Election in Pennsylvania
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1808 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Nominee
James Madison
Charles C. Pinckney
Party
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
Home state
Virginia
South Carolina
Running mate
George Clinton
Rufus King
Electoral vote
20
0
Popular vote
42,508
11,735
Percentage
78.37%
21.63%
President before election
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican
Elected President
James Madison
Democratic-Republican
The 1808 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1808 United States presidential election . Voters chose 20 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College ,[1] 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 Pennsylvania[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral 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 [ ]
County
James Madison
Democratic-Republican
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Federalist
Total votes cast
%
#
%
#
Adams
53.08%
414
46.92%
366
780
Allegheny
75.48%
982
24.52%
319
1,301
Armstrong
100.00%
178
0.00%
0
178
Beaver
100.00%
243
0.00%
0
243
Bedford
71.14%
668
28.86%
271
939
Berks
93.04%
3,206
6.96%
240
3,446
Bucks
60.01%
1,660
39.99%
1,106
2,766
Butler
85.22%
294
14.78%
51
345
Cambria
89.86%
62
10.14%
7
69
Centre & Clearfield
95.55%
858
4.45%
40
898
Chester
66.57%
2,545
33.43%
1,278
3,823
Crawford
64.51%
269
35.49%
148
417
Cumberland
79.25%
1,772
20.75%
464
2,236
Dauphin
90.14%
2,120
9.86%
232
2,352
Delaware
45.12%
703
54.88%
855
1,558
Erie
69.93%
200
30.07%
86
286
Fayette
88.76%
892
11.24%
113
1,005
Franklin
81.46%
1,419
18.54%
323
1,742
Greene
98.06%
353
1.94%
7
360
Huntingdon
63.39%
355
36.61%
205
560
Indiana & Jefferson
94.29%
132
5.71%
8
140
Lancaster
98.88%
2,560
1.12%
29
2,589
Luzerne
52.84%
456
47.16%
407
863
Lycoming
74.29%
598
25.71%
207
805
Mercer
100.00%
288
0.00%
0
288
Mifflin
96.34%
789
3.66%
30
819
Montgomery
78.61%
2,444
21.39%
665
3,109
Northampton
79.67%
2,273
20.33%
580
2,853
Northumberland
93.63%
2,688
6.37%
183
2,871
Philadelphia (County)
75.10%
3,407
23.90%
1,070
4,477
Philadelphia (City)
60.02%
2,831
39.98%
1,886
4,717
Somerset
88.07%
384
11.93%
52
436
Venango & Warren
83.02%
88
16.98%
18
106
Washington
91.95%
1,794
8.05%
157
1,951
Wayne
88.56%
178
11.44%
23
201
Westmoreland
80.73%
595
19.27%
142
737
York
91.55%
1,810
8.45%
167
1,977
Source: [2]
See also [ ]
List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
References [ ]
State results of the 1808 U.S. presidential election
Candidates
James Madison
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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