1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

October 12, 1790 (1790-10-12)[1] 1793 →
 
Candidate Thomas Mifflin Arthur St. Clair
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 27,974 2,864
Percentage 90.7% 9.3%

County Results
Mifflin:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      90-100%
No Data/Vote:      

Governor before election

Thomas Mifflin (as President of Pennsylvania)
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Thomas Mifflin
Democratic-Republican

The 1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was the first gubernatorial election after the establishment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a U.S. state. Thomas Mifflin, the incumbent President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was elected as the first Governor of Pennsylvania. He defeated Federalist candidate Arthur St. Clair, former Revolutionary War general and President of the Continental Congress, by a wide margin.

  1. ^ "Article II". Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1790 (PDF).

1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

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