1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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Nominee Caleb Strong Elbridge Gerry Moses Gill
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote19,63017,0192,019
Percentage50.26%43.57%5.17%
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County results
Strong:      40-50%     50-60%     60–70%     80–90%
Gerry:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Moses Gill (acting)
Federalist

Elected Governor

Caleb Strong
Federalist

The 1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7.

Contents

Federalist Caleb Strong was elected over Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry.

Lieutenant Governor Moses Gill, who had been acting as Governor since the June 7 death of Increase Sumner, preferred to run for re-election to that position, and he won re-election in a concurrent election. However, he received a significant number of votes for Governor as well.

Acting Governor Gill actually died before the 1801 term began, leaving the Governor's Council to conduct gubernatorial duties until Strong's term started.

General election

Results

1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election [1] [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Federalist Caleb Strong 19,630 50.26%
Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry 17,01943.57%
Federalist Moses Gill (incumbent)2,0195.17%
OthersScattering3911.00%
Federalist hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "MA Governor, 1800". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts 1800 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ Burdick, Charles (1814). The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815. Vol. I. Boston: Charles Callender. p. 26.
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