PaPres 1844

Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1844
County	Total Vote	Whig	Democratic	Plurality	Winner	Liberty	Pct Whig	Pct Dem	Pct Liberty
		Henry Clay	James K. Polk			James G. Birney
Pennsylvania	331645	161195	167311	-6116	D	3139	48.60	50.45	0.95
Adams	4506	2609	1891	718	W	6	57.90	41.97	0.13
Allegheny	14261	8083	5743	2340	W	435	56.68	40.27	3.05
Armstrong	3474	1453	1983	-530	D	38	41.82	57.08	1.09
Beaver	5234	2792	2172	620	W	270	53.34	41.50	5.16
Bedford	6141	3147	2989	158	W	5	51.25	48.67	0.08
Berks	12677	4000	8674	-4674	D	3	31.55	68.42	0.02
Bradford	6866	3235	3568	-333	D	63	47.12	51.97	0.92
Bucks	10140	4862	5251	-389	D	27	47.95	51.79	0.27
Butler	4494	2247	2112	135	W	135	50.00	47.00	3.00
Cambria	2121	996	1123	-127	D	2	46.96	52.95	0.09
Carbon	1436	531	905	-374	D	0	36.98	63.02	0.00
Centre	4292	1860	2425	-565	D	7	43.34	56.50	0.16
Chester	11726	6070	5550	520	W	106	51.77	47.33	0.90
Clarion	2704	814	1883	-1069	D	7	30.10	69.64	0.26
Clearfield	1418	544	874	-330	D	0	38.36	61.64	0.00
Clinton	1663	788	875	-87	D		47.38	52.62	0.00
Columbia	5109	1738	3370	-1632	D	1	34.02	65.96	0.02
Crawford	6109	2636	3334	-698	D	139	43.15	54.58	2.28
Cumberland	6252	3092	3155	-63	D	5	49.46	50.46	0.08
Dauphin .	5702	3285	2401	884	W	16	57.61	42.11	0.28
Delaware	3571	2090	1466	624	W	15	58.53	41.05	0.42
Elk	238	101	128	-27	D	9	42.44	53.78	3.78
Erie	5921	3621	2226	1395	W	74	61.16	37.60	1.25
Fayette	6268	2804	3429	-625	D	35	44.74	54.71	0.56
Franklin	7199	3901	3298	603	W	0	54.19	45.81	0.00
Greene	3790	1418	2354	-936	D	18	37.41	62.11	0.47
Huntingdon	6661	4086	2575	1511	W	0	61.34	38.66	0.00
Indiana	3728	2200	1448	752	W	80	59.01	38.84	2.15
Jefferson	1327	591	731	-140	D	5	44.54	55.09	0.38
Juniata	2349	1089	1260	-171	D	0	46.36	53.64	0.00
Lancaster	16259	10295	5943	4352	W	21	63.32	36.55	0.13
Lebanon	4427	2636	1791	845	W	0	59.54	40.46	0.00
Lehigh	5364	2553	2811	-258	D	0	47.60	52.40	0.00
Luzerne	6678	2699	3950	-1251	D	29	40.42	59.15	0.43
Lycoming	4660	2012	2629	-617	D	19	43.18	56.42	0.41
McKean	759	340	419	-79	D	0	44.80	55.20	0.00
Mercer	6313	2840	2869	-29	D	604	44.99	45.45	9.57
Mifflin	3046	1518	1519	-1	D	9	49.84	49.87	0.30
Monroe	2221	414	1806	-1392	D	1	18.64	81.31	0.05
Montgomery	10136	4491	5596	-1105	D	49	44.31	55.21	0.48
Northampton	6646	2776	3870	-1094	D	0	41.77	58.23	0.00
Northumberland	4000	1547	2446	-899	D	7	38.67	61.15	0.17
Perry	3691	1370	2321	-951	D	0	37.12	62.88	0.00
Philadelphia	27344	13967	13259	708	W	118	51.08	48.49	0.43
Philadelphia City	14792	9314	5368	3946	W	110	62.97	36.29	0.74
Pike	920	151	769	-618	D	0	16.41	83.59	0.00
Potter	844	240	554	-314	D	50	28.44	65.64	5.92
Schuylkill	5978	2571	3404	-833	D	3	43.01	56.94	0.05
Somerset	3701	2660	1035	1625	W	6	71.87	27.97	0.16
Susquehanna	4592	1802	2697	-895	D	93	39.24	58.73	2.03
Tioga	3385	1169	2193	-1024	D	23	34.53	64.79	0.68
Union	4571	2788	1765	1023	W	18	60.99	38.61	0.39
Venango	2408	966	1377	-411	D	65	40.12	57.18	2.70
Warren	2065	899	1149	-250	D	17	43.54	55.64	0.82
Washington	8141	3872	3973	-101	D	296	47.56	48.80	3.64
Wayne	2571	899	1657	-758	D	15	34.97	64.45	0.58
Westmoreland	7721	2672	4978	-2306	D	71	34.61	64.47	0.92
Wyoming	1726	814	899	-85	D	13	47.16	52.09	0.75
York	9309	4237	5071	-834	D	1	45.52	54.47	0.01

Source: Whig Almanac, 1845, p. 44-45; Niles Register, 67:181.
(Revised 30 November 1998.)

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