1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Nominee Elbridge Gerry Christopher Gore Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Popular vote 46,541 44,079 Percentage 51.25% 48.54%

County results Gerry:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Gore:      50-60%     60–70%

Governor before election Christopher Gore Federalist Elected Governor Elbridge Gerry Democratic-Republican

The 1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1810.

Incumbent Federalist Governor Christopher Gore was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee Elbridge Gerry.

Republicans cast Gore as an ostentatious British-loving Tory who wanted to restore the monarchy (his parents were Loyalists during the Revolution), and Gerry as a patriotic American, while Federalists described Gerry as a "French partizan" and Gore as an honest man devoted to ridding the government of foreign influence. ^[1] A temporary lessening in the threat of war with Britain aided Gerry. ^[2]

General election

Candidates

• Elbridge Gerry, Democratic-Republican, former U.S. Representative
• Christopher Gore, Federalist, incumbent Governor

Results

1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	Elbridge Gerry	46,541	51.25%
	Federalist	Christopher Gore (incumbent)	44,079	48.54%
	Scattering		193	0.21%
Majority			2,462	2.71%
Turnout			90,813
	Democratic-Republican gain from Federalist		Swing

References

1. Billias, p. 313
2. Buel, pp. 104–07
3. "MA Governor, 1810". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
4. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 57. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
5. 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.
6. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 140–141. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
7. 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.
8. "Massachusetts 1810 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved November 11, 2021.
9. 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.
10. The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar; for the Year of Our Lord 1814, &c., &c. Boston: John West & Co. 1814. p. 36.
11. Hayward, John (1847). A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, &c., &c. Boston: John Hayward. p. 417.

Bibliography

• Billias, George (1976). Elbridge Gerry, Founding Father and Republican Statesman . McGraw-Hill Publishers. ISBN   0-07-005269-7.
• Buel, Richard (2005). America on the Brink. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9781403962386. OCLC   55510543.