Pennsylvania 1799 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Pennsylvania 1799 Governor
Date:
1799
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
Thomas MacKean, James Ross, Philip Albright, Peter Muhlenberg, Nicholson Merry, George Washington, James Tate
Candidates: Thomas MacKean[1]James RossPhilip AlbrightPeter MuhlenbergNicholson MerryGeorge WashingtonJames Tate
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [2][3]380403264311111
Allegheny County[4]9762106-----
Fayette-------
Noblesburgh13234-----
Bedford County285812-----
Berks County[5]4170807-----
Croll's26812-----
Forrest247157-----
Hamburg33140-----
Maratawny44556-----
Muthart's370101-----
Orwig's29543-----
Pine Grove1444-----
Reading1288217-----
White Horse20887-----
Wummelsdorf588111-----
Bucks County[6]20582174-----
Bristol305345-----
Chapman545614-----
Newton388869-----
Quakertown573260-----
Chester County18972907-----
Cumberland County[7][8]16251260-----
Carlisle438466-----
East Pennsborough207212-----
Greenwood114127-----
Newville375117-----
Petersburg6892-----
Shippensburg209103-----
Tyrone213143-----
Dauphin County20421054-----
Harrisburg455113-----
Hummelstown249330-----
Jonestown38044-----
Lebanon358148-----
Middle Paxton8866-----
Middletown59225-----
Moyerstown[9]2156-----
Sheaferstown10842-----
Upper Paxton13080-----
Delaware County[10][11]4311155-----
Chester[12][13]150261-----
Concord69315-----
Darby155229-----
Newtown57350-----
Fayette County10111156----1
District of Two471152----1
Georgetown8177-----
Germantown19545-----
Springhill19530-----
Franklin County[14]9921413-----
Greene County401557-----
Huntingdon County[15]463957-----
Lancaster County[16]22583285-----
Dunkertown318275-----
Elizabeth162308-----
Lancaster710858-----
Canestogo6939-----
Hempfield65181-----
Lampeter24226-----
Lancaster383222-----
Lancaster1624-----
Manheim4482-----
Manor10984-----
Manheim191479-----
New Holland387781-----
Strasberg219416-----
Unicorn271168-----
Luzerne County[17]260916--1--
Lycoming County[18]491350---1-
Mifflin County1208317-----
Montgomery County[19]22211796-----
Northampton County[20]3131775-----
Allentown448143-----
Anthony's25822-----
Easton728171-----
Hamilton20716-----
Millerstown374117-----
Mount Bethel22843-----
Ohl's57476-----
Schoener's242131-----
Stroud's7256-----
Northumberland County[21]2997638-----
Beaver1078-----
Cattawissa72121-----
East Buffalo30942-----
Fishing Creek189108-----
Mifflin4616-----
Milton37485-----
Mochonoy1845-----
Penns Valley21513-----
Point11979-----
Silins Grove3554-----
Sunbury38093-----
Swineford1596-----
Washington30126-----
West Buffalo18731-----
City of Philadelphia[22]11361611-----
Ward Chesnut2260-----
Ward Dock[23]93182-----
Ward High Street1675-----
Ward Lower Delaware2842-----
Ward Middle83181-----
Ward New Market173236-----
Ward North152303-----
Ward North Mulberry197116-----
Ward South58109-----
Ward South Mulberry247208-----
Ward Upper Delaware5452-----
Ward Walnut1347-----
Philadelphia County25131188-----
Blockley[24]7681-----
Bustletown[25][26]259305-----
Byberry-------
Lower Dublin-------
Moreland-------
Oxford-------
Germantown518278-----
Kingsessing6515-----
Northern Liberties[27][28]998292-----
Southwark, Moyamensing, and Passyunk597217-----
Somerset County[29]90662-----
Washington County[30]17571106-----
Wayne County180116-----
District of Lower10921-----
District of Middle3034-----
District of Upper4161-----
Westmoreland County[31][32]1420819-----
Allegheny17441-----
Derry20653-----
Franklin10143-----
Greensburg620266-----
Ligonier68113-----
Rostraver45124-----
South Huntingdon170108-----
Wheatfield3671-----
York County[33][34][35][36]2028270511---

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) and The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 32641 total votes for James Ross.
[3]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 37927 total votes for Thomas MacKean.
[4]The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) and The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 2006 votes for James Ross.
[5]Der Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA) reports 3739 votes for Thomas McKean and 828 votes for James Ross.
[6]The Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) list 2175 votes for James Ross.
[7]Thomas McKean received 1 vote as Thomas MacKee.
[8]The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) and The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 1624 votes for Thomas MacKean.
[9]Unpartheyische Harrisburg Morgenrothe Zeitung (Harrisburg, PA) reports 115 votes for Thomas McKean.
[10]The Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) list 1154 votes for James Ross.
[11]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 421 votes for Thomas McKean and 1154 votes for James Ross.
[12]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), October 10, reports 153 votes for Thomas MacKean and 216 votes for James Ross. The issue of October 12 corrects the figures to 150 for Thomas McKean and 261 for James Ross.
[13]The Berkeley Intelligencer (Martinsburg, WV), The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY) report 216 votes for James Ross.
[14]Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette reports 936 votes for Thomas McKean and 1358 votes for James Ross.
[15]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 464 votes for Thomas McKean.
[16]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 3885 votes for James Ross.
[17]Thomas MacKean received 1 vote as Thomas Kane.
[18]The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 550 votes for James Ross.
[19]The Norristown Gazette (Norristown, PA), Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 1795 votes for James Ross.
[20]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 529 votes for James Ross.
[21]The Annals of Buffalo Valley, Der Unpartheyische Readinger Adler (Reading, PA), The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) and Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) list 637 total votes for James Ross.
[22]The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) and Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 1137 votes for Thomas McKean and 1612 votes for James Ross.
[23]The Gazette of the United States, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 183 votes for James Ross.
[24]Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 82 votes for James Ross.
[25]The Gazette of the United States, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 261 votes for Thomas McKean and 307 votes for James Ross.
[26]The Berkeley Intelligencer (Martinsburg, WV) reports 250 votes for James Ross.
[27]The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY) and Berkley Intelligencer (Martensburg) report 999 votes for Thomas McKean.
[28]Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette reports 906 votes for Thomas McKean and 200 votes for James Ross.
[29]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 652 votes for James Ross.
[30]The 1799 Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) and Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) list 1755 votes for Thomas McKean.
[31]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1320 votes for Thomas McKean.
[32]Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette and Unpartheyische Harrisburg Morgenrothe Zeitung (Harrisburg, PA) report 1210 votes for Thomas McKean and 708 votes for James Ross.
[33]Included in the 2028 total votes for Thomas McKean in York County are 2 votes for a Thomas Meane. The 1799 Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Page 35.
[34]The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 2029 votes for Thomas McKean.
[35]The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) reports 2026 votes for Thomas McKean.
[36]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 2025 votes for Thomas McKean.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
Original Election Certificate. Historical Collections Room, Penn State University.
Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1799. 35.
The Universal Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). May 23, 1799.
Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 9, 1799.
Gazette of the United States, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 9, 1799.
Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA). October 9, 1799.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 9, 1799.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1799.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1799.
The Universal Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1799.
The Daily Advertiser (New York, NY). October 11, 1799.
The Norristown Gazette (Norristown, PA). October 11, 1799.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1799.
The Farmers Register (Greensburg, PA). October 12, 1799.
Gazette of the United States, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1799.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1799.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1799.
The Herald of Liberty (Washington, PA). October 14, 1799.
The Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser (Harrisburg, PA). October 14, 1799.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1799.
Unpartheyische Harrisburg Morgenrothe Zeitung (Harrisburg, PA). October 15, 1799.
Wilkesbarre Gazette and Luzerne Advertiser (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 15, 1799.
The Berkeley Intelligencer (Martinsburg, WV). October 16, 1799.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 16, 1799.
Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). October 16, 1799.
Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA). October 16, 1799.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1799.
American Eagle (Easton, PA). October 17, 1799.
The Universal Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1799.
The Farmers Register (Greensburg, PA). October 19, 1799.
The Lancaster Correspondent (Lancaster, PA). October 19, 1799.
Unpartheyische Harrisburg Morgenrothe Zeitung (Harrisburg, PA). October 22, 1799.
Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). October 23, 1799.
Der Unpartheyische Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 29, 1799.
The Herald of Liberty (Washington, PA). November 18, 1799.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). December 11, 1799.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). December 16, 1799.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). December 24, 1799.
Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Chicago: A. Warner and, 1889. 230.
Linn, John Blair, ed. Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania: 1755-1855. Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1877. 319-320.

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