calculations.

(Revised 11 January 2001)

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