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On July 10, 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of State reported that there were 3,890,435 (45.2%) registered Democrats, 3,432,657 (39.9%) registered Republicans, 929,364 (10.8%) registered unaffiliated and 346,280 (4.0%) registered with other parties. [1]
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
Following the 2020 Census, Pennsylvania lost one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a result, starting with the general election of 2022, Pennsylvania sent 17 members to the house, and beginning with the general election of 2024 will have 19 electoral votes.
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||
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Governor | Auditor General | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
1791 | Thomas Mifflin (F) | not an elected office | 10F, 8DR | 36F, 33DR | vacant | Robert Morris (PA) | 4PA, 4AA | |
1792 | 42F, 27DR |
George Washington (I) / John Adams (F) | ||||||
1793 | 9F, 9DR [b] | 8AA, 5PA | ||||||
1794 | 10F, 8DR | 48F, 21DR | Albert Gallatin (AA) | |||||
James Ross (PA) | ||||||||
1795 | 14F, 10DR | 49F, 29DR | James Ross (F) | William Bingham (F) | 8DR, 5F | |||
1796 | 15F, 9DR | 45F, 33DR | 7DR, 6F |
Thomas Jefferson (DR) / John Adams (F) | ||||
1797 | 44F, 34DR | 8DR, 5F | ||||||
1798 | 41F, 37DR | |||||||
1799 | 47F, 31DR | 9DR, 4F | ||||||
1800 | Thomas McKean (DR) | 16F, 8DR | 41DR, 37F |
Thomas Jefferson (DR) / John Adams (F) | ||||
1801 | 13F, 11DR | 55DR, 23F | Peter Muhlenberg (DR) | 10DR, 3F | ||||
George Logan (DR) | ||||||||
1802 | 17DR, 8F | 71DR, 15F | ||||||
1803 | 21DR, 4F | 77DR, 9F | Samuel Maclay (DR) | 18DR | ||||
1804 | 24DR, 1F | 81DR, 5F |
Thomas Jefferson/ George Clinton (DR) | |||||
1805 | 25DR | 78DR, 8F | 17DR, 1F | |||||
1806 | Thomas McKean (Quid) | 15Const, 10DR [c] | 53Const, 33DR [c] | |||||
1807 | 13Const, 12DR [c] | 46DR, 40Const [c] | Andrew Gregg (DR) | 15DR, 3F | ||||
1808 | 14DR, 7Quid, 4F | 43DR, 23F, 20Quid [d] |
James Madison/ George Clinton (DR) | |||||
1809 | Simon Snyder (DR) | 19DR, 7Quid, 5F | 74DR, 21F | Michael Leib (DR) | 16DR, 2F | |||
1810 | 22DR, 6F, 3Quid | 73DR, 15F, 7Quid | ||||||
1811 | 21DR, 7F, 3Quid | 72DR, 17F, 6Quid | 17DR, 1F | |||||
1812 | 26DR, 5F | 84DR, 11F |
James Madison/ Elbridge Gerry (DR) | |||||
1813 | 77DR, 18F | Abner Lacock (DR) | 22DR, 1F | |||||
1814 | 25DR, 6F | 85DR, 10F | Jonathan Roberts (DR) | 21DR, 2F | ||||
1815 | 21DR, 10F | 71DR, 24F | 19DR, 4F | |||||
1816 | 19DR, 12F | 71DR, 26F |
James Monroe/ Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) | |||||
1817 | 57DR, 30F, 10Quid | |||||||
1818 | William Findlay (DR) | 55DR, 42F [e] | ||||||
1819 | 20DR, 11F | 64DR, 33F | Walter Lowrie (DR) | |||||
1820 | 23DR, 6F, 2Quid | 67DR, 24F, 6Quid | 18DR, 5F | |||||
1821 | Joseph Hiester (DR) | 20DR, 11F | 52F, 45DR | vacant | 15DR, 8F | |||
1822 | 17DR, 14F | 67DR, 30F | William Findlay (DR) | 16DR, 7F | ||||
1823 | 23DR, 10F | 71DR, 29F | 20DR, 6F | |||||
1824 | John Andrew Shulze (DR) | 21DR, 11F, 1? | 77DR, 23F |
Andrew Jackson/ John C. Calhoun (DR) | ||||
1825 | 26DR, 7F | 79DR, 21F | William Findlay (J) | William Marks (NR) | 14J, 11DR, 1F | |||
1826 | 27DR, 6F | 77DR, 23F | 17J, 9DR | |||||
1827 | 74DR, 26F | Isaac D. Barnard (J) | 22J, 3DR, 1NR | |||||
1828 | 26J, 7NR | 76J, 22NR, 2 vac. |
Andrew Jackson/ John C. Calhoun (D) | |||||
1829 | 89J, 11NR | 24J, 1A-M, 1NR | ||||||
1830 | George Wolf (J) | 26J, 6NR, 1A-M | 87J, 13A-M | |||||
1831 | 25J, 5NR, 4A-M | 72J, 28A-M | William Wilkins (J) | 17J, 7A-M, 2NR | ||||
1832 | 23J, 6A-M, 4NR | 74J, 22A-M, 4NR | George M. Dallas (J) |
Andrew Jackson/ Martin Van Buren (D) | ||||
1833 | 22J, 9A-M, 2NR | 61J, 33A-M, 5NR, 1? | Samuel McKean (J) | 14J, 10A-M, 4NR | ||||
1834 | 24J, 7A-M, 2NR | 64J, 25A-M, 11NR | ||||||
1835 | 25J, 6A-M, 2W | 62J, 27A-M, 11W | James Buchanan (J) | 17J, 7A-M, 4NR | ||||
1836 | Joseph Ritner (A-M) | 23D, 9A-M, 1W | 72A-M/W, 28D |
Martin Van Buren/ Richard Mentor Johnson (D) | ||||
1837 | 15D, 12W, 6A-M [f] | 72D, 21A-M, 7W | Samuel McKean (D) | James Buchanan (D) | 16D, 7A-M, 3W, 2J | |||
1838 | 19W, 14D | 56D, 44W | ||||||
1839 | David R. Porter (D) | 18W, 15D | vacant | 17D, 6W, 5A-M | ||||
1840 | 17D, 16W | 69D, 31W | Daniel Sturgeon (D) |
William Henry Harrison/ John Tyler (W) | ||||
1841 | 20W, 13D | 55W, 45D | 15D, 13W | |||||
1842 | 17W, 16D | 64D, 34W, 2 WM | ||||||
1843 | 19D, 14W | 57D, 40W, 2 WM, 1I | 12D, 12W | |||||
1844 | 22D, 11W | 58D, 42W | 13W, 11D |
James K. Polk/ George M. Dallas (D) | ||||
1845 | Francis R. Shunk (D) | 21D, 11W, 1KN | 51D, 41W, 8KN | Simon Cameron (D) | 12D, 10W, 2KN | |||
1846 | 18W, 14D, 1KN | 67D, 33W | ||||||
1847 | 56W, 44D | 16W, 7D, 1KN | ||||||
1848 | 19W, 14D | 64D, 36W | 15W, 8D, 1KN |
Zachary Taylor/ Millard Fillmore (W) | ||||
William F. Johnston (W) | ||||||||
1849 | 21W, 12D | 50D, 45W, 5KN [g] | James Cooper (W) | 11W, 11D, 1KN, 1FS | ||||
1850 | 17D, 16W | 59D, 41W | ||||||
1851 | Ephraim Banks (D) | 16W, 16D, 1I [h] | 60D, 36W, 2ID, 1IW, 1 vac. | Richard Brodhead (D) | 15D, 9W | |||
1852 | William Bigler (D) | 17W, 16D | 58D, 37W, 5KN |
Franklin Pierce/ William R. King (D) | ||||
1853 | 17W, 15D, 1KN | 62D, 38W | 16D, 9W | |||||
1854 | 18D, 14W, 1KN | 70D, 26W, 4KN | ||||||
1855 | James Pollock (W) | 17D, 15W, 1KN | 46W, 32D, 22KN [i] | vacant | 13O, 7D, 3W, 1R, 1KN | |||
1856 | 17D, 16Fus | 66D, 34Fus | William Bigler (D) |
James Buchanan/ John C. Breckinridge (D) | ||||
1857 | Jacob Fry Jr. (D) | 18Fus, 15D | 53D, 47Fus | Simon Cameron (R) | 15D, 10R | |||
1858 | William F. Packer (D) | 21D, 12R | 68D, 30R, 2I | 14D, 11R | ||||
1859 | 17D, 16R | 67R, 33D | 20R, 5D | |||||
1860 | Thomas E. Cochran (R) | 21R, 12D | 66R, 34D |
Abraham Lincoln/ Hannibal Hamlin (R) | ||||
1861 | Andrew Gregg Curtin (R) | 27R, 6D | 71R, 29D | David Wilmot (R) | Edgar Cowan (R) | 19R, 6D | ||
1862 | 23R, 10D | 51D, 49R | 17R, 8D | |||||
1863 | Isaac Slenker (D) | 21R, 12D | 55D, 45R | Charles R. Buckalew (D) | 12R, 12D | |||
1864 | 17R, 16D | 52R, 48D |
Abraham Lincoln/ Andrew Johnson (NU) | |||||
1865 | 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 | 19R, 14D | 54R, 46D |
Ulysses S. Grant/ Schuyler Colfax (R) | |||||
1869 | 18R, 15D | 62R, 38D | John Scott (R) | 16R, 8D | ||||
1870 | 60R, 40D | 18R, 6D | ||||||
1871 | 17D, 16R | 55R, 45D | 13R, 11D | |||||
1872 | 17R, 16D | 63R, 39D, 1I |
Ulysses S. Grant/ Henry Wilson (R) | |||||
C. D. Brigham | ||||||||
Year | Governor | Auditor General | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress |