Friday, November 1, 1816: James Monroe, Republican, 25,609 Rufus King, Federalist, 17,457 Note: Four of the Monroe electors received over 41,000, the highest being 42,495. The vote given is for the first elector on each ticket. Note: The vote given of 1840 is for the first elector on each of the tickets, and is about the average vote cast for each set of electors. Jacob M. Gemmil, a Van Buren elector, received 143,784 votes, whilst Joseph Ritner, a Harrison elector, received 143,990, making the difference between the higest Van Buren elector and the lowest Harrison elector but 206. Note: In 1856 Pennsylvania was entitled to twenty-seven presidential electors. The three principal sets of electors voted for were: 1st. The Democratic, in the interest of James Buchanan. 2d. The Union ticket, in the interest of John C. Fremont, Republican, and Millard Fillmore, American. There were twenty-six electors on this ticket, the twenty-seventh name voted for being either that of John C. Fremont or Millard Fillmore. The total vote cast for the twenty-six Union electors was 203,534. Of the vote for the twenty-seventh elector, John C. Fremont received 147,286, and Millard Fillmore 55,852. The 3d set of electors was a straight ticket in the interest of Millard Fillmore, American, 26,337 votes being cast for said set of electors. Tuesday, November 5, 1872: Tuesday, November 7, 1876: Tuesday, November 2, 1880: Tuesday, November 4, 1884: Tuesday, November 6, 1888: Benjamin Harrison, Republican, Grover Cleveland, Democratic, Clinton B. Fiske, Prohibition, Alson J. Streeter, Union Labor, James L. Curtis, American, Tuesday, November 8, 1892: Grover Cleveland, Democratic, Benjamin Harrison, Republican, James B. Weaver, People's, John Bidwell, Prohibition, Simon Wing, Socialist Labor, Tuesday, November 3, 1896: William McKinley, Republican, William J. Bryan, Free Silver, Joshua Levering, Prohibition, William J. Bryan, People's, Charles H. Matchett, Socialist Labor, Charles E. Bentley, National, John M. Palmer, Jeffersonian, Note: In the case of the Republican and McKinley-Citizens parties in 1896, the electors were the same and were voted for in the interest of McKinley for President, and Hobart for Vice President. In the case of the Democratic and Free Silver parties the electors were the same and were voted for in the interest of Bryan for President, and Sewell for Vice President. The People's party electors were in the interest of Bryan for President, but of Watson for Vice President, and were not the same as the Democratic electors. 11,000 The Electoral Vote of Pennsylvania-1879 to 1896. FIRST TERM-March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1793.-Number of electors, 10. President-George Washington, of Virginia, John Adams, Massachusetts, John Hancock, Massachusetts, 10 8 2 George Washington elected President, and John Adams, Vice President. SECOND TERM-March 4, 1793, to March 4, 1797.-Number of electors, 15. President-George Washington, of Virginia, 15 John Adams, Massachusetts, George Clinton, New York, George Washington and John Adams re-elected. 14 1 THIRD TERM-March 4, 1797, to March 4, 1801.-Number of electors, 15. President-John Adams, Massachusetts, 1 John Adams elected President and Thomas Jefferson, Vice President. Aaron Burr, New York, John Adams, Massachusetts, C. C. Pinckney, South Carolina, 8 8 7 7 The vote for Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr being equal, no choice was made by the people. The House of Representatives proceeded to the choice of President, when Thomas Jefferson was elected President, and Aaron Burr, Vice President. FIFTH TERM-March 4, 1805, to March 4, 1809.-Number of electors, 20. President-Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, Vice President-George Clinton, New York, Previous to this election, two persons were voted for, the highest being President, the next Vice President. The Constitution was amended as it now stands. Thomas Jefferson re-elected President, and George Clinton elected Vice President. SIXTH TERM-March 4, 1809, to March 4, 1813.-Number of electors, 20. President-James Madison, Virginia, Vice President-George Clinton, New York, James Madison elected President, and George Clinton re-elected Vice President. SEVENTH TERM-March 4, 1813, to March 4, 1817.-Number of electors, 25. President James Madison, Virginia, 220 25 Vice President-Elbridge Gerry, Massachusetts, 25 James Madison re-elected President, and Elbridge Gerry elected Vice President. 25 Vice President-Daniel D. Tompkins, New York, 25 James Monroe elected President and Daniel D. Tompkins Vice President. NINTH TERM-March 4, 1821, to March 4, 1825-Number of electors elected, 25. President-James Monroe, Virginia, 24 Vice President-Daniel D. Tompkins, New York, 22 24 James Monroe re-elected President and Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President. 28 28 Vice President-John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, Neither candidate for the Presidency having received a majority of the electoral votes, it devolved upon the House of Representatives to choose from the three highest on list voted for, who were Andrew Jackson, Tennessee; John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts, and William H. Crawford, Georgia. John Quincy Adams was chosen. John Quincy Adams elected President and John C. Calhoun, Vice President. •Twenty-five electors were elected but one of the electors died previous to the meeting of the electoral college, making the vote 24 as given. ELEVENTH TERM-March 4, 1829, to March 4, 1833-Number of electors, 28. President-Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, Vice President-John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, Andrew Jackson elected President, and John C. Calhoun re-elected Vice President. TWELFTH TERM-March 4, 1833, to March 4, 1837.-Number of electors, 30. President-Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, 30 30 Vice President-William Wilkins, Pennsylvania, Andrew Jackson re-elected President, and Martin Van Buren, New York, elected Vice THIRTEENTH TERM-March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1841.-Number of electors, 30. Vice President-Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky, Martin Van Buren elected President and Richard M. Johnson, Vice President. Vice President-John Tyler, Virginia, William H. Harrison elected President and John Tyler, Vice President. Vice President-George M. Dallas, Pennsylvania, James K. Polk elected President and George M. Dallas, Vice President. Vice President-Millard Fillmore, New York, 30 30 30 Zachary Taylor elected President and Millard Fillmore Vice President. SEVENTEENTH TERM-March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857.--Number of electors, 27. President-Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire, Vice President-William R. King, Alabama, Franklin Pierce was elected President, and William R. King, Vice President. Vice President-John C. Breckenridge, Kentucky, James Buchanan elected President and John C. Breckenridge, Vice President. NINETEENTH TERM-March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1865.-Number of electors, 27. President-Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, Vice President-Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, Abraham Lincoln elected President and Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President. 26 Vice President-Andrew Johnson, Tennessee, 26 Abraham Lincoln re-elected President, and Andrew Johnson elected Vice President. TWENTY-FIRST TERM-March 4, 1869, to March 4, 1873.-Number of electors, 26. President-Ulysses S. Grant, Illinois, Vice President-Schuyler Colfax, Indiana, Ulysses S. Grant elected President and Schuyler Colfax, Vice President. Vice President-Henry Wilson, Massachusetts, Ulysses S. Grant re-elected President, and Henry Wilson elected Vice President. TWENTY-THIRD TERM-March 4, 1877, to March 4, 1881.-Number of electors, 29. President-Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio, Vice President-William A. Wheeler, New York, Rutherford B. Hayes declared President and William A. Wheeler, Vice President, by the electoral commission appointed according to act of Congress. TWENTY-FOURTH TERM-March 4, 1881, to March 4, 1885.-Number of electors, 29. President James A. Garfield, Ohio, Vice President-Chester A. Arthur, New York, James A. Garfield elected President and Chester A. Arthur, Vice President. TWENTY-FIFTH TERM-March 4, 1885, to March 4, 1889.-Number of electors, 30. President James G. Blaine, Maine, Vice President-John A. Logan, Illinois, 30 30 Grover Cleveland, New York, elected President and Thomas A. Hendricks, Indiana, Vice President. TWENTY-SIXTH TERM.-March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893.-Number of electors, 30. President-Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, 30 30 Vice President-Levi P. Morton, New York, Benjamin Harrison elected President and Levi P. Morton, Vice President. Vice President-Whitelaw Reid, New York, 32 32 Grover Cleveland, of New York, elected President and Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, elected Vice President. TWENTY-EIGHTH TERM-March 4, 1897, to March 4, 1901.-Number of electors, 32. President-William McKinley, Ohio, Vice President-Garret A. Hobart, New Jersey, William McKinley elected President and Garret A. Hobart elected Vice President. 32 32 |