1801 United States gubernatorial elections

1801 United States gubernatorial elections

←  1800 March 10, 1801 – December 11, 1801 1802  →
13 state governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Last election 7 governorships 9 governorships Seats before 7 9 Seats won 8 5 Seats after 11 5 Seat change 4 4 Seats up 4 9
Democratic-Republican gain     Democratic-Republican hold      Federalist gain     Federalist hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1801, in 13 states.

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

Results

State	Election date	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Connecticut	April 9, 1801 [lower-alpha 1]	Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	Federalist	Re-elected, 11,156 (83.84%)	Richard Law (Democratic-Republican), 1,056 (7.94%) Scattering 1,095 (8.23%) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Delaware	October 6, 1801	James Sykes (acting) [lower-alpha 2]	Federalist	Retired, Democratic-Republican victory	David Hall (Democratic-Republican), 3,475 (50.13%) Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 3,457 (49.87%) [7] [8] [9] [4] [10] [11]
Georgia (election by legislature)	November 5, 1801 [12] [13] [lower-alpha 3]	David Emanuel (acting) [lower-alpha 4]	Democratic-Republican	Retired, Democratic-Republican victory	Josiah Tattnall (Democratic-Republican), 41 votes Thomas P. Carnes (Federalist), 21 votes Jared Irwin (Democratic-Republican), 7 votes [15] [16]
Maryland (election by legislature)	November 9, 1801	Benjamin Ogle	Federalist	Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory	John Francis Mercer (Democratic-Republican), 59 votes James Murray (Federalist), 26 votes [lower-alpha 5] [17] [18] [19] [20]
Massachusetts	April 6, 1801	Caleb Strong	Federalist	Re-elected, 25,452 (55.55%)	Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 20,184 (44.05%) [lower-alpha 6] Scattering 180 (0.39%) [lower-alpha 7] [24] [25] [26] [4] [27] [28]
New Hampshire	March 10, 1801	John Taylor Gilman	Federalist	Re-elected, 10,898 (65.50%)	Timothy Walker (Democratic-Republican), 5,249 (31.55%) Scattering 492 (2.96%) [29] [30] [31] [4] [32] [33] [34]
New Jersey (election by legislature)	October 31, 1801	Richard Howell	Federalist	Retired, Democratic-Republican victory	Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 30 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 20 votes [35] [36] [37] [38]
New York	April 28–30, 1801 [lower-alpha 8]	John Jay	Federalist	Retired, Democratic-Republican victory	George Clinton (Democratic-Republican), 24,808 (54.30%) Stephen van Rensselaer (Federalist), 20,843 (45.62%) Scattering 33 (0.07%) [39] [40] [41] [4] [42] [43] [44]
North Carolina (election by legislature)	November 25, 1801? [lower-alpha 9]	Benjamin Williams	Federalist [46] [47] [48] [lower-alpha 10]	Re-elected, 119 votes	John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 58 votes Richard Dobbs Spaight (Democratic-Republican), 1 vote [53] [54]
Rhode Island	April 1, 1801 [lower-alpha 11]	Arthur Fenner	Democratic-Republican/Country [lower-alpha 12]	Re-elected, 3,756 (100.00%) [lower-alpha 13] [55] [56] [57] [4] [58] [59] [60]
Tennessee	August 6–7, 1801	John Sevier	Democratic-Republican	Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory	Archibald Roane (Democratic-Republican), 8,438 (99.88%) John Boyd 10 (0.12%) [61] [62] [63] [4] [64] [65]
Vermont	September 1, 1801	Isaac Tichenor	Federalist	Re-elected, majority of 2,060	Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) [66] [67] [68] [4] [69] [70] [71] [72]
Virginia (election by legislature)	December 10, 1801 [73]	James Monroe	Democratic-Republican	Re-elected, unknown number of votes	Scattering, 3 votes [74] [75]

See also

• 1801 United States elections

References

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Notes

1. Glashan records this election as taking place on April 13.
2. As Speaker of the Delaware Senate, Sykes became acting Governor on the resignation of Governor Richard Bassett on March 3, 1801.
3. Some sources suggest the election was held on November 7, but this was the date Tattnall was inaugurated. ^[14]
4. As President of the Georgia State Senate, Emanuel became acting Governor on the resignation of Governor James Jackson on March 3, 1801.
5. Some contemporary sources give Murray's total as 27. 26 is the figure given in the Maryland Senate Journal.
6. Some 19th-century sources give Gerry's total as 20,169, and scattering votes as 195. ^{[21] [22] [23]}
7. Kallenbach and Kallenbach give the number of scattering votes as 380.
8. Glashan records this election as taking place on April 27–29.
9. Williams acknowledged his election in a letter of 26 November. ^[45]
10. 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." ^{[49] [50] [51] [52]}
11. Glashan records this election as taking place on April 15.
12. Fenner was supported by the Federalist Party.
13. Dubin and OurCampaigns give Fenner's total as 3,760. This discrepancy involves four additional votes in Bristol County.

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.