The 1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place as part of the 1796 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College,^[1] who voted for President and Vice President.

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1796 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Nominee Thomas Jefferson John Adams Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Home state Virginia Massachusetts Electoral vote 14 1 Popular vote 12,516 12,229 Percentage 50.58% 49.42%   Nominee Aaron Burr Thomas Pinckney Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Home state New York South Carolina Electoral vote 13 2

County Results Adams   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Jefferson   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

President before election George Washington Nonpartisan Elected President John Adams Federalist

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Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson, over the Federalist candidate, John Adams. Jefferson won Pennsylvania by a margin of 1.16%. Greene County's returns, which favored Jefferson, were not submitted in time to be included in the official vote totals.^{[note 1]} As a result, the 2 highest vote-getting Adams electors received more votes than the 2 lowest vote-getting Jefferson electors and the electoral vote was split, with 14 of 15 electors casting their ballots for Jefferson.^[2]

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