Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1829

CountyTotal VoteDemocraticAnti-MasonicPluralityWinnerPct A-MPct Dem
George Wolf
Joseph Ritner
Pennsylvania1299957821951776-26443
D
39.8360.17
Adams18528361016180
AM
54.8645.14
Allegheny394920771872-205
D
47.4052.60
Armstrong19061194712-482
D
37.3662.64
Beaver20991280819-461
D
39.0260.98
Bedford21921079111334
AM
50.7849.22
Berks667939902689-1301
D
40.2659.74
Bradford15521219333-886
D
21.4678.54
Bucks50834242841-3401
D
16.5583.45
Butler1403870533-337
D
37.9962.01
Cambria644210434224
AM
67.3932.61
Centre22491305944-361
D
41.9758.03
Chester53332630270373
AM
50.6849.32
Clearfield455256199-57
D
43.7456.26
Columbia17291374355-1019
D
20.5379.47
Crawford177984093999
AM
52.7847.22
Cumberland23911592799-793
D
33.4266.58
Dauphin276611791587408
AM
57.3842.62
Delaware1011744267-477
D
26.4173.59
Erie204249715451048
AM
75.6624.34
Fayette323321771056-1121
D
32.6667.34
Franklin4032201620160
TIE
50.0050.00
Greene1921980941-39
D
48.9851.02
Huntingdon262710111616605
AM
61.5238.48
Indiana and Jefferson15004561044588
AM
69.6030.40
Lancaster9518397655421566
AM
58.2341.77
Lebanon22138501363513
AM
61.5938.41
Lehigh310516501455-195
D
46.8653.14
Luzerne21181994124-1870
D
5.8594.15
Lycoming188590398279
AM
52.1047.90
Mercer19025991303704
AM
68.5131.49
Mifflin232412831041-242
D
44.7955.21
Montgomery338120671314-753
D
38.8661.14
Northampton45184060458-3602
D
10.1489.86
Northumberland21321253879-374
D
41.2358.77
Perry17201180540-640
D
31.4068.60
Philadelphia City46734350323-4027
D
6.9193.09
Philadelphia72667043223-6820
D
3.0796.93
Pike6626539-644
D
1.3698.64
Potter & McKean27824137-204
D
13.3186.69
Schuylkill1249902347-555
D
27.7872.22
Somerset21045841520936
AM
72.2427.76
Susquehanna1281981300-681
D
23.4276.58
Tioga830656174-482
D
20.9679.04
Union283276420681304
AM
73.0226.98
Venango1293541752211
AM
58.1641.84
Warren568436132-304
D
23.2476.76
Washington459522072388181
AM
51.9748.03
Wayne59955247-505
D
7.8592.15
Westmoreland390725851322-1263
D
33.8466.16
York26151855760-1095
D
29.0670.94

Source: Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. . . One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-nine, pages 75-76 (8 December 1829)
A total of 12 scattering votes were reported - 11 from Delaware County and 1 from Huntingdon County. Those receiving votes were not identified.

(Revised 6 March 2001)

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