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1837 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
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1837 Rhode Island gubernatorial election United States 1837 Presidential no 1836 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1836 1838 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1838 April 19, 1837 x150px John Brown Francis Democratic Party (United States) 2,716 73.09% x120px William Peckham Constitutional fff5d7 946 25.46% 1837 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County resultsFrancis: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #3933E5 80–90% Governor John Brown Francis Democratic Party (United States) John Brown Francis Democratic Party (United States)
The 1837 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 19, 1837. April 20, 1837 State Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021167/1837-04-20/ed-1/seq-2/ Herald of the times Newport, R.I. 2 19 October 2021 April 26, 1837 The Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1837-04-26/ed-1/seq-2/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 2 19 October 2021
Incumbent Democratic governor John Brown Francis won re-election to a fifth term, defeating Constitutional Party candidate William Peckham.
General election
Candidates
John Brown Francis, Democratic, incumbent governor
William Peckham, of South Kingstown, Constitutional,http://smallstatebighistory.com/the-constitutional-party-in-rhode-island-1834-1837/ The Constitutional Party in Rhode Island, 1834-1837 DeSimone Russell March 6, 2021 Small State Big History 19 October 2021 National Republican and Whig presidential elector in 1832 and 1836Arnold James N. 1888 The Narrangansett Historical Register 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=nbgAcZILBRQC&pg=PA303 Providence, R.I. The Narrangansett Historical Publishing Company 303 978-0-7884-0511-2
Results
1837 Rhode Island gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237875 RI Governor, 1837 Our Campaigns 19 October 2021Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 76 1-56802-396-0 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 234 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina May 10, 1837 Rhode-Island Legislature https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1837-05-10/ed-1/seq-2/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 2 19 October 2021 May 17, 1837 Rhode Island Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042147/1837-05-17/ed-1/seq-3/ The North-Carolina standard Raleigh, N.C. 3 19 October 2021 Some sources give Francis' vote as 2,762.Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 270–271 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 512 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 1888 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 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106119559&view=1up&seq=127&skin=2021 Providence E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State 101
Democratic Party (United States) John Brown Francis (incumbent) 2,716 73.09%
Constitutional Party William Peckham 946 25.46%
Scattering 54 1.45%
1,770 47.63%
3,716
Democratic Party (United States)
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