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Election 1872 Results

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1872 Pennsylvania governor election

John Frederick Hartranft (Republican) beat Charles R. Buckalew (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1872, 52.5% to 47.3%, a margin of 5.3 points and 35,564 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1869, when John White Geary won.

Republicans led in 34 of the 66 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 32. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 118,119 votes and went to the Republican by 17.3 points. The closest was Bedford, where 4 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John Frederick Hartranft won Republican 353,387 52.5%
Charles R. Buckalew Democratic 317,823 47.3%
All other candidates 1,278 0.2%
Total672,488

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 48,841 41.3% 69,278 58.7% 118,119 R+17.3
Allegheny 16,490 39.0% 25,771 61.0% 4 42,265 R+22.0
Luzerne 14,433 53.8% 12,341 46.0% 62 26,836 D+7.8
Lancaster 9,064 39.3% 13,774 59.7% 215 23,053 R+20.4
Berks 13,947 63.8% 7,898 36.2% 1 21,846 D+27.7
Schuylkill 9,378 51.0% 8,980 48.9% 24 18,382 D+2.2
Montgomery 8,463 49.8% 8,454 49.8% 69 16,986 D+0.1
Chester 6,510 40.7% 9,386 58.7% 98 15,994 R+18.0
Bucks 7,658 51.3% 7,278 48.7% 14,936 D+2.5
York 8,388 56.7% 6,400 43.3% 1 14,789 D+13.4
Crawford 6,473 47.9% 7,031 52.0% 16 13,520 R+4.1
Northampton 8,121 62.5% 4,880 37.5% 13,001 D+24.9
Erie 5,271 41.3% 7,467 58.5% 25 12,763 R+17.2
Dauphin 5,113 40.5% 7,450 59.1% 52 12,615 R+18.5
Lehigh 6,895 56.3% 5,355 43.7% 12,250 D+12.6
Westmoreland 6,475 53.7% 5,581 46.3% 12,056 D+7.4
Bradford 4,434 37.3% 7,443 62.6% 4 11,881 R+25.3
Washington 4,992 48.4% 5,294 51.3% 30 10,316 R+2.9
Mercer 4,598 45.1% 5,573 54.7% 26 10,197 R+9.6
Lycoming 5,056 52.2% 4,639 47.8% 9,695 D+4.3
Venango 4,415 46.4% 5,071 53.3% 31 9,517 R+6.9
Cumberland 4,614 52.5% 4,176 47.5% 8,790 D+5.0
Franklin 4,182 48.1% 4,505 51.9% 8,687 R+3.7
Northumberland 4,363 50.3% 4,314 49.7% 8,677 D+0.6
Fayette 4,631 53.8% 3,954 45.9% 21 8,606 D+7.9
Armstrong 3,469 43.8% 4,434 56.0% 11 7,914 R+12.2
Tioga 2,376 30.1% 5,504 69.8% 10 7,890 R+39.6
Susquehanna 3,403 43.7% 4,333 55.7% 44 7,780 R+12.0
Blair 3,244 42.4% 4,263 55.7% 141 7,648 R+13.3
Butler 3,440 46.2% 3,985 53.5% 20 7,445 R+7.3
Lebanon 2,824 39.7% 4,285 60.2% 12 7,121 R+20.5
Centre 3,712 53.0% 3,292 47.0% 7,004 D+6.0
Delaware 2,638 37.8% 4,339 62.1% 7 6,984 R+24.4
Beaver 2,882 43.2% 3,685 55.3% 97 6,664 R+12.0
Indiana 2,146 32.3% 4,472 67.3% 30 6,648 R+35.0
Cambria 3,530 55.3% 2,823 44.3% 26 6,379 D+11.1
Clarion 3,583 56.8% 2,727 43.2% 6,310 D+13.6
Huntingdon 2,690 44.7% 3,249 54.0% 75 6,014 R+9.3
Bedford 2,977 50.0% 2,973 50.0% 5,950 D+0.1
Columbia 3,826 64.3% 2,110 35.5% 13 5,949 D+28.8
Adams 3,038 52.3% 2,765 47.6% 4 5,807 D+4.7
Warren 2,333 42.3% 3,176 57.5% 11 5,520 R+15.3
Clearfield 3,432 63.2% 1,995 36.8% 5,427 D+26.5
Perry 2,514 47.7% 2,752 52.3% 5,266 R+4.5
Greene 3,450 65.8% 1,795 34.2% 1 5,246 D+31.5
Somerset 1,802 34.3% 3,430 65.4% 14 5,246 R+31.0
Wayne 3,030 58.8% 2,119 41.1% 1 5,150 D+17.7
Lawrence 1,705 33.2% 3,426 66.8% 5,131 R+33.5
Carbon 2,533 50.9% 2,444 49.1% 4,977 D+1.8
Jefferson 2,247 48.3% 2,407 51.7% 4,654 R+3.4
Clinton 2,632 56.6% 2,018 43.4% 2 4,652 D+13.2
Mifflin 1,765 49.4% 1,786 49.9% 25 3,576 R+0.6
Monroe 2,839 80.9% 658 18.8% 11 3,508 D+62.2
Union 1,374 39.9% 2,069 60.1% 3,443 R+20.2
Wyoming 1,791 53.4% 1,561 46.5% 4 3,356 D+6.9
Snyder 1,372 41.9% 1,906 58.1% 3,278 R+16.3
Juniata 1,739 56.0% 1,352 43.5% 16 3,107 D+12.5
Montour 1,623 54.1% 1,378 45.9% 3,001 D+8.2
Potter 1,042 41.5% 1,466 58.5% 2,508 R+16.9
McKean 950 48.1% 1,025 51.9% 1,975 R+3.8
Fulton 1,125 58.5% 797 41.5% 1,922 D+17.1
Elk 1,193 65.4% 628 34.4% 2 1,823 D+31.0
Pike 1,134 82.2% 246 17.8% 1,380 D+64.3
Sullivan 744 62.5% 431 36.2% 15 1,190 D+26.3
Cameron 531 47.8% 572 51.5% 7 1,110 R+3.7
Forest 340 44.9% 418 55.1% 758 R+10.3

Counties as they stood in 1872; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Pennsylvania governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Josh Shapiro (D) D+14.8
2018 Thomas W Wolf (D) D+17.1
2014 Thomas W. Wolf (D) D+9.9
2010 Tom Corbett (R) R+9.0
2006 Edward G. Rendell (D) D+20.7
2002 Edward G. Rendell (D) D+9.0
1998 Tom Ridge (R) R+26.4
1994 Tom Ridge (R) R+5.5
1990 Robert Casey (D) D+35.3
1986 Robert Casey (D) D+2.3
1982 Richard Thornburgh (R) R+2.7
1978 Richard Thornburgh (R) R+6.1
1974 Milton J. Shapp (D) D+8.6
1970 Milton J. Shapp (D) D+13.5
1966 Raymond P. Shafer (R) R+6.0
1962 William W. Scranton (R) R+11.1
1958 David L. Lawrence (D) D+1.9
1954 George M. Leader (D) D+7.5
1950 John S. Fine (R) R+2.4
1946 James H. Duff (R) R+17.8
1942 Edward Martin (R) R+8.5
1938 Arthur H. James (R) R+7.6
1934 George H. Earle (D) D+2.2
1930 Gifford Pinchot (R) R+2.8
1926 John Stuchell Fisher (R) R+49.0
1922 Gifford Pinchot (R) R+17.1
1918 William Cameron Sproul (R) R+27.3
1914 Martin Grove Brumbaugh (R) R+12.2
1910 John K. Tener (R) R+28.7
1906 Edwin Sydney Stuart (R) R+4.8
1902 Samuel W. Pennypacker (R) R+13.0
1898 William A. Stone (R) R+12.1
1894 Daniel H. Hastings (R) R+25.3
1890 Robert E. Pattison (D) D+1.8
1886 James A. Beaver (R) R+5.2
1882 Robert E. Pattison (D) D+5.4
1878 Henry Martyn Hoyt (R) R+3.2
1875 John Frederick Hartranft (R) R+2.0
1872 John Frederick Hartranft (R) R+5.3
1869 John White Geary (R) R+0.8
1866 John White Geary (R) R+2.9