Simon Snyder Democratic-Republican Simon Snyder Democratic-Republican The 1811 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 8, 1811.

Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Simon Snyder won re-election over Federalist candidate William Tilghman, the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, by a wide margin.

Two of the major policy goals on which Snyder campaigned were increasing spending for infrastructural upgrades and authorizing the transfer of governmental operations from Lancaster to Harrisburg.

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