The 1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was between two candidates. Incumbent governor Thomas Mifflin was not running. The race was between FederalistU.S. Senator James Ross and Democratic-Republican Thomas McKean. The retired Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, McKean was a Federalist and a Mifflin ally, as both supported strong state executive power but rejected the domestic policies of the national government.
^"Boston". Gazette of the United States, and Philadelphia daily advertiser. Philadelphia, Pa. October 5, 1799. p. 3. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
^Formisano, Ronald (1983). The transformation of political culture : Massachusetts parties, 1790s-1840s. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN978-0-19-503124-9.
^Miller, Herman P; Baker, W. Harry (1911). Smull's Legislative Handbook and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania. p. 542.
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