1802 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1802 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1795 legislative no 1801 United States gubernatorial elections 1801 1803 United States gubernatorial elections 1803 12 state governorships(including 1 special election) March 9, 1802 – December 11, 1802 Seats up Democratic-Republican Party (United States) 11 governorships 11 12 1 8 7 Federalist Party (United States) 5 governorships 5 4 1 4 5 USgubernatorial1802.png 324px #5fd45f Democratic-Republican gain #237d23 Democratic-Republican hold#f08a62 Federalist gain #ba3e11 Federalist hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1802, in 12 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections. Six governors were elected by popular vote and six were elected by state legislatures. In Georgia, a special election was held following the resignation of incumbent Governor Josiah Tattnall. In New Jersey, three tied ballots were taken in October and November, resulting in no choice of Governor. The Vice-President of the Executive Council, John Lambert, served the term as acting Governor. In North Carolina, the winner of the ordinary election, John B. Ashe, died before taking office. A special election was then held. Results State Election date Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Connecticut 8 April 1802Glashan records this election as taking place on 12 April. Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Federalist Re-elected, 11,398 (69.87%) Ephraim Kirby (Democratic-Republican), 4,523 (27.73%)Scattering 393 (2.41%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218396 CT Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020Glashan 1979 38-39Congressional Quarterly 1998 44Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 86 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Connecticut 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/d217qp966 Georgia(special election)(election by legislature) 3 November 1802 Augusta, Nov. 6. Welcome news from Louisville https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015220/1802-11-06/ed-1/seq-3/ The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state Augusta, GA 6 November 1802 3 19 July 2020 Josiah Tattnall Democratic-Republican Resigned, Democratic-Republican victory John Milledge (Democratic-Republican), 48 votesThomas P. Carnes (Federalist), 22 voteshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=836051 GA Governor, 1802 - Special Our Campaigns 19 July 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Georgia 1802 Governor, Special A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/8623hz779 Washington City. Monday, November 22, 1802 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1802-11-22/ed-1/seq-3/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 22 November 1802 3 19 July 2020 Maryland(election by legislature) 8 November 1802 John Francis Mercer Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 53 votes James Murray (Federalist), 22 votesSome sources give Murray's total as 21 and/or credit William Vans Murray with one vote. The result given here is that given in the Maryland Senate Journal.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122152 MD Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 250 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Maryland 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/7w62f897x Votes and Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. November Session, 1802 https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/003186/html/m3186-0131.html Annapolis Frederick Green, Printer to the State 5 Washington City. Friday, November 12, 1802 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1802-11-12/ed-1/seq-3/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 12 November 1802 3 19 July 2020 Massachusetts 5 April 1802 Caleb Strong Federalist Re-elected, 29,983 (60.47%) Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican), 19,445 (39.22%)A contemporary source gives the combined Gerry and scattering votes as 19,600. Massachusetts election https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3878573/poughkeepsie-journal/ Poughkeepsie Journal Poughkeepsie, NY 8 June 1802 2 19 July 2020 The number for Gerry is variously given as 19,443, 19,445, 19,581, and 19,584, and the number scattering as 157, 155, 19, or 16. The result given here is the most likely correct one given the town and county breakdown at A New Nation Votes.Scattering 155 (0.31%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=224311 MA Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020Glashan 1979 140-141Congressional Quarterly 1998 57Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 266 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Massachusetts 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/7h149r09h 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 New Hampshire 9 March 1802 John Taylor Gilman Federalist Re-elected, 10,377 (54.14%) John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 8,753 (45.67%)Scattering 36 (0.19%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235658 NH Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020Glashan 1979 200-201Congressional Quarterly 1998 66Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 372 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Hampshire 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/vx021g58g A Journal of the Proceedings of the Honorable Senate of the State of New Hampshire, at a Session of the General Court, held at Concord, June 1802 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112110156111&view=1up&seq=16 Concord George Hough, Printer to the State 8 1802 Farmer James The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxkwqy&view=1up&seq=27 Concord Marsh, Capen and Lyon 17–18 New Jersey(election by legislature) 28 October 1802 Joseph Bloomfield Democratic-Republican No choice, further election held (First election)Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 26 votesRichard Stockton (Federalist), 26 votesKallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 411 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Jersey 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tb09j688w Journal of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council of the State of New Jersey, &c., &c. The First Sitting of the 27th Session Minutes and Proceedings of the Joint-Meeting. In Joint-Meeting, Saurday [sic, this was a Thursday], October 28, 1802 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101077906251&view=1up&seq=224 Trenton Wilson & Blackwell, Printers to the State 32–33 1803 Lee Francis Bazely 1902 New Jersey as a colony and a state 3 https://archive.org/details/newjerseyascolon05leef/page/155/mode/1up New York Publishing Society of New Jersey 155 25 November 1802 No choice, further election held (Second election)Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 26 votesRichard Stockton (Federalist), 26 votesKallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 411 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Jersey 1802 Governor, Ballot 2 A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/dn39x2434 Journal of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council of the State of New Jersey, &c., &c. The First Sitting of the 27th Session Minutes and Proceedings of the Joint-Meeting. In Joint-Meeting, Thursday, November 25, 1802 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101077906251&view=1up&seq=226 Trenton Wilson & Blackwell, Printers to the State 34 1803 Washington City. Wednesday, December 1, 1802 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1802-12-01/ed-1/seq-3/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 1 December 1802 3 19 July 2020 25 November 1802 No choice. Vice-President of the Executive Council, John Lambert, served the term as acting Governor. (Third election)Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican), 26 votesAaron Ogden (Federalist), 26 votesKallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 411Lee Francis Bazely 1902 New Jersey as a colony and a state 3 https://archive.org/details/newjerseyascolon05leef/page/156/mode/1up New York Publishing Society of New Jersey 156 North Carolina(election by legislature) 20 November 1802 Benjamin Williams FederalistGlashan 1979 228-229Broussard 1978 220Gilpatrick Delbert Harold 1931 Jeffersonian Democracy in North Carolina, 1789-1816 https://books.google.com/books?id=yK8lAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mild+federalist%22 New York Columbia University Press 132 9780231916707 Some sources describe Williams as a Democratic-Republican, although Broussard refers to him as "a quiet but unmistakeable Federalist" and "undeniably a Federalist", and Gilpatrick describes him as a "mild Federalist."Congressional Quarterly 1998 27 Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 436https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-williams/ Gov. Benjamin Williams nga.org National Governors Association 19 July 2020 Cheney John L. Jr. 1975 North Carolina Government 1585-1974: a narrative and statistical history https://archive.org/details/northcarolinagov1975nort/page/160/mode/1up Raleigh, NC North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State 160 Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory John B. Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 103 votesWilliam Polk (Federalist) 49 votesJoseph Taylor (Democratic-Republican), 20 votesSome sources give Taylor's total as 19. The result given here is that given in the North Carolina Legislative Papers.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=274305 NC Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives North Carolina 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/dr26xx46t Broussard James H. January 1978 The North Carolina Federalists, 1800-1816 The North Carolina Historical Review 55 1 18–41 23535380 none Warrenton, Nov. 22 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015220/1802-12-04/ed-1/seq-5/ The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state Augusta, GA 4 December 1802 5 19 July 2020 North Carolina Legislature North Carolina Digital Collections Balloting for Governor for 1803 Balloting: November–December 1802 19 July 2020 https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll36/id/67347/rec/3 North Carolina(special election)(election by legislature) 3–4 December 1802 Benjamin Williams (pro tempore)Williams' term was extended until the legislature could elect a replacement for Ashe. (Fourth ballot)James Turner (Democratic-Republican), 112 votesThomas Blount (Democratic-Republican) 51 votesJohn R. Eaton (Democratic-Republican), 8 votesBlank, 3 votesBenjamin Williams (Federalist), 2 votesWilliam Richardson Davie (Federalist), 1 voteAlthough the various sources agree Turner received 112 votes on the final ballot, they disagree on the full result. The result given here is that given in the North Carolina Legislative Papers.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=274304 NC Governor, 1802 - Special Election Our Campaigns 19 July 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives North Carolina 1802 Governor, Special A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/ww72bb58w Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives North Carolina 1802 Governor, Special, Ballot 2 A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/kw52j966w Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives North Carolina 1802 Governor, Special, Ballot 3 A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/k930bx66x Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives North Carolina 1802 Governor, Special, Ballot 4 A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/9z9030451 Washington City. Monday, December 13, 1802 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1802-12-13/ed-1/seq-3/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 13 December 1802 3 19 July 2020 Washington City. Wednesday, December 15, 1802 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1802-12-15/ed-1/seq-3/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 15 December 1802 3 19 July 2020 Raleigh, December 6 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015220/1802-12-18/ed-1/seq-2/ The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state Augusta, GA 18 December 1802 2 19 July 2020 North Carolina Legislature North Carolina Digital Collections Balloting Balloting: November–December 1802 19 July 2020 https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll36/id/67349/rec/3 Pennsylvania 12 October 1802 Thomas McKean Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 47,879 (73.65%) James Ross (Federalist), 17,037 (26.21%)Scattering 94 (0.15%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=42579 PA Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020Glashan 1979 260-261Congressional Quarterly 1998 75Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 489 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Pennsylvania 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/5138jd84x Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania XIII https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.74677486&view=1up&seq=57 Lancaster William Hamilton 53–55 1802 Wilkes University Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1802 Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 19 July 2020 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/gov/PaGov1802.html Rhode Island 21 April 1802 April 24, 1802 Rhode-Island Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021188/1802-04-24/ed-1/seq-3/ Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 3 14 December 2021 Arthur Fenner Democratic-Republican/Country Re-elected, 3,802 (66.28%) William Greenehttps://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/56696737.pdf Rhode Island Election Tickets: A Survey DeSimone Russell J. Schofield Daniel C. 2015 The University of Rhode Island Kingston, Rhode Island Figure 1–47 24 October 2021 OurCampaigns records this candidate as James Greene but no other source agrees with this. (Federalist), 1,934 (33.72%)A New Nation Votes records an additional scattering vote but no other source agrees with this.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237765 RI Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020Glashan 1979 268-269Congressional Quarterly 1998 76Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 507 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Rhode Island 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/02870w64v 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 Rhode-Island election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1802-05-19/ed-1/seq-2/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 19 May 1802 2 19 July 2020 South Carolina(election by legislature) 8 December 1802https://www.carolana.com/SC/Governors/jbrichardson.html James Burchill Richardson: 11th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1802 to 1804 carolana.com Lewis, J. D. Little River, S.C. 19 July 2020 A record of this State's executives https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93067669/1914-05-26/ed-2/seq-20/ Anderson Daily Intelligencer Anderson, S.C. 26 May 1914 20 19 July 2020 John Drayton Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory James Burchill Richardson (Democratic-Republican), 98 votesRichard Winn (Democratic-Republican), 32 votesBlank, 7 votesThomas Pinckney (Federalist), 2 votesJohn Gaillard (Democratic-Republican), 1 votehttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40593 SC Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives South Carolina 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/2n49t221b Columbia, (S.C.) Dec. 10 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015220/1802-12-18/ed-1/seq-5/ The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state Augusta, GA 18 December 1802 5 19 July 2020 Untitled https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1802-12-20/ed-1/seq-3/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 20 December 1802 3 19 July 2020 Vermont 7 September 1802 Isaac Tichenor Federalist Re-elected, 7,823 (59.77%) Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican), 5,085 (38.85%)Scattering 181 (1.38%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144074 VT Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020Glashan 1979 314-315Congressional Quarterly 1998 83Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 606 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Vermont 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/ms35tb18v https://vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us/elections/get_source_documentation/82826&ved=2ahUKEwjF4OzT4rnqAhVzmVwKHUtnASUQFjABegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw00fRDCkLseXU15Zy0hM-Vt General Election Results: Governor 2 Election Results Archive Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 19 July 2020 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Walton E. P. 1876 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont IV https://archive.org/details/vermontgovrecords04waltrich/page/328/mode/1up Montpelier Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland Record of the Governor and Council at the Session of the General Assembly at Burlington, Oct. 1802 328 Coolidge A. J. Mansfield J. B. 1860 History and Description of New England: Vermont https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00cool/page/964/mode/1up Boston Austin J. Coolidge Governors and Gubernatorial Vote 964 Virginia(election by legislature) 11 December 1802 James Monroe Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory John Page (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of votesAbraham B. Venable (Democratic-Republican), "a few votes"Although most sources agree Page was elected "unanimously" or "without opposition", one contemporary source states "There was no opposition. A few votes, however, were given to Mr. Venable."https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=783627 VA Governor, 1802 Our Campaigns 19 July 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Virginia 1802 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 19 July 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/1j92g758m Reese George H. Hickin Patricia Journal of the Senate of Virginia. Session of 1802/03 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x030201821&view=1up&seq=15 Richmond, VA Virginia Library Board 5 1973 Washington City. Monday, 20 December, 1802. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1802-12-20/ed-1/seq-2/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. 20 December 1802 2 19 July 2020 See also 1802 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 Broussard James H. 1978 The Southern Federalists, 1800-1816 https://archive.org/details/southernfederali0000brou/ Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 0-8071-0288-1 collapsed