1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

←  1848 April 4, 1849 1850  →

Nominee Henry B. Anthony Adnah Sackett Edward Harris Party Whig Democratic Free Soil Popular vote 5,081 2,964 458 Percentage 58.98% 34.41% 5.32%

County results Anthony:      50–60%     60–70%     80–90%

Governor before election Elisha Harris Whig Elected Governor Henry B. Anthony Whig

The 1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 4, 1849. ^[1]

Incumbent Whig governor Elisha Harris did not run for re-election. Whig nominee Henry B. Anthony defeated Democratic nominee Adnah Sackett and Free Soil nominee Edward Harris.

General election

Candidates

• Adnah Sackett, Democratic, manufacturer of jewelry, ^[2] nominee for governor in 1848
• Edward Harris, Free Soil, manufacturer ^[3]
• Henry B. Anthony, Whig, editor of the Providence Journal ^[4]

Results

1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Henry B. Anthony	5,081	58.98%
	Democratic	Adnah Sackett	2,964	34.41%
	Free Soil	Edward Harris	458	5.32%
	Scattering		112	1.30%
Majority			2,117	24.57%
Turnout			8,615
	Whig hold		Swing

References

1. "Rhode Island Election". Alexandria gazette. Alexandria, D.C. April 7, 1849. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
2. Weygant, Charles H. (1907). The Sacketts of America: their ancestors and descendants, 1630-1907. Newburgh, N. Y.: Journal Print. p. 229.
3. "Edward Harris". Woonsocket, Rhode Island – My Home Town. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
4. Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Anthony, Henry Bowen"  . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . New York: D. Appleton.
5. "RI Governor, 1849". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
6. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 76. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
7. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 236. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
8. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 270–271. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
9. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 513. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
10. 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. 103.
11. "Rhode Island Legislature". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. May 3, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved October 22, 2021.