1808 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1808 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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Nominee James Sullivan Christopher Gore
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote41,19339,643
Percentage50.76%48.85%
1808 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Sullivan:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Gore:      50-60%     60–70%
Governor before election

James Sullivan
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

James Sullivan
Democratic-Republican

The 1808 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 4, 1808.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor James Sullivan won re-election to a second term, defeating Federalist nominee Christopher Gore.

General election

Candidates

Results

1808 Massachusetts gubernatorial election [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic-Republican James Sullivan (incumbent) 41,193 50.76%
Federalist Christopher Gore 39,64348.85%
Scattering3110.38%
Majority1,5501.91%
Turnout 81,147
Democratic-Republican hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "MA Governor, 1808". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 57. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
  3. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. xxiv. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
  4. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 140–141. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  5. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 273. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts 1808 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar; for the Year of Our Lord 1814, &c., &c. Boston: John West & Co. 1814. p. 36.
  9. ↑ Hayward, John (1847). A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, &c., &c. Boston: John Hayward. p. 417.


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