1804 United States gubernatorial elections

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1804 United States gubernatorial elections
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13 state governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Last election13 governorships4 governorships
Seats before134
Seats won85
Seats after125
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Seats up94
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     Democratic-Republican gain     Democratic-Republican hold
     Federalist gain     Federalist hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1804, in 13 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election.

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

Results

StateElection dateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Connecticut 12 April 1804 [lower-alpha 1] Jonathan Trumbull Jr. FederalistRe-elected, 11,108 (61.23%) [lower-alpha 2] William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 6,871 (37.88%)
Scattering 162 (0.89%)
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Delaware 2 October 1804 David Hall Democratic-RepublicanTerm-limited, Federalist victory Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 4,391 (52.02%)
Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican), 4,050 (47.98%)
[8] [9] [10] [4] [11] [12]
Kentucky 6-8 August 1804 James Garrard Democratic-RepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic-Republican victory Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 25,917 (100.00%)
[13] [14] [15] [4] [16] [17]
Maryland
(election by legislature)		20 November 1804 [18] Robert Bowie Democratic-RepublicanRe-elected, "by a majority"
[19] [20] [21] [22]
Massachusetts 2 April 1804 [23] Caleb Strong FederalistRe-elected, 30,011 (55.07%) [lower-alpha 3] James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 23,996 (44.03%)
Scattering 492 (0.90%)
[24] [25] [26] [4] [27] [28] [29]
New Hampshire 13 March 1804 John Taylor Gilman FederalistRe-elected, 12,216 (50.31%) [lower-alpha 4] John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 12,039 (49.58%)
Scattering 27 (0.11%)
[30] [31] [32] [4] [33] [34] [35] [36]
New Jersey
(election by legislature)		25 October 1804 Joseph Bloomfield Democratic-RepublicanRe-elected, 37 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 16 votes
[37] [38] [39]
New York 24-26 April 1804 [lower-alpha 5] George Clinton Democratic-RepublicanRetired, Democratic-Republican victory Morgan Lewis (Democratic-Republican/Clintonian) [lower-alpha 6] , 30,829 (58.16%)
Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican/Tammany Hall) [lower-alpha 7] , 22,139 (41.77%)
Scattering 36 (0.06%)
[40] [41] [42] [4] [43] [44] [45]
North Carolina
(election by legislature)		24 November 1804 James Turner Democratic-RepublicanRe-elected, unknown number of votesScattering, 1 vote
[46] [47] [48] [49]
Rhode Island 18 April 1804 [50] Arthur Fenner Democratic-Republican/Country Re-elected. Returns lost.
[51] [52] [53] [4] [54] [55] [56]
South Carolina
(election by legislature)		7 December 1804 [57] James Burchill Richardson Democratic-RepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic-Republican victory Paul Hamilton (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of votes
[58] [59] [60]
Vermont 4 September 1804 Isaac Tichenor FederalistRe-elected, 8,075 (55.72%) [lower-alpha 8] Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 6,184 (42.67%)
Scattering 232 (1.60%)
[61] [62] [63] [4] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68]
Virginia
(election by legislature)		7 December 1804 John Page Democratic-RepublicanRe-elected, "by a majority"
[69] [70] [71]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Glashan records this election as taking place on 9 April.
  2. ↑ Some sources record the result as Trumbull 11,963, Hart 7,376; this includes 855 votes for Trumbull and 505 for Hart rejected by the General Assembly.
  3. ↑ Some sources record the result as Strong 30,041, Sullivan 24,368, Scattering 195; this includes the votes of Monmouth which were rejected by the General Assembly, in addition to a number of votes given for Strong and Sullivan under incorrect names which are correctly recorded as scattering.
  4. ↑ Most 20th Century sources give the result as Gilman 12,246, Langdon 12,009. The result given here is that given in the New Hampshire Senate Journal.
  5. ↑ Glashan records this election as taking place on 23-25 April.
  6. ↑ Congressional Quarterly, Kallenbach and Kallenbach, and OurCampaigns describe Lewis as a Federalist.
  7. ↑ Dubin and A New Nation Votes describe Burr as a Federalist. He appears to have had the support of the Federalist Party.
  8. ↑ Some sources record the result as Tichenor 8,796, Robinson 6,665; this includes 721 votes for Tichenor and 481 for Robinson from 31 towns rejected by the General Assembly.

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