1841 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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1841 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
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  1840 April 21, 18411842 
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Nominee Samuel Ward King
Party Whig
Popular vote2,648
Percentage97.68%

Governor before election

Samuel Ward King
Whig

Elected Governor

Samuel Ward King
Whig

The 1841 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 21, 1841. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Whig Governor Samuel Ward King won re-election without opposition.

General election

Candidates

Results

1841 Rhode Island gubernatorial election [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Samuel Ward King (incumbent) 2,648 97.68%
Scattering632.32%
Majority2,58595.36%
Turnout 2,711
Whig hold Swing

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References

  1. "State and Congressional Election". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. April 22, 1841. p. 2.
  2. "RI Governor, 1841". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 76. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
  4. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 235. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
  5. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 270–271. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  6. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 512. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
  7. Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1888-89. Providence: E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State. 1888. p. 102.