United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Presidential elections in Pennsylvania
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted
Number of elections 58
Voted Democrat 21
Voted Republican 25
Voted Whig 2
Voted Democratic-Republican 6
Voted Federalist 1
Voted other 3[1]
Voted for winning candidate 46
Voted for losing candidate 12

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1787, Pennsylvania has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[2]		 Votes Percent Electoral
Votes		 Notes
2016 Donald Trump 2,901,295 48.70 Hillary Clinton 2,843,707 47.74 - - 20
2012 Barack Obama 2,990,274 51.97 Mitt Romney 2,680,434 46.59 - 20
2008 Barack Obama 3,276,363 54.49 John McCain 2,655,885 44.17 - 21
2004 George W. Bush 2,793,847 48.42 John Kerry 2,938,095 50.92 - 21
2000 George W. Bush 2,281,127 46.43 Al Gore 2,485,967 50.6 - 23
1996 Bill Clinton 2,215,819 49.17 Bob Dole 1,801,169 39.97 Ross Perot 430,984 9.56 23
1992 Bill Clinton 2,239,164 45.15 George H. W. Bush 1,791,841 36.13 Ross Perot 902,667 18.2 23
1988 George H. W. Bush 2,300,087 50.7 Michael Dukakis 2,194,944 48.39 - 25
1984 Ronald Reagan 2,584,323 53.34 Walter Mondale 2,228,131 45.99 - 25
1980 Ronald Reagan 2,261,872 49.59 Jimmy Carter 1,937,540 42.48 John B. Anderson 292,921 6.42 27
1976 Jimmy Carter 2,328,677 50.4 Gerald Ford 2,205,604 47.73 - 27
1972 Richard Nixon 2,714,521 59.11 George McGovern 1,796,951 39.13 - 27
1968 Richard Nixon 2,090,017 44.02 Hubert Humphrey 2,259,405 47.59 George Wallace 378,582 7.97 29
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 3,130,954 64.92 Barry Goldwater 1,673,657 34.7 - 29
1960 John F. Kennedy 2,556,282 51.06 Richard Nixon 2,439,956 48.74 - 32
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 2,585,252 56.49 Adlai Stevenson II 1,981,769 43.3 - 32
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 2,415,789 52.74 Adlai Stevenson II 2,146,269 46.85 - 32
1948 Harry S. Truman 1,752,426 46.92 Thomas E. Dewey 1,902,197 50.93 Strom Thurmond - - 35
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,940,479 51.14 Thomas E. Dewey 1,835,054 48.36 - 35
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,171,035 53.23 Wendell Willkie 1,889,848 46.33 - 36
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,353,987 56.88 Alf Landon 1,690,200 40.84 - 36
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,295,948 45.33 Herbert Hoover 1,453,540 50.84 - 36
1928 Herbert Hoover 2,055,382 65.24 Al Smith 1,067,586 33.89 - 38
1924 Calvin Coolidge 1,401,481 65.34 John W. Davis 409,192 19.08 Robert M. La Follette Sr. 307,567 14.34 38
1920 Warren G. Harding 1,218,216 65.76 James M. Cox 503,843 27.2 - 38
1916 Woodrow Wilson 521,784 40.22 Charles E. Hughes 703,823 54.26 - 38
1912 Woodrow Wilson 395,637 32.49 Theodore Roosevelt 444,894 36.53 William H. Taft 273,360 22.45 38
1908 William H. Taft 745,779 58.84 William Jennings Bryan 448,782 35.41 - 34
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 840,949 68 Alton B. Parker 337,998 27.33 - 34
1900 William McKinley 712,665 60.74 William Jennings Bryan 424,232 36.16 - 32
1896 William McKinley 728,300 60.98 William Jennings Bryan 433,228 36.27 - 32
1892 Grover Cleveland 452,264 45.09 Benjamin Harrison 516,011 51.45 James B. Weaver 8,714 0.87 32
1888 Benjamin Harrison 526,091 52.74 Grover Cleveland 446,633 44.77 - 30
1884 Grover Cleveland 392,785 43.46 James G. Blaine 478,804 52.97 - 30
1880 James A. Garfield 444,704 50.84 Winfield S. Hancock 407,428 46.57 - 29
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes 366,204 48.25 Samuel J. Tilden 384,184 50.62 - 29
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 349,589 62.07 Horace Greeley 212,041 37.65 - 29
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 342,280 52.2 Horatio Seymour 313,382 47.8 - 26
1864 Abraham Lincoln 296,292 51.6 George B. McClellan 277,443 48.4 - 26

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln 268,030 56.3 Stephen A. Douglas 16,765 3.5[nb 6] John C. Breckinridge no ballots John Bell 12,776 2.7 27

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[2]		 Votes Percent Electoral
Votes		 Notes
1856 James Buchanan 230,686 50.13 John C. Frémont 147,286 32.01 Millard Fillmore 82,189 17.86 27
1852 Franklin Pierce 198,562 51.2 Winfield Scott 179,104 46.18 John P. Hale 8,495 2.19 27
1848 Zachary Taylor 185,313 50.28 Lewis Cass 171,976 46.66 Martin Van Buren 11,263 3.06 26
1844 James K. Polk 167,447 50.5 Henry Clay 161,125 48.59 - 26
1840 William Henry Harrison 144,010 50 Martin Van Buren 143,676 49.88 - 30
1836 Martin Van Buren 91,457 51.18 William Henry Harrison 87,235 48.82 various[3] 30
1832 Andrew Jackson 91,949 57.96 Henry Clay no ballots William Wirt 66,689 42.04 30
1828 Andrew Jackson 101,457 66.66 John Quincy Adams 50,763 33.34 - 28

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1824 Andrew Jackson 35,929 76.04 John Quincy Adams 5,436 11.50 Henry Clay 1,705 3.61 William H. Crawford 4,182 8.85 28

Elections from 1788-89 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all 25 of Pennsylvania's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

Year Winner (nationally) Loser (nationally) Electoral
Votes		 Notes
1820 James Monroe - 24 Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816 James Monroe Rufus King 25
1812 James Madison DeWitt Clinton 25
1808 James Madison Charles C. Pinckney 20
1804 Thomas Jefferson Charles C. Pinckney 20
1800 Thomas Jefferson John Adams 15 Electoral vote split, eight for Jefferson, seven for Adams.
1796 John Adams Thomas Jefferson 15 Electoral vote split, fourteen for Jefferson, one for Adams.
1792 George Washington - 15 Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89 George Washington - 10 Washington effectively ran unopposed.

References

  1. ↑ Theodore Roosevelt, 1912; George Washington, 1788-89, 1792.
  2. 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. ↑ Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Pennsylvania.
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