Pa Gov 1954

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1954
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democrat	Plurality	Winner	Progressive	Socialist Labor	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Other
		Lloyd H. Wood	George M. Leader			Henry Beitscher	Lewis Dirle
Pennsylvania	3714457	1717070	1990266	-273196	D	4471	2650	46.23	53.58	0.19
Adams	14369	7139	7227	-88	D	1	2	49.68	50.30	0.02
Allegheny	563575	236734	325018	-88284	D	908	915	42.01	57.67	0.32
Armstrong	24564	11771	12753	-982	D	30	10	47.92	51.92	0.16
Beaver	57158	21882	35131	-13249	D	77	68	38.28	61.46	0.25
Bedford	14296	6989	7291	-302	D	11	5	48.89	51.00	0.11
Berks	82162	31027	50957	-19930	D	37	141	37.76	62.02	0.22
Blair	41834	21352	20407	945	R	58	17	51.04	48.78	0.18
Bradford	15114	9141	5957	3184	R	9	7	60.48	39.41	0.11
Bucks	63460	32339	31005	1334	R	80	36	50.96	48.86	0.18
Butler	30771	16162	14564	1598	R	36	9	52.52	47.33	0.15
Cambria	79154	29477	49551	-20074	D	70	56	37.24	62.60	0.16
Cameron	2556	1433	1120	313	R	2	1	56.06	43.82	0.12
Carbon	19951	9283	10644	-1361	D	11	13	46.53	53.35	0.12
Centre	18623	9442	9164	278	R	13	4	50.70	49.21	0.09
Chester	49910	29960	19900	10060	R	29	21	60.03	39.87	0.10
Clarion	12107	6051	6041	10	R	9	6	49.98	49.90	0.12
Clearfield	26091	11570	14485	-2915	D	20	16	44.34	55.52	0.14
Clinton	11303	5222	6062	-840	D	13	6	46.20	53.63	0.17
Columbia	18835	7998	10823	-2825	D	9	5	42.46	57.46	0.07
Crawford	22876	12322	10536	1786	R	8	10	53.86	46.06	0.08
Cumberland	34107	17836	16242	1594	R	19	10	52.29	47.62	0.09
Dauphin	74637	42705	31822	10883	R	46	64	57.22	42.64	0.15
Delaware	166914	98569	68215	30354	R	90	40	59.05	40.87	0.08
Elk	11997	5268	6709	-1441	D	11	9	43.91	55.92	0.17
Erie	68249	30755	37417	-6662	D	31	46	45.06	54.82	0.11
Fayette	58654	19408	39181	-19773	D	38	27	33.09	66.80	0.11
Forest	1840	1004	834	170	R	1	1	54.57	45.33	0.11
Franklin	20770	10956	9804	1152	R	9	1	52.75	47.20	0.05
Fulton	3593	1458	2132	-674	D	1	2	40.58	59.34	0.08
Greene	15576	4662	10896	-6234	D	12	6	29.93	69.95	0.12
Huntingdon	12257	6654	5583	1071	R	15	5	54.29	45.55	0.16
Indiana	24129	12267	11818	449	R	25	19	50.84	48.98	0.18
Jefferson	15716	8711	6983	1728	R	13	9	55.43	44.43	0.14
Juniata	6597	3060	3533	-473	D	2	2	46.38	53.55	0.06
Lackawanna	110462	47392	63029	-15637	D	20	21	42.90	57.06	0.04
Lancaster	72149	41948	30046	11902	R	134	21	58.14	41.64	0.21
Lawrence	36661	16769	19817	-3048	D	47	28	45.74	54.05	0.20
Lebanon	26226	14187	12014	2173	R	22	3	54.10	45.81	0.10
Lehigh	60423	28766	31595	-2829	D	31	31	47.61	52.29	0.10
Luzerne	138809	64501	73512	-9011	D	701	95	46.47	52.96	0.57
Lycoming	32205	14700	17458	-2758	D	37	10	45.65	54.21	0.15
McKean	15096	10045	5041	5004	R	8	2	66.54	33.39	0.07
Mercer	37294	17812	19442	-1630	D	22	18	47.76	52.13	0.11
Mifflin	11106	5406	5689	-283	D	4	7	48.68	51.22	0.10
Monroe	12175	5458	6699	-1241	D	9	9	44.83	55.02	0.15
Montgomery	142461	88102	54119	33983	R	175	65	61.84	37.99	0.17
Montour	5341	2476	2862	-386	D	2	1	46.36	53.59	0.06
Northampton	60596	23343	37157	-13814	D	48	48	38.52	61.32	0.16
Northumberland	39277	19085	20154	-1069	D	25	13	48.59	51.31	0.10
Perry	9346	5078	4263	815	R	3	2	54.33	45.61	0.05
Philadelphia	758951	320623	436896	-116273	D	999	433	42.25	57.57	0.19
Pike	4542	2836	1704	1132	R	2	0	62.44	37.52	0.04
Potter	6694	3680	3004	676	R	8	2	54.97	44.88	0.15
Schuylkill	74477	40002	34371	5631	R	64	40	53.71	46.15	0.14
Snyder	7917	5075	2837	2238	R	5	0	64.10	35.83	0.06
Somerset	29626	14355	15252	-897	D	9	10	48.45	51.48	0.06
Sullivan	2906	1358	1546	-188	D	2	0	46.73	53.20	0.07
Susquehanna	12452	7455	4965	2490	R	20	12	59.87	39.87	0.26
Tioga	11319	7471	3841	3630	R	5	2	66.00	33.93	0.06
Union	6947	4417	2517	1900	R	3	10	63.58	36.23	0.19
Venango	17954	11085	6846	4239	R	16	7	61.74	38.13	0.13
Warren	12516	7679	4829	2850	R	3	5	61.35	38.58	0.06
Washington	74052	26220	47702	-21482	D	92	38	35.41	64.42	0.18
Wayne	11096	7744	3335	4409	R	11	6	69.79	30.06	0.15
Westmoreland	115541	39901	75379	-35478	D	171	90	34.53	65.24	0.23
Wyoming	6388	3875	2511	1364	R	1	1	60.66	39.31	0.03
York	67707	27619	40029	-12410	D	28	31	40.79	59.12	0.09

Source: The Pennsylvania Manual, 1955-1956, p. 108.

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Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1954