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OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline February 07, 1902 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 1902 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 1902 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1903 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1907 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedRBH July 11, 2011 08:01pm
Data SourcesPa. Manual 1935, p. 411. This source does not separate out the Elkin votes from the other write-ins.

Pennypacker received 592,867 votes as the Republican nominee and 461 as the Citizen's Party nominee.

Pattison received 436,451 votes as the Democratic nominee; 9,550 votes as the Anti-Machine Party nominee; and 4,977 votes as the nominee of the Ballot Reform Party.
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/08/1898
NameWilliam Alexis Stone Votes476,206 (49.01%)
Term01/20/1899 - 01/20/1903 Margin117,906 (+12.13%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/1906
NameEdwin Sydney Stuart Votes506,418 (50.31%)
Term01/15/1907 - 01/17/1911 Margin48,364 (+4.80%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 22, 1902 PA Governor - Prb Convention
Silas C. Swallow
PRB 1
Jun 11, 1902 PA Governor - R Convention
Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker
R 358
Jun 25, 1902 PA Governor - D Convention
Robert Emory Pattison
D 293

CANDIDATES
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Name Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker Gov. Robert Emory Pattison Silas C. Swallow John W. Slayton William Adams (W) Others (W) John P. Elkin
PartyRepublican Democratic Prohibition Socialist Socialist Labor Independent Independent
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Certified Votes 593,328 (54.20%) 450,978 (41.19%) 23,327 (2.13%) 21,910 (2.00%) 5,155 (0.47%) 58 (0.01%) 15 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -142,350 (-13.00%) -570,001 (-52.07%) -571,418 (-52.20%) -588,173 (-53.73%) -593,270 (-54.19%) -593,313 (-54.20%)
Fusion Votes
R Republican592,867
Cit Citizens461
D Democratic436,451
AMch Anti-Machine9,550
BRf Ballot Reform4,977
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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