Pa Gov 1838

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1838
County	Total Vote	Democrat	Anti-Masonic	Plurality	Winner	Pct Anti-Masonic	Pct Democrat
		David R. Porter	Joseph Ritner
Pennsylvania	250146	127821	122325	-5496	D	48.90	51.10
Adams	4845	1535	3310	1775	A-M	68.32	31.68
Allegheny	10543	4505	6038	1533	A-M	57.27	42.73
Armstrong	4291	2781	1510	-1271	D	35.19	64.81
Beaver	4388	1931	2457	526	A-M	55.99	44.01
Bedford	4674	2384	2290	-94	D	48.99	51.01
Berks	10316	7101	3215	-3886	D	31.17	68.83
Bradford	4639	2420	2219	-201	D	47.83	52.17
Bucks	8700	4553	4147	-406	D	47.67	52.33
Butler	3353	1653	1700	47	A-M	50.70	49.30
Cambria	1606	844	762	-82	D	47.45	52.55
Centre	4056	2589	1467	-1122	D	36.17	63.83
Chester	9498	4527	4971	444	A-M	52.34	47.66
Clearfield	1266	792	474	-318	D	37.44	62.56
Columbia	3704	2616	1088	-1528	D	29.37	70.63
Crawford	4261	2304	1957	-347	D	45.93	54.07
Cumberland	5059	2743	2316	-427	D	45.78	54.22
Dauphin *	4787	1944	2843	899	A-M	59.39	40.61
Delaware	2994	1263	1731	468	A-M	57.82	42.18
Erie	4312	1565	2747	1182	A-M	63.71	36.29
Fayette	4772	2788	1984	-804	D	41.58	58.42
Franklin	5375	2815	2560	-255	D	47.63	52.37
Greene	2958	1849	1109	-740	D	37.49	62.51
Huntingdon	6448	2761	3687	926	A-M	57.18	42.82
Indiana	2985	1262	1723	461	A-M	57.72	42.28
Jefferson	1012	591	421	-170	D	41.60	58.40
Juniata	1912	1049	863	-186	D	45.14	54.86
Lancaster	14061	5503	8558	3055	A-M	60.86	39.14
Lebanon	3781	1553	2228	675	A-M	58.93	41.07
Lehigh	4809	2460	2349	-111	D	48.85	51.15
Luzerne	5724	3132	2592	-540	D	45.28	54.72
Lycoming *	4051	2496	1555	-941	D	38.39	61.61
McKean	346	219	127	-92	D	36.71	63.29
Mercer	5261	2326	2935	609	A-M	55.79	44.21
Mifflin	2286	1177	1109	-68	D	48.51	51.49
Monroe	1589	1223	366	-857	D	23.03	76.97
Montgomery	8306	4558	3748	-810	D	45.12	54.88
Northampton	6200	3634	2566	-1068	D	41.39	58.61
Northumberland	3308	2144	1164	-980	D	35.19	64.81
Perry	2799	1916	883	-1033	D	31.55	68.45
Philadelphia City	10359	3156	7203	4047	A-M	69.53	30.47
Philadelphia *	11167	4885	6282	1397	A-M	56.26	43.74
Pike	643	526	117	-409	D	18.20	81.80
Potter	344	276	68	-208	D	19.77	80.23
Schuylkill	3779	2271	1508	-763	D	39.90	60.10
Somerset	3127	883	2244	1361	A-M	71.76	28.24
Susquehanna	2794	1530	1264	-266	D	45.24	54.76
Tioga	2042	1448	594	-854	D	29.09	70.91
Union	3863	1595	2268	673	A-M	58.71	41.29
Venango	2593	1765	828	-937	D	31.93	68.07
Warren	1242	700	542	-158	D	43.64	56.36
Washington	6989	3461	3528	67	A-M	50.48	49.52
Wayne	1600	1062	538	-524	D	33.62	66.38
Westmoreland	6876	4561	2315	-2246	D	33.67	66.33
York	7453	4196	3257	-939	D	43.70	56.30

Sources: Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which Commenced . . . on the Fourth Day of December, 1838, volume 1, pages 42-43; The Politician's Register, 1840, pages 11-12, list the rejected votes
Dauphin County: Two polls held in Hanover. Vote at the Porter poll (221) was rejected.
Lycoming County: Vote of Youngwomanstown (Porter 45; Ritner 591) was rejected
Philadelphia County: Vote of the Northern Liberties (Porter 5272; Ritner 3112) was rejected.
The recorded vote, including those rejected, was 133,555 for Porter; 126,029 for Ritner.
(Revised 2 December 2001)

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