PaSen 1956

Pennsylvania Senatorial Election Returns 1956
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democratic	Plurality	Winner	Socialist Labor	Militant Workers	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Other
		James H. Duff	Joseph S. Clark Jr.			George S. Taylor	Herbert Lewin
Pennsylvania	4529874	2250671	2268641	-17970	D	7922	2640	49.69	50.08	0.23
Adams	18458	10680	7756	2924	R	19	3	57.86	42.02	0.12
Allegheny	697066	327026	368167	-41141	D	1215	658	46.91	52.82	0.27
Armstrong	32483	16957	15385	1572	R	125	16	52.20	47.36	0.43
Beaver	74401	30645	43603	-12958	D	120	33	41.19	58.61	0.21
Bedford	17367	10030	7309	2721	R	21	7	57.75	42.09	0.16
Berks	98665	48084	50292	-2208	D	254	35	48.73	50.97	0.29
Blair	51048	28540	22381	6159	R	91	36	55.91	43.84	0.25
Bradford	20768	14081	6645	7436	R	34	8	67.80	32.00	0.20
Bucks	97875	51259	46444	4815	R	141	31	52.37	47.45	0.18
Butler	39574	22003	17468	4535	R	70	33	55.60	44.14	0.26
Cambria	87864	36930	50536	-13606	D	333	65	42.03	57.52	0.45
Cameron	3293	2050	1237	813	R	5	1	62.25	37.56	0.18
Carbon	22430	11206	11145	61	R	59	20	49.96	49.69	0.35
Centre	22791	12609	10148	2461	R	27	7	55.32	44.53	0.15
Chester	66751	41876	24800	17076	R	58	17	62.73	37.15	0.11
Clarion	14833	8180	6639	1541	R	10	4	55.15	44.76	0.09
Clearfield	30089	14217	15763	-1546	D	84	25	47.25	52.39	0.36
Clinton	13531	6876	6629	247	R	22	4	50.82	48.99	0.19
Columbia	22313	11321	10960	361	R	22	10	50.74	49.12	0.14
Crawford	27871	16715	11079	5636	R	63	14	59.97	39.75	0.28
Cumberland	42629	25264	17256	8008	R	102	7	59.26	40.48	0.26
Dauphin	89821	53280	36216	17064	R	257	68	59.32	40.32	0.36
Delaware	223949	131511	92049	39462	R	310	79	58.72	41.10	0.17
Elk	14257	7428	6798	630	R	21	10	52.10	47.68	0.22
Erie	87356	46899	40201	6698	R	225	31	53.69	46.02	0.29
Fayette	65069	23820	41076	-17256	D	148	25	36.61	63.13	0.27
Forest	2136	1316	815	501	R	3	2	61.61	38.16	0.23
Franklin	30071	16663	13387	3276	R	18	3	55.41	44.52	0.07
Fulton	4137	2076	2054	22	R	5	2	50.18	49.65	0.17
Greene	17148	5949	11168	-5219	D	18	13	34.69	65.13	0.18
Huntingdon	14199	8341	5817	2524	R	26	15	58.74	40.97	0.29
Indiana	29311	15904	13407	2497	R	0	0	54.26	45.74	0.00
Jefferson	19533	11169	8331	2838	R	27	6	57.18	42.65	0.17
Juniata	6978	3641	3327	314	R	7	3	52.18	47.68	0.14
Lackawanna	118420	57084	61227	-4143	D	87	22	48.20	51.70	0.09
Lancaster	95057	62809	32024	30785	R	102	122	66.08	33.69	0.24
Lawrence	44599	20526	23982	-3456	D	58	33	46.02	53.77	0.20
Lebanon	32717	18281	14344	3937	R	76	16	55.88	43.84	0.28
Lehigh	78561	42158	36197	5961	R	169	37	53.66	46.08	0.26
Luzerne	154064	78648	74511	4137	R	520	385	51.05	48.36	0.59
Lycoming	40345	21780	18479	3301	R	67	19	53.98	45.80	0.21
McKean	19635	13613	5959	7654	R	58	5	69.33	30.35	0.32
Mercer	47916	25344	22435	2909	R	110	27	52.89	46.82	0.29
Mifflin	13560	7491	6049	1442	R	16	4	55.24	44.61	0.15
Monroe	15363	8546	6760	1786	R	47	10	55.63	44.00	0.37
Montgomery	192153	119965	71901	48064	R	238	49	62.43	37.42	0.15
Montour	6028	3325	2678	647	R	11	14	55.16	44.43	0.41
Northampton	75565	35608	39600	-3992	D	321	36	47.12	52.41	0.47
Northumberland	44672	22352	22229	123	R	65	26	50.04	49.76	0.20
Perry	10876	6324	4518	1806	R	30	4	58.15	41.54	0.31
Philadelphia	883271	355848	526012	-170164	D	1154	257	40.29	59.55	0.16
Pike	5331	3644	1681	1963	R	4	2	68.35	31.53	0.11
Potter	7369	4618	2737	1881	R	11	3	62.67	37.14	0.19
Schuylkill	82957	46105	36705	9400	R	108	39	55.58	44.25	0.18
Snyder	8973	6213	2748	3465	R	9	3	69.24	30.63	0.13
Somerset	33580	18172	15342	2830	R	54	12	54.12	45.69	0.20
Sullivan	3264	1787	1474	313	R	3	0	54.75	45.16	0.09
Susquehanna	14998	9706	5266	4440	R	23	3	64.72	35.11	0.17
Tioga	13989	10001	3970	6031	R	13	5	71.49	28.38	0.13
Union	8377	5754	2599	3155	R	18	6	68.69	31.03	0.29
Venango	22455	15162	7263	7899	R	24	6	67.52	32.34	0.13
Warren	16469	11179	5259	5920	R	28	3	67.88	31.93	0.19
Washington	87475	32890	54358	-21468	D	151	76	37.60	62.14	0.26
Wayne	12742	8791	3934	4857	R	15	2	68.99	30.87	0.13
Westmoreland	138690	54044	84279	-30235	D	277	90	38.97	60.77	0.26
Wyoming	7952	5306	2633	2673	R	10	3	66.73	33.11	0.16
York	86386	43051	43200	-149	D	105	30	49.84	50.01	0.16

Source: The Pennsylvania Manual, 1957-1958, p. 513

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Pennsylvania Senatorial Election Returns 1956