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1875 Pennsylvania governor election

John Frederick Hartranft (Republican) beat Cyrus L. Pershing (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1875, 49.9% to 47.9%, a margin of 2.0 points and 12,039 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1872, when John Frederick Hartranft also won.

Democrats led in 37 of the 66 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 29. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 113,889 votes and went to the Republican by 15.2 points. The closest was Venango, where 13 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 304,175 49.9%
Cyrus L. Pershing Democratic 292,136 47.9%
All other candidates 13,241 2.2%
Total609,552

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 47,980 42.1% 65,262 57.3% 647 113,889 R+15.2
Allegheny 13,246 39.5% 18,707 55.8% 1,585 33,538 R+16.3
Luzerne 11,135 51.7% 9,899 46.0% 503 21,537 D+5.7
Lancaster 7,581 36.4% 12,725 61.1% 515 20,821 R+24.7
Berks 13,433 66.1% 6,864 33.8% 24 20,321 D+32.3
Montgomery 8,339 49.2% 8,364 49.4% 241 16,944 R+0.1
Schuylkill 9,037 53.8% 7,699 45.8% 58 16,794 D+8.0
Bucks 7,000 50.0% 6,713 48.0% 280 13,993 D+2.1
York 8,285 60.7% 5,263 38.6% 92 13,640 D+22.2
Chester 5,005 39.2% 7,015 55.0% 739 12,759 R+15.8
Crawford 5,526 46.8% 6,146 52.1% 131 11,803 R+5.3
Northampton 7,248 62.3% 4,364 37.5% 22 11,634 D+24.8
Erie 4,744 41.0% 6,699 57.9% 120 11,563 R+16.9
Westmoreland 6,242 54.8% 4,957 43.5% 199 11,398 D+11.3
Lehigh 6,758 59.3% 4,630 40.6% 3 11,391 D+18.7
Dauphin 4,704 41.5% 6,574 58.0% 53 11,331 R+16.5
Bradford 4,265 37.9% 6,526 58.0% 466 11,257 R+20.1
Washington 4,763 48.3% 4,917 49.8% 189 9,869 R+1.6
Mercer 4,267 44.1% 4,911 50.7% 502 9,680 R+6.7
Northumberland 4,567 54.8% 3,691 44.3% 74 8,332 D+10.5
Lycoming 4,641 56.4% 3,488 42.4% 97 8,226 D+14.0
Butler 3,891 47.5% 3,796 46.3% 503 8,190 D+1.2
Franklin 3,954 48.7% 4,074 50.2% 95 8,123 R+1.5
Cumberland 4,309 54.0% 3,603 45.2% 66 7,978 D+8.8
Fayette 4,299 54.6% 3,472 44.1% 98 7,869 D+10.5
Blair 3,166 44.3% 3,711 52.0% 264 7,141 R+7.6
Armstrong 3,121 45.1% 3,605 52.1% 196 6,922 R+7.0
Susquehanna 2,951 44.6% 3,517 53.1% 150 6,618 R+8.6
Lebanon 2,608 40.2% 3,859 59.5% 17 6,484 R+19.3
Venango 2,940 45.5% 2,953 45.7% 570 6,463 R+0.2
Delaware 2,079 33.5% 4,075 65.7% 50 6,204 R+32.2
Centre 3,504 56.6% 2,097 33.9% 590 6,191 D+22.7
Beaver 2,702 44.4% 3,086 50.7% 301 6,089 R+6.3
Bedford 3,099 51.4% 2,906 48.2% 27 6,032 D+3.2
Tioga 1,909 32.1% 3,933 66.0% 113 5,955 R+34.0
Cambria 3,399 58.2% 2,325 39.8% 117 5,841 D+18.4
Indiana 1,795 30.8% 3,640 62.4% 400 5,835 R+31.6
Huntingdon 2,605 46.1% 2,546 45.1% 498 5,649 D+1.0
Clarion 3,221 57.8% 2,196 39.4% 157 5,574 D+18.4
Adams 3,009 54.6% 2,477 45.0% 22 5,508 D+9.7
Columbia 3,757 68.2% 1,643 29.8% 107 5,507 D+38.4
Clearfield 3,273 63.6% 1,819 35.4% 53 5,145 D+28.3
Carbon 2,728 53.7% 2,347 46.2% 6 5,081 D+7.5
Perry 2,448 49.7% 2,429 49.3% 52 4,929 D+0.4
Somerset 1,689 35.7% 2,989 63.2% 53 4,731 R+27.5
Jefferson 2,248 48.6% 1,923 41.5% 458 4,629 D+7.0
Clinton 2,598 58.3% 1,771 39.7% 91 4,460 D+18.5
Lawrence 1,427 32.2% 2,335 52.6% 676 4,438 R+20.5
Greene 2,699 63.9% 1,517 35.9% 9 4,225 D+28.0
Warren 1,740 42.6% 2,057 50.4% 284 4,081 R+7.8
Wayne 2,135 52.4% 1,854 45.5% 88 4,077 D+6.9
Monroe 2,630 79.7% 662 20.1% 6 3,298 D+59.7
Wyoming 1,610 51.3% 1,365 43.5% 164 3,139 D+7.8
Juniata 1,771 56.9% 1,198 38.5% 143 3,112 D+18.4
Snyder 1,369 44.2% 1,701 54.9% 26 3,096 R+10.7
Mifflin 1,586 51.5% 1,446 46.9% 50 3,082 D+4.5
Union 1,177 39.4% 1,784 59.8% 24 2,985 R+20.3
Montour 1,332 56.2% 1,002 42.3% 35 2,369 D+13.9
Potter 1,010 45.2% 1,223 54.7% 2 2,235 R+9.5
McKean 976 50.6% 940 48.8% 12 1,928 D+1.9
Fulton 981 58.5% 684 40.8% 12 1,677 D+17.7
Elk 1,055 67.4% 503 32.1% 8 1,566 D+35.2
Pike 1,056 70.7% 434 29.0% 4 1,494 D+41.6
Sullivan 719 65.1% 336 30.4% 49 1,104 D+34.7
Cameron 476 45.5% 552 52.8% 18 1,046 R+7.3
Forest 319 43.6% 376 51.4% 37 732 R+7.8

Counties as they stood in 1875; 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