1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election United States 1795 Presidential no 1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1816 1818 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1818 April 16, 1817 x150px Nehemiah R. Knight Democratic-Republican Party 3,949 50.34% x150px William Jones Federalist Party 3,878 49.51% 1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County resultsKnight: #73D873 50–60%Jones: #DFC27D 50–60% Governor William Jones Federalist Party Nehemiah R. Knight Democratic-Republican Party The 1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 16, 1817. April 12, 1817 Republican Fellow-Citizens of the County of Newport https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1817-04-12/ed-1/seq-2/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 2 25 October 2021 April 22, 1817 Rhode-Island https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016082/1817-04-22/ed-1/seq-3/ Portland gazette and Maine advertiser Portland, Me. 3 25 October 2021 April 23, 1817 Triumph of Republicanism! https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1817-04-23/ed-1/seq-3/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 3 25 October 2021 Incumbent Federalist Governor William Jones ran for election to a seventh term but was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee Nehemiah R. Knight. General election Candidates Nehemiah R. Knight, Democratic, clerk of the circuit court, collector of customshttps://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000287 Knight, Nehemiah Rice (1780 – 1854) 25 October 2021 United States Congress Biographical Directory of the United States Congress William Jones, Federalist, incumbent governor Results 1817 Rhode Island gubernatorial electionGubernatorial 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 232 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 268–269 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 509 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 98 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Rhode Island 1817 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 25 October 2021 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/k3569484j May 14, 1817 Votes for Governor https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1817-05-14/ed-1/seq-3/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 3 25 October 2021 Democratic-Republican Party Nehemiah R. Knight 3,949 50.42% Federalist Party William Jones 3,878 49.51% Scattering 5 0.06% 71 0.91% 7,832 Democratic-Republican Party Federalist Party County results + County resultsCountyNehamiah Knight Democratic-RepublicanWilliam Jones FederalistWrite-ins Various Total votes#%#%#%Bristol 240 52.86% 214 47.14% 0 0.00% 454Kent 468 41.79% 650 58.04% 2 0.17% 1,120Newport 712 50.07% 710 49.93% 0 0.00% 1,422Providence 1,900 56.38% 1,469 43.59% 1 0.03% 3,370Washington 629 42.91% 835 56.96% 2 0.13% 1,466Totals3,94950.42%3,87849.51%50.06%7,832 References 1817 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Category:April 1817