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1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
election_date
ongoing	no
next_election	1793 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
next_year	1793
image_size	160x160px
image1	Thomas Mifflin.jpg
candidate1	Thomas Mifflin
party1	Democratic-Republican Party
popular_vote1	27,974
percentage1	90.7%
image2	ArthurStClairOfficialPortrait-restored.jpg
party2	Federalist Party (United States)
candidate2	Arthur St. Clair
popular_vote2	2,864
percentage2	9.3%
map_image	1790 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County Results
Mifflin:
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title	Governor
before_election	Thomas Mifflin (as President of Pennsylvania)
before_party	Democratic-Republican Party
after_election	Thomas Mifflin
after_party	Democratic-Republican Party

Mifflin:
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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.

Results

References

. ["Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1790"](https://www.paconstitution.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/const-1970-pa-archives-vol10.pdf).
"Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1790". House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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