1848 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1848 Rhode Island gubernatorial election Rhode Island 1847 Presidential no 1847 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1847 1849 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1849 April 5, 1848 x150px Elisha Harris Whig Party (United States) 5,695 58.02% x120px Adnah Sackett Democratic Party (United States) 3,683 37.52% 1848 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County results Harris: #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% #CC4C02 80–90% Governor Elisha Harris Whig Party (United States) Elisha Harris Whig Party (United States) The 1848 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 5, 1848. April 6, 1848 Political https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1848-04-06/ed-1/seq-5/ The New York herald New York, N.Y. 5 23 October 2021 Incumbent Whig governor Elisha Harris won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Adnah Sackett. General election Candidates Adnah Sackett, Democratic, manufacturer of jewelry.Weygant Charles H. 1907 The Sacketts of America: their ancestors and descendants, 1630-1907 https://archive.org/details/sackettsofameric00weyg/page/228/mode/2up Newburgh, N. Y. Journal Print 229 Sackett was nominated after Olney Ballou declined the nomination. March 13, 1848 Political https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82003410/1848-03-13/ed-1/seq-2/ The daily union Washington, D.C. 2 23 October 2021 Elisha Harris, Whig, incumbent governor Results 1848 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 236 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 270–271 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 513 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 103 May 4, 1848 The General Assembly https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021168/1848-05-04/ed-1/seq-2/ Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander Newport, R.I. 2 23 October 2021 OurCampaigns gives the result as Harris 5,795, Sackett 3,683, scattering 446.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237886 RI Governor, 1848 Our Campaigns 23 October 2021 Whig Party (United States) Elisha Harris (incumbent) 5,695 58.02% Democratic Party (United States) Adnah Sackett 3,683 37.52% Scattering 437 4.45% 2,012 20.50% 9,815 Whig Party (United States) Notes References 1848 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Category:April 1848