1804 United States gubernatorial elections

none August 2024 1804 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1795 legislative no 1803 United States gubernatorial elections 1803 1805 United States gubernatorial elections 1805 13 state governorships March 13, 1804 – December 7, 1804 Seats up Democratic-Republican Party 13 governorships 13 12 1 8 9 Federalist Party 4 governorships 4 5 1 5 4 USgubernatorial1804.png 324px #5fd45f Democratic-Republican gain #237d23 Democratic-Republican hold#f08a62 Federalist gain #ba3e11 Federalist hold United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1804, in 13 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election. Eight governors were elected by popular vote and five were elected by state legislatures. Results State Election date Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Connecticut April 12, 1804Glashan records this election as taking place on April 9. Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Federalist Re-elected, 11,108 (61.23%)Some sources record the result as Trumbull 11,963, Hart 7,376; this includes 855 votes for Trumbull and 505 for Hart rejected by the General Assembly. William Hart (Democratic-Republican), 6,871 (37.88%)Scattering 162 (0.89%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218392 CT Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020Glashan 1979 38–39Congressional Quarterly 1998 44Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 86 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Connecticut 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/00000040z Hartford, (Con.) May 17 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024710/1804-05-26/ed-1/seq-2/ Virginia Argus Richmond, VA May 26, 1804 2 August 6, 2020 Delaware October 2, 1804 David Hall Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Federalist victory Nathaniel Mitchell (Federalist), 4,391 (52.02%)Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican), 4,050 (47.98%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218964 DE Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020Glashan 1979 50–51Congressional Quarterly 1998 46Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 109 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Delaware 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/nc580n24j Kentucky August 6–8, 1804 James Garrard Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory Christopher Greenup (Democratic-Republican), 25,917 (100.00%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=219174 KY Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020Glashan 1979 108–109Congressional Quarterly 1998 53Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 203 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Kentucky 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/g445cd716 Maryland(election by legislature) November 20, 1804 Maryland. Annapolis, Nov. 22 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024736/1804-12-04/ed-1/seq-2/ The enquirer Richmond, VA December 4, 1804 2 August 6, 2020 Robert Bowie Democratic-Republican Re-elected, "by a majority"https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122155 MD Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 250 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Maryland 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/jq085m40n Votes and Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. November Session, 1804 https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/003186/html/m3186-0243.html Annapolis Frederick Green, Printer to the State 4 Massachusetts April 2, 1804 Massachusetts election, held on the 2nd of April https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1804-04-13/ed-1/seq-2/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington. D.C. April 13, 1804 2 August 6, 2020 Caleb Strong Federalist Re-elected, 30,011 (55.07%)Some sources record the result as Strong 30,041, Sullivan 24,368, Scattering 195; this includes the votes of Monmouth which were rejected by the General Assembly, in addition to a number of votes given for Strong and Sullivan under incorrect names which are correctly recorded as scattering. James Sullivan (Democratic-Republican), 23,996 (44.03%)Scattering 492 (0.90%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=224344 MA Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020Glashan 1979 140–141Congressional Quarterly 1998 57Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 266 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Massachusetts 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/kk91fm84t 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 New Hampshire March 13, 1804 John Taylor Gilman Federalist Re-elected, 12,216 (50.31%)Most 20th-century sources give the result as Gilman 12,246, Langdon 12,009. The result given here is that given in the New Hampshire Senate Journal. John Langdon (Democratic-Republican), 12,039 (49.58%)Scattering 27 (0.11%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=235660 NH Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020Glashan 1979 200–201Congressional Quarterly 1998 66Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 372 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Hampshire 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/j098zc62p A Journal of the Proceedings of the honorable Senate of the State of New-Hampshire, at their Session, begun and holden at Concord, on the first Wednesday of June, Anno Domini, 1804 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010041774&view=1up&seq=15 Portsmouth Peirce, Hill and Peirce, Printers to the State 9 1804 Farmer James The New Hampshire Annual Register and United States Calendar, 1833 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxkwqy&view=1up&seq=28 Concord Marsh, Capen and Lyon 18 New Jersey(election by legislature) October 25, 1804 Joseph Bloomfield Democratic-Republican Re-elected, 37 votes Richard Stockton (Federalist), 16 votesKallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 411 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New Jersey 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/gx41mj50h Lee 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 New York April 24–26, 1804Glashan records this election as taking place on April 23–25. George Clinton Democratic-Republican Retired, Democratic-Republican victory Morgan Lewis (Democratic-Republican/Clintonian)Congressional Quarterly, Kallenbach and Kallenbach, and OurCampaigns describe Lewis as a Federalist., 30,829 (58.16%)Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican/Tammany Hall)Dubin and A New Nation Votes describe Burr as a Federalist. He appears to have had the support of the Federalist Party., 22,139 (41.77%)Scattering 36 (0.06%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55494 NY Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020Glashan 1979 224–225Congressional Quarterly 1998 69Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 433 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives New York 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/zc77sr29w Williams Edwin 1831 The New York Annual Register for the Year of Our Lord 1831 https://books.google.com/books?id=WxYXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA33 New York Jonathan Leavitt and Collins & Hannay 33 North Carolina(election by legislature) November 24, 1804 James Turner Democratic-Republican Re-elected, unknown number of votes Scattering, 1 votehttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=274302 NC Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives North Carolina 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/5138jf61t Washington City. Monday, December 3 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1804-12-03/ed-1/seq-2/ The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser Washington, D.C. December 3, 1804 2 August 6, 2020 Raleigh, November 26 http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83025806/1804-12-04/ed-1/seq-2/ The Wilmington gazette Wilmington, NC December 4, 1804 2 August 6, 2020 Rhode Island April 18, 1804 April 12, 1804 Newport, Thursday, April 12, 1804 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021188/1804-04-12/ed-1/seq-3/ Newport, R.I. Rhode-Island Republican 3 December 14, 2021 Arthur Fenner Democratic-Republican/Country Re-elected. Returns lost.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237767 RI Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020Glashan 1979 268–269Congressional Quarterly 1998 76Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 507 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Rhode Island 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/nk322f14s 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 South Carolina(election by legislature) December 7, 1804 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. May 26, 1914 20 August 6, 2020 James Burchill Richardson Democratic-Republican Term-limited, Democratic-Republican victory Paul Hamilton (Democratic-Republican), unknown number of voteshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40592 SC Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020 Thursday, December 20, 1804 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014178/1804-12-20/ed-1/seq-3/ Augusta herald Augusta, GA December 20, 1804 3 August 6, 2020 Columbia, (S. C.) December 8 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015220/1804-12-22/ed-1/seq-3/ The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state Augusta, GA December 22, 1804 3 August 6, 2020 Vermont September 4, 1804 Isaac Tichenor Federalist Re-elected, 8,075 (55.72%)Some sources record the result as Tichenor 8,796, Robinson 6,665; this includes 721 votes for Tichenor and 481 for Robinson from 31 towns rejected by the General Assembly. Jonathan Robinson (Democratic-Republican), 6,184 (42.67%)Scattering 232 (1.60%)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144076 VT Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020Glashan 1979 314–315Congressional Quarterly 1998 83Dubin 2003Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977 606 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Vermont 1804 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 August 6, 2020 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/k643b1496 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 August 6, 2020 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Walton E. P. 1877 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont V https://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno05verm/page/2/mode/1up Montpelier Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland Twenty-Eighth Council. October 1804 to October 1805 2 , citing The Reporter of Oct. 20, 1804Coolidge A. J. Mansfield J. B. 1860 History and Description of New England: Vermont https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00cool/page/965/mode/1up Boston Austin J. Coolidge Governors and Gubernatorial Vote 965 Virginia(election by legislature) December 7, 1804 John Page Democratic-Republican Re-elected, "by a majority"https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=783629 VA Governor, 1804 Our Campaigns August 6, 2020 Friday, December 7th, 1804 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024710/1804-12-12/ed-1/seq-6/ Virginia Argus Richmond, VA December 12, 1804 6 August 6, 2020 Friday, Dec. 7 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024736/1804-12-13/ed-1/seq-3/ The enquirer Richmond, VA December 13, 1804 3 August 6, 2020 See also 1804 United States elections 1804 United States presidential election 1804–05 United States Senate elections 1804–05 United States House of Representatives 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 collapsed