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Election 1878 Results

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1878 Pennsylvania governor election

Henry Martyn Hoyt (Republican) beat Andrew H. Dill (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1878, 45.5% to 42.3%, a margin of 3.2 points and 22,507 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1875, when John Frederick Hartranft won.

Republicans led in 34 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 33. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 127,219 votes and went to the Republican by 12.8 points. The closest was Mifflin, where 12 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
Henry Martyn Hoyt won Republican 319,567 45.5%
Andrew H. Dill Democratic 297,060 42.3%
Samuel R. Mason Greenback 81,758 11.6%
All other candidates 3,653 0.5%
Total702,038

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 53,755 42.3% 70,099 55.1% 3,365 127,219 R+12.8
Allegheny 13,186 31.5% 20,601 49.2% 8,120 41,907 R+17.7
Lancaster 8,714 35.4% 15,518 63.1% 373 24,605 R+27.7
Berks 13,480 62.0% 6,506 29.9% 1,762 21,748 D+32.1
Schuylkill 7,657 38.0% 5,994 29.7% 6,524 20,175 D+8.2
Montgomery 9,164 49.3% 9,006 48.4% 428 18,598 D+0.8
Luzerne 4,414 24.7% 7,322 41.0% 6,113 17,849 R+16.3
York 9,644 61.3% 5,960 37.9% 117 15,721 D+23.4
Bucks 7,601 49.4% 7,552 49.1% 226 15,379 D+0.3
Chester 5,466 38.1% 8,178 57.0% 704 14,348 R+18.9
Dauphin 5,320 39.8% 6,591 49.2% 1,472 13,383 R+9.5
Crawford 3,833 28.7% 5,957 44.6% 3,555 13,345 R+15.9
Northampton 7,504 59.4% 4,035 32.0% 1,089 12,628 D+27.5
Westmoreland 5,968 48.0% 4,795 38.6% 1,660 12,423 D+9.4
Lehigh 6,705 56.1% 4,975 41.6% 275 11,955 D+14.5
Erie 4,237 35.6% 6,044 50.7% 1,637 11,918 R+15.2
Washington 4,994 45.0% 5,263 47.4% 845 11,102 R+2.4
Bradford 3,132 28.2% 6,010 54.2% 1,951 11,093 R+25.9
Lackawanna 1,974 18.6% 4,898 46.1% 3,745 10,617 R+27.5
Mercer 3,708 36.1% 4,436 43.2% 2,123 10,267 R+7.1
Lycoming 4,909 48.0% 3,207 31.4% 2,107 10,223 D+16.6
Butler 3,766 37.8% 3,892 39.0% 2,309 9,967 R+1.3
Franklin 4,691 49.5% 4,734 49.9% 55 9,480 R+0.5
Northumberland 4,584 48.9% 3,281 35.0% 1,517 9,382 D+13.9
Cumberland 4,831 52.9% 3,743 41.0% 558 9,132 D+11.9
Fayette 4,211 46.8% 2,654 29.5% 2,138 9,003 D+17.3
Delaware 3,137 37.7% 4,769 57.3% 415 8,321 R+19.6
Tioga 2,128 26.2% 4,253 52.4% 1,743 8,124 R+26.2
Blair 3,390 41.9% 3,700 45.7% 1,005 8,095 R+3.8
Venango 3,035 37.7% 3,482 43.2% 1,540 8,057 R+5.5
Susquehanna 2,246 28.0% 3,832 47.8% 1,931 8,009 R+19.8
Armstrong 2,693 34.5% 3,207 41.1% 1,912 7,812 R+6.6
Clarion 4,032 51.8% 2,265 29.1% 1,494 7,791 D+22.7
Centre 3,827 51.9% 2,059 27.9% 1,487 7,373 D+24.0
Indiana 1,557 21.6% 3,486 48.3% 2,173 7,216 R+26.7
Beaver 2,968 42.4% 3,571 51.0% 467 7,006 R+8.6
Lebanon 2,646 38.0% 3,914 56.2% 399 6,959 R+18.2
Cambria 3,342 50.1% 2,196 32.9% 1,136 6,674 D+17.2
Bedford 3,347 50.9% 3,014 45.9% 209 6,570 D+5.1
Huntingdon 2,736 42.2% 3,073 47.4% 672 6,481 R+5.2
Adams 3,361 53.8% 2,742 43.9% 140 6,243 D+9.9
Clearfield 3,207 53.2% 1,602 26.6% 1,216 6,025 D+26.6
Columbia 3,278 55.5% 1,451 24.6% 1,179 5,908 D+30.9
Somerset 2,140 37.6% 3,134 55.1% 413 5,687 R+17.5
Perry 2,711 49.2% 2,697 49.0% 97 5,505 D+0.3
Carbon 2,260 41.4% 2,150 39.4% 1,047 5,457 D+2.0
Wayne 1,626 31.6% 1,937 37.6% 1,590 5,153 R+6.0
Warren 1,026 20.3% 2,175 43.1% 1,851 5,052 R+22.7
Greene 3,229 64.4% 1,606 32.0% 179 5,014 D+32.4
Lawrence 1,605 32.0% 2,876 57.4% 530 5,011 R+25.4
Jefferson 2,140 43.7% 1,944 39.7% 815 4,899 D+4.0
Clinton 2,699 55.3% 1,814 37.2% 366 4,879 D+18.1
Monroe 2,829 73.2% 602 15.6% 433 3,864 D+57.6
Union 1,656 45.1% 1,836 50.0% 183 3,675 R+4.9
Mifflin 1,756 48.8% 1,744 48.5% 98 3,598 D+0.3
McKean 1,282 36.3% 1,504 42.6% 743 3,529 R+6.3
Wyoming 1,600 45.6% 1,417 40.4% 494 3,511 D+5.2
Juniata 1,851 53.4% 1,473 42.5% 142 3,466 D+10.9
Snyder 1,494 43.1% 1,814 52.4% 157 3,465 R+9.2
Potter 694 25.7% 1,326 49.0% 684 2,704 R+23.4
Montour 1,378 52.3% 772 29.3% 487 2,637 D+23.0
Fulton 1,222 60.6% 794 39.4% 2,016 D+21.2
Elk 1,100 57.7% 426 22.4% 379 1,905 D+35.4
Pike 1,135 67.1% 497 29.4% 59 1,691 D+37.7
Sullivan 602 42.5% 436 30.7% 380 1,418 D+11.7
Cameron 381 37.6% 408 40.2% 225 1,014 R+2.7
Forest 267 30.9% 318 36.8% 279 864 R+5.9

Counties as they stood in 1878; 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