1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

The 1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1796 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College,^[1] who voted for President and Vice President.

1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Nominee Thomas Jefferson John Adams Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Home state Virginia Massachusetts Electoral vote 14 1 Popular vote 12,516 12,229 Percentage 50.58% 49.42%   Nominee Aaron Burr Thomas Pinckney Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Home state New York South Carolina Electoral vote 13 2

County Results Adams   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Jefferson   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

President before election George Washington Nonpartisan Elected President John Adams Federalist

Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson, over the Federalist candidate, John Adams. Jefferson won Pennsylvania by a margin of 1.16%. Greene County's returns, which favored Jefferson, were not submitted in time to be included in the official vote totals.^{[note 1]} As a result, the 2 highest vote-getting Adams electors received more votes than the 2 lowest vote-getting Jefferson electors and the electoral vote was split, with 14 of 15 electors casting their ballots for Jefferson.^[2]

• 1 Results
  • 1.1 County results
• 2 See also
• 3 Notes
• 4 References

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