Pa Gov 1851

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1851
County	Total Vote	Democrat	Whig	Plurality	Winner	Native American	Pct Whig	Pct Dem
		William Bigler	William F. Johnston			Kimber Cleaver
Pennsylvania	364533	186499	178034	-8465	D	1859	48.84	51.16
Adams	4417	1945	2472	527	W		55.97	44.03
Allegheny	14780	5983	8797	2814	W	563	59.52	40.48
Armstrong	4656	2472	2184	12	D		46.91	53.09
Beaver	3958	1996	1962	-34	D	105	49.57	50.43
Bedford	4441	2202	2239	37	W		50.42	49.58
Berks	14207	9486	4721	-4765	D	4	33.23	66.77
Blair	3999	1704	2295	591	W		57.39	42.61
Bradford	7338	3688	3650	-38	D		49.74	50.26
Bucks	10746	5488	5258	-230	D	1	48.93	51.07
Butler	5318	2536	2782	246	W		52.31	47.69
Cambria	2995	1765	1230	-535	D		41.07	58.93
Carbon	2161	1374	787	-587	D	2	36.42	63.58
Centre	4857	2974	1883	-1091	D		38.77	61.23
Chester	11700	5350	6350	1000	W		54.27	45.73
Clarion	4009	2658	1351	-1307	D		33.70	66.30
Clearfield	2660	1698	962	-736	D		36.17	63.83
Clinton	2247	1266	981	-285	D		43.66	56.34
Columbia	3065	2041	1024	-1017	D		33.41	66.59
Crawford	6125	3192	2933	-259	D		47.89	52.11
Cumberland	6096	3141	2955	-186	D	5	48.47	51.53
Dauphin	6389	2690	3699	1009	W	76	57.90	42.10
Delaware	3741	1594	2147	553	W		57.39	42.61
Elk	619	465	154	-311	D		24.88	75.12
Erie	5720	2110	3610	1500	W		63.11	36.89
Fayette	5805	3179	2626	-553	D		45.24	54.76
Franklin	7018	3236	3782	546	W		53.89	46.11
Fulton	1546	840	706	-134	D		45.67	54.33
Greene	3522	2250	1272	-978	D		36.12	63.88
Huntingdon	4459	2024	2435	411	W		54.61	45.39
Indiana	4292	1752	2540	788	W		59.18	40.82
Jefferson	2242	1240	1002	-238	D		44.69	55.31
Juniata	2480	1337	1143	-194	D	1	46.09	53.91
Lancaster	17290	6226	11064	4838	W		63.99	36.01
Lawrence	3216	1079	2137	1058	W		66.45	33.55
Lebanon	4873	1949	2924	975	W		60.00	40.00
Lehigh	6407	3392	3015	-377	D		47.06	52.94
Luzerne	8380	4909	3471	-1438	D		41.42	58.58
Lycoming	4682	2675	2007	-668	D		42.87	57.13
McKean	877	468	409	-59	D		46.64	53.36
Mercer	5433	2760	2673	-87	D		49.20	50.80
Mifflin	3086	1673	1413	-260	D		45.79	54.21
Monroe	2530	2107	423	-1684	D		16.72	83.28
Montgomery	10683	5742	4941	-801	D	1	46.25	53.75
Montour	2270	1394	876	-518	D		38.59	61.41
Northampton	6777	4150	2627	-1523	D		38.76	61.24
Northumberland	4157	2529	1628	-901	D	91	39.16	60.84
Perry	3627	2237	1390	-847	D		38.32	61.68
Philadelphia	46761	22001	24760	2759	W	954	52.95	47.05
Pike	1005	836	169	-667	D		16.82	83.18
Potter	1195	574	621	47	W		51.97	48.03
Schuylkill	8752	4743	4069	-674	D	51	46.18	53.82
Somerset	3808	1069	2739	1670	W		71.93	28.07
Sullivan	685	458	227	-231	D		33.14	66.86
Susquehanna	4938	2815	2123	-692	D		42.99	57.01
Tioga	3499	2036	1463	-873	D		41.81	58.19
Union	4766	1949	2817	868	W		59.11	40.89
Venango	2840	1698	1142	-556	D		40.21	59.79
Warren	2379	1242	1137	-105	D		47.79	52.21
Washington	7958	3916	4042	126	W	5	50.79	49.21
Wayne	3222	2182	1040	-1142	D		32.28	67.72
Westmoreland	8255	5140	3115	-2025	D		37.73	62.27
Wyoming	1649	1136	913	-223	D		44.56	55.44
York	10465	5738	4727	-1012	D		45.17	54.83

Sources: Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which Commenced . . . on the Sixth Day of January, 1852, vol. 2; pages 72-73.
The vote of the Native American Party has not been included in totals or percentages. In the two counties in which their vote was significant, the cumulative percentages are as follows:
Allegheny County: Whig: 57.34%; Democrat: 38.99%; Native American: 3.67%
Philadelphia: Whig: 51.89%; Democrat: 46.11%; Native American: 2.00%
Henry Arner received 1 vote in Carbon County.
William Elder received 60 votes, not reported by county.
Peter Ambruster received 1 vote, county not specified.
Thomas Oliver Goldsmith received 1 vote, county not specified.
F. J. Lemoyne received 2 votes in Warren County.
Two scattering votes were reported without identification or county specification.
(Revised 26 May 2003)

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