Pa Gov 1866

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1866
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democrat	Plurality	Winner	Pct Rep	Pct Dem
		John W. Geary	Hiester Clymer
Pennsylvania	597370	307274	290096	17178	R	48.56	51.44
Adams	6036	2910	3126	-216	D	48.21	51.79
Allegheny	33306	20511	12795	7716	R	61.58	38.42
Armstrong	6836	3758	3078	680	R	54.97	45.03
Beaver	5695	3310	2385	925	R	58.12	41.88
Bedford	5426	2591	2835	-244	D	47.75	52.25
Berks	20409	7121	13288	-6167	D	34.89	65.11
Blair	6288	3520	2768	752	R	55.98	44.02
Bradford	10225	7134	3091	4043	R	69.77	30.23
Bucks	14204	6805	7399	-594	D	47.91	52.09
Butler	6605	3544	3061	483	R	53.66	46.34
Cambria	5938	2643	3295	-652	D	44.51	55.49
Cameron	677	374	303	71	R	55.24	44.76
Carbon	4245	1906	2339	-433	D	44.90	55.10
Centre	6659	3094	3565	-471	D	46.46	53.54
Chester	14721	8500	6221	2279	R	57.74	42.26
Clarion	4589	1776	2813	-1037	D	38.70	61.30
Clearfield	4436	1650	2786	-1136	D	37.20	62.80
Clinton	4091	1754	2337	-583	D	42.87	57.13
Columbia	5548	1965	3583	-1618	D	35.42	64.58
Crawford	11683	6714	4969	1745	R	57.47	42.53
Cumberland	8597	4030	4567	-537	D	46.88	53.12
Dauphin	9992	5691	4301	1390	R	56.96	43.04
Delaware	5909	3647	2262	1385	R	61.72	38.28
Elk	1292	376	916	-540	D	29.10	70.90
Erie	11194	7237	3957	3280	R	64.65	35.35
Fayette	7928	3569	4359	-790	D	45.02	54.98
Forest	176	100	76	24	R	56.82	43.18
Franklin	8405	4299	4106	193	R	51.15	48.85
Fulton	1830	775	1055	-280	D	42.35	57.65
Greene	4929	1699	3230	-1531	D	34.47	65.53
Huntingdon	5487	3248	2239	1009	R	59.19	40.81
Indiana	6567	4458	2109	2349	R	67.88	32.12
Jefferson	3927	2015	1912	103	R	51.31	48.69
Juniata	3390	1516	1814	-238	D	46.49	53.51
Lancaster	23184	14592	8592	6000	R	62.94	37.06
Lawrence	4970	3560	1410	2150	R	71.63	28.37
Lebanon	6890	4194	2696	1498	R	60.87	39.13
Lehigh	9890	4159	5731	-1572	D	42.05	57.95
Luzerne	21120	8733	12387	-3654	D	41.35	58.65
Lycoming	8319	3871	4448	-577	D	46.53	53.47
McKean	1591	877	714	163	R	55.12	44.88
Mercer	8173	4416	3757	659	R	54.03	45.97
Mifflin	3560	1725	1835	-110	D	48.46	51.54
Monroe	3404	705	2699	-1994	D	20.71	79.29
Montgomery	15628	7286	8342	-1056	D	46.62	53.38
Montour	2653	1130	1523	-393	D	42.59	57.41
Northampton	10729	3859	6870	-3011	D	35.97	64.03
Northumberland	7190	3361	3829	-468	D	46.75	53.25
Perry	5076	2581	2495	86	R	50.85	49.15
Philadelphia	103022	54205	48817	5388	R	52.61	47.39
Pike	1444	360	1084	-724	D	24.93	75.07
Potter	1966	1346	620	726	R	68.46	31.54
Schuylkill	19307	8793	10514	-1721	D	45.54	54.46
Snyder	3118	1792	1326	466	R	57.47	42.53
Somerset	4821	3062	1759	1303	R	63.51	36.49
Sullivan	1197	436	761	-325	D	36.42	63.58
Susquehanna	7410	4429	2981	1448	R	59.77	40.23
Tioga	6419	4791	1628	3163	R	74.64	25.36
Union	3278	1991	1287	704	R	60.74	39.26
Venango	7901	4409	3492	917	R	55.80	44.20
Warren	4259	2687	1572	1115	R	63.09	36.91
Washington	9689	4977	4712	265	R	51.37	48.63
Wayne	5240	2357	2883	-526	D	44.98	55.02
Westmoreland	11159	5046	6113	-1067	D	45.22	54.78
Wyoming	2907	1408	1499	-91	D	48.43	51.57
York	14676	5896	8780	-2884	D	40.17	59.83

Sources: Ledger & Transcript (Philadelphia), 1 November 1866; Patriot and Union (Harrisburg), 15 October 1866; Morning Patriot (Harrisburg), 23 October 1868; The Tribune Almanac for 1867, p. 62.
(Revised 24 November 2000)

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