Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1844

CountyTotal VoteDemocratWhigPluralityWinnerAbolitionPct WhigPct Dem
Francis R. Shunk
Joseph Markle
F. Julius Lemoyne
Pennsylvania317521160959156562-4397
D
256649.3150.69
Adams433318482485637
W
357.3542.65
Allegheny13968586381052242
W
38058.0341.97
Armstrong339319861407-579
D
841.4758.53
Beaver482320932730637
W
28256.6043.40
Bedford592928843045161
W
51.3648.64
Berks1215683163840-4476
D
31.5968.41
Bradford649235252967-558
D
4245.7054.30
Bucks991051064804-302
D
1148.4851.52
Butler425120542197143
W
10851.6848.32
Cambria20981129969-160
D
46.1953.81
Carbon1237784453-331
D
36.6263.38
Centre417023841786-598
D
42.8357.17
Chester1161454756139664
W
7352.8647.14
Clearfield1476938538-400
D
36.4563.55
Clarion26811889792-1097
D
129.5770.43
Clinton1732925807-118
D
46.5953.41
Columbia479231991593-1606
D
33.2466.76
Crawford533029202410-510
D
16445.2254.78
Cumberland597930082971-37
D
449.6950.31
Dauphin556523523213861
W
457.7442.26
Delaware356214932069576
W
58.0941.91
Elk235132103-29
D
2043.8356.17
Erie5708220735011294
W
6961.3338.67
Fayette614033042836-468
D
2146.1953.81
Franklin700832113797586
W
54.1845.82
Greene368022551425-830
D
1838.7261.28
Huntingdon6652263040221392
W
60.4639.54
Indiana351514172098681
W
5259.6940.31
Jefferson1344727617-110
D
1045.9154.09
Juniata227311881085-103
D
47.7352.27
Lancaster15045553295133981
W
1063.2336.77
Lebanon422617482478730
W
58.6441.36
Lehigh512326802443-237
D
47.6952.31
Luzerne621036492561-1088
D
241.2458.76
Lycoming454526001945-655
D
1042.7957.21
McKean723416307-109
D
442.4657.54
Mercer55092744276521
W
62350.1949.81
Mifflin309115851506-79
D
648.7251.28
Monroe19781601377-1224
D
19.0680.94
Montgomery973553944341-1053
D
1144.5955.41
Northampton592134662455-1011
D
41.4658.54
Northumberland388223841498-886
D
538.5961.41
Perry356222461316-930
D
36.9563.05
Philadelphia City14547526592824017
W
107*63.8136.19
Philadelphia County2734212756145861830
W
53.3546.65
Pike785643142-501
D
18.0981.91
Potter729527202-325
D
4027.7172.29
Schuylkill560732172390-827
D
142.6357.37
Somerset337292224501528
W
272.6627.34
Susquehanna406324681595-873
D
5739.2660.74
Tioga302419751049-926
D
434.6965.31
Union449817772721944
W
60.4939.51
Venango21031230873-357
D
5141.5158.49
Warren19501107843-264
D
1043.2356.77
Washington785939583901-57
D
28949.6450.36
Wayne23641553811-742
D
934.3165.69
Westmoreland748247042778-1926
D
5237.1362.87
Wyoming1562808754-54
D
348.2751.73
York849346913802-889
D
44.7755.23

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 also been included in the state totals.
* Includes Abolition vote for Philadelphia County.
Julius J. Lemoyne received 10 votes in Tioga County
John Haney received 2 votes in Philadelphia City and/or County
James Page received 1 vote in Philadelphia City and/or County
One "scattering" vote was reported from Mifflin County without identification.
(Entered 4 December 2001)

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