1805 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1805 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1795 legislative no 1804 United States gubernatorial elections 1804 1806 United States gubernatorial elections 1806 13 state governorships March 12, 1805 – December 7, 1805 Seats up Democratic-Republican Party (United States) 12 governorships 12 12 9 9 Federalist Party (United States) 5 governorships 5 4 1 3 4 Independent (politician) 0 governorships 0 1 1 1 0 USgubernatorial1805.png 324px #5fd45f Democratic-Republican gain #237d23 Democratic-Republican hold#f08a62 Federalist gain #ba3e11 Federalist hold#FCF5D9 Independent gain United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1805, in 13 states. Eight governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures. Results State Election date Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Connecticut 11 April 1805Glashan records this election as taking place on 8 April. Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Federalist Re-elected, 12,700 (61.47%)Some sources record the result as Trumbull 13,689, Hart 8,223; this includes 989 votes for Trumbull and 413 for Hart from six towns rejected by the General Assembly. William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 7,810 (37.80%)Scattering 151 (0.73%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218391 CT Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020Glashan 1979 38-39Congressional Quarterly 1998 44Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 86 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Connecticut 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/sb397892m Georgia(election by legislature) 7 November 1805?Two contemporary newspapers quote a letter dated November 4 which states the election took place the previous Thursday, which would place the election on October 31. Louisville, (G.) Nov. 4 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015220/1805-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state Augusta, GA 9 November 1805 2 16 August 2020 Louisville, (G.) Nov. 4 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014395/1805-11-19/ed-1/seq-3/ Georgia republican & state intelligencer Savannah, GA 19 November 1805 3 16 August 2020 However, another newspaper states that the legislature did not meet until 5 November, which would suggest a date a week later. Thursday, November 14, 1805 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014178/1805-11-14/ed-1/seq-3/ Augusta herald Augusta, GA 14 November 1805 3 16 August 2020 An election in the first week of November would be in line with other gubernatorial elections in Georgia in the 1800s. John Milledge Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 61 votes Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Georgia 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/c821gk90c Maryland(election by legislature) 11 November 1805 Robert Bowie Democratic-Republican Re-elected, unknown number of voteshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122151 MD Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 250 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Maryland 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/pn89d8012 Votes and Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. November Session, 1806 http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/003186/html/m3186-0303.html Annapolis Frederick Green, Printer to the State 5 Massachusetts 1 April 1805 Caleb Strong Federalist Re-elected, 32,988 (51.45%)Many sources give the result as Strong 35,204, Sullivan 33,518, Scattering 264, but these are the results given before the canvass of votes by the state legislature which rejected the votes of 62 towns. Glashan gives Sullivan's total as 33,543, and scattering votes as 239. This discrepancy depends on the allocation of 25 votes given for "James Solvan." James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 31,125 (48.55%)Includes scattering votes.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=224360 MA Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020Glashan 1979 140-141Congressional Quarterly 1998 57Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 266 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Massachusetts 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/k0698872q Burdick Charles 1814 The Massachusetts Manual: or Political and Historical Register, for the Political Year from June 1814 to June 1815 I https://books.google.com/books?id=DP7Y2qQ68wAC&pg=PA26 Boston Charles Callender 26 The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar; for the Year of Our Lord 1814, &c., &c. 1814 https://books.google.com/books?id=wcw7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36 Boston John West & Co. 36 Hayward John 1847 A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, &c., &c. https://books.google.com/books?id=4I0-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA417 Boston John Hayward 417 Massachusetts election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1805-06-12/ed-1/seq-2/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 12 June 1805 2 16 August 2020 Massachusetts. Votes for Governor https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024736/1805-06-14/ed-1/seq-3/ The enquirer Richmond, VA 14 June 1805 3 16 August 2020 Massachusetts. Boston, April 16. Election Data https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024736/1806-04-29/ed-1/seq-3/ The enquirer Richmond, VA 29 April 1806 3 16 August 2020 New Hampshire 12 March 1805 John Taylor Gilman Federalist Defeated, 12,287 (43.20%) John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 16,097 (56.59%)Scattering 59 (0.21%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235661 NH Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020Glashan 1979 200-201Congressional Quarterly 1998 66Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 372 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Hampshire 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/9k41zf996 A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, Anno Domini, 1805 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.095661079&view=1up&seq=11 Concord Peirce & Gardner, Printers to the State 7 1805 Farmer James The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxkwqy&view=1up&seq=28 Concord Marsh, Capen and Lyon 18 New Jersey(election by legislature) 25 October 1805 Joseph Bloomfield Democratic-Republican Re-elected, unanimouslyKallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 411 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Jersey 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/fj236302c Lee Francis Bazely 1902 New Jersey as a colony and a state 3 https://archive.org/details/newjerseyascolon05leef/page/159/mode/1up New York Publishing Society of New Jersey 159 Journal of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council of the State of New-Jersey, &c., &c. Being the First Sitting of the 30th Session Minutes and Proceedings of the Joint-Meeting. In Joint-Meeting. Thursday, October 25, 1805 https://books.google.com/books?id=7htNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA87 Cedarville, (West) New-Jersey Printed for John Westcott, Jun. 87 1805 North Carolina(election by legislature) 25 November 1805 Raleigh, (N. C.) November 25 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024710/1805-11-30/ed-1/seq-2/ Virginia Argus Richmond, VA 30 November 1805 2 16 August 2020 Raleigh, Dec 2. https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015220/1805-12-14/ed-1/seq-2/ The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state Augusta, GA 14 December 1805 2 16 August 2020 James Turner Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory Nathaniel Alexander (Democratic-Republican), 108 votesBenjamin Williams (Federalist), 66 votesSome sources give Williams' total as 65. The result given here is that given in the North Carolina Legislative Papers.Joseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 3 votesLittle, 1 voteMore, 1 voteWhitfield, 1 votehttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=274300 NC Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives North Carolina 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/0k225c47p North Carolina Legislature North Carolina Digital Collections Balloting for Governor Balloting: November–December 1805 16 August 2020 https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll36/id/74419/rec/3 Broussard James H. 1978 The Southern Federalists, 1800-1816 https://archive.org/details/southernfederali0000brou/ Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 219 0-8071-0288-1 Ohio 8 October 1805 Edward Tiffin Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 4,783 (100.00%)Most sources agree on this result, and one source states that this is the result declared in the General Assembly.Taylor William A. 1899 Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress, from the Year 1788 to the Year 1900 I Fourth Legislative Session, 1805-1806 https://archive.org/details/ohiostatesmenann00taylrich/page/n51/mode/1up Columbus, Ohio Press of the Westbote Co., State Printers 46 This result can be achieved by taking the results from Belmont, Butler, Columbiana, Fairfield, Franklin, Highland, and Ross, Greene, Jefferson, Scioto, Warren, and Washington, Gallia, and Muskingum counties only. A New Nation Votes includes returns from Adams, Athens, Clermont, Hamilton, and Montgomery counties, and records the result as Tiffin 6,321, Nathaniel Massie 171, Scattering 27. Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Ohio 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/jq085k039 It is further recorded that Tiffin received 379 votes in Trumbull County.Charles Whittlesey Charles Whittlesey (geologist) 1867 Early History of Cleveland, Ohio https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t5j96hc0n&view=1up&seq=425 Chapter 17 Cleveland, Ohio Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., Printers 405 Some sources give Tiffin's total as 4,788, which is the sum of the county breakdown for the counties included in the official total.Dubin 2003Smucker Isaac October 1892 Ohio's Early Governors - Edward Tiffin https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89102493533&view=1up&seq=788 The National Magazine XVI 6 The National History Company New York 672–675 16 August 2020 Congressional Record: containing the Proceedings and Debates of the Fifty-Fourth Congress, Second Session https://books.google.com/books?id=b5G5xZ70IdoC&pg=PA1271 XXIX Washington Government Printing Office 1271 1897 Bell, Jr. Wm. William Bell Jr. (politician) 1876 Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio, including the Statistical Report to the General Assembly, for the Year 1875 Official Vote of Ohio for Governor, 1806 https://archive.org/details/annualreportofse1875ohio/page/16/mode/2up Columbus Nevins & Myers, State Printers 16 1906 Vote for State Officers, Members of the General Assembly, Judges of the Circuit and Common Pleas Courts and County Officers polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Annual Election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday, being the seventh day of November, 1905 Votes cast for President, Governor and Secretary of State at the Presidential and State elections from 1803 to 1905, inclusive https://archive.org/details/ohioelectionsta01statgoog/page/n3/mode/1up Springfield, Ohio The Springfield Publishing Company, State Printers 3 Brown Thad H. Thad H. Brown 1924 Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly of the State of Ohio for the Year Ending June 30, 1923 Votes cast for President, Governor and Secretary of State at the Presidential and State elections from 1803 to 1922, inclusive https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437010542252&view=1up&seq=262 Springfield, Ohio The Kelly Springfield Printing Company 252 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=94240 OH Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020Glashan 1979 244-245Congressional Quarterly 1998 72Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 457Utler William T. 1942 The History of the State of Ohio. The Frontier State: 1803-1825 II https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof02witt/page/41/mode/1up Columbus, OH The Ohio Historical Society 41–42 Taylor William Alexander Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County https://books.google.com/books?id=hXFKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179 North Charleston, SC Createspace 179 9783849673543 Milligan Fred J. 2003 Ohio's Founding Fathers https://books.google.com/books?id=0CGoZoKlKuAC&pg=PA146 iUniverse, Inc. 146 0-595-29322-0 Gilmore William Edward 1897 Life of Edward Tiffin, First Governor of Ohio https://archive.org/stream/lifeofedwardtiff00gilm/lifeofedwardtiff00gilm#page/98/mode/1up Chillicothe, OH Horney & Son 98 Ratcliffe Donald J. 1998 Party spirit in a frontier republic: democratic politics in Ohio, 1793-1821 Columbus, OH Ohio State University Press 123 1811/30229?show=full 0-8142-0775-8 Philadelphia, November 4 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024710/1805-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ Virginia Argus Richmond, VA 9 November 1805 2 16 August 2020 Early Ohio history https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll54/id/1114/ The Van Wert times Van Wert, Ohio 11 February 1887 2 16 August 2020 Exciting and close elections https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll84/id/25701/ The Western star Lebanon, Ohio 14 September 1899 1 16 August 2020 https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2013/08/ohio_gubernatorial_election_re_1.html Ohio gubernatorial election results: 1805 to 2014 Exner Rich 26 August 2013 Data Central cleveland.com 16 August 2020 http://mattdole.com/1788-gov Ohio Governor election results 1788-1848 Ohio Politicals 16 August 2020 September 21, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190921221203/http://mattdole.com/1788-gov dead Barnes Milton Milton Barnes (politician) 1879 Annual Report of the Secretary of State, to the Governor of the State of Ohio, including the Statistical Report to the General Assembly, for the Year 1878 Election Statistics of Ohio. Vote on Governor from 1803 to 1850, inclusive https://books.google.com/books?id=8V0tAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA176 Columbus Nevins & Myers, State Printers 176 Townsend Charles Charles Townsend (Ohio politician) 1882 Annual Report of the Secretary of State, to the Governor of the State of Ohio, for the Year 1882 Election Statistics of Ohio. Vote on Governor from 1803 to 1850, inclusive https://archive.org/details/annualreportofse1882ohio/page/176/mode/1up Columbus Myers Brothers, State Printers 176 Pennsylvania 8 October 1805 Thomas McKean Democratic-Republican Re-elected as an Independent Republican, 43,644 (52.89%) Simon Snyder (Democratic-Republican), 38,483 (46.63%)Some sources give Snyder's total as 38,833. This discrepancy appears to come from the transposition of the last two digits of Snyder's total, plus the scattering votes. 38,483 is the figure given in the Pennsylvania Senate Journal.Scattering 395 (0.48%)The scattering votes were cast for "Samuel Snyder" in Bucks County.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=42577 PA Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020Glashan 1979 260-261Congressional Quarterly 1998 75Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 489 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Pennsylvania 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/bk128b00b Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, &c., &c. XVI https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.74677664&view=1up&seq=50 Lancaster John Burnside 44–45 1805 Wilkes University Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1805 Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 16 August 2020 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/gov/PaGov1805.html Peeling James Hedley 1930 Governor McKean and the Pennsylvania Jacobins (1799-1808) The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography University of Pennsylvania Press 54 4 320–354 20086750 Rhode Island 3 April 1805Glashan records this election as taking place on 17 April. Arthur Fenner Democratic-Republican/Country Re-elected. Returns lost. Seth Wheaton (Federalist)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237768 RI Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020Glashan 1979 268-269Congressional Quarterly 1998 76Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 507 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Rhode Island 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/5m60qs682 J. Fred Parker, Secretary of State 1914 Manual, with Rules and Orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1914 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Ky8tAQAAMAAJ/page/n144/mode/1up Providence, RI E. L. Freeman Company, State Printers 107 Tennessee 1–2 August 1805 John Sevier Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 10,293 (63.74%)A New Nation Votes states that the result per the Tennessee Senate Journal was Sevier 10,393, Roane 5,909. Archibald Roane (Democratic-Republican), 5,855 (36.26%)Dubin and OurCampaigns give Roane's total as 5,795.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=238443 TN Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020Glashan 1979 294-295Congressional Quarterly 1998 79Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 550 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Tennessee 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/mp48sd05b Miller Charles A. 1890 The Official and Political Manual of the State of Tennessee https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_0r0ZAAAAYAAJ/page/n181/mode/2up Nashville, TN Marshall & Bruce, Stationers 169 Corlew Robert E. 1990 Tennessee, a short history https://books.google.com/books?id=9McNQm27VmUC&pg=PA135 Knoxville, TN University of Tennessee Press 135 0-87049-646-8 Vermont 3 September 1805 Isaac Tichenor Federalist Re-elected, 8,683 (60.87%)Various sources give slightly different results for this election. The result given here is that described by A New Nation Votes as "the officially recorded votes". Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 5,054 (35.43%)Scattering 527 (3.69%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144077 VT Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020Glashan 1979 314-315Congressional Quarterly 1998 83Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 606 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Vermont 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/vt150k722 Journals of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, at their session begun and holden at Danville, in the County of Caledonia, on the second Thursday of October A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433011264920&view=1up&seq=12 Windsor Alden Spooner, Printer to the State 6 1806 Walton E. P. 1877 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont V https://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno05verm/page/58/mode/1up Montpelier Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland Record of the Governor and Council at the Session of the General Assembly at Danville, October 1805 58 https://vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us/elections/get_source_documentation/82826&ved=2ahUKEwjF4OzT4rnqAhVzmVwKHUtnASUQFjABegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw00fRDCkLseXU15Zy0hM-Vt General Election Results: Governor 3 Election Results Archive Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 16 August 2020 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Coolidge A. J. Mansfield J. B. 1860 History and Description of New England: Vermont https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00cool/page/965/mode/1up Boston Austin J. Coolidge Governors and Gubernatorial Vote 965 Virginia(election by legislature) 7 December 1805Swem Earl G. Williams John W. 1918 A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia 1776-1918 and of the Constitutional Conventions Governors of Virginia, 1776-1918 https://archive.org/details/registerofgenera00virg/page/n15/mode/2up Richmond Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing ix Encyclopedia Virginia records this election as taking place on 6 December.https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Cabell_William_H_1772-1853#its2 William H. Cabell (1772–1853) Deal, John G. and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography 2 February 2018 Charlottesville, VA Encyclopedia Virginia Virginia Humanities 16 August 2020 John Page Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory William H. Cabell (Democratic-Republican), 99 votesAlexander MacRae, 90 voteshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=783330 VA Governor, 1805 Our Campaigns 16 August 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Virginia 1805 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 16 August 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/rx913q72s Washington City. Friday, December 13 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1805-12-13/ed-1/seq-2/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 13 December 1805 2 16 August 2020 Election of Governor https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024736/1805-12-10/ed-1/seq-3/ The enquirer Richmond, VA 10 December 1805 3 16 August 2020 See also 1805 United States elections References 30em Notes Bibliography Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 0-930466-17-9 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 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 Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 collapsed