Pa Gov 1863

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1863
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democrat	Plurality	Winner	Pct Rep	Pct Dem
		Andrew G. Curtin	George W. Woodward
Pennsylvania	523677	269506	254171	15335	R	51.46	48.54
Adams	5606	2689	2917	-228	D	47.97	52.03
Allegheny	27761	17708	10053	7655	R	63.79	36.21
Armstrong	6123	3146	2977	169	R	51.38	48.62
Beaver	5093	3037	2056	981	R	59.63	40.37
Bedford	5134	2430	2704	-274	D	47.33	52.67
Berks	18632	6005	12627	-6622	D	32.23	67.77
Blair	5669	3283	2386	897	R	57.91	42.09
Bradford	9676	6722	2954	3768	R	69.47	30.53
Bucks	13102	6266	6836	-570	D	47.82	52.18
Butler	6382	3328	3054	274	R	52.15	47.85
Cambria	5164	2164	3000	-836	D	41.91	58.09
Cameron	534	318	216	102	R	59.55	40.45
Carbon	3661	1542	2119	-577	D	42.12	57.88
Centre	5772	2714	3058	-344	D	47.02	52.98
Chester	13486	7988	5498	2490	R	59.23	40.77
Clarion	4216	1618	2598	-980	D	38.38	61.62
Clearfield	4014	1531	2483	-952	D	38.14	61.86
Clinton	3518	1607	1911	-304	D	45.68	54.32
Columbia	5143	1801	3342	-1541	D	35.02	64.98
Crawford	10377	6141	4236	1905	R	59.18	40.82
Cumberland	7509	3434	4075	-641	D	45.73	54.27
Dauphin	8940	5065	3875	1190	R	56.66	43.34
Delaware	5251	3462	1789	1673	R	65.93	34.07
Elk	1058	336	722	-386	D	31.76	68.24
Erie	9519	6259	3260	2999	R	65.75	34.25
Fayette	6882	3091	3791	-700	D	44.91	55.09
Forest	149	91	58	33	R	61.07	38.93
Franklin	7596	3886	3710	176	R	51.16	48.84
Fulton	1783	761	1022	-261	D	42.68	57.32
Greene	4444	1484	2960	-1476	D	33.39	66.61
Huntingdon	5427	3260	2167	1093	R	60.07	39.93
Indiana	5916	3961	1955	2006	R	66.95	33.05
Jefferson	3452	1754	1698	56	R	50.81	49.19
Juniata	3193	1456	1737	-281	D	45.60	54.40
Lancaster	20991	13341	7650	5691	R	63.56	36.44
Lawrence	4314	3063	1251	1812	R	71.00	29.00
Lebanon	6311	3658	2653	1005	R	57.96	42.04
Lehigh	9222	3696	5526	-1830	D	40.08	59.92
Luzerne	16830	7022	9808	-2786	D	41.72	58.28
Lycoming	7279	3414	3865	-451	D	46.90	53.10
McKean	1349	727	622	105	R	53.89	46.11
Mercer	7315	3907	3408	499	R	53.41	46.59
Mifflin	3335	1709	1626	83	R	51.24	48.76
Monroe	3396	684	2712	-2028	D	20.14	79.86
Montgomery	13727	6238	7489	-1251	D	45.44	54.56
Montour	2559	1112	1447	-335	D	43.45	56.55
Northampton	10003	3465	6538	-3073	D	34.64	65.36
Northumberland	6005	2649	3356	-707	D	44.11	55.89
Perry	4624	2328	2296	32	R	50.35	49.65
Philadelphia	81467	44274	37193	7081	R	54.35	45.65
Pike	1454	270	1184	-914	D	18.57	81.43
Potter	2089	1470	619	851	R	70.37	29.63
Schuylkill	15053	6506	8547	-2041	D	43.22	56.78
Snyder	3089	1758	1331	427	R	56.91	43.09
Somerset	4802	3064	1738	1326	R	63.81	36.19
Sullivan	1072	359	713	-354	D	33.49	66.51
Susquehanna	7066	4134	2932	1202	R	58.51	41.49
Tioga	6121	4504	1617	2887	R	73.58	26.42
Union	3274	2024	1250	774	R	61.82	38.18
Venango	6274	3295	2979	316	R	52.52	47.48
Warren	3660	2274	1386	888	R	62.13	37.87
Washington	8998	4627	4371	256	R	51.42	48.58
Wayne	5363	2211	3152	-941	D	41.23	58.77
Westmoreland	10075	4494	5581	-1087	D	44.61	55.39
Wyoming	2797	1379	1418	-39	D	49.30	50.70
York	13581	5512	8069	-2557	D	40.59	59.41

Sources: Ledger & Transcript (Philadelphia), 26 October 1863; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register, 1864, p.58; Patriot and Union (Harrisburg), 15 October 1866; Ziegler, Manual for Government, 1867, pp. 414-415.
The Pennsylvania Manual, 1939, p.144 reported 2 scattering votes, not identified as to county.
(Revised 24 November 2000)

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Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1863