American Psephology
The 1788 House Elections in Pennsylvania
On November 26, 1788, Pennsylvania's voters voted for eight at-large representatives. Two electoral slates ran.
The federalist ticket:
- Frederick A. Muhlenberg - 8726 votes
- Henry Wynkoop - 8280 votes
- Thomas Hartley - 8191 votes
- George Clymer - 8116 votes
- Thomas Fitzsimons - 8116 votes
- Thomas Scott - 8096 votes
- John Allison - 7098 votes
- Stephen Chambers - 7080 votes
The antifederalist ticket:
- Peter Muhlenberg - 7465 votes
- Daniel Hiester - 7455 votes
- William Findley - 6638 votes
- William Irvine - 6546 votes
- Charles Pettit - 6537 votes
- William Montgomery - 6409 votes
- Blair MacClenachan - 6277 votes
- Robert Whitehall - 5908 votes
A rough estimate of the average county returns are as follows. The vote was loose enough to where this can not be considered authoritative, but not loose enough to discount any sort of party polarization.
| Federalists | Antifederalists | |
| Bedford | 92 | 173 |
| Berks | 24 | 440 |
| Bucks | 660 | 225 |
| Chester | 890 | 199 |
| Cumberland | 278 | 1560 |
| Dauphin | 80 | 490 |
| Fayette | 29 | 52 |
| Franklin | 363 | 545 |
| Huntingdon | 136 | 67 |
| Lancaster | 650 | 345 |
| Luzerne | 17 | 1 |
| Montgomery | 320 | 240 |
| Northampton | 267 | 176 |
| Northumberland | 197 | 355 |
| Philadelphia | 2455 | 661 |
| Washington | 33 | 305 |
| Westmoreland | 137 | 440 |
| York | 1497 | 200 |
| Total | 8125 (55.65%) | 6474 (44.35%) |
The federalist ticket was elected, except for Allison and Chambers, who lost to Peter Muhlenberg and Hiester due to German vote-splitting.