Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1829

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1829
Pennsylvania
November 3, 1829 (1829-11-03)

 
Candidate George Wolf Joseph Ritner
Party Democratic Anti-Masonic
Popular vote 78,219 51,776
Percentage 60.2% 39.8%

County results*
  *Results unknown

Governor before election

John Andrew Shulze
Democratic

Elected Governor

George Wolf
Democratic

The Pennsylvania gubernatorial election of 1829 occurred on November 3, 1829. U.S. Representative George Wolf, a Democrat, defeated Anti-Masonic candidate Joseph Ritner to win the election.

Results

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1829[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Wolf 78,219 60.17
Anti-Masonic Joseph Ritner 51,776 39.83
Total votes 129,995 100.00

References

  1. "PA Governor General Election". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 3 July 2012.


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