1820 Delaware gubernatorial special election

none January 2025 September 2023 1820 Delaware gubernatorial special election Delaware by-election no 1819 Delaware gubernatorial election 1819 1822 Delaware gubernatorial special election 1822 (special) October 3, 1820 x100px John Collins Democratic-Republican Party 3,970 53.00% x100px Jesse Green Federalist Party (United States) 3,520 47.00% 1820 Delaware gubernatorial special election results map by county.svg 210px County resultsHaslet: #73BC84 50–60% #3FA457 60–70% Booth: #8DA9E2 50–60% Governor Jacob Stout Federalist Party (United States) John Collins Democratic-Republican Party The 1820 Delaware gubernatorial special election was held on October 3, 1820. The winner of the 1819 gubernatorial election, Henry Molleston, died before assuming office, elevating State Senate Speaker Jacob Stout to the governorship and triggering an election in 1820. However, the election was not just for the remainder of Molleston's term, but instead for a full three-year term.Dubin 2003 27 Jesse Green was the Federalist nominee to succeed Stout and ran against Democratic-Republican nominee John Collins. Collins defeated Green by a slim margin, becoming the first Democratic-Republican Governor of Delaware since 1810. However, Collins died in office on April 16, 1822, triggering another special election in 1822. General election Results 1820 Delaware gubernatorial electionhttps://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/fn106z893 Delaware 1820 Governor, Special A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 Tufts University June 17, 2021 Democratic-Republican Party John Collins 3,970 53.00% +7.56% Federalist Party (United States) Jesse Green 3,520 47.00% -7.56% 450 6.01% -3.10% 7,490 100.00% Democratic-Republican Party Federalist Party (United States) References Bibliography Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina 1820 Gubernatorial Delaware Gubernatorial Delaware 1820