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1808 United States presidential election
1808 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1804 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1804 1812 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1812 November 4 – December 7, 1808 x200px File:James Madison (NPG) (Cropped).jpg James Madison Democratic-Republican Party Virginia George Clinton 20 42,508 78.37% File:James Earl - General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney - Google Art Project (3x4 cropped b).jpg Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Federalist Party (United States) South Carolina Rufus King 0 11,735 21.63% 1808 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg County results
Madison
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#217821 80–90%
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Pinckney
#dfc27d 50–60% President Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party James Madison Democratic-Republican Party
A presidential election was held in Pennsylvania in 1808, as part of the 1808 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College,1808 ELECTION FOR THE SIXTH TERM, 1809-1813 https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1789_1821.html#1808 National Archives 4 August 2012 who voted for President and Vice President.
Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, James Madison, over the Federalist candidate, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Madison won Pennsylvania by a margin of 56.74%.
Results
1808 United States presidential election in PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1808 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/pres/PaPres1808.html Wilkes University 4 August 2012PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic-Republican James Madison 42,508 78.37% 20 Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 11,735 21.63% 0 Totals 54,243 100.0% 20
County results
CountyJames MadisonDemocratic-RepublicanCharles Cotesworth PinckneyFederalistTotal votescast % # % #Adams 53.08% 414 46.92% 366 780Allegheny 75.48% 982 24.52% 319 1,301Armstrong 100.00% 178 0.00% 0 178Beaver 100.00% 243 0.00% 0 243Bedford 71.14% 668 28.86% 271 939Berks 93.04% 3,206 6.96% 240 3,446Bucks 60.01% 1,660 39.99% 1,106 2,766Butler 85.22% 294 14.78% 51 345Cambria 89.86% 62 10.14% 7 69Centre & Clearfield 95.55% 858 4.45% 40 898Chester 66.57% 2,545 33.43% 1,278 3,823Crawford 64.51% 269 35.49% 148 417Cumberland 79.25% 1,772 20.75% 464 2,236Dauphin 90.14% 2,120 9.86% 232 2,352Delaware 45.12% 703 54.88% 855 1,558Erie 69.93% 200 30.07% 86 286Fayette 88.76% 892 11.24% 113 1,005Franklin 81.46% 1,419 18.54% 323 1,742Greene 98.06% 353 1.94% 7 360Huntingdon 63.39% 355 36.61% 205 560Indiana & Jefferson 94.29% 132 5.71% 8 140Lancaster 98.88% 2,560 1.12% 29 2,589Luzerne 52.84% 456 47.16% 407 863Lycoming 74.29% 598 25.71% 207 805Mercer 100.00% 288 0.00% 0 288Mifflin 96.34% 789 3.66% 30 819Montgomery 78.61% 2,444 21.39% 665 3,109Northampton 79.67% 2,273 20.33% 580 2,853Northumberland 93.63% 2,688 6.37% 183 2,871Philadelphia (County) 75.10% 3,407 23.90% 1,070 4,477Philadelphia (City) 60.02% 2,831 39.98% 1,886 4,717Somerset 88.07% 384 11.93% 52 436Venango & Warren 83.02% 88 16.98% 18 106Washington 91.95% 1,794 8.05% 157 1,951Wayne 88.56% 178 11.44% 23 201Westmoreland 80.73% 595 19.27% 142 737York 91.55% 1,810 8.45% 167 1,977Source:
See also
United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
References
Pennsylvania
1808
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