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Election 1886 Results

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1886 Pennsylvania governor election

James A. Beaver (Republican) beat Chauncey F. Black (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1886, 50.3% to 45.1%, a margin of 5.2 points and 42,651 votes.

Pennsylvania changed party: in 1882 it went Democratic, for Robert E. Pattison.

Republicans led in 36 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 31. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 157,899 votes and went to the Republican by 16.3 points. The closest was Wyoming, 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
James A. Beaver won Republican 412,285 50.3%
Chauncey F. Black Democratic 369,634 45.1%
All other candidates 37,293 4.6%
Total819,212

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 64,135 40.6% 89,820 56.9% 3,944 157,899 R+16.3
Allegheny 20,968 40.7% 27,779 53.9% 2,794 51,541 R+13.2
Lancaster 9,143 31.9% 18,724 65.4% 766 28,633 R+33.5
Luzerne 12,631 52.6% 10,534 43.9% 828 23,993 D+8.7
Berks 14,779 61.8% 8,689 36.3% 459 23,927 D+25.5
Schuylkill 11,168 49.5% 9,725 43.1% 1,656 22,549 D+6.4
Montgomery 10,442 47.5% 10,928 49.7% 636 22,006 R+2.2
York 10,087 55.6% 7,595 41.9% 455 18,137 D+13.7
Chester 6,451 36.4% 10,048 56.7% 1,229 17,728 R+20.3
Westmoreland 8,369 50.0% 7,820 46.7% 539 16,728 D+3.3
Erie 6,572 42.0% 8,001 51.1% 1,086 15,659 R+9.1
Bucks 7,737 49.6% 7,478 47.9% 383 15,598 D+1.7
Northampton 9,484 60.9% 5,877 37.8% 202 15,563 D+23.2
Lackawanna 6,963 46.6% 6,708 44.9% 1,279 14,950 D+1.7
Dauphin 6,332 42.7% 7,809 52.7% 682 14,823 R+10.0
Lehigh 7,706 56.5% 5,745 42.1% 200 13,651 D+14.4
Washington 5,973 45.1% 6,603 49.8% 674 13,250 R+4.8
Crawford 5,337 40.8% 6,404 48.9% 1,355 13,096 R+8.1
Fayette 5,739 49.7% 5,444 47.1% 375 11,558 D+2.6
Bradford 3,860 33.4% 7,000 60.6% 686 11,546 R+27.2
Lycoming 6,189 54.0% 4,793 41.8% 477 11,459 D+12.2
Delaware 4,030 36.3% 6,406 57.7% 670 11,106 R+21.4
Northumberland 5,341 48.9% 4,468 40.9% 1,105 10,914 D+8.0
Mercer 4,489 42.3% 5,307 50.0% 817 10,613 R+7.7
Blair 4,196 42.3% 5,143 51.8% 580 9,919 R+9.5
Franklin 4,376 44.4% 5,126 52.0% 355 9,857 R+7.6
Clearfield 5,307 55.5% 3,806 39.8% 441 9,554 D+15.7
Cumberland 4,820 52.1% 4,017 43.4% 416 9,253 D+8.7
Cambria 4,966 54.0% 3,865 42.0% 365 9,196 D+12.0
Butler 3,770 43.4% 4,244 48.8% 681 8,695 R+5.5
Centre 4,329 50.8% 3,979 46.7% 208 8,516 D+4.1
Tioga 2,359 29.0% 5,219 64.1% 568 8,146 R+35.1
Venango 3,232 40.1% 3,574 44.4% 1,248 8,054 R+4.2
Lebanon 2,966 36.9% 4,932 61.3% 144 8,042 R+24.4
Susquehanna 3,042 38.3% 4,237 53.3% 666 7,945 R+15.0
Beaver 3,096 39.1% 4,384 55.4% 430 7,910 R+16.3
Bedford 3,648 47.5% 3,929 51.2% 98 7,675 R+3.7
Armstrong 3,240 42.8% 3,980 52.6% 346 7,566 R+9.8
Indiana 2,054 28.0% 4,171 56.9% 1,109 7,334 R+28.9
Huntingdon 2,834 41.6% 3,734 54.8% 244 6,812 R+13.2
Warren 2,414 35.8% 3,459 51.3% 867 6,740 R+15.5
Somerset 2,122 31.8% 4,235 63.5% 315 6,672 R+31.7
Columbia 4,202 65.2% 1,879 29.2% 360 6,441 D+36.1
Adams 3,253 52.3% 2,822 45.3% 148 6,223 D+6.9
Carbon 3,299 53.4% 2,605 42.2% 273 6,177 D+11.2
Clarion 3,470 56.4% 2,382 38.7% 296 6,148 D+17.7
Greene 3,593 60.8% 2,157 36.5% 160 5,910 D+24.3
Jefferson 2,713 46.1% 3,038 51.6% 137 5,888 R+5.5
Perry 2,769 47.8% 2,880 49.7% 144 5,793 R+1.9
Wayne 2,692 46.7% 2,519 43.7% 549 5,760 D+3.0
Lawrence 1,684 29.5% 3,431 60.1% 595 5,710 R+30.6
McKean 1,985 36.0% 2,877 52.1% 659 5,521 R+16.2
Clinton 2,963 54.7% 2,273 41.9% 184 5,420 D+12.7
Mifflin 1,994 48.1% 2,005 48.4% 143 4,142 R+0.3
Monroe 2,896 74.4% 943 24.2% 53 3,892 D+50.2
Wyoming 1,814 48.3% 1,810 48.2% 131 3,755 D+0.1
Potter 1,505 40.9% 1,963 53.3% 212 3,680 R+12.4
Union 1,406 38.7% 2,049 56.4% 179 3,634 R+17.7
Juniata 1,752 50.0% 1,707 48.7% 47 3,506 D+1.3
Snyder 1,315 37.9% 2,070 59.6% 86 3,471 R+21.8
Elk 1,706 61.4% 1,024 36.8% 49 2,779 D+24.5
Montour 1,618 60.2% 934 34.7% 137 2,689 D+25.4
Fulton 1,128 55.3% 846 41.5% 64 2,038 D+13.8
Sullivan 1,139 61.8% 624 33.8% 81 1,844 D+27.9
Pike 1,007 70.7% 400 28.1% 18 1,425 D+42.6
Forest 507 37.9% 663 49.6% 168 1,338 R+11.7
Cameron 528 43.5% 645 53.1% 42 1,215 R+9.6

Counties as they stood in 1886; 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