Political party strength in Pennsylvania

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Attorney General
• State Auditor General
• State Treasurer

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
• State House of Representatives
• State delegation to the United States Senate
• State delegation to the United States House of Representatives

Electoral college votes

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Political parties

The parties are as follows:       Anti-Administration (AA);       Anti-Masonic (AM);       Democratic (D);       Democratic-Republican (DR);       Federalist (F);       Jacksonian (J);       no party (N), or unknown;       National Union (NU);       National Republican (NR);       Opposition (O);       Pro-Administration (PA);       Progressive (P);       Republican (R);       Whig (W); and       a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.

Year	Executive offices					State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral College votes
	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1777	[1]		[2]	[3]	David Rittenhouse			began in 1789
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789					Christian Febiger			William Maclay (AA)	Robert Morris (PA)	6PA, 2AA	George Washington (N) and John Adams (F)
1790
1791	Thomas Mifflin (F)	[4]						vacant	4PA, 4AA
1792
1793							8AA, 5PA
1794							Albert Gallatin (AA)
1795								William Bingham (F)	8DR, 5F
1796								7DR, 6F	Thomas Jefferson (DR) N and John Adams (F) N
1797	Peter Baynton						James Ross (F)	8DR, 5F
1798
1799								9DR, 4F
1800					Thomas McKean (DR)				Thomas Jefferson (DR) and John Adams (F) N
1801	Jacob Carpenter							Peter Muhlenberg (DR)	10DR, 3F
								George Logan (DR)
1802	Isaac Weaver
1803							Samuel Maclay (DR)	18DR
1804							Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton (DR)
1805							17DR, 1F
1806
1807	William Findlay (DR)						Andrew Gregg (DR)	15DR, 3F
1808						James Madison and George Clinton (DR)
1809	Simon Snyder (DR)						Michael Leib (DR)	16DR, 2F
1810
1811						17DR, 1F
1812						James Madison and Elbridge Gerry (DR)
1813						Abner Lacock (DR)	22DR, 1F
1814							21DR, 2F
1815						Jonathan Roberts (DR)	19DR, 4F
1816							James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)
1817	R. M. Crain
1818					William Findlay (DR)
1819								Walter Lowrie (DR)
1820	John B. Trevor							18DR, 5F
1821	Joseph Hiester (DR)				William Clark			vacant	15DR, 8F
1822							William Findlay (DR)	16DR, 7F
1823							20DR, 6F
1824	John Andrew Shulze (DR)							Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (DR) N
1825							William Marks (NR)	14J, 11DR, 1F
1826							17J, 9DR
1827	Alexander Mahon						Isaac D. Barnard (J)	22J, 3DR, 1NR
1828							Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (D)
1829							24J, 1AM, 1NR
1830					George Wolf (J)
1831							William Wilkins (J)	17J, 7AM, 2NR
1832							George M. Dallas (J)	Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D)
1833							Samuel McKean (J)	14J, 10AM, 4NR
1834
1835	Joseph Lawrence							17J, 7AM, 4NR
1836	Joseph Ritner (AM)				Daniel Sturgeon (D)				Martin Van Buren and Richard Mentor Johnson (D)
1837						James Buchanan (D)	16D, 7AM, 3W, 2J
1838
1839	David R. Porter (D)				vacant		17D, 6W, 5AM
1840	Almon H. Reed						William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W)
1841	John Gilmore (D)						15D, 13W
1842	Job Mann (D)
1843						12D, 12W
1844						13W, 11D	James K. Polk and George M. Dallas (D)
1845	Francis R. Shunk (D)		James Ross Snowden			Daniel Sturgeon (D)	Simon Cameron (D)	12D, 10W, 2A
1846
1847	John Banks				16W, 7D, 1A
1848	Arnold Plumber				15W, 8D, 1A		Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W)
			William F. Johnston (W)
1849	Gideon J. Ball				James Cooper (W)		11W, 11D, 1A, 1FS
1850	John M. Bickel
1851			Ephraim Banks			Richard Brodhead (D)	15D, 9W
1852		William Bigler (D)				Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D)
1853					16D, 9W
1854	Joseph Bailey (D)
1855	James Pollock (W)	Eli Slifer				vacant	13O, 7D, 3W, 1R, 1A
1856	Henry S. Magraw	17D, 16R		66D, 34R	William Bigler (D)	James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D)
1857		Jacob Fryle, Jr.	18O, 15R	53D, 47R	Simon Cameron (R)	15D, 10R
1858			William F. Packer (D)	21D, 12R	68D, 30R, 2I	14D, 11R
1859	Eli Slifer		17D, 16R	67R, 33D	20R, 5D
1860		Thomas E. Cochran	21R, 12D	66R, 34D	Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (R)
1861	Andrew Gregg Curtin (R)		Henry Dunning Moore (R)	27R, 6D	71R, 29D	David Wilmot (R)	Edgar Cowan (R)	19R, 6D
1862	23R, 10D		51D, 49R	17R, 8D
1863	Isaac Slenker	William V. McGrath	21R, 12D	55D, 45R	Charles R. Buckalew (D)	12R, 12D
1864		Henry Dunning Moore (R)	17R, 16D	52R, 48D	Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (NU)
1865		William H. Kemble	20R, 13D	64R, 36D	15R, 9D
1866	John F. Hartranft (R)		21R, 12D	67R, 33D	16R, 8D
1867	John W. Geary (R)		62R, 38D	Simon Cameron (R)	18R, 6D
1868	W. W. Irwin	19R, 14D	54R, 46D		Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R)
1869	Robert W. Mackey	18R, 15D	62R, 38D		John Scott (R)	16R, 8D
1870	W. W. Irwin	60R, 40D	18R, 6D
1871	Robert W. Mackey	17D, 16R	55R, 45D		13R, 11D
1872		17R, 16D	63R, 39D, 1I		Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R)
		C. D. Brigham
		Harrison Allen (R)
1873		John F. Hartranft (R)	18R, 14D, 1LR	60R, 39D, 1I		22R, 5D
1874		20R, 12D, 1LR	57R, 43D
1875		John Latta (R)	Justus F. Temple	30R, 20D[5]		110D, 89R, 1I, 1 Proh.[6]	William A. Wallace (D)	17D, 10R
1876	Henry Rawle	29R, 21D		18D, 9R		Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler (R)
1877		31R, 19D		119R, 81D, 1ID		17R, 10D
1878	William P. Schell	Amos C. Noyes
1879			Henry M. Hoyt (R)	Charles Warren Stone (R)	32R, 17D, 1GB	107R, 77D, 17GB		17R, 8D, 2GB
1880		Samuel Butler	James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur (R)
1881	John A. Lemon		121R, 78D, 1GB, 1 Fus. Dem.	John I. Mitchell (R)	18R, 7D, 2GB
1882		Silas M. Bailey
1883			Robert E. Pattison (D)	Chauncey Forward Black (D)	30R, 20D	113D, 88R		15R, 12D, 1GB
1884	Jerome B. Niles	William Livsey	James G. Blaine and John A. Logan (R) N
1885			31R, 19D	140R, 60D, 1GBR	James Donald Cameron (R)	20R, 8D
1886		Matthew S. Quay (R)
1887	James A. Beaver (R)	William T. Davies (R)	A. Wilson Norris[7]	William Livsey		34R, 16D	131R, 69D, 1GBL	Matthew S. Quay (R)
1888	William B. Hart	Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton (R)
	Thomas McCamant
1889		William Livsey	144R, 60D	21 R, 7D
1890		Henry K. Boyer
1891			Robert E. Pattison (D)	Louis Arthur Watres (D)	31R, 19D	122R, 79D, 3 Fus.			18R, 10D
1892	David McMurtrie Gregg (R)	John W. Morrison	17R, 11D	Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid (R) N
1893	33R, 17D		135R, 69D		20R, 10D
1894	Samuel M. Jackson
1895		Daniel H. Hastings (R)	Walter Lyon (R)		Amos H. Mylin	44R, 6D		175R, 29D	28R, 2D
1896	Benjamin J. Haywood	William McKinley and Garret Hobart (R)
1897		172R, 32D	Boies Penrose[7] (R)			27R, 3D
1898	Levi G. McCauley (R)	James S. Beacom (R)
1899	William A. Stone (R)	John P. S. Gobin (R)	37R, 13D	127R, 71D, 6 Fus.	vacant	20R, 10D
1900	James E. Barnett (R)	William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1901	Edmund B. Hardenbergh (R)	38R, 12D	156R, 48D	Matthew S. Quay (R)	26R, 4D
1902	Frank G. Harris (R)
1903	Samuel W. Pennypacker (R)	William M. Brown (R)	40R, 10D	160R, 44D	28R, 4D
1904	William P. Snyder (R)	William L. Mathues (R)	29R, 3D	Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
	Philander C. Knox (R)
1905	187R, 17D	31R, 1D
1906	William H. Berry (D)
1907	Edwin Sydney Stuart (R)	Robert S. Murphy (R)	Robert K. Young (R)	157R, 50D	25R, 7D
1908	John O. Sheatz (R)	William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R)
1909	39R, 11D	173R, 34D	George T. Oliver (R)	27R, 5D
1910	A.E. Sisson (R)
1911	John K. Tener (R)	John Merriman Reynolds (R)	Charles Frederick Wright (R)	38R, 18D	162R, 44D, 1S	23R, 9D
1912	24R, 8D	Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson (P) N
1913	Archibald W. Powell (R)	Robert K. Young (R)	34R, 13D, 3P	127R, 57D, 14P, 9 Wash.	22R, 12D, 2P
1914
1915	Martin Grove Brumbaugh (R)	Frank B. McClain (R)	38R, 11D, 1P	164R, 41D, 1S, 1P	30R, 6D
1916	Charles Evans Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) N
1917	Charles A. Snyder (R)	Harmon M. Kephart (R)	39R, 10D, 1P	169R, 37D, 1S, 1P	Philander C. Knox (R)	29R, 6D, 1P
1918	28R, 7D, 1P
1919	William Cameron Sproul (R)	Edward E. Beidleman (R)	44R, 6D	184R, 23D	29R, 7D
1920	30R, 6D	Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R)
1921	Samuel S. Lewis (R)	Charles A. Snyder (R)	47R, 3D	193R, 14D	35R, 1D
	William E. Crow (R)
1922	George Wharton Pepper (R)
	David A. Reed (R)
1923	Gifford Pinchot (R)	David J. Davis (R)	43R, 7D	167R, 41D	30R, 6D
1924	Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R)
1925	Edward Martin (R)	Samuel S. Lewis (R)	42R, 8D	194R, 14D	36R
1926
1927	John Stuchell Fisher (R)	Arthur James (R)	45R, 5D	191R, 17D	William Scott Vare (R)	34R, 2D
1928	Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R)
1929	Charles A. Waters (R)	Edward Martin (R)	44R, 6D	192R, 16D	35R, 1D
1930	Joseph R. Grundy (R)	36R
1931	Gifford Pinchot (R)	Edward C. Shannon (R)	46R, 4D	184R, 22D, 2S	James J. Davis (R)	33R, 3D
1932	Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) N
1933	Frank E. Baldwin (R)	Charles A. Waters (R)	43R, 7D	140R, 65D, 2I, 1S	23R, 11D
1934	22R, 12D
1935	George Howard Earle III (D)	Thomas Kennedy (D)	31R, 19D	117D, 89R, 2S	Joseph F. Guffey (D)	23D, 11R
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D)
1937	Warren R. Roberts (D)	F. Clair Ross (D)	34D, 16R	154D, 54R	27D, 7R
1938
1939	Arthur James (R)	Samuel S. Lewis (R)	27R, 23D	129R, 79D	19R, 15D
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D)
1941	F. Clair Ross (D)	G. Howard Wagner (R)	32R, 18D	126D, 82R	19D, 15R
1942
1943	Edward Martin (R)	John C. Bell, Jr. (R)	132R, 76D	20R, 13D
1944	21R, 12D	Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman
1945	Ted A. Rosenberg	Ramsey S. Black (D)	109R, 99D	Francis J. Myers (D)	18R, 15D
	G. Howard Wagner (R)
1946	19R, 14D
1947	John C. Bell, Jr. (R)	vacant	34R, 16D	170R, 38D	Edward Martin (R)	28R, 5D
	James H. Duff (R)	Daniel B. Strickler (R)
1948	Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) N
1949	Weldon B. Heyburn (R)	Charles R. Barber (R)	35R, 15D	117R, 91D	17R, 16D
1950
1951	John S. Fine (R)	Lloyd H. Wood (R)	30R, 20D	120R, 88D	James H. Duff (R)	20R, 13D
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R)
1953	Charles R. Barber (R)	Weldon B. Heyburn (R)	32R, 18D	110R, 98D	19R, 11D[8]
1954
1955	George M. Leader (D)	Roy E. Furman (D)	26R, 24D	112D, 98R	16R, 14D
1956
1957	Charles C. Smith (R)	Robert F. Kent (R)	27R, 23D	126R, 84D	Joseph S. Clark (D)	17R, 13D
1958
1959	David L. Lawrence (D)	John Morgan Davis (D)	28R, 22D	108D, 102R	Hugh Scott (R)	16D, 14R
1960	John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1961	Thomas Z. Minehart (D)	Grace M. Sloan (D)	25D, 25R[9]	109D, 101R	16R, 14D
1962
1963	William Scranton (R)	Raymond P. Shafer (R)	27R, 23D	108R, 102D	14R, 13D[10]
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D)
1965	Grace M. Sloan (D)	Thomas Z. Minehart (D)	28R, 22D	116D, 93R	15D, 12R
1966
1967	Raymond P. Shafer (R)	Raymond J. Broderick (R)	27R, 23D	104R, 99D	14D, 13R
1968	Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie (D) N
1969	Bob Casey (D)	Grace M. Sloan (D)	107D, 96R	Richard S. Schweiker (R)
1970
1971	Milton Shapp (D)	Ernest P. Kline (D)	26D, 24R	113D, 90R
1972	Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R)
1973	107R, 96D	13D, 12R[11]
1974
1975	30D, 20R	113D, 90R	14D, 11R
1976	Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (R)
1977	Al Benedict (D)	Robert E. Casey (D)	31D, 19R	118D, 85R	H. John Heinz III (R)[7]	17D, 8R
1978
1979	Dick Thornburgh (R)	William Scranton, III (R)	28D, 22R	102R, 101D	15D, 10R
1980	Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R)
1981	LeRoy S. Zimmerman (R)	Budd Dwyer (R)[7]	26R, 24D	103R, 100D	Arlen Specter (R)	13D, 12R
1982
1983	27R, 23D	103D, 100R	13D, 10R[12]
1984
1985	Donald A. Bailey (D)
1986
1987	Bob Casey (D)	Mark Singel (D)	G. Davis Greene (D)[13]	26R, 24D	102D, 101R	12D, 11R
1988	George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R)
1989	Ernie Preate (R)[14]	Barbara Hafer (R)	Catherine Baker Knoll (D)	27R, 23D	104D, 99R
1990
1991	26R, 24D	107D, 96R	12R, 11D
	Harris Wofford (D)[15]
1992	Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D)
1993	25D, 25R[16]	105D, 98R	11D, 10R[17]
1994	26R, 24D[18]
1995	Tom Ridge (R)	Mark S. Schweiker (R)	29R, 21D	102R, 101D	Rick Santorum (R)
	Tom Corbett (R)[13]
1996
1997	D. Michael Fisher (R)[14]	Bob Casey, Jr. (D)	Barbara Hafer (R)	30R, 20D	104R, 99D
1998
1999	103R, 100D
2000	Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) N
2001	104R, 99D	11R, 10D
	Mark S. Schweiker (R)[19]	Robert Jubelirer (R)[20]
2002
2003	Ed Rendell (D)	Catherine Baker Knoll (D)[7]	Barbara Hafer (D)	29R, 21D	109D, 94R	12R, 7D[21]
2004	John Kerry and John Edwards (D) N
	Jerry Pappert (R)[13]
2005	Tom Corbett (R)	Jack Wagner (D)	Bob Casey, Jr. (D)[22]	30R, 20D	110R, 93D
2006
2007	Robin Wiessmann (D)[13]	29R, 21D	102D, 101R[23]	Bob Casey, Jr. (D)	11D, 8R
2008	Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D)
	Joseph B. Scarnati (R)[20]
2009	Robert McCord (D)[14][24]	30R, 20D	104D, 99R	12D, 7R
	Arlen Specter (D)[25]
2010
2011	Tom Corbett (R)	Jim Cawley (R)	Linda L. Kelly (R)[13][26]	112R, 91D	Pat Toomey (R)	12R, 7D
2012
2013			Kathleen Kane (D)	Eugene DePasquale (D)		27R, 23D	111R, 92D	13R, 5D[27]
2014
2015	Tom Wolf (D)	Michael J. Stack III (D)				Tim Reese (I)[13]	30R, 20D		120R, 83D
2016							31R, 19D		119R, 84D	TBD
Year	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Attorney General	Auditor	Treasurer	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	Electoral College votes
	Executive offices					State Legislature		United States Congress

Notes

1. From 1777–1790, Pennsylvania had a series of presidents and vice presidents of The Supreme Council.
2. Not an elected office until 1980.
3. Became an elected office in 1850.
4. Office created in 1873 and first filled in 1875.
5. Effective with the Constitution of 1874, Senators began to serve four-year terms, after a transition period starting with the election of 1874 and continuing through the election of 1876.
6. Effective with the Constitution of 1874, House members began to serve two-year terms starting with the election of 1874.
7. Died in office.
8. Districts 31, 32, and 33 eliminated in 1953.
9. Due to the Democratic Lt. Governor casting the deciding vote, the Democrats took control of the chamber.
10. Districts 28, 29, and 30 eliminated in 1963.
11. Districts 26 and 27 eliminated in 1973.
12. Districts 24 and 25 eliminated in 1983.
13. Appointed to fill vacancy.
14. Resigned.
15. Appointed by Governor Casey in May 1991 after Heinz's death and won a special election in November 1991 for the remainder of the term.
16. Due to a party switch by Sen. Frank Pecora from Republican to Democrat, the Senate was split; in the case of ties, however, the Lt. Governor casts the deciding vote, and as a Democrat, he gave his party control.
17. Districts 22 and 23 eliminated in 1993.
18. After months of turmoil, a special election result was thrown out that had been won by Democrat Frank Stinson, who had succeeded fellow Democrat Francis Lynch. A federal judge awarded the election to Republican Bruce Marks.
19. As lieutenant governor, filled vacancy in office of governor.
20. As president pro tempore of the state Senate, filled vacancy in office of lieutenant governor.
21. Districts 20 and 21 eliminated in 2003.
22. Resigned following election to U.S. Senate.
23. Elected a Republican Speaker.
24. Levy, Marc (January 31, 2015). "Pennsylvania treasurer Rob McCord says he will plead guilty to federal charges". Lancaster Online. Associated Press. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
25. Switched parties from Republican to Democratic on April 28, 2009.
26. William Ryan served as acting Attorney General from January (when Corbett was inaugurated as governor) until Kelly's nomination was confirmed by the State Senate.
27. District 19 eliminated in 2013.

See also

• Politics of Pennsylvania
• Elections in Pennsylvania