Pa Gov 1844

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1844
County	Total Vote	Democrat	Whig	Plurality	Winner	Abolition	Pct Whig	Pct Dem	Pct Abolit
		Francis R. Shunk	Joseph Markle			F. Julius Lemoyne
Pennsylvania	318938	160332	156040	-4282	D	2566	48.92	50.27	0.80
Adams	4336	1848	2485	637	W	3	57.31	42.62	0.07
Allegheny	14348	5863	8105	2242	W	380	56.49	40.86	2.65
Armstrong	3401	1986	1407	-579	D	8	41.37	58.39	0.24
Beaver	5105	2093	2730	637	W	282	53.48	41.00	5.52
Bedford	5929	2884	3045	161	W		51.36	48.64
Berks	12156	8316	3840	-4476	D		31.59	68.41
Bradford	6534	3525	2967	-558	D	42	45.41	53.95	0.64
Bucks	9921	5106	4804	-302	D	11	48.42	51.47	0.11
Butler	4359	2054	2197	143	W	108	50.40	47.12	2.48
Cambria	2098	1129	969	-160	D		46.19	53.81
Carbon	1237	784	453	-331	D		36.62	63.38
Centre	4170	2384	1786	-598	D		42.83	57.17
Chester	11687	5475	6139	664	W	73	52.53	46.85	0.62
Clearfield	1476	938	538	-400	D		36.45	63.55
Clarion	2682	1889	792	-1097	D	1	29.53	70.43	0.04
Clinton	1732	925	807	-118	D		46.59	53.41
Columbia	4792	3199	1593	-1606	D		33.24	66.76
Crawford	5494	2920	2410	-510	D	164	43.87	53.15	2.99
Cumberland	5983	3008	2971	-37	D	4	49.66	50.28	0.07
Dauphin	5569	2352	3213	861	W	4	57.69	42.23	0.07
Delaware	3562	1493	2069	576	W		58.09	41.91
Elk	255	132	103	-29	D	20	40.39	51.76	7.84
Erie	5777	2207	3501	1294	W	69	60.60	38.20	1.19
Fayette	6161	3304	2836	-468	D	21	46.03	53.63	0.34
Franklin	7008	3211	3797	586	W		54.18	45.82
Greene	3698	2255	1425	-830	D	18	38.53	60.98	0.49
Huntingdon	6652	2630	4022	1392	W		60.46	39.54
Indiana	3567	1417	2098	681	W	52	58.82	39.73	1.46
Jefferson	1354	727	617	-110	D	10	45.57	53.69	0.74
Juniata	2273	1188	1085	-103	D		47.73	52.27
Lancaster	15055	5532	9513	3981	W	10	63.19	36.75	0.07
Lebanon	4226	1748	2478	730	W		58.64	41.36
Lehigh	5123	2680	2443	-237	D		47.69	52.31
Luzerne	6212	3649	2561	-1088	D	2	41.23	58.74	0.03
Lycoming	4555	2600	1945	-655	D	10	42.70	57.08	0.22
McKean	727	416	307	-109	D	4	42.23	57.22	0.55
Mercer	6132	2744	2765	21	W	623	45.09	44.75	10.16
Mifflin	3097	1585	1506	-79	D	6	48.63	51.18	0.19
Monroe	1978	1601	377	-1224	D		19.06	80.94
Montgomery	9746	5394	4341	-1053	D	11	44.54	55.35	0.11
Northampton	5921	3466	2455	-1011	D		41.46	58.54
Northumberland	3887	2384	1498	-886	D	5	38.54	61.33	0.13
Perry	3562	2246	1316	-930	D		36.95	63.05
Philadelphia City	14654	5265	9282	4017	W	107*	63.34	35.93	0.73
Philadelphia County	26338	12200	14138	1938	W		53.68	46.32
Pike	785	643	142	-501	D		18.09	81.91
Potter	769	527	202	-325	D	40	26.27	68.53	5.20
Schuylkill	5608	3217	2390	-827	D	1	42.62	57.36	0.02
Somerset	3374	922	2450	1528	W	2	72.61	27.33	0.06
Susquehanna	4120	2468	1595	-873	D	57	38.71	59.90	1.38
Tioga	3028	1975	1049	-926	D	4	34.64	65.22	0.13
Union	4498	1777	2721	944	W		60.49	39.51
Venango	2154	1230	873	-357	D	51	40.53	57.10	2.37
Warren	1960	1107	843	-264	D	10	43.01	56.48	0.51
Washington	8148	3958	3901	-57	D	289	47.88	48.58	3.55
Wayne	2373	1553	811	-742	D	9	34.18	65.44	0.38
Westmoreland	7534	4704	2778	-1926	D	52	36.87	62.44	0.69
Wyoming	1565	808	754	-54	D	3	48.18	51.63	0.19
York	8493	4691	3802	-889	D		44.77	55.23

Sources: Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which Commenced . . . on the Seventh Day of January, 1845, vol. 1; pages 68-70
Whig Almanac, 1845, pp. 44-45 gives the vote of the 6th ward of Northern Liberties (Philadelphia County) which were not returned in time for inclusion in the official tabulation. The totals here were Democratic = 556, Whig = 448. These votes have not been included in the county or state totals.
* Includes Abolition vote for Philadelphia County.
Julius J. Lemoyne received 10 votes in Tioga County
John Haney received 1 vote in Philadelphia City or County, and 1 vote in Chester County.
James Page received 1 vote in Philadelphia City or County
One "scattering" vote was reported from Mifflin County without identification.
(Revised 5 February 2002)

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