1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
	County Results ; McKean: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%; Ross: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
Governor before election; Thomas Mifflin; Democratic-Republican	Elected Governor ; Thomas McKean; Democratic-Republican

The 1799 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was between two candidates. Incumbent governor Thomas Mifflin was not running. The race was between Federalist U.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.

Some historians have pointed to McKean's victory as a forecast of Thomas Jefferson's election in the 1800 United States presidential election the next year.^[2]

Results

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1799^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	Thomas McKean	37,244	53.29
	Federalist	James Ross	32,643	46.71
Total votes			69,887	100.00

References

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=42582

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