1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
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  1816 April 16, 1817 1818  
  RI Governor Nehemiah R Knight portrait.jpg GovWilliamJonesRI.jpg
Nominee Nehemiah R. Knight William Jones
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote3,9493,878
Percentage50.34%49.51%

1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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]

Contents

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

Results

1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic-Republican Nehemiah R. Knight 3,949 50.42%
Federalist William Jones 3,87849.51%
Scattering50.06%
Majority710.91%
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 24052.86%21447.14%00.00%454
Kent 46841.79%65058.04%20.17%1,120
Newport 71250.07%71049.93%00.00%1,422
Providence 1,90056.38%1,46943.59%10.03%3,370
Washington 62942.91%83556.96%20.13%1,466
Totals3,94950.42%3,87849.51%50.06%7,832

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