Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1817

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1817
Pennsylvania
November 4, 1817

 
Candidate William Findlay Joseph Hiester
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 66,331 59,272
Percentage 52.8% 47.2%

County results* for the 1817 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election. Yellow denotes counties won by Findlay, orange denotes counties won by Hiester.
  *Results unknown

Governor before election

Simon Snyder
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

William Findlay
Democratic-Republican

The Pennsylvania gubernatorial election of 1817 occurred on November 4, 1817. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Simon Snyder was not a candidate for re-election. Democratic-Republican candidate William Findlay defeated Federalist candidate Joseph Hiester.

Results

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1817[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican William Findlay 66,331 52.81
Federalist Joseph Hiester 59,272 47.19
N/A Others 11 0.01
Total votes 125,614 100.00

References

  1. "PA Governor General Election". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 3 July 2012.