1799 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

none May 2024 September 2023 1799 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts 1799 4 1 presidential 1798 1798 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1800 1800 Massachusetts gubernatorial election No x150px File:IncreaseSumnerBySharples.jpg Increase Sumner Federalist Party (United States) 24,073 72.92% File:William E Heath.jpg William Heath Democratic-Republican Party (United States) 8,484 25.70% 1799 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsSumner: #DFC27D 50-60% #BF812D 60–70% #543005 80–90% #382005 90–100%Heath: #73D873 50–60% #30A630 70–80%No Data/Vote: #808080 Governor Federalist Party (United States) Increase Sumner Federalist Party (United States) Increase Sumner The 1799 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 1. Incumbent Governor Increase Sumner was elected to a third term in office against minimal opposition. Sumner won the election on his deathbed and was unable to fulfill the duties of office. To avoid provoking a constitutional crisis, he took the office in early June before dying on June 7, 1799. General election Candidates William Heath, former State Senator and major general in the Continental Army (Republican) Increase Sumner, incumbent Governor since 1797 (Federalist) Results 1799 Massachusetts gubernatorial electionBurdick 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 American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 1979 Glashan Roy Meckler Books Westport, Conn. 140 https://archive.org/details/americangovernor0000glas/page/140/mode/2up registration Federalist Party (United States) Increase Sumner 24,073 72.92% Democratic-Republican Party (United States) William Heath 8,484 25.70% Others Scattering 456 1.38% 33,013 100.00% Federalist Party (United States) Federalist Party (United States) References Bibliography https://archive.org/details/commonwealthhist04hart Commonwealth History of Massachusetts The States History Company 1927 Hart Albert Bushnell New York 1543273 Morse Anson https://books.google.com/books?id=xCUmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA23 The Federalist Party in Massachusetts to the Year 1800 Princeton University Press 1909 Princeton, NJ 718724 Sumner William Hyslop https://books.google.com/books?id=6EABAAAAYAAJ Memoir of Increase Sumner, Governor of Massachusetts: Governor of Massachusetts Trask, William Blake Samuel G. Drake 1854 Boston Category:1799 Massachusetts elections Category:Massachusetts gubernatorial elections