Pennsylvania 1793 Governor
- Office:
- Governor (State)
- Title:
- Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Pennsylvania 1793 Governor
- Date:
- 1793
- State:
- Pennsylvania
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor/Governor
- Candidates:
- Thomas Mifflin, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Alexander MacDowel, John Cadwallader, William Kerns, William Deane, William Rawle, Thomas Bradford, George Deel, John Lynn, William Bradford, James Potter
Candidates: | Thomas Mifflin[1] | Frederick A. Muhlenberg | Alexander MacDowel | John Cadwallader | William Kerns | William Deane | William Rawle | Thomas Bradford | George Deel | John Lynn | William Bradford | James Potter |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | supported by both parties | Federalist | Federalist | |||||||||
Final Result: | 20479 | 10893 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Allegheny County[2] | 889 | 192 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bedford County | 783 | 878 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Berks County | 2070 | 1345 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bucks County[3] | 608 | 469 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chester County[4] | 1172 | 168 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cumberland County | 1054 | 329 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
District of Carlisle | 445 | 190 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dauphin County | 706 | 477 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Delaware County | 309 | 119 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fayette County[5] | 1367 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Franklin County[6] | 1422 | 1023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Huntingdon County | 322 | 193 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lancaster County[7] | 835 | 342 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luzerne County | 352 | 205 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mifflin County | 1120 | 136 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Montgomery County[8] | 1402 | 768 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Northampton County | 804 | 755 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Northumberland County[9] | 1443 | 515 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
City of Philadelphia | 438 | 129 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Philadelphia County[10][11] | 569 | 243 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Washington County[12] | 1257 | 920 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Westmoreland County | 845 | 353 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
York County[13] | 712 | 1265 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
District of One | 192 | 614 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
District of Two | 235 | 105 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
District of Three | 44 | 414 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
District of Four | 189 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
District of Five | 52 | 127 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]The Official Returns did not include the votes from Allegheny County.
[3]The Independent Gazeteer; or, the Chronicle of Freedom (Philadelphia, PA) reports 618 votes for Thomas Mifflin.
[4]The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA) reports 1050 votes for Thomas Mifflin and 155 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.
[5]The Pittsburgh Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA) and Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA) report 50 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.
[6]The Pittsburgh Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA) and Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA) report 823 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.
[7]The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA) reports 836 votes for Thomas Mifflin and 340 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.
[8]The Independent Gazeteer; or, the Chronicle of Freedom (Philadelphia, PA) reports 765 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.
[9]Frederick A. Muhlenberg received 1 vote as Frederick Mulhlenberg.
[10]The Independent Gazeteer; or, the Chronicle of Freedom (Philadelphia, PA) reports 562 votes for Thomas Mifflin and 242 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.
[11]The Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA) and The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 242 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.
[12]The Pittsburgh Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA) and Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA) report 922 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.
[13]The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA) reports 722 votes for Thomas Mifflin.
References:
Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1793. 39.
Journal of the Pennsylvania State Senate, 1793. 29.
The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA). October 9, 1793.
Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA). October 9, 1793.
The Pittsburgh Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA). October 12, 1793.
The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA). October 16, 1793.
Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA). October 16, 1793.
The Pennsylvania Herald, and York General Advertiser (York, PA). October 16, 1793.
The Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser (Harrisburg, PA). October 17, 1793.
The Pittsburgh Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA). October 19, 1793.
The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 22, 1793.
The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA). October 23, 1793.
Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA). October 23, 1793.
The Independent Gazeteer; or, the Chronicle of Freedom (Philadelphia, PA). October 26, 1793.
Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA). October 30, 1793.
Gazette of the United States and Evening Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). December 16, 1793.
Linn, John Blair, ed. Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania: 1755-1855. Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1877. 280.
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