1839 Georgia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1839 Georgia gubernatorial election 1879 Presidential no 1837 Georgia gubernatorial election 1837 1841 Georgia gubernatorial election 1841 October 7, 1839 File:CharlesJamesMcDonald.jpg Charles McDonald Democratic Party (United States) Union Party 51.42% Georgia (U.S. state) 34,634 Charles Dougherty File:3x4.svg Whig Party (United States) State Rights 32,727 48.58% 1839 Georgia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg Results by CountyDubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776 1860: The Official Results By State And County McFarland 2003 9780786414390 35–36McDonald: #8da9e2 50–60% #678cd7 60–70% #4170cd 70–80% #3358a2 80–90% #244079 >90%Dougherty: #c0a32f 50–60% #a88600 60–70% #907300 70–80% #735c00 80–90% #564500 >90% Governor George Rockingham Gilmer Whig Party (United States) Charles McDonald Democratic x140px The 1839 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 7, 1839, to elect the governor of Georgia. The Democratic Union candidate Charles McDonald won the election defeating Whig State Rights Candidate Charles Dougherty, with the election being decided by 1,907 votes.Guide to U.S. Elections CQ Press 2009 9781604265361 Kalb Deborah 6th Washington, DC 1609October 15, 1839 Democratic Ticket for President 2 The Weekly Telegraph https://www.newspapers.com/image/823197993/?terms=Charles%20McDonald&match=1 May 10, 2022 Background During this time, Georgian politics were dominated by two local parties, the Union party and the State Rights party. The Union party was the product of the forces of liberal democracy that brought white manhood suffrage and popular elections in the 1800s. The State Rights party, on the other hand, was a political anomaly whose conservative politics and organization were more closely related to those of the late 1800s.Murray Paul Party Organization in Georgia Politics 1825–1853 40576991 The Georgia Historical Quarterly 29 4 197, 202 Since the 1836 presidential election the Union and State Rights parties have slowly merged with the Democratic and Whig parties respectively. General election Candidates Democratic Charles McDonald, Former Brigadier general.Charles McDonald (1793–1860) https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/charles-mcdonald-1793-1860 2021-08-18 New Georgia Encyclopedia en Whig Charles Dougherty, Lawyer Results 1839 Georgia gubernatorial election Democratic Party (United States) Charles McDonald 34,634 51.4 +2 Whig Party (United States) Charles Dougherty 32,807 48.6 -2 67,441 100 References Category:Georgia (U.S. state) gubernatorial elections Georgia Gubernatorial Category:October 1839