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| Election | Incumbent Governor | Elected Governor | Votes | Runner(s)-up | Votes | Margin | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790 | Office established | ✓ Thomas Mifflin | 27,974 (90.71%) | Arthur St. Clair | 2,864 (9.29%) | 25,110 (81.42%) | ||||
| 1793 | Thomas Mifflin | ✓ Thomas Mifflin | 20,479 (65.47%) | Frederick Muhlenberg | 10,802 (34.53%) | 9,677 (29.94%) | ||||
| 1796 | Thomas Mifflin | ✓ Thomas Mifflin | 30,020 (96.31%) | Frederick Muhlenberg | 1,011 (3.24%) | 29,009 (93.07%) | ||||
| 1799 | Thomas Mifflin | ✓ Thomas McKean | 37,244 (53.29%) | James Ross | 32,643 (46.71%) | 4,601 (6.58%) | ||||
| 1802 | Thomas McKean | ✓ Thomas McKean | 47,879 (73.76%) | James Ross | 17,037 (26.24%) | 30,842 (47.52%) | ||||
| 1805 | Thomas McKean | ✓ Thomas McKean | 43,644 (53.14%) | Simon Snyder | 38,483 (46.86%) | 5,161 (6.28%) | ||||
| 1808 | Thomas McKean | ✓ Simon Snyder | 67,975 (60.93%) | James Ross | 39,575 (35.48%) | 28,400 (25.45%) | ||||
| 1811 | Simon Snyder | ✓ Simon Snyder | 52,319 (93.55%) | William Tilghman | 3,609 (6.45%) | 48,710 (87.1%) | ||||
| 1814 | Simon Snyder | ✓ Simon Snyder | 51,099 (63.35%) | Isaac Wayne | 29,566 (36.65%) | 21,533 (26.7%) | ||||
| 1817 | Simon Snyder | ✓ William Findlay | 66,331 (52.81%) | Joseph Hiester | 59,272 (47.19%) | 7,059 (5.62%) | ||||
| 1820 | William Findlay | ✓ Joseph Hiester | 67,905 (50.60%) | William Findlay | 66,300 (49.40%) | 1,605 (1.2%) | ||||
| 1823 | Joseph Hiester | ✓ John Andrew Shulze | 89,928 (59.24%) | Andrew Gregg | 64,211 (42.30%) | 25,717 (16.94%) | ||||
| 1826 | John Andrew Shulze | ✓ John Andrew Shulze | 72,710 (96.87%) | John Sergeant | 1,175 (3.13%) | 71,535 (93.74%) | ||||
| 1829 | John Andrew Shulze | ✓ George Wolf | 78,219 (60.17%) | Joseph Ritner | 51,776 (39.83%) | 26,443 (20.34%) | ||||
| 1832 | George Wolf | ✓ George Wolf | 91,335 (50.88%) | Joseph Ritner | 88,165 (49.12%) | 3,170 (1.76%) | ||||
| 1835 | George Wolf | ✓ Joseph Ritner | 94,023 (46.91%) | George Wolf (Ind. Dem.) | 65,804 (32.83%) | 28,219 (14.08%) | ||||
| Henry A. P. Muhlenberg | 40,586 (20.25%) | |||||||||
| 1838 | Joseph Ritner | ✓ David R. Porter | 127,821 (51.10%) | Joseph Ritner | 122,325 (48.90%) | 5,496 (2.2%) | ||||
| 1841 | David R. Porter | ✓ David R. Porter | 136,504 (54.60%) | John Banks | 113,473 (45.40%) | 23,031 (9.2%) | ||||
| 1844 | David R. Porter | ✓ Francis R. Shunk | 160,959 (50.69%) | Joseph Markle | 156,562 (49.31%) | 4,397 (1.38%) | ||||
| 1847 | Francis R. Shunk | ✓ Francis R. Shunk | 146,181 (50.86%) | James Irvin | 128,148 (44.58%) | 17,976 (6.28%) | ||||
| 1848 | William F. Johnston | ✓ William F. Johnston | 168,522 (50.04%) | Morris Longstreth | 168,225 (49.96%) | 302 (0.08%) | ||||
| 1851 | William F. Johnston | ✓ William Bigler | 186,499 (51.16%) | William F. Johnston | 178,034 (48.84%) | 8,465 (2.32%) | ||||
| 1854 | William Bigler | ✓ James Pollock | 204,008 (54.99%) | William Bigler | 167,001 (45.01%) | 37,007 (9.98%) | ||||
| 1857 | James Pollock | ✓ William F. Packer | 188,887 (52.01%) | David Wilmot | 146,136 (40.24%) | 42,751 (11.77%) | ||||
| Isaac Hazlehurst (Amer.) | 28,132 (7.75%) | |||||||||
| 1860 | William F. Packer | ✓ Andrew Curtin | 262,353 (53.26%) | Henry Foster | 230,239 (46.74%) | 32,114 (6.52%) | ||||
| 1863 | Andrew Curtin | ✓ Andrew Curtin | 269,506 (51.46%) | George Woodward | 254,171 (48.54%) | 15,335 (2.92%) | ||||
| 1866 | Andrew Curtin | ✓ John W. Geary | 307,274 (51.44%) | Hiester Clymer | 290,096 (48.56%) | 17,178 (2.88%) | ||||
| 1869 | John W. Geary | ✓ John W. Geary | 290,552 (50.40%) | Asa Packer | 285,956 (49.60%) | 4,596 (0.8%) | ||||
| 1872 | John W. Geary | ✓ John F. Hartranft | 353,387 (52.55%) | Charles B. Buckalew | 317,760 (49.60%) | 35,627 (2.95%) | ||||
| 1875 | John F. Hartranft | ✓ John F. Hartranft | 304,175 (49.90%) | Cyrus L. Pershing | 292,145 (47.93%) | 12,030 (1.97%) | ||||
| 1878 | John F. Hartranft | ✓ Henry M. Hoyt | 319,567 (45.51%) | Andrew H. Dill | 297,061 (42.31%) | 22,506 (3.2%) | ||||
| Samuel R. Mason (Grb.) | 81,758 (11.64%) | |||||||||
| 1882 | Henry M. Hoyt | ✓ Robert E. Pattison | 355,791 (47.80%) | James A. Beaver | 315,589 (42.40%) | 40,202 (5.4%) | ||||
| John Stewart (Ind. Rep.) | 43,743 (5.88%) | |||||||||
| 1886 | Robert E. Pattison | ✓ James A. Beaver | 412,285 (50.33%) | Chauncey F. Black | 369,634 (45.12%) | 42,651 (5.21%) | ||||
| 1890 | James A. Beaver | ✓ Robert E. Pattison | 464,209 (50.02%) | George W. Delamater | 447,655 (45.12%) | 16,554 (4.9%) | ||||
| 1894 | Robert E. Pattison | ✓ Daniel H. Hastings | 574,801 (60.31%) | William M. Singerly | 334,404 (34.98%) | 241,397 (25.33%) | ||||
| 1898 | Daniel H. Hastings | ✓ William A. Stone | 476,206 (49.01%) | George A. Jenks | 358,300 (36.87%) | 117,906 (12.14%) | ||||
| Silas C. Swallow | 132,931 (13.68%) | |||||||||
| 1902 | William A. Stone | ✓ Samuel W. Pennypacker | 593,328 (54.20%) | Robert E. Pattison | 450,978 (41.19%) | 142,350 (13.01%) | ||||
| 1906 | Samuel W. Pennypacker | ✓ Edwin Stuart | 506,418 (50.31%) | Lewis Emery Jr. | 458,064 (45.51%) | 48,354 (4.8%) | ||||
| 1910 | Edwin Stuart | ✓ John K. Tener | 415,614 (41.63%) | William H. Berry | 382,127 (38.27%) | 33,487 (3.36%) | ||||
| Webster Grim | 129,395 (12.96%) | |||||||||
| 1914 | John K. Tener | ✓ Martin Brumbaugh | 588,705 (52.98%) | Vance C. McCormick | 453,880 (40.84%) | 134,825 (12.14%) | ||||
| 1918 | Martin Brumbaugh | ✓ William Sproul | 552,537 (61.05%) | Eugene C. Bonniwell | 305,315 (33.74%) | 247,222 (27.31%) | ||||
| 1922 | William Sproul | ✓ Gifford Pinchot | 831,696 (56.79%) | John A. McSparran | 581,625 (39.71%) | 250,071 (17.08%) | ||||
| 1926 | Gifford Pinchot | ✓ John Fisher | 1,102,823 (73.35%) | Eugene C. Bonniwell | 365,280 (24.29%) | 737,543 (49.06%) | ||||
| 1930 | John Fisher | ✓ Gifford Pinchot | 1,068,874 (50.77%) | John M. Hemphill | 1,010,204 (47.98%) | 58,670 (2.79%) | ||||
| 1934 | Gifford Pinchot | ✓ George Earle | 1,476,377 (50.04%) | William A. Schnader | 1,410,138 (47.80%) | 66,239 (2.24%) | ||||
| 1938 | George Earle | ✓ Arthur James | 2,035,340 (53.39%) | Charles Jones | 1,756,192 (46.07%) | 279,148 (7.32%) | ||||
| 1942 | Arthur James | ✓ Edward Martin | 1,367,531 (53.67%) | F. Clair Ross | 1,149,897 (45.13%) | 217,634 (8.54%) | ||||
| 1946 | John C. Bell, Jr. | ✓ James H. Duff | 1,828,462 (58.53%) | John S. Rice | 1,270,947 (40.68%) | 557,515 (17.85%) | ||||
| 1950 | James H. Duff | ✓ John S. Fine | 1,796,119 (50.74%) | Richardson Dilworth | 1,710,355 (48.31%) | 85,764 (2.43%) | ||||
| 1954 | John S. Fine | ✓ George M. Leader | 1,990,266 (53.58%) | Lloyd H. Wood | 1,717,070 (46.23%) | 273,196 (7.35%) | ||||
| 1958 | George M. Leader | ✓ David L. Lawrence | 2,024,852 (50.79%) | Arthur T. McGonigle | 1,948,769 (48.88%) | 76,083 (1.91%) | ||||
| 1962 | David L. Lawrence | ✓ William Scranton | 2,424,918 (55.39%) | Richardson Dilworth | 1,938,627 (44.28%) | 486,291 (11.11%) | ||||
| 1966 | William Scranton | ✓ Raymond P. Shafer | 2,110,349 (52.10%) | Milton Shapp | 1,868,719 (46.13%) | 241,630 (5.97%) | ||||
| 1970 | Raymond P. Shafer | ✓ Milton Shapp | 2,043,029 (55.22%) | Raymond J. Broderick | 1,542,854 (41.70%) | 500,175 (13.52%) | ||||
| 1974 | Milton Shapp | ✓ Milton Shapp | 1,878,252 (53.66%) | Andrew L. Lewis, Jr. | 1,578,917 (45.11%) | 299,335 (11.96%) | ||||
| 1978 | Milton Shapp | ✓ Dick Thornburgh | 1,966,042 (52.54%) | Peter F. Flaherty | 1,737,888 (46.44%) | 228,154 (6.1%) | ||||
| 1982 | Dick Thornburgh | ✓ Dick Thornburgh | 1,872,784 (50.84%) | Allen E. Ertel | 1,772,353 (46.44%) | 100,431 (4.4%) | ||||
| 1986 | Dick Thornburgh | ✓ Robert P. Casey | 1,717,484 (50.69%) | William Scranton III | 1,638,268 (48.35%) | 79,216 (2.34%) | ||||
| 1990 | Robert P. Casey | ✓ Robert P. Casey | 2,065,281 (67.65%) | Barbara Hafer | 987,463 (32.35%) | 1,077,818 (35.3%) | ||||
| 1994 | Robert P. Casey | ✓ Tom Ridge | 1,627,976 (45.40%) | Mark Singel | 1,430,099 (39.89%) | 197,877 (5.51%) | ||||
| Peg Luksik | 460,269 (12.84%) | |||||||||
| 1998 | Tom Ridge | ✓ Tom Ridge | 1,736,844 (57.42%) | Ivan Itkin | 938,745 (31.03%) | 798,099 (26.39%) | ||||
| Peg Luksik | 315,761 (10.44%) | |||||||||
| 2002 | Mark S. Schweiker | ✓ Ed Rendell | 1,913,235 (53.41%) | Mike Fisher | 1,589,408 (44.37%) | 323,827 (9.04%) | ||||
| 2006 | Ed Rendell | ✓ Ed Rendell | 2,470,517 (60.36%) | Lynn Swann | 1,622,135 (39.64%) | 848,382 (20.72%) | ||||
| 2010 | Ed Rendell | ✓ Tom Corbett | 2,172,763 (54.49%) | Dan Onorato | 1,814,788 (45.51%) | 357,975 (8.98%) | ||||
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