Pa Gov 1872

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1872
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democrat	Plurality	Winner	Prohibition	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Proh
		John F. Hartranft	Charles B. Buckalew			Salmon B. Chase
Pennsylvania	672416	353387	317760	35627	R	1269	52.55	47.26	0.19
Adams	5807	2765	3038	-273	D	4	47.61	52.32	0.07
Allegheny	42265	25771	16490	9281	R	4	60.97	39.02	0.01
Armstrong	7914	4434	3469	965	R	11	56.03	43.83	0.14
Beaver	6664	3685	2882	803	R	97	55.30	43.25	1.46
Bedford	5950	2973	2977	-4	D	0	49.97	50.03	0.00
Berks	21846	7898	13947	-6049	D	1	36.15	63.84	0.00
Blair	7648	4263	3244	1019	R	141	55.74	42.42	1.84
Bradford	11881	7443	4434	3009	R	4	62.65	37.32	0.03
Bucks	14936	7278	7658	-380	D	0	48.73	51.27	0.00
Butler	7445	3985	3440	545	R	20	53.53	46.21	0.27
Cambria	6379	2823	3530	-707	D	26	44.25	55.34	0.41
Cameron	1110	572	531	41	R	7	51.53	47.84	0.63
Carbon	4977	2444	2533	-89	D	0	49.11	50.89	0.00
Centre	7004	3292	3712	-420	D	0	47.00	53.00	0.00
Chester	15994	9386	6510	2876	R	98	58.68	40.70	0.61
Clarion	6310	2727	3583	-856	D	0	43.22	56.78	0.00
Clearfield	5427	1995	3432	-1437	D	0	36.76	63.24	0.00
Clinton	4652	2018	2632	-614	D	2	43.38	56.58	0.04
Columbia	5949	2110	3826	-1716	D	13	35.47	64.31	0.22
Crawford	13520	7031	6473	558	R	16	52.00	47.88	0.12
Cumberland	8790	4176	4614	-438	D	0	47.51	52.49	0.00
Dauphin	12615	7450	5113	2337	R	52	59.06	40.53	0.41
Delaware	6984	4339	2638	1701	R	7	62.13	37.77	0.10
Elk	1823	628	1193	-565	D	2	34.45	65.44	0.11
Erie	12763	7467	5271	2196	R	25	58.51	41.30	0.20
Fayette	8606	3954	4631	-677	D	21	45.94	53.81	0.24
Forest	758	418	340	78	R	0	55.15	44.85	0.00
Franklin	8687	4505	4182	323	R	0	51.86	48.14	0.00
Fulton	1922	797	1125	-328	D	0	41.47	58.53	0.00
Greene	5246	1795	3450	-1655	D	1	34.22	65.76	0.02
Huntingdon	6014	3249	2690	559	R	75	54.02	44.73	1.25
Indiana	6648	4472	2146	2326	R	30	67.27	32.28	0.45
Jefferson	4654	2407	2247	160	R	0	51.72	48.28	0.00
Juniata	3107	1352	1739	-387	D	16	43.51	55.97	0.51
Lancaster	23053	13774	9064	4710	R	215	59.75	39.32	0.93
Lawrence	5131	3426	1705	1721	R	0	66.77	33.23	0.00
Lebanon	7121	4285	2824	1461	R	12	60.17	39.66	0.17
Lehigh	12250	5355	6895	-1540	D	0	43.71	56.29	0.00
Luzerne	26836	12341	14433	-2092	D	62	45.99	53.78	0.23
Lycoming	9695	4639	5056	-417	D	0	47.85	52.15	0.00
McKean	1975	1025	950	75	R	0	51.90	48.10	0.00
Mercer	10197	5573	4598	975	R	26	54.65	45.09	0.25
Mifflin	3576	1786	1765	21	R	25	49.94	49.36	0.70
Monroe	3508	658	2839	-2181	D	11	18.76	80.93	0.31
Montgomery	16977	8454	8463	-9	D	60	49.80	49.85	0.35
Montour	3001	1378	1623	-245	D	0	45.92	54.08	0.00
Northampton	13001	4880	8121	-3241	D	0	37.54	62.46	0.00
Northumberland	8677	4314	4363	-49	D	0	49.72	50.28	0.00
Perry	5266	2752	2514	238	R	0	52.26	47.74	0.00
Philadelphia	118119	69278	48841	20437	R	0	58.65	41.35	0.00
Pike	1380	246	1134	-888	D	0	17.83	82.17	0.00
Potter	2508	1466	1042	424	R	0	58.45	41.55	0.00
Schuylkill	18382	8980	9378	-398	D	24	48.85	51.02	0.13
Snyder	3278	1906	1372	534	R	0	58.15	41.85	0.00
Somerset	5246	3430	1802	1628	R	14	65.38	34.35	0.27
Sullivan	1190	431	744	-313	D	15	36.22	62.52	1.26
Susquehanna	7780	4333	3403	930	R	44	55.69	43.74	0.57
Tioga	7890	5504	2376	3128	R	10	69.76	30.11	0.13
Union	3443	2069	1374	695	R	0	60.09	39.91	0.00
Venango	9517	5071	4415	656	R	31	53.28	46.39	0.33
Warren	5520	3176	2333	843	R	11	57.54	42.26	0.20
Washington	10253	5294	4929	365	R	30	51.63	48.07	0.29
Wayne	5150	2119	3030	-911	D	1	41.15	58.83	0.02
Westmoreland	12056	5581	6475	-894	D	0	46.29	53.71	0.00
Wyoming	3356	1561	1791	-230	D	4	46.51	53.37	0.12
York	14789	6400	8388	-1988	D	1	43.28	56.72	0.01

Source: Smull's Legislative Handbook, 1877, pp. 271-272; Daily Morning Patriot (Harrisburg), 21 October 1872.
Smull and the Patriot show a Temperance Party state total of 1259. This does not agree with the sum of the reported county totals and is believed to have been an addition error by the compiler.

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Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1872