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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1802, in 12 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections.
Six governors were elected by popular vote and six were elected by state legislatures.
In Georgia, a special election was held following the resignation of incumbent Governor Josiah Tattnall.
In New Jersey, three tied ballots were taken in October and November, resulting in no choice of Governor. The Vice-President of the Executive Council, John Lambert, served the term as acting Governor.
In North Carolina, the winner of the ordinary election, John B. Ashe, died before taking office. A special election was then held.
State | Election date | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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Connecticut | 8 April 1802 [lower-alpha 1] | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Federalist | Re-elected, 11,398 (69.87%) | Ephraim Kirby (Democratic-Republican), 4,523 (27.73%) Scattering 393 (2.41%) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
Georgia (special election) (election by legislature) | 3 November 1802 [7] | Josiah Tattnall | Democratic-Republican | Resigned, Democratic-Republican victory | John Milledge (Democratic-Republican), 48 votes Thomas P. Carnes (Federalist), 22 votes [8] [9] [10] |
Maryland (election by legislature) | 8 November 1802 | John Francis Mercer | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 53 votes | James Murray (Federalist), 22 votes [lower-alpha 2] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] |
Massachusetts | 5 April 1802 | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Re-elected, 29,983 (60.47%) | Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 19,445 (39.22%) [lower-alpha 3] Scattering 155 (0.31%) [17] [18] [19] [4] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] |
New Hampshire | 9 March 1802 | John Taylor Gilman | Federalist | Re-elected, 10,377 (54.14%) | John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 8,753 (45.67%) Scattering 36 (0.19%) [25] [26] [27] [4] [28] [29] [30] [31] |
New Jersey (election by legislature) | 28 October 1802 | Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | No choice, further election held | (First election) Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 26 votes [32] [33] [34] [35] |
25 November 1802 | No choice, further election held | (Second election) Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 26 votes [32] [36] [37] [38] | |||
25 November 1802 | No choice. Vice-President of the Executive Council, John Lambert, served the term as acting Governor. | (Third election) Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 26 votes Aaron Ogden (Federalist), 26 votes [32] [37] [39] [38] | |||
North Carolina (election by legislature) | 20 November 1802 | Benjamin Williams | Federalist [40] [41] [42] [lower-alpha 4] | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 103 votes William Polk (Federalist) 49 votes Joseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 20 votes [lower-alpha 5] [47] [48] [49] [38] [50] [51] |
North Carolina (special election) (election by legislature) | 3-4 December 1802 | Benjamin Williams (pro tempore) [lower-alpha 6] | (Fourth ballot) James Turner (Democratic-Republican), 112 votes Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican) 51 votes John R. Eaton (Democratic-Republican), 8 votes Blank, 3 votes Benjamin Williams (Federalist), 2 votes William Richardson Davie (Federalist), 1 vote [lower-alpha 7] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] | ||
Pennsylvania | 12 October 1802 | Thomas McKean | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected, 47,879 (73.65%) | James Ross (Federalist), 17,037 (26.21%) Scattering 94 (0.15%) [61] [62] [63] [4] [64] [65] [66] [67] |
Rhode Island | 21 April 1802 [68] | Arthur Fenner | Democratic-Republican/Country | Re-elected, 3,802 (66.28%) | William Greene [69] [lower-alpha 8] (Federalist), 1,934 (33.72%) [lower-alpha 9] [70] [71] [72] [4] [73] [74] [75] [76] |
South Carolina (election by legislature) | 8 December 1802 [77] [78] | John Drayton | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | James Burchill Richardson (Democratic-Republican), 98 votes Richard Winn (Democratic-Republican), 32 votes Blank, 7 votes Thomas Pinckney (Federalist), 2 votes John Gaillard (Democratic-Republican), 1 vote [79] [80] [81] [82] |
Vermont | 7 September 1802 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Re-elected, 7,823 (59.77%) | Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 5,085 (38.85%) Scattering 181 (1.38%) [83] [84] [85] [4] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] |
Virginia (election by legislature) | 11 December 1802 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory | John Page (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of votes Abraham B. Venable (Democratic-Republican), "a few votes" [lower-alpha 10] [91] [92] [93] [94] |
The 1806–07 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1806 and 1807, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 3.
The 1802–03 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1802 and 1803, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 1.
The 1800–01 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with Thomas Jefferson being elected to the White House. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1800 and 1801, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 3.
The 1801 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was an uncontested election held on April 1, 1801 to elect the Governor of Rhode Island. Arthur Fenner, the incumbent Governor, was the sole candidate and so won with 100% of the vote.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1800, in 11 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1801, in 13 states.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1803, in 12 states.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1804, in 13 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1810, in 13 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1806, in 10 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1805, in 13 states.
The 1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on March 13, 1798. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman won re-election to a fifth term, easily defeating various minor candidates.
The 1802 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on March 9, 1802. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman won re-election to a ninth term, defeating Democratic-Republican candidate, former Governor and U.S. Senator John Langdon.
The 1800 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 10, 1800. Incumbent Federalist Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr. won re-election to a third full term, effectively unopposed.
The 1801 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 9, for elected Governor of Connecticut, Incumbent Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr, won re-election to a fourth full term, defeating Democratic-Republican candidate Richard Law
The 1802 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 8, 1802. Incumbent Federalist Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr. won re-election to a fifth full term, defeating Democratic-Republican candidate Ephraim Kirby.
The 1807 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 9, 1807. Incumbent Federalist Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr. won re-election to a tenth full term, defeating Democratic-Republican candidate William Hart in a re-match of the previous year's election.
The 1821 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1821.
The 1823 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 11, 1823.
The 1810 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 9, 1810.