1872 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1872 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Pennsylvania presidential 1872 10 8 no 1869 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1869 1875 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1875 File:JohnFHartranft.jpg 150x150px Republican Party (United States) John F. Hartranft 353,287 52.55% File:Hon. Charles R. Buckalew, Pa - NARA - 527154 (3x4a).jpg Charles R. Buckalew Democratic Party (United States) 317,700 47.26% 1872 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County results Hartranft: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Buckalew: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% Governor John W. Geary Republican Party (United States) John F. Hartranft Republican Party (United States) The 1872 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 8, 1872. Incumbent governor John W. Geary, a Republican, was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate John F. Hartranft defeated Democratic candidate Charles R. Buckalew to become Governor of Pennsylvania. George Washington Cass, William McClelland, and Hendrick Bradley Wright unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination. Background Hartranft had become an important figure in the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States during the American Civil War. A colonel in the Union Army who was awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for the valor he displayed on July 21, 1861, during the First Battle of Bull Run, he rose through the ranks to become a major general, and was also 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 American 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: The 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). After winning the 1872 gubernatorial election, Hartranft was inaugurated as Pennsylvania's 17th governor on January 21, 1873."Inauguration Day." Lancaster, Pennsylvania: The Daily Evening Express, January 21, 1873, p. 3 (subscription required). Results Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1872PA Governor General Election http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=42030 OurCampaigns 2 May 2013 Republican Party (United States) John F. Hartranft 353,287 52.55 Democratic Party (United States) Charles R. Buckalew 317,700 47.26 Prohibition Party Salmon B. Chase 1,250 0.19 Independent politician Winthrop W. Ketchum 1 0.00 672,238 100.00 References collapsed 1872 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Category:October 1872 in the United States