Year of Election. 1789 Popular and Electoral Vote of the United States for President and Vice President-1789-1896. Previous to the election of 1804, each elector voted for two candidates for President: the one receiving the highest number of votes, if a majority, was declared elected President, and the next highest, Vice President. †There having been a tie vote, the choice devolved upon the House of Representatives. A choice was made on the 36th ballot, which was as follows: Jefferson--Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia--10 states; Burr--Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island--4 states; Blank--Delaware and South Carolina--2 states. No choice having been made by the electoral college, the choice devolved upon the House of Representatives. A choice was made on the first ballot, which was as follows: Adams-Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont-13 states: Jackson-Alabama, Indiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee-7 states, Crawford-Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia4 states. No candidate having received a majority of the votes of the electoral college, the Senate elected R. M. Johnson Vice President, who received 23 votes; Francis Granger received 16. 1,337,243 170 George M. Dallas, 170 105 T. Frelinghuysen,. 105 Thomas Morris, Millard Fillmore, 163 Wm. O. Butler, 127 Charles F. Adams,. Wm. R. King, 254 42 Wm. A. Graham, 42 156,149 1,838,165 174 George W. Julian,. 1,341,040 174 114 Eleven states did not vote, viz: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Three states did not vote, viz: Mississippi, Texas and Virginia, Popular Vote of Pennsylvania for President from 1789 to 1896. Note: The majority of the returns given in the following table have been compiled from the official records on file in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Some were obtained from old newspapers, files and other publications issued at the time of the respective elections for which the returns are given. The data obtainable from the early records was so meager that it was found impossible, in giving the vote for President, to follow any rule, but simply to give the vote as obtained. In several cases the vote given is for the elector receiving the highest vote on each ticket, in one or two cases it is the average vote for each set of electors, but in most cases and in all for the past thirty years, the vote for the first elector on the respective tickets is given. Wednesday, January 7, 1789: George Washington (seven counties missing), Note: The first election for Presidential electors was held on the first Wednesday of January, 1789, under authority of an act passed by the General Assembly on October 4, 1788. The total of 5,930 given above is the vote cast in all of the counties of the State except Allegheny, Bedford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Fayette, Huntingdon and Westmoreland for Edward Hand, the elector receiving the highest vote; the vote of the said counties we have been unable to find. Tuesday, November 6, 1792: George Washington, Federalist (Henry electors, four countles missing), George Washington, Federalist (Todd electors, four counties missing),.. Note: The vote of 1792 is as taken from the official returns on file in the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office, and is complete except for the counties of Washington, Franklin, Huntingdon and Mifflin, which are missing. George Washington had no opposition for President, though in a majority of the counties two sets of electors were voted for; the set of fifteen which was elected and another of twelve, whilst in many counties local candidates received the entire vote, there being nearly one hundred such persons who received from 1 to 100 votes in the State. William Henry the first elector on the ticket elected received a total in the State, four counties missing, of 3,479. William Todd, the first of the set of twelve electors received a total in the State, four counties missing, of 1,097. Friday, November 4, 1796: Thomas Jefferson, Republican, 1800: This is the only presidential election at which the electors of Pennsylvania did not have an opportunity of expressing by popular vote their choice for President, The Legislature having failed at the regular session of 1799-1800 to provide for the choosing of presidential electors in 1800, the Governor (Thomas McKean), on the 18th day of October, 1800, issued a proclamation for the assembling of the General Assembly in special session on the 5th day of November, 1800, at the court house in the borough of Lancaster, for the purpose of providing for the selection of presidential electors on behalf of Pennsylvania. The Legislature, after a contest between the two houses as to the method of electing the electors, passed an act, which was approved by the Governor on December 1, 1800, providing for the naming of eight candidates for presidential electors by each House, and the selection of fifteen therefrom at a joint session of the two Houses. On December 2, 1800, the joint session of both Houses was held and the eight nominated by the House and seven of the eight nominated by the Senate, making in all fifteen (the number to which Pennsylvania was then entitled), were elected as presidential electors to represent Pennsylvania in the choosing of a President and Vice President in 1800. At the meeting of the Electoral College eight of the electors voted for Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the Republican condidates, and seven for John Adams and C. C. Pinckney, the Federalist candidates. Friday, November 2, 1804: Thomas Jefferson, Republican, Friday, November 4, 1808: James Madison, Republican, James Madison, Republican, 5,930 3,479 1,097 11,947 10,985 22,311 1,429 42,518 11,735 49,392 29, 461 |