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RACE DETAILS

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> United States > Pennsylvania > Governor

Office

Governor

Honorific

Governor - Abbr: Gov.

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

February 07, 1848 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 07, 1848 - 07:00am Central

Polls Close

November 07, 1848 - 07:00pm Central

Term Start

January 20, 1849 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 20, 1852 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Thomas Walker

Last Modified

RBH September 27, 2015 03:45am

Data Sources

Pa. Manual 1935, p. 411. The Manual only breaks out the Free Soil write-in votes (it gives the name of the candidate as Edward B. Gazzman).

Description

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Whig	Won	07/26/1848
	Name	William Freame Johnston	Votes	1 (100.00%)
	Term	07/26/1848 - 01/16/1849	Margin	1 (+100.00%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/04/1851
	Name	William Bigler	Votes	186,489 (50.89%)
	Term	01/20/1852 - 01/20/1855	Margin	8,455 (+2.31%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE

CANDIDATES

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(I) Gov. William Freame Johnston

Morris Longstreth

(W) Edward B. Gazzam

(W) Others

(W) Thomas Earle

(W) Francis Julius Lemoyne

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Certified Votes

168,522 (50.03%)

168,225 (49.95%)

48 (0.01%)

11 (0.00%)

7 (0.00%)

6 (0.00%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

-297 (-0.09%)

-168,474 (-50.02%)

-168,511 (-50.03%)

-168,515 (-50.03%)

-168,516 (-50.03%)

Predict Avg.

0.00%

Cash On Hand

$--

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Veg	Thomas Walker

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