1875 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1875 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Pennsylvania presidential 1875 11 02 no 1872 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1872 1878 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1878 JohnFHartranft.jpg Republican Party (United States) John F. Hartranft 304,175 49.90% Cyrus L. Pershing.jpg Cyrus L. Pershing Democratic Party (United States) 292,145 47.93% 1875 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County results Hartranft: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Pershing: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor John F. Hartranft Republican Party (United States) John F. Hartranft Republican Party (United States) The 1875 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1875. Incumbent governor John F. Hartranft, a Republican, was a candidate for re-election. Hartranft defeated Democratic candidate Cyrus L. Pershing to win another term. Background Hartranft had already become an important figure in the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States prior to his election as governor during the 1872 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election. A colonel in the Union Army who was awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for the valor he displayed on July 21, 1861, in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War, he was repeatedly promoted up through the officer ranks to become a major general, and ultimately became the United States Army officer who read the death warrant to Mary Surratt, George Atzerodt, David Herold, and Lewis Powell before they were executed on July 7, 1865, for conspiring to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.Eicher, John H. and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford University Press, 2001, pp. 57–58, 89 and 284. Post-war, he was elected twice as Pennsylvania's auditor general before choosing to run for the governor's office."Our Standard Bearer: Nomination of Gen. John F. Hartranft." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Daily Telegraph, April 11, 1872, p. 2 (subscription required)."An Address: To the Voters of Pennsylvania: Chas. R. Buckalew and John F. Hartranft." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Daily Telegraph, August 30, 1872, p. 1 (subscription required). Inaugurated as Pennsylvania's 17th governor on January 21, 1873, after winning his first election in 1872,"Inauguration Day." Lancaster, Pennsylvania: The Daily Evening Express, January 21, 1873, p. 3 (subscription required). Hartranft was then inaugurated a second time, on January 18, 1876, after winning the 1875 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election."General News: The Centennial Governor: Inauguration of John F. Hartranft Yesterday." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Morning Republican, January 19, 1876, p. 1 (subscription required). Results Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1875PA Governor General Election http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=42029 OurCampaigns 2 May 2013 Republican Party (United States) John F. Hartranft (incumbent) 304,175 49.90 Democratic Party (United States) Cyrus L. Pershing 292,145 47.93 Prohibition Party R. Audley Brown 13,244 2.17 609,564 100.00 References 1875 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Category:November 1875 in the United States