Pa Gov 1854

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1854
County	Total Vote	Whig and American	Democrat	Plurality	Winner	Pct Whig	Pct Dem
		James Pollock	William Bigler
Pennsylvania	371009	204008	167001	37007	W	54.99	45.01
Adams	4210	2124	2086	38	W	50.45	49.55
Allegheny	15492	10377	5115	5262	W	66.98	33.02
Armstrong	4638	2689	1949	740	W	57.98	42.02
Beaver	3691	2233	1458	775	W	60.50	39.50
Bedford	4176	2157	2019	138	W	51.65	48.35
Berks	13636	5143	8493	-3350	D	37.72	62.28
Blair	4219	2706	1513	1193	W	64.14	35.86
Bradford	7180	4811	2369	2442	W	67.01	32.99
Bucks	10587	5498	5089	409	W	51.93	48.07
Butler	5336	2955	2381	574	W	55.38	44.62
Cambria	3366	1627	1739	-112	D	48.34	51.66
Carbon	2283	1056	1227	-171	D	46.25	53.75
Centre	4887	2774	2113	661	W	56.76	43.24
Chester	10956	6544	4412	2132	W	59.73	40.27
Clarion	4188	2015	2173	-158	D	48.11	51.89
Clearfield	2636	1188	1448	-260	D	45.07	54.93
Clinton	2432	1497	935	562	W	61.55	38.45
Columbia	3579	1399	2180	-781	D	39.09	60.91
Crawford	6383	3696	2687	1009	W	57.90	42.10
Cumberland	5738	3157	2581	576	W	55.02	44.98
Dauphin	6285	4061	2224	1837	W	64.61	35.39
Delaware	3848	2292	1556	736	W	59.56	40.44
Elk	765	401	364	37	W	52.42	47.58
Erie	6163	3637	2526	1111	W	59.01	40.99
Fayette	5928	3488	2440	1048	W	58.84	41.16
Franklin	6378	3579	2799	780	W	56.11	43.89
Fulton	1581	705	876	-171	D	44.59	55.41
Greene	3752	1746	2006	-260	D	46.54	53.46
Huntingdon	4114	2614	1500	1114	W	63.54	36.46
Indiana	4425	3161	1264	1897	W	71.44	28.56
Jefferson	2547	1559	988	571	W	61.21	38.79
Juniata	2346	1170	1176	-6	D	49.87	50.13
Lancaster	15661	10962	4699	6263	W	70.00	30.00
Lawrence	3570	2576	994	1582	W	72.16	27.84
Lebanon	4387	2636	1751	885	W	60.09	39.91
Lehigh	6120	3094	3026	68	W	50.56	49.44
Luzerne	9252	4884	4368	516	W	52.79	47.21
Lycoming	5068	2799	2269	530	W	55.23	44.77
McKean	907	405	502	-97	D	44.65	55.35
Mercer	5584	3034	2550	484	W	54.33	45.67
Mifflin	2917	1630	1287	343	W	55.88	44.12
Monroe	2542	625	1917	-1292	D	24.59	75.41
Montgomery	10703	5144	5559	-415	D	48.06	51.94
Montour	1733	757	976	-219	D	43.68	56.32
Northampton	7102	3417	3685	-268	D	48.11	51.89
Northumberland	4303	2121	2182	-61	D	49.29	50.71
Perry	3533	2121	1412	709	W	60.03	39.97
Philadelphia	53753	28817	24936	3881	W	53.61	46.39
Pike	831	207	624	-417	D	24.91	75.09
Potter	1404	748	656	92	W	53.28	46.72
Schuylkill	9640	4252	5388	-1136	D	44.11	55.89
Somerset	4024	2756	1268	1488	W	68.49	31.51
Sullivan	746	329	417	-88	D	44.10	55.90
Susquehanna	4945	2819	2126	693	W	57.01	42.99
Tioga	3937	2448	1489	959	W	62.18	37.82
Union	4794	2881	1913	968	W	60.10	39.90
Venango	3145	1679	1466	213	W	53.39	46.61
Warren	2518	1400	1118	282	W	55.60	44.40
Washington	7733	4276	3457	819	W	55.30	44.70
Wayne	3285	1408	1877	-469	D	42.86	57.14
Westmoreland	7576	3773	3803	-30	D	49.80	50.20
Wyoming	2067	1174	893	281	W	56.80	43.20
York	9484	4777	4707	70	W	50.37	49.63

Sources: Public Ledger (Philadelphia), 27 October 1854; Whig Almanac, 1855, pp. 40-41.
The Pennsylvania Manual, 1939, p.144 reported 2,194 votes cast for B. Rush Bradford on the Free Soil ticket, without county breakdown, and 33 scattering votes.

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