Pa Gov 1857

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1857
County	Total Vote	Democrat	Republican	Plurality	Winner	American	Pct Whig	Pct Dem	Pct Amer
		William F. Packer	David Wilmot			Isaac Hazlehurst
Pennsylvania	363156	188887	146136	-42751	D	28132	40.24	52.01	7.75
Adams	4321	2363	1900	-463	D	58	43.97	54.69	1.34
Allegheny	15153	6610	7687	1077	R	856	50.73	43.62	5.65
Armstrong	4626	2409	2106	-303	D	111	45.53	52.08	2.40
Beaver	3576	1557	1999	442	R	20	55.90	43.54	0.56
Bedford	4304	2338	1568	-770	D	398	36.43	54.32	9.25
Berks	12346	8722	2750	-5972	D	874	22.27	70.65	7.08
Blair	3838	1819	1450	-369	D	569	37.78	47.39	14.83
Bradford	7730	2082	5642	3560	R	6	72.99	26.93	0.08
Bucks	10649	5747	4801	-946	D	101	45.08	53.97	0.95
Butler	5245	2361	2831	470	R	53	53.98	45.01	1.01
Cambria	3586	2379	1042	-1337	D	165	29.06	66.34	4.60
Carbon	2382	1557	672	-885	D	153	28.21	65.37	6.42
Centre	4843	2663	2145	-518	D	35	44.29	54.99	0.72
Chester	11081	5388	5269	-119	D	424	47.55	48.62	3.83
Clarion	3142	2132	987	-1145	D	23	31.41	67.85	0.73
Clearfield	2419	1459	725	-734	D	235	29.97	60.31	9.71
Clinton	2565	1464	1083	-381	D	18	42.22	57.08	0.70
Columbia	3584	2410	1144	-1266	D	30	31.92	67.24	0.84
Crawford	6090	2576	3514	938	R	0	57.70	42.30	0.00
Cumberland	5602	3078	2466	-612	D	58	44.02	54.94	1.04
Dauphin	6365	3109	2656	-453	D	600	41.73	48.85	9.43
Delaware	3821	1598	1614	16	R	609	42.24	41.82	15.94
Elk	781	502	276	-226	D	3	35.34	64.28	0.38
Erie	5444	1995	3306	1311	R	143	60.73	36.65	2.63
Fayette	5704	3104	2520	-584	D	80	44.18	54.42	1.40
Forest	144	65	79	14	R	0	54.86	45.14	0.00
Franklin	6335	3186	3058	-128	D	91	48.27	50.29	1.44
Fulton	1396	817	570	-247	D	9	40.83	58.52	0.64
Greene	3042	2034	1000	-1034	D	8	32.87	66.86	0.26
Huntingdon	3675	1749	1678	-71	D	248	45.66	47.59	6.75
Indiana	4087	1437	2650	1213	R	0	64.84	35.16	0.00
Jefferson	2447	1268	1125	-143	D	54	45.97	51.82	2.21
Juniata	2163	1108	1035	-73	D	20	47.85	51.23	0.92
Lancaster	15412	6486	7690	1204	R	1236	49.90	42.08	8.02
Lawrence	3035	993	1992	999	R	50	65.63	32.72	1.65
Lebanon	4826	1980	2664	684	R	182	55.20	41.03	3.77
Lehigh	6771	3805	2957	-848	D	9	43.67	56.20	0.13
Luzerne	9018	5268	3536	-1732	D	214	39.21	58.42	2.37
Lycoming	4855	2824	1684	-1140	D	347	34.69	58.17	7.15
McKean	1068	496	565	69	R	7	52.90	46.44	0.66
Mercer	5516	2539	2928	389	R	49	53.08	46.03	0.89
Mifflin	2853	1532	1217	-315	D	104	42.66	53.70	3.65
Monroe	2763	2254	504	-1750	D	5	18.24	81.58	0.18
Montgomery	9442	5448	2608	-2840	D	1386	27.62	57.70	14.68
Montour	1719	1080	568	-512	D	71	33.04	62.83	4.13
Northampton	6188	4067	1111	-2956	D	1010	17.95	65.72	16.32
Northumberland	4285	2821	974	-1847	D	490	22.73	65.83	11.44
Perry	3690	1965	1564	-401	D	161	42.38	53.25	4.36
Philadelphia	52085	27749	10001	-17748	D	14335	19.20	53.28	27.52
Pike	961	758	190	-568	D	12	19.79	78.96	1.25
Potter	1456	495	957	462	R	4	65.73	34.00	0.27
Schuylkill	9640	5980	3079	-2901	D	581	31.94	62.03	6.03
Snyder	4023	1741	2277	536	R	5	56.60	43.28	0.12
Somerset	2069	999	989	-10	D	81	47.80	48.28	3.91
Sullivan	5651	2419	3224	805	R	8	57.05	42.81	0.14
Susquehanna	759	494	265	-229	D	0	34.91	65.09	0.00
Tioga	4477	1193	3284	2091	R	0	73.35	26.65	0.00
Union	2408	971	1275	304	R	162	52.95	40.32	6.73
Venango	3692	1900	1790	-110	D	2	48.48	51.46	0.05
Warren	2277	899	1369	470	R	9	60.12	39.48	0.40
Washington	7508	3752	3614	-138	D	142	48.14	49.97	1.89
Wayne	3733	1992	1691	-301	D	50	45.30	53.36	1.34
Westmoreland	7833	4361	3448	-913	D	24	44.02	55.67	0.31
Wyoming	2233	1226	995	-231	D	12	44.56	54.90	0.54
York	8424	5314	1778	-3536	D	1332	21.11	63.08	15.81

Sources: Ledger & Transcript (Philadelphia), 27 October 1857; The Patriot and Union (Harrisburg), 22 October 1860; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register, 1858, p. 53; Ziegler, Manual for Government..., 1860, pp. 300-301.
The Pennsylvania Manual, 1939, p.144 reported 12 scattering votes, not identified as to county.

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