1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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Nominee Nehemiah R. Knight William Jones Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Popular vote 3,949 3,878 Percentage 50.34% 49.51%

County results Knight:      50–60% Jones:      50–60%

Governor before election William Jones Federalist Elected Governor Nehemiah R. Knight Democratic-Republican

The 1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 16, 1817. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Incumbent Federalist Governor William Jones ran for election to a seventh term but was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee Nehemiah R. Knight.

General election

Candidates

• Nehemiah R. Knight, Democratic, clerk of the circuit court, collector of customs ^[4]
• William Jones, Federalist, incumbent governor

Results

1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	Nehemiah R. Knight	3,949	50.42%
	Federalist	William Jones	3,878	49.51%
	Scattering		5	0.06%
Majority			71	0.91%
Turnout			7,832
	Democratic-Republican gain from Federalist		Swing

County results

County results

County [10]	Nehamiah Knight Democratic-Republican		William Jones Federalist		Write-ins Various		Total votes
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Bristol	240	52.86%	214	47.14%	0	0.00%	454
Kent	468	41.79%	650	58.04%	2	0.17%	1,120
Newport	712	50.07%	710	49.93%	0	0.00%	1,422
Providence	1,900	56.38%	1,469	43.59%	1	0.03%	3,370
Washington	629	42.91%	835	56.96%	2	0.13%	1,466
Totals	3,949	50.42%	3,878	49.51%	5	0.06%	7,832

References

1. "Republican Fellow-Citizens of the County of Newport". The Rhode-Island Republican. Newport, R.I. April 12, 1817. p. 2. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
2. "Rhode-Island". Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. Portland, Me. April 22, 1817. p. 3. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
3. "Triumph of Republicanism!". The Rhode-Island Republican. Newport, R.I. April 23, 1817. p. 3. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
4. "Knight, Nehemiah Rice (1780 – 1854)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress . Retrieved October 25, 2021.
5. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 76. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
6. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 232. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
7. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 268–269. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
8. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 509. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
9. Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1888-89. State of Rhode Island manual. Providence: E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State. 1888. p. 98.
10. "Rhode Island 1817 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved October 25, 2021.
11. "Votes for Governor". The Rhode-Island Republican. Newport, R.I. May 14, 1817. p. 3. Retrieved October 25, 2021.