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List of Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections

November 10, 2023

The election of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania occurs when voters in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania select the Governor and Lieutenant Governor for the ensuing four years beginning at noon on the third Tuesday of January following the election.[1] Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections were held triennially beginning with the first election in 1790 until 1878. Gubernatorial elections have been held quadrennially since the election of 1882. Gubernatorial general elections are held on Election Day, coinciding with various other federal, statewide, and local races.

Per Article II of the 1790 Pennsylvania Constitution, gubernatorial elections were held triennially on the second Tuesday of October, with the three-year term commencing on the third Tuesday of December immediately following the election. Incumbents were permitted to serve for a maximum of nine years out of any period of twelve years. Ties were to be resolved, pursuant to the same document, by a joint vote of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.[2] The 1874 Pennsylvania Constitution mandated the date of gubernatorial elections to be likewise that of the general election on Election Day in November and extended the term to four years, beginning on the third Tuesday of January following the election.[3] In the original text of the 1874 Constitution, an incumbent governor was prohibited from running for a second successive term, but this was amended in 1967 to permit an incumbent to do so.[4] The next gubernatorial election in Pennsylvania is scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026.

The list below contains election returns from all sixty-seven gubernatorial elections in Pennsylvania sorted by year, beginning with the first in 1790 and ending with the most recent in 2022. Incumbent governors are listed as well as elected governors and runner(s)-up in each election, including major third-party candidates (garnering 5% or more of the popular vote). Parties are color-coded to the left of a Governor's or candidate's name according to the key below. The popular vote and percentage margins listed in the "Margin" column are the differences between the total votes received and percentage of the popular vote received by the top two finishers in the corresponding election (i.e. the margin-of-victory of an elected governor over the nearest competitor).

List of elections edit

Parties[note 1]

  Independent   Federalist   Democratic-Republican   Democratic   Whig   Republican   National Republican   Anti-Masonic   Know Nothing/American   Prohibition   Constitution

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%) [5]
1793   Thomas Mifflin   Thomas Mifflin 20,479 (65.47%)   Frederick Muhlenberg 10,802 (34.53%) 9,677 (29.94%) [6]
1796   Thomas Mifflin   Thomas Mifflin 30,020 (96.31%)   Frederick Muhlenberg 1,011 (3.24%) 29,009 (93.07%) [7]
1799   Thomas Mifflin   Thomas McKean 37,244 (53.29%)   James Ross 32,643 (46.71%) 4,601 (6.58%) [8]
1802   Thomas McKean   Thomas McKean 47,879 (73.76%)   James Ross 17,037 (26.24%) 30,842 (47.52%) [9]
1805   Thomas McKean   Thomas McKean 43,644 (53.14%)   Simon Snyder 38,483 (46.86%) 5,161 (6.28%) [10]
1808   Thomas McKean   Simon Snyder 67,975 (60.93%)   James Ross 39,575 (35.48%) 28,400 (25.45%) [11]
1811   Simon Snyder   Simon Snyder 52,319 (93.55%)   William Tilghman 3,609 (6.45%) 48,710 (87.1%) [12]
1814   Simon Snyder   Simon Snyder 51,099 (63.35%)   Isaac Wayne 29,566 (36.65%) 21,533 (26.7%) [13]
1817   Simon Snyder   William Findlay 66,331 (52.81%)   Joseph Hiester 59,272 (47.19%) 7,059 (5.62%) [14]
1820   William Findlay   Joseph Hiester 67,905 (50.60%)   William Findlay 66,300 (49.40%) 1,605 (1.2%) [15]
1823   Joseph Hiester   John Andrew Shulze 89,928 (59.24%)   Andrew Gregg 64,211 (42.30%) 25,717 (16.94%) [16]
1826   John Andrew Shulze   John Andrew Shulze 72,710 (96.87%)   John Sergeant 1,175 (3.13%) 71,535 (93.74%) [17]
1829   John Andrew Shulze   George Wolf 78,219 (60.17%)   Joseph Ritner 51,776 (39.83%) 26,443 (20.34%) [18]
1832   George Wolf   George Wolf 91,335 (50.88%)   Joseph Ritner 88,165 (49.12%) 3,170 (1.76%) [19]
1835   George Wolf   Joseph Ritner 94,023 (46.91%)   George Wolf (Ind. Dem.) 65,804 (32.83%) 28,219 (14.08%) [20]
  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%) [21]
1841   David R. Porter   David R. Porter 136,504 (54.60%)   John Banks 113,473 (45.40%) 23,031 (9.2%) [22]
1844   David R. Porter   Francis R. Shunk 160,959 (50.69%)   Joseph Markle 156,562 (49.31%) 4,397 (1.38%) [23]
1847   Francis R. Shunk   Francis R. Shunk 146,181 (50.86%)   James Irvin 128,148 (44.58%) 17,976 (6.28%) [24]
1848   William F. Johnston   William F. Johnston 168,522 (50.04%)   Morris Longstreth 168,225 (49.96%) 302 (0.08%) [25]
[note 2]
1851   William F. Johnston   William Bigler 186,499 (51.16%)   William F. Johnston 178,034 (48.84%) 8,465 (2.32%) [26]
1854   William Bigler   James Pollock 204,008 (54.99%)   William Bigler 167,001 (45.01%) 37,007 (9.98%) [27]
1857   James Pollock   William F. Packer 188,887 (52.01%)   David Wilmot 146,136 (40.24%) 42,751 (11.77%) [28]
  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%) [29]
1863   Andrew Curtin   Andrew Curtin 269,506 (51.46%)   George Woodward 254,171 (48.54%) 15,335 (2.92%) [30]
1866   Andrew Curtin   John W. Geary 307,274 (51.44%)   Hiester Clymer 290,096 (48.56%) 17,178 (2.88%) [31]
1869   John W. Geary   John W. Geary 290,552 (50.40%)   Asa Packer 285,956 (49.60%) 4,596 (0.8%) [32]
1872   John W. Geary   John F. Hartranft 353,387 (52.55%)   Charles R. Buckalew 317,760 (49.60%) 35,627 (2.95%) [33]
1875   John F. Hartranft   John F. Hartranft 304,175 (49.90%)   Cyrus L. Pershing 292,145 (47.93%) 12,030 (1.97%) [34]
1878   John F. Hartranft   Henry M. Hoyt 319,567 (45.51%)   Andrew H. Dill 297,061 (42.31%) 22,506 (3.2%) [35]
  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%) [36]
[note 3]
  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%) [37]
1890   James A. Beaver   Robert E. Pattison 464,209 (50.02%)   George W. Delamater 447,655 (45.12%) 16,554 (4.9%) [38]
[note 4]
1894   Robert E. Pattison   Daniel H. Hastings 574,801 (60.31%)   William M. Singerly 334,404 (34.98%) 241,397 (25.33%) [39]
1898   Daniel H. Hastings   William A. Stone 476,206 (49.01%)   George A. Jenks 358,300 (36.87%) 117,906 (12.14%) [40]
  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%) [41]
[note 5]
1906   Samuel W. Pennypacker   Edwin Stuart 506,418 (50.31%)   Lewis Emery Jr. 458,064 (45.51%) 48,354 (4.8%) [42]
1910   Edwin Stuart   John K. Tener 415,614 (41.63%)   William H. Berry 382,127 (38.27%) 33,487 (3.36%) [43]
[note 6]
  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%) [44]
1918   Martin Brumbaugh   William Sproul 552,537 (61.05%)   Eugene C. Bonniwell 305,315 (33.74%) 247,222 (27.31%) [45]
1922   William Sproul   Gifford Pinchot 831,696 (56.79%)   John A. McSparran 581,625 (39.71%) 250,071 (17.08%) [46]
1926   Gifford Pinchot   John Fisher 1,102,823 (73.35%)   Eugene C. Bonniwell 365,280 (24.29%) 737,543 (49.06%) [47]
1930   John Fisher   Gifford Pinchot 1,068,874 (50.77%)   John M. Hemphill 1,010,204 (47.98%) 58,670 (2.79%) [48]
[note 7]
1934   Gifford Pinchot   George Earle 1,476,377 (50.04%)   William A. Schnader 1,410,138 (47.80%) 66,239 (2.24%) [49]
1938   George Earle   Arthur James 2,035,340 (53.39%)   Charles Jones 1,756,192 (46.07%) 279,148 (7.32%) [50]
1942   Arthur James   Edward Martin 1,367,531 (53.67%)   F. Clair Ross 1,149,897 (45.13%) 217,634 (8.54%) [51]
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%) [52]
[note 8]
1950   James H. Duff   John S. Fine 1,796,119 (50.74%)   Richardson Dilworth 1,710,355 (48.31%) 85,764 (2.43%) [53]
1954   John S. Fine   George M. Leader 1,990,266 (53.58%)   Lloyd H. Wood 1,717,070 (46.23%) 273,196 (7.35%) [54]
1958   George M. Leader   David L. Lawrence 2,024,852 (50.79%)   Arthur T. McGonigle 1,948,769 (48.88%) 76,083 (1.91%) [55]
1962   David L. Lawrence   William Scranton 2,424,918 (55.39%)   Richardson Dilworth 1,938,627 (44.28%) 486,291 (11.11%) [56]
1966   William Scranton   Raymond P. Shafer 2,110,349 (52.10%)   Milton Shapp 1,868,719 (46.13%) 241,630 (5.97%) [57]
1970   Raymond P. Shafer   Milton Shapp 2,043,029 (55.22%)   Raymond J. Broderick 1,542,854 (41.70%) 500,175 (13.52%) [58]
1974   Milton Shapp   Milton Shapp 1,878,252 (53.66%)   Andrew L. Lewis, Jr. 1,578,917 (45.11%) 299,335 (11.96%) [59]
1978   Milton Shapp   Dick Thornburgh 1,966,042 (52.54%)   Peter F. Flaherty 1,737,888 (46.44%) 228,154 (6.1%) [60]
1982   Dick Thornburgh   Dick Thornburgh 1,872,784 (50.84%)   Allen E. Ertel 1,772,353 (46.44%) 100,431 (4.4%) [61]
1986   Dick Thornburgh   Robert P. Casey 1,717,484 (50.69%)   William Scranton III 1,638,268 (48.35%) 79,216 (2.34%) [62]
1990   Robert P. Casey   Robert P. Casey 2,065,281 (67.65%)   Barbara Hafer 987,463 (32.35%) 1,077,818 (35.3%) [63]
1994   Robert P. Casey   Tom Ridge 1,627,976 (45.40%)   Mark Singel 1,430,099 (39.89%) 197,877 (5.51%) [64]
  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%) [65]
  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%) [66]
[note 9]
2006   Ed Rendell   Ed Rendell 2,470,517 (60.36%)   Lynn Swann 1,622,135 (39.64%) 848,382 (20.72%) [67]
2010   Ed Rendell   Tom Corbett 2,172,763 (54.49%)   Dan Onorato 1,814,788 (45.51%) 357,975 (8.98%) [68]
2014   Tom Corbett   Tom Wolf 1,920,355 (54.93%)   Tom Corbett 1,575,511 (45.07%) 344,844 (9.86%) [69]
2018   Tom Wolf   Tom Wolf 2,895,652 (57.77%)   Scott Wagner 2,039,882 (40.70%) 855,770 (17.07%) [70]
2022   Tom Wolf   Josh Shapiro 3,031,137 (56.05%)   Doug Mastriano 2,238,477 (41.07%) 792,660 (14.40%) [71]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ As listed on the ballot and in election returns.
  2. ^ As speaker of the state senate, Johnston filled the unexpired term following the death of Francis Shunk, and was subsequently elected governor in his own right.
  3. ^ This was the first Pennsylvania gubernatorial election to be held in the modern quadrennial cycle.
  4. ^ Pattison was elected for his second, non-contiguous term as Governor in 1890.
  5. ^ Former Governor Pattison ran for a third non-consecutive term.
  6. ^ Berry appeared on the ballot as the candidate of the Keystone Party.
  7. ^ Pinchot was elected for his second, non-contiguous term as Governor in 1930.
  8. ^ Governor Martin resigned to assume a seat in the United States Senate. Accordingly, Lt. Gov. Bell finished the remainder of the term.
  9. ^ Governor Ridge resigned in October 2001 to become Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush. Lt. Gov. Schweiker filled the unexpired term and did not seek election to a full term.

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The election of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania occurs when voters in the U S Commonwealth of Pennsylvania select the Governor and Lieutenant Governor for the ensuing four years beginning at noon on the third Tuesday of January following the election 1 Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections were held triennially beginning with the first election in 1790 until 1878 Gubernatorial elections have been held quadrennially since the election of 1882 Gubernatorial general elections are held on Election Day coinciding with various other federal statewide and local races Per Article II of the 1790 Pennsylvania Constitution gubernatorial elections were held triennially on the second Tuesday of October with the three year term commencing on the third Tuesday of December immediately following the election Incumbents were permitted to serve for a maximum of nine years out of any period of twelve years Ties were to be resolved pursuant to the same document by a joint vote of the Pennsylvania General Assembly consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate 2 The 1874 Pennsylvania Constitution mandated the date of gubernatorial elections to be likewise that of the general election on Election Day in November and extended the term to four years beginning on the third Tuesday of January following the election 3 In the original text of the 1874 Constitution an incumbent governor was prohibited from running for a second successive term but this was amended in 1967 to permit an incumbent to do so 4 The next gubernatorial election in Pennsylvania is scheduled to be held on November 3 2026 The list below contains election returns from all sixty seven gubernatorial elections in Pennsylvania sorted by year beginning with the first in 1790 and ending with the most recent in 2022 Incumbent governors are listed as well as elected governors and runner s up in each election including major third party candidates garnering 5 or more of the popular vote Parties are color coded to the left of a Governor s or candidate s name according to the key below The popular vote and percentage margins listed in the Margin column are the differences between the total votes received and percentage of the popular vote received by the top two finishers in the corresponding election i e the margin of victory of an elected governor over the nearest competitor Contents 1 List of elections 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksList of elections editParties note 1 Independent Federalist Democratic Republican Democratic Whig Republican National Republican Anti Masonic Know Nothing American Prohibition Constitution Election Incumbent governor Elected governor Votes Runner s up Votes Margin Notes1790 Office established Thomas Mifflin 27 974 90 71 Arthur St Clair 2 864 9 29 25 110 81 42 5 1793 Thomas Mifflin Thomas Mifflin 20 479 65 47 Frederick Muhlenberg 10 802 34 53 9 677 29 94 6 1796 Thomas Mifflin Thomas Mifflin 30 020 96 31 Frederick Muhlenberg 1 011 3 24 29 009 93 07 7 1799 Thomas Mifflin Thomas McKean 37 244 53 29 James Ross 32 643 46 71 4 601 6 58 8 1802 Thomas McKean Thomas McKean 47 879 73 76 James Ross 17 037 26 24 30 842 47 52 9 1805 Thomas McKean Thomas McKean 43 644 53 14 Simon Snyder 38 483 46 86 5 161 6 28 10 1808 Thomas McKean Simon Snyder 67 975 60 93 James Ross 39 575 35 48 28 400 25 45 11 1811 Simon Snyder Simon Snyder 52 319 93 55 William Tilghman 3 609 6 45 48 710 87 1 12 1814 Simon Snyder Simon Snyder 51 099 63 35 Isaac Wayne 29 566 36 65 21 533 26 7 13 1817 Simon Snyder William Findlay 66 331 52 81 Joseph Hiester 59 272 47 19 7 059 5 62 14 1820 William Findlay Joseph Hiester 67 905 50 60 William Findlay 66 300 49 40 1 605 1 2 15 1823 Joseph Hiester John Andrew Shulze 89 928 59 24 Andrew Gregg 64 211 42 30 25 717 16 94 16 1826 John Andrew Shulze John Andrew Shulze 72 710 96 87 John Sergeant 1 175 3 13 71 535 93 74 17 1829 John Andrew Shulze George Wolf 78 219 60 17 Joseph Ritner 51 776 39 83 26 443 20 34 18 1832 George Wolf George Wolf 91 335 50 88 Joseph Ritner 88 165 49 12 3 170 1 76 19 1835 George Wolf Joseph Ritner 94 023 46 91 George Wolf Ind Dem 65 804 32 83 28 219 14 08 20 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 21 1841 David R Porter David R Porter 136 504 54 60 John Banks 113 473 45 40 23 031 9 2 22 1844 David R Porter Francis R Shunk 160 959 50 69 Joseph Markle 156 562 49 31 4 397 1 38 23 1847 Francis R Shunk Francis R Shunk 146 181 50 86 James Irvin 128 148 44 58 17 976 6 28 24 1848 William F Johnston William F Johnston 168 522 50 04 Morris Longstreth 168 225 49 96 302 0 08 25 note 2 1851 William F Johnston William Bigler 186 499 51 16 William F Johnston 178 034 48 84 8 465 2 32 26 1854 William Bigler James Pollock 204 008 54 99 William Bigler 167 001 45 01 37 007 9 98 27 1857 James Pollock William F Packer 188 887 52 01 David Wilmot 146 136 40 24 42 751 11 77 28 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 29 1863 Andrew Curtin Andrew Curtin 269 506 51 46 George Woodward 254 171 48 54 15 335 2 92 30 1866 Andrew Curtin John W Geary 307 274 51 44 Hiester Clymer 290 096 48 56 17 178 2 88 31 1869 John W Geary John W Geary 290 552 50 40 Asa Packer 285 956 49 60 4 596 0 8 32 1872 John W Geary John F Hartranft 353 387 52 55 Charles R Buckalew 317 760 49 60 35 627 2 95 33 1875 John F Hartranft John F Hartranft 304 175 49 90 Cyrus L Pershing 292 145 47 93 12 030 1 97 34 1878 John F Hartranft Henry M Hoyt 319 567 45 51 Andrew H Dill 297 061 42 31 22 506 3 2 35 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 36 note 3 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 37 1890 James A Beaver Robert E Pattison 464 209 50 02 George W Delamater 447 655 45 12 16 554 4 9 38 note 4 1894 Robert E Pattison Daniel H Hastings 574 801 60 31 William M Singerly 334 404 34 98 241 397 25 33 39 1898 Daniel H Hastings William A Stone 476 206 49 01 George A Jenks 358 300 36 87 117 906 12 14 40 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 41 note 5 1906 Samuel W Pennypacker Edwin Stuart 506 418 50 31 Lewis Emery Jr 458 064 45 51 48 354 4 8 42 1910 Edwin Stuart John K Tener 415 614 41 63 William H Berry 382 127 38 27 33 487 3 36 43 note 6 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 44 1918 Martin Brumbaugh William Sproul 552 537 61 05 Eugene C Bonniwell 305 315 33 74 247 222 27 31 45 1922 William Sproul Gifford Pinchot 831 696 56 79 John A McSparran 581 625 39 71 250 071 17 08 46 1926 Gifford Pinchot John Fisher 1 102 823 73 35 Eugene C Bonniwell 365 280 24 29 737 543 49 06 47 1930 John Fisher Gifford Pinchot 1 068 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55 22 Raymond J Broderick 1 542 854 41 70 500 175 13 52 58 1974 Milton Shapp Milton Shapp 1 878 252 53 66 Andrew L Lewis Jr 1 578 917 45 11 299 335 11 96 59 1978 Milton Shapp Dick Thornburgh 1 966 042 52 54 Peter F Flaherty 1 737 888 46 44 228 154 6 1 60 1982 Dick Thornburgh Dick Thornburgh 1 872 784 50 84 Allen E Ertel 1 772 353 46 44 100 431 4 4 61 1986 Dick Thornburgh Robert P Casey 1 717 484 50 69 William Scranton III 1 638 268 48 35 79 216 2 34 62 1990 Robert P Casey Robert P Casey 2 065 281 67 65 Barbara Hafer 987 463 32 35 1 077 818 35 3 63 1994 Robert P Casey Tom Ridge 1 627 976 45 40 Mark Singel 1 430 099 39 89 197 877 5 51 64 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 65 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 66 note 9 2006 Ed Rendell Ed Rendell 2 470 517 60 36 Lynn Swann 1 622 135 39 64 848 382 20 72 67 2010 Ed Rendell Tom Corbett 2 172 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on the ballot as the candidate of the Keystone Party Pinchot was elected for his second non contiguous term as Governor in 1930 Governor Martin resigned to assume a seat in the United States Senate Accordingly Lt Gov Bell finished the remainder of the term Governor Ridge resigned in October 2001 to become Homeland Security Advisor to President George W Bush Lt Gov Schweiker filled the unexpired term and did not seek election to a full term References edit EXECUTIVE BRANCH Pennsylvania General Assembly Archived from the original on 22 May 2012 Retrieved 17 August 2012 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1790 Duquesne University Law School Retrieved 17 August 2012 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1874 Article 4 Wikisource Retrieved 17 August 2012 Section 3 Terms of Office of Governor Number of Terms Wikisource Retrieved 17 August 2012 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1790 Wilkes University Retrieved 18 August 2012 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial 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