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1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Pennsylvania presidential 1790 10 12 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1790 Article II https://www.paconstitution.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/const-1970-pa-archives-vol10.pdf no 1793 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1793 160x160px Thomas Mifflin.jpg Thomas Mifflin Democratic-Republican Party 27,974 90.71% ArthurStClairOfficialPortrait-restored.jpg Federalist Party (United States) Arthur St. Clair 2,864 9.29% 1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County Results Mifflin: #73BC84 50–60% #3FA457 60–70% #008C21 70–80% #006E1A 80–90% #005113 90–100% No Data/Vote: #808080 Governor Thomas Mifflin (as President of Pennsylvania) Democratic-Republican Party Thomas Mifflin Democratic-Republican Party
The 1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was the first gubernatorial election after the establishment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a U.S. state. Thomas Mifflin, the incumbent President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was elected as the first Governor of Pennsylvania. He defeated Federalist candidate Arthur St. Clair, former Revolutionary War general and President of the Continental Congress, by a wide margin.
Results
Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1790Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1790 https://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/gov/PaGov1790.html House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 3 July 2012
Democratic-Republican Party Thomas Mifflin 27,974 90.71
Federalist Party (United States) Arthur St. Clair 2,863 9.29
Independent (politician) Charles Thomson 2 0.00
30,840 100.00
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