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1815 Rhode Island gubernatorial election United States 1795 Presidential no 1814 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1814 1816 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1816 April 19, 1815 x150px William Jones Federalist Party 3,372 56.31% x150px Peleg Arnold Democratic-Republican Party 2,588 43.22% 1815 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County resultsJones: #DFC27D 50–60% #BF812D 60–70% Governor William Jones Federalist Party William Jones Federalist Party
The 1815 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 19, 1815. April 19, 1815 Fellow-Citizens https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1815-04-19/ed-1/seq-3/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 3 30 October 2021 April 29, 1815 Rhode-Island Election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024014/1815-04-29/ed-1/seq-3/ Alexandria gazette, commercial and political Alexandra, Va. 3 30 October 2021
Incumbent Federalist Governor William Jones won re-election to a fifth term, defeating Democratic-Republican nominee Peleg Arnold.
General election
Candidates
Peleg Arnold, Democratic-Republican, former Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
William Jones, Federalist, incumbent governor
Results
1815 Rhode Island gubernatorial electionGubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 76 1-56802-396-0 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 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
Federalist Party William Jones 3,372 56.31%
Democratic-Republican Party Peleg Arnold 2,588 43.22%
Scattering 28 0.47%
784 13.09%
5,988
Federalist Party
County results
+ County resultsCounty Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Rhode Island 1815 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 30 October 2021 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tb09j6916 William Jones
FederalistPeleg Arnold
Democratic-RepublicanScattering
Various Total votes#%#%#%Bristol 215 50.35% 209 48.95% 1 0.7% 427Kent 554 64.64% 301 35.12% 2 0.24% 857Newport 619 56.53% 464 42.37% 12 1.10% 1,095Providence 1,384 52.70% 1,232 46.92% 10 0.38% 2,626Washington 600 60.91% 382 38.78% 3 0.31% 985Totals3,37256.6%2,58843.2%280.2%5,960
References
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