Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1898

CountyTotal VoteRepublicanDemocratPluralityWinner ProhibitionPeoplesSocialist LaborLibertyHonest GovernmentScattering Pct RepPct DemPct Other
William A. Stone
George A. Jenks
Silas C. Swallow
Silas C. Swallow
J. Mahlon Barnes
Silas C. Swallow
Silas C. Swallow
Pennsylvania971747476206358300117906
R
1257462058 427863244953249.0136.8714.12
Adams712329253409-484
D
775420841.0647.8611.08
Allegheny77124445612584018721
R
577209510057.7833.508.72
Armstrong778740433239804
R
501040051.9241.596.49
Beaver925242653664601
R
13080150046.1039.6014.30
Bedford756138893149740
R
521020051.4341.656.92
Berks26235876615077-6311
D
201303790033.4157.479.12
Blair12429604642311815
R
20141310921448.6434.0417.31
Bradford9599512427162408
R
17480900253.3828.2918.32
Bucks1531668957064-169
D
13030540045.0246.128.86
Butler948744654048417
R
9640100047.0642.6710.27
Cambria1432457656490-725
D
196601030040.2545.3114.44
Cameron1439762530232
R
127705852.9536.8310.22
Carbon719927393141-402
D
1312070038.0543.6318.32
Centre834134854241-756
D
614010041.7850.857.37
Chester17240814651443002
R
39220280047.2529.8422.91
Clarion606522363385-1149
D
444000036.8755.817.32
Clearfield1237148565272-416
D
2101014100139.2542.6218.13
Clinton529021572440-283
D
689040040.7846.1213.10
Columbia872326674764-2097
D
1290020030.5754.6114.81
Crawford1334057726077-305
D
1488030043.2745.5511.18
Cumberland1064542454779-534
D
1619020039.8844.8915.23
Dauphin19533995956554304
R
3870144426150.9928.9520.06
Delaware14616846334565007
R
2666109010257.9023.6518.45
Elk548418163162-1346
D
500060033.1157.669.23
Erie15297741461031311
R
17390410048.4739.9011.64
Fayette1560771077245-138
D
12180370045.5446.428.04
Forest1998956687269
R
346207047.8534.3817.77
Franklin9901502839211107
R
89114723850.7839.609.62
Fulton20978111074-263
D
2110000138.6751.2210.11
Greene500417173124-1407
D
163000034.3162.433.26
Huntingdon6263330118251476
R
1137000052.7129.1418.15
Indiana6725403617022334
R
97401000360.0125.3114.68
Jefferson802036893181508
R
1141090046.0039.6614.34
Juniata315312851166119
R
700020040.7536.9822.26
Lackawanna2516382667916504*
PPLH
757452214115159332.8531.4635.69
Lancaster260101662271739449
R
218602800163.9127.588.52
Lawrence7654389023311559
R
14210120050.8230.4518.72
Lebanon7802416223471815
R
1291020053.3530.0816.57
Lehigh1714869629164-2202
D
9700520040.6053.445.96
Luzerne352711349715142-1645
D
640602260038.2742.9318.80
Lycoming1557350487083-2035
D
321213649133232.4245.4822.10
McKean803933902449941
R
2185621642.1730.4627.37
Mercer978244363929507
R
13740430045.3540.1714.49
Mifflin421417111733-22
D
770000040.6041.1218.27
Monroe39527712762-1991
D
415020219.5169.8910.60
Montgomery257991066911292-623
D
37210102001541.3543.7714.88
Montour310510231694-671
D
387010032.9554.5612.50
Northampton1772564209129-2709
D
21370390036.2251.5012.28
Northumberland1447255905934-344
D
281501330038.6341.0020.37
Perry532924942049445
R
782040046.8038.4514.75
Philadelphia1927871254674290682561
R
182111236936421361065.0822.2612.66
Pike1492473902-429
D
107181031.7060.467.84
Potter4773255614971059
R
718020053.5531.3615.08
Schuylkill28552939113375-3984
D
555802280032.8946.8420.26
Snyder327118531048805
R
359212656.6532.0411.31
Somerset6275400717112296
R
554030063.8627.278.88
Sullivan262310181253-235
D
352000038.8147.7713.42
Susquehanna7818384925831266
R
13770500449.2333.0417.73
Tioga7813485416633191
R
1296000062.1321.2916.59
Union369918861137749
R
6750000150.9930.7418.28
Venango1004940534512-459
D
1478060040.3344.9014.77
Warren7722393426281306
R
1154050150.9534.0315.02
Washington14222701256611351
R
150604200149.3039.8010.89
Wayne602621851999186
R
1840020036.2633.1730.57
Westmoreland2019795178596921
R
183102530047.1242.5610.32
Wyoming393315611671-110
D
701000039.6942.4917.82
York22869824812030-3782
D
23369102314136.0752.6011.33

Source: Smull's Legislative Handbook, 1899, pp. 627-628.
*The total vote for Silas Swallow in Lackawanna County was 8770, a plurality of 504 over the Republican candidate. Swallow was the candidate of the Prohibition, People's, Liberty, and Honest Government parties.
Scattering vote: Bradford County, John Wanamaker - 1; C. W. Stone - 1
Clearfield County: John Wanamaker - 1
Dauphin County: Charles W. Stone - 1
Delaware County: J. Batty - 1; John Wanamaker - 1
Fulton County: Charles W. Stone - 1
Indiana County: T. C. Mogle - 1; J. W. Peddicord - 1; R. A. Thompson - 1
Lancaster County: John Wanamaker - 1
Montgomery County: John M. McLean - 1; R. A. Thompson - 4; John Wanamaker - 5; D. McM. Gregg - 1; Jas. G. Gordon - 1; Wm. Auchenbach - 1; Wellington Godshalk - 1; Chas. D. Stout - 1
Susquehanna County: R. A. Thompson - 4
Union County: John Wanamaker - 1
Union County: John Wanamaker - 1

(Revised 24 December 2000)

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