1800 United States gubernatorial elections

1800 United States gubernatorial elections

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11 state governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Federalist Democratic-Republican Last election 10 governorships 6 governorships Seats before 9 7 [lower-alpha 1] Seats won 7 4 Seats after 9 7 Seat change Seats up 7 4
Democratic-Republican gain     Democratic-Republican hold      Federalist gain     Federalist hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1800, in 11 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.

Six governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures.

Results

State	Election date	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Connecticut	10 April 1800 [lower-alpha 2]	Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	Federalist	Re-elected, 5,544 (100.00%) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Kentucky	6-8 August 1800 [lower-alpha 3]	James Garrard	Democratic-Republican	Re-elected, 8,390 (39.40%)	Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 6,745 (31.67%) Benjamin Logan (Democratic-Republican), 3,995 (18.76%) Thomas Todd (Democratic-Republican), 2,166 (10.17%) [7] [8] [9] [4] [10] [11]
Maryland (election by legislature)	10 November 1800	Benjamin Ogle	Federalist	Re-elected, unanimously [12] [13] [14] [15]
Massachusetts	7 April 1800	Moses Gill (acting) [lower-alpha 4]	Federalist	Defeated, 2,019 (5.17%) [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]	Caleb Strong (Federalist), 19,630 (50.26%) Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 17,019 (43.57%) [lower-alpha 7] Scattering 391 (1.00%) [16] [17] [18] [4] [19] [20] [21]
New Hampshire	11 March 1800	John Taylor Gilman	Federalist	Re-elected, 10,362 (61.82%)	Timothy Walker (Democratic-Republican), 6,039 (36.03%) Scattering 361 (2.15%) [22] [23] [24] [4] [25] [26] [27]
New Jersey (election by legislature)	30 October 1800	Richard Howell	Federalist	Re-elected, unanimously [28] [29] [30]
North Carolina (election by legislature)	26 November 1800?	Benjamin Williams	Federalist [31] [32] [33] [lower-alpha 8]	Re-elected, 127 votes [lower-alpha 9]	Joseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes [lower-alpha 10] John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 17 votes [38] [39] [40]
Rhode Island	2 April 1800 [lower-alpha 11]	Arthur Fenner	Democratic-Republican/Country	Re-elected. Returns lost. [41] [42] [43] [4] [44] [45]
South Carolina (election by legislature)	4 December 1800 [46] [47] or 5 December 1800 [48]	John Drayton (acting) [lower-alpha 12]	Democratic-Republican	Re-elected, "majority of 18" [49] [50] [51]
Vermont	2 September 1800	Isaac Tichenor	Federalist	Re-elected, 6,444 (63.41%)	Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 3,339 (32.85%) [lower-alpha 13] Scattering 380 (3.74%) [52] [53] [54] [4] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59]
Virginia (election by legislature)	7 December 1800? [60] [lower-alpha 14]	James Monroe	Democratic-Republican	Re-elected, "by a large majority" [63] [64] [60]

See also

• 1800 United States elections
  • 1800 United States presidential election
  • 1800–01 United States Senate elections
  • 1800–01 United States House of Representatives elections

References

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2. Glashan 1979, pp. 38–39.
3. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 44.
4. Dubin 2003.
5. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 86.
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8. Glashan 1979, pp. 108–109.
9. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 53.
10. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 203.
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13. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 250.
14. "Maryland 1800 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved 7 July 2020.
15. Votes and Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. November Session, 1800. Annapolis: Frederick Green, Printer to the State. p. 5.
16. "MA Governor, 1800". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
17. Glashan 1979, pp. 140–141.
18. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 57.
19. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 266.
20. "Massachusetts 1800 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved 7 July 2020.
21. 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.
22. "NH Governor, 1800". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
23. Glashan 1979, pp. 200–201.
24. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 66.
25. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 372.
26. "New Hampshire 1800 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved 7 July 2020.
27. Farmer, James (1772). The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833. Concord: Marsh, Capen and Lyon. p. 17.
28. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 411.
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30. Lee, Francis Bazely (1902). New Jersey as a colony and a state. Vol. 3. New York: Publishing Society of New Jersey. p. 153.
31. Glashan 1979, pp. 228–229.
32. Broussard 1978, p. 220.
33. Gilpatrick, Delbert Harold (1931). Jeffersonian Democracy in North Carolina, 1789-1816. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 132. ISBN   9780231916707.
34. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 27.
35. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 436.
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37. Cheney, John L. Jr., ed. (1975). North Carolina Government 1585-1974: a narrative and statistical history. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State. p. 160.
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40. Broussard 1978, p. 218.
41. "RI Governor, 1800". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
42. Glashan 1979, pp. 268–269.
43. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 76.
44. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 507.
45. J. Fred Parker, Secretary of State (1914). Manual, with Rules and Orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1914. Providence, RI: E. L. Freeman Company, State Printers. p. 107.
46. Lewis, J. D. "John Drayton: 10th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1800 to 1802 and 1808 to 1810". carolana.com. Little River, S.C. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
47. "A record of this State's executives". Anderson Daily Intelligencer. Anderson, S.C. 26 May 1914. p. 20. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
48. "Letter To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Pinckney". Columbia, S.C. 6 December 1800. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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51. "Charleston, December 8". Virginia Argus. Richmond, VA. 23 December 1800. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
52. "VT Governor, 1800". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
53. Glashan 1979, pp. 314–315.
54. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 83.
55. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 606.
56. "Vermont 1800 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved 7 July 2020.
57. "General Election Results: Governor". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 2. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
58. Walton, E. P., ed. (1876). "Record of the Governor and Council at the Session of the General Assembly at Middlebury, Oct. 1800". Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. Vol. IV. Montpelier: Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland. p. 258., citing Spooner's Vermont Journal of Oct. 27, 1800
59. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). "Governors and Gubernatorial Vote". History and Description of New England: Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 964.
60. "Washington City. Monday, December 15, 1800". The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. Washington, D.C. 15 December 1800. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
61. Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred. Richmond, VA: Thomas Nicolson. 1800.
62. Preston, Daniel (2001). A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Correspondence and Papers of James Monroe. Vol. I. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 96. ISBN   0-313-31831-X.
63. "VA Governor, 1800". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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Notes

1. John Drayton (Democratic-Republican) succeeded South Carolina Governor Edward Rutledge (Federalist) who died in office in January 1800.
2. Glashan records this election as taking place on 7 April.
3. A New Nation Votes records this election as taking place on 5-7 August.
4. As Lieutenant Governor, Gill became acting Governor on the death of Governor Increase Sumner on 7 June 1799.
5. Gill was re-elected Lieutenant Governor in an election held concurrently with the gubernatorial election.
6. Gill died in office on 20 May 1800. The Massachusetts Governor's Council headed by Thomas Dawes acted as Governor until Strong's inauguration on 30 May.
7. Some sources give Gerry's total as 17,060, and scattering votes as 350. This discrepancy depends on the allocation of 41 votes given for "Elbridge Garry."
8. Some sources describe Williams as a Democratic-Republican, although Broussard refers to him as "a quiet but unmistakeable Federalist" and "undeniably a Federalist", and Gilpatrick describes him as a "mild Federalist." ^{[34] [35] [36] [37]}
9. Some sources give Williams's total as 126.
10. Some contemporary sources give Taylor's total as 37.
11. Glashan records this election as taking place on 16 April.
12. As Lieutenant Governor, Drayton became acting Governor on the death of Governor Edward Rutledge on 23 January 1800.
13. Some sources give Smith's total as 3,239. This appears to be a calculation error made in contemporary sources which give county totals which add to 3,339. A New Nation Votes gives Smith's total as 3,360 on the basis of 21 votes not included in the county total for Windham County.
14. This is highly unlikely to be the correct date as it was a Sunday. The legislature met on 1 December. ^[61] Monroe acknowledged his election in a letter of 8 December. ^[62]

Bibliography

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• Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
• Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
• Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
• Broussard, James H. (1978). The Southern Federalists, 1800-1816. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN   0-8071-0288-1.