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1811 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
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1811 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Pennsylvania presidential 1811 10 8 no 1808 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1808 1814 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1814 x125px Portrait of Pennsylvania Governor Simon Snyder.jpg Democratic-Republican Party Simon Snyder 52,319 90.83% Chief Justice William Tilghman Rembrandt Peale.jpg William Tilghman Federalist Party (United States) 3,609 6.27% 1811 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County ResultsSnyder: #73BC84 50–60% #3FA457 60–70% #008C21 70–80% #006E1A 80–90% #005113 90–100%No Data/Vote: #808080 Governor Simon Snyder Democratic-Republican Party Simon Snyder Democratic-Republican Party
The 1811 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 8, 1811. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Simon Snyder won re-election over Federalist candidate William Tilghman, the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, by a wide margin. Two of the major policy goals on which Snyder campaigned were increasing spending for infrastructural upgrades and authorizing the transfer of governmental operations from Lancaster to Harrisburg.
Results
Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1811Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1811 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/gov/PaGov1811.html Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 3 July 2012PA Governor General Election http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=42569 OurCampaigns 3 July 2012
Democratic-Republican Party Simon Snyder (incumbent) 52,319 90.83
Federalist Party (United States) William Tilghman 3,609 6.27
N/A Others 1,675 2.91
57,603 100.00
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